Night Life in the Klang Valley

Many first time visitors to Malaysia are not aware that the Klang valley has a throbbing Night Life. Like many foreigners, I was surprised to see the variety of Night entertainment (considering that Malaysia is a Muslim country) including Karaoke lounges, discotheques, pubs and night clubs that Malaysia had to offer, especially in the Klang valley.

BANGSAR

The most happening place in KL & my favourite place to 'lepak' (hanging out in Malay)

I don't know about other people, but I like places with live bands and those which play rock. Below are some of my Favourite places:

Bali
Block C, Leisure Commerce Square, No. 9, Jalan PJS8/9, PJ.
Restaurant, dance and pool club. Nice music and young crowd .�
RM15 Cover charge after 10pm. Closed on Sundays.

Beach Club Cafe
No. 97, Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL
Live band- Quite crowded.
RM25 Cover charge after 10pm.

El Nino Latin Cafe
21, Jalan Mayang, Off Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 50450, KL
Tel: 03-21644807
They play....what else but Latin Music. 
Dancing lesson "Fiesta Night" every Thursday from 9pm to 10pm 
Live band: 10:30pm onwards
Mon to Tue: First Drink cover charge 
Wed to Sat: RM25 cover charge.
Sun: Free entry 

Emporium Grand Cafe
Jln Sultan Ismail, KL. Next to the Beach Club Cafe.
Move to"Emporium live" for those who like Live Music
RM20 cover charge.

Hard Rock Cafe
2 Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL. Below Hotel Concorde, 50250
Open 11am to 2am (Sun-Thur) Till 3am (Fri-Sat) Tel:03-2444152
Don't always play rock inspite of the name. Depends on what� band is playing.
First drink cover charge (RM25).

Planet Hollywood
Unit G003, Ground Follor, KL Plaza, 179 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100
Has a regular Sunday Nite Live event.
First drink cover charge RM 35

Subway Cafe
Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaya.
No cover charge. No Band on� Mondays.
No Cover charge.

Uncle Chilli's Fun Pub and Restaurant
PJ Hilton, Petaling Jaya.
The crowd comprises of mostly older working people.
No cover charge

Viva Dance Club
Ball room level, Eastin Hotel, Jalan Damansara
Tel: 03-76655112
Dance music
Wed: Ladies Night 
Fri & Sat: First drink Cover charge (RM30)

To get a true feel of Malaysian night life, don't forget to visit a Dangdut Night club.�

Popular mostly with Malays, they play, what else but 'Dangdut music' which is a form of Malay music with a nice rhythm. Sounded a bit like Hindi pop music to me.

I once went to one at Jalan Ipoh called Mawar Biru Night Club. By the way, the name means 'Blue Rose' in Malay.� They had a live band and I had� fun with my friends even though I couldn't understand a word they were singing. There was no cover charge for the guys but the Girls were pretty mad with the fact that they were the ones who had to buy a cover charge(for a change) and you can get a Guest Relation Officer (GROs) to accompany you (of course you have to pay for the service) but I am not sure whether they can speak english.�

It was also the first time for my friends and that night they were dancing away like mad. However I was surprised that afterwards, they swore never to go back again. I think its due to the bad rep that Dangdut has in Malaysia. It is associated with the Indonesians and is now looked down by most of the people here. Say Dangdut! and I found that many of my friends would make a face and say UUUGH!�

You can also find a lot of naughty old man dancing the night away, their drivers patiently waiting for them outside the dangdut bars, guarding their BMWs, Mercs, Jaguars and other costly cars.

However, I learnt that this form of music is slowly gaining in popularity among the younger crowd in Indonesia. MTV Asia even has a program dedicated to dangdut.

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Please visit again. Last updated: March 11, 2002

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