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1. AL FRESCO
No.5 of Restaurants for Views & Experiences in Kota Kinabalu
3.9
/5
17 Reviews
£15
Western-style
Sea view
View
Terrace
Kevin
The restaurant in the Silk Road Hotel has a great view. The dishes are a little expensive. I ordered Malaysian food. Of course, there are also Western food. Steak is a little expensive.
2. Welcome Seafood Restaurant
No.2 of Local Restaurants in Kota Kinabalu
4.7
/5
1,165 Reviews
£19
Southeast Asian
wflee
This welcome seafood restaurant is very popular seafood restaurant. Every day is full of customer to order their seafood dish. The price is cheaper than other seafood restaurant in kota kinabalu.
3. Sin Kee Bah Kut Teh Restaurant
No.2 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.6
/5
335 Reviews
£5
Southeast Asian
猫咪大人有长进
Bak Kut Teh is OK, and better than You Kee, you can order Bak Kut Teh directly and it comes with a hodgepodge, no need to order one by one. The dough sticks are a bit soft, it would be better if they were crispy and dipped in Bak Kut Teh. Musang King ice cream saved me from heat stroke🥹
4. Keng Wan Hing
No.7 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.5
/5
44 Reviews
£1
Southeast Asian
摆渡修行
The restaurant specializes in seafood stir-fry, and this whole floor is their signature dish. The rice noodles are thrown in over high heat until they are burnt, and then stir-fried with lard, Chinese sausage, prawns, squid and black sauce, which is full of Chinese wok flavor. Add egg yolk in the middle and mix it with the rice noodles when eating, which makes it smoother and more fragrant. This is a signature dish that must be ordered. When it is served, the coffee aroma is strong. There is oyster sauce and coffee powder on the pork chop, which has a little caramel aroma and a strong coffee flavor. It is also their signature dish. The crispy tofu skin is stuffed with a lot of salted egg yolks, shrimps, ham, mushrooms, etc. It is so full when you take a bite, it is so big that you will feel full after eating one.
5. Kohinoor North Indian Restaurant
No.3 of Restaurants for Views & Experiences in Kota Kinabalu
4.5
/5
21 Reviews
£5
Asian Cuisine
View
Sea view
Terrace
cparissh
It seems that people in Southeast Asian countries all like to eat Hainan chicken, whether it is Singapore or Thailand. Anyway, the Hainan chicken here is also very delicious, the taste is similar, and the most important thing is that it is very tender and has no blood.
6. Ming Ge Cafe
No.5 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.3
/5
27 Reviews
£3
Southeast Asian
翱翔的大鲨鱼
I recommend the claypot curry fish fillet for RM30, which is very unique and combines the cooking methods of many dishes. There is also sweet and sour pork for RM20. Especially the Malay emperor seedlings for RM10, which is very good value for money.
7. Sky Blu Bar
No.3 of Bars in Kota Kinabalu
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£16
Bars/Bistros
View
Sea view
Sky view
Terrace
翱翔的大鲨鱼
Here you can enjoy the sunset from a high place. The service is very good. Even if the consumption is very low, the store will not expel guests. Guests staying in the hotel can come up only by using the room card. It seems that there are travel agencies organizing guests to come up to watch the sunset. At this time, there will be a lot of people and it will be very noisy.
8. Peppermint The Vietnamese Restaurant
4
/5
6 Reviews
£2
Southeast Asian
Kevin
The Vietnamese food is pretty good. They also have drip coffee, but it takes a long time for it to drip slowly. The Vietnamese pho is just so-so, but the roast chicken rice and beef are pretty good, and the price is cheap.
9. GRAZIE Restaurant
4.5
/5
5 Reviews
£9
Western-style
Kevin
The decoration style is very Malaysian, but they serve Italian food. The grilled spareribs are delicious. I recommend the spaghetti, which is quite authentic. There is also pasta.
10. Wiya Chicken Rice
No.8 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.8
/5
113 Reviews
£2
Asian Cuisine
泉quan
Overall, I like this restaurant. I paid attention to it before. I came to try it this time and I think it is quite good. The chicken rice is very special. The portion is super large, which suits my stomach very well. The taste is also good and it is very enjoyable to eat. The nostalgic lava toast is a little oily, and you will feel sick after a few bites. The milk tea is very good. The environment is well decorated. The service is average, probably also very Hong Kong style.
11. Yu Kee Bak Kut Teh
No.4 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.6
/5
500 Reviews
£4
Asian Cuisine
Jmebaby甄心話·大冒險
You Kee Bak Kut Teh is a must-eat here. The soup has the taste of medicinal food. I personally like it very much. My friends also enjoyed the meal and ordered several bowls of Bak Kut Teh with different ingredients, including lean meat and pork. Tails, ribs, pig intestines, etc., as well as vegetables, the boss lady is very kind to tourists and teaches you how to eat them authentically. Be sure to dip them in the sauce, it is really delicious!
12. Fook Yuen Gaya Street
4.7
/5
231 Reviews
£2
Southeast Asian
汽水盖的天空
The closest place to Chinese taste abroad is probably Malaysia. Half of people think that tea restaurants only serve pineapple buns and milk tea, but Fuyuan meets my "special" expectations with Chinese-style steamed and fried wontons. The portions are generous and the taste is quite suitable!
13. Yee Fung Laksa
No.1 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.7
/5
589 Reviews
£3
Cantonese Cuisine
Jmebaby甄心話·大冒險
There are really many delicious local snacks on Gaya Street. Yee Fung Tea Room is also one of the shops selling laksa noodle soup. The seafood-flavored soup is spicy and delicious. I also ordered a bowl of beef offal noodle soup and wontons. The soup lo mein was highly recommended by my friends and I tried it twice in a row. Once I tasted it, I will never forget it!
14. Beyond Veggie
3
/5
8 Reviews
£10
Vegetarian
呐快乐这不就来啦
There are many vegetarian restaurants in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah. Perhaps the topic of maintenance has started early in this place, or perhaps it is because there are many local religions and Buddhism is also very important in the local area. Beyondveggie vegetarian secret restaurant is located in Suria and Imago, two large shopping malls in Kota Kinabalu. It is an authentic vegetarian restaurant. Pure vegetarian food brings another kind of enjoyment to the taste buds. The taste of Jinxiang dried bean curd is very unique. The dried bean curd is wrapped in lemongrass, which is unique to Southeast Asia. The mellow aroma of bean products is mixed with the special aroma of lemongrass. It is really a special experience. Potato salad and vegetarian sandwiches are both super large portions, especially affordable, and taste good. Finally, there is the dessert Tremella soup. In Sabah, Malaysia, where Chinese people gather, Chinese people love to drink soup and sugar water the most, so the so-called authenticity is really impressive. It feels much better than the sugar water stalls in Guangzhou and Hong Kong. It costs about 30 Malaysian ringgits per person.
15. Suang Tain Seafood Restaurant
No.1 of Local Restaurants in Kota Kinabalu
4.7
/5
219 Reviews
£18
Asian Cuisine
Shotaz晓得了🫰
A seafood restaurant in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, it feels a bit like an indoor food stall. After walking around the area, I felt that this one had the brightest lighting, and it seemed that the ingredients were more abundant before entering the store. [Taste] Ordinary taste that caters to the general public. The taste is also suitable for children, not very spicy or salty. [Environment] It looks quite clean. There are several large round tables with a lot of seats. There are also fresh live fish, which is great. But we didn't order the fresh fish in the tank. [Service] Ordinary. Food stall style, quite happy 😁. It's good.
16. Little Italy @ Capital
4.8
/5
86 Reviews
£10
Western-style
Afternoon Tea
白驹幕府过隙
Near Shuguang Department Store and very close to the pier. The business is very good. Unlike other seafood restaurants in Sabah, which are mainly Chinese, there are many Europeans and Americans here. The pizzas are baked on site and the seafood ingredients are very fresh. The price is slightly cheaper than Pizza Hut, there is a Chinese menu, and the waiter can also speak Chinese. Very nice.
17. Kedai Kopi Melanian 3
No.6 of Light Bites in Kota Kinabalu
4.2
/5
39 Reviews
£2
Snacks
Jmebaby甄心話·大冒險
Everyone had a great time eating. The raw meat noodles are really delicious. The soup is very rich. In addition to pork pieces, there are also pig offal. So everyone who dares to eat thinks it is quite delicious. The drinks are also colorful. Very delicious!
18. Restoran Jeti
No.6 of Local Restaurants in Kota Kinabalu
4.6
/5
57 Reviews
£25
Seafood
bonbon_chen
[Environment] Nice, clean and tidy [Taste] The grouper was steamed at the right time, the fish meat was tender and firm with the sauce👍. The black tiger prawns were big and the meat was chewy, and the salted egg yolk I ate tasted especially good😋. Every restaurant has this dish of fried crab in the typhoon shelter, and the taste is similar, but this one has more meat.
19. Ferdinand's
No.1 of Restaurants for Views & Experiences in Kota Kinabalu
4.3
/5
14 Reviews
£33
Western-style
View
Sea view
Sunset
❤️ Xinspired Journeys
Our favourite restaurant whenever we come to KK.Celebrated our daughter's bday. The food amazing and staff remember us. love the view
20. Alu-Alu Kitchen
No.9 of Local Restaurants in Kota Kinabalu
4.4
/5
11 Reviews
£9
Seafood
123-traveller
A typical southeastern China favourite restaurant with the traditional Chinese Xiamen cuisine food dishes. they are quite good and original.
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