Your Complete Guide To Restaurants and Dishes At Jalan Alor (September 2024)

Dinner At Jalan Alor

At sunset, Jalan Alor transforms into the bustling food haven that earned its fame with 27 restaurants offering open air dining with a large variety of authentic Asian hawker food.

What To Expect

Prepare for a lively atmosphere! Expect friendly hawkers vying for your attention, and the sizzle of satay and stir-fries filling the air. The scene is especially vibrant at night, illuminated by colorful neon signs and the buzz of conversation.

Must-Try Dishes

Grilled Stingray
Seafood Sambal
Satay
Tom Yam
Char Kuey Teow
Hokkien Mee
Chicken Wings
Fresh Oysters

Every Restaurant in Jalan Alor

If this is your first visit, here’s a comprehensive list of the restaurants and their famous dishes to help you decide what to eat at Jalan Alor.

Beginning at the Changkat Bukit Bintang junction, in order of location, the first restaurant on your left as you walk downhill:

Cu Cha Restaurant
- Penang Char Kuey Teow
- Banana Leaf Grill Fish
Noy Thai Food
- Tom Yam
- Green & White Curries
Boleh Seafood Pot
- Tom Yum Hotpot
Alor Food Corner (Halal)
- Spicy Gravy Seabass
- Stir Fried Prawn With Bitter Bean Gravy
- Claypot Rice
Restoran Yenn
- BBQ Stingray
- BBQ Garlic Oyster
Alor Hawker Fried
- Bak Kut Teh
- Shang Tang Four Seafood
Fat Man Dim Sum
- Dynasty Qian Long Dumplings
- Pork Dim Sum

Restoran Chao Zhou (Teochew)
- Teochew Fish Porridge
- Shark Fin Soup
Asian Chinese And Thai Food
- Grilled Fish
Restoran Sai Woo
- Chilli Crab
- Banana Leaf Grilled Stingray
- Mapo Tofu
Grand Sky Restaurant
- Kong Nam Style BBQ Baked King Prawn
- BBQ Cockles
Restoran Good Timing (Food Village)
- Fish Noodle Soup
Little Bing
- Milky Yam Fish Claypot
- Kam Heong Crab
- Coffee Pork
Lucky break
- Grilled Oyster With Cheese
- Hot & Spicy Crab
Love & Peace Thai Food
- Tom Yum
Cocopocha Korean BBQ
- Buffet
- Pork Belly
Restoran Meng Kee Grill Fish
- Grilled Stingray
- Steamed Cockles
- Oyster Omellete
Restoran Lim Kee
- Pan Mee
- Char Kuey Teow
Restaurant Nha Hang Banh Mi
- Pho
- Banh Mi
Restoran Beh Brothers
- Seafood Tom Yam
- Nasi Lemak Crispy Chicken
Restaurant JiLi
- Fish Head Curry
- Sichuan Seafood Soup

Nam Thai
- Papaya Salad With Seafood
- Clear Soup Tom Yam Seafood
Dino’s Thai Food (Halal)
- Black Pepper Crab
- Stingray Sambal
- Siakap 3 Rasa
Restaurant Kuning Ikan Bakar (Halal)
- Grilled Stingray
- Tomyam Seafood
- Fresh Oysters
New World Thai Food
- Mango Sticky Rice
- Pad Thai
Wong Ah Wah
- Roast Chicken Wings
- Kam Heong Lala
- Hokkien Mee
Naga Thai
- Kam Heong Crab
- Pad Thai

Please note that listed above are only the local favourite dishes. All the restaurants offer many other choices of mains and sides that you can try. Many offer combo sets and special promos.

Pro Tips

Lucky Break awards customers paying more than RM150 a free crab dish of their choosing while Cocopocha Korean BBQ has an all you can eat buffet.

Some restaurants offer exotics foods like frogs. Restoran Yenn has Japanese snails.

Venison is available in Cu Cha Restaurant, Restoran Yenn, Restoran Sai Woo, Restoran Meng Kee Grill Fish and Restoran Lim Kee.

To fully experience Jalan Alor, take a stroll down the entire stretch. Soak in the sights, smells, and sounds, and perhaps indulge in a few small plates before committing to a single restaurant. This allows you to sample a wider variety and truly discover hidden gems.

Almost all the restaurants accept only cash and are open till 2 a.m / 3 a.m.

My Recommendations

I have been dining here with my family and friends since 1990. Here are a few restaurants that we locals consider to be consistently good over the years (for some restaurants, decades) and definitely worth trying in Jalan Alor.

Restoran Sai Woo
Dino’s Thai Food Restoran (Halal)
Cu Cha Restaurant
Boleh Seafood Pot Jalan Alor
Restoran Beh Brothers
Restoran Wong Ah Wah