Mont Kiara is an area that has seen huge transformation from its roots as a rubber plantation almost 30 years ago to the thriving suburban hotspot you see today. The modern urban environment of the contemporary neighbourhood has emerged as an extremely popular destination for homebuyers, providing an aspirational location for locals and expats alike.
Mont Kiara is KL’s high-end and high-rise development success story, with luxury condominiums and exclusive tower blocks rising high above a neighbourhood that enjoys all the local amenities and entertainment you’d come to expect in a modern metropolis. That means living in Mont Kiara doesn’t have to be a sacrifice between suburban living and vibrant city life.
Mont Kiara Shopping and Entertainment
As you might expect from an affluent neighbourhood like Mont Kiara, this is not an area that suffers from lack of retail or entertainment opportunities.
1 Mont Kiara offers the perfect neighbourhood mall for a range of shopping needs, with groceries and retail stores sitting alongside a varied and international selection of food and beverage outlets. The shopping centre boasts pop-up stalls regularly, giving a bit of variety to the normal offerings. You can also find a Fitness First gym within the complex.
Verve Shops is a small retail centre offering a more limited selection of shops and restaurants at Verve Mont Kiara, as well as leisure activities like a resident pilates studio and local amenities such as health and well-being outlets.
Solaris Mont Kiara is located to the north side of Mont Kiara, offering another shopping opportunity for residents of the neighbourhood. The anchor tenant Cold Storage accounts for a large part of the retail space, with other shops dotted around this largely Korean food-dominated retail centre.
Kiara 163 is the newest trendy retail complex to open up in the area, providing designer boutiques and lifestyle outlets alongside food and beverage offerings. The central landscaped garden provides a relaxing place for you to enjoy when those shopping bags get too heavy.
Mont Kiara Food and Nightlife
Mont Kiara offers a diverse range of culinary treats and hot nightlife spots, with the likes of Asian fusion cuisine sitting side-by-side with some of the best bars and western food in KL.
As you might expect from an affluent and trendy neighbourhood, coffee shops and the café scene are well developed in Mont Kiara, with popular establishments like Ra-Ft Café and Kopenhagen Coffee serving up the neighbourhood’s daily caffeine fix.
Ra-Ft Café at Mont Kiara
When it comes to something more substantial, Solaris Mont Kiara is a popular hangout that’s worth exploring, hosting great restaurants sitting side-by-side with a range of bars and clubs. You’ll find a particular focus on fantastic Korean food in the area, as well as a crowd dominated by young and trendy locals hanging out to enjoy the entertainment on weekends.
Kiara 163 and Verve Mont Kiara are retail complexes in the neighbourhood which also offer a range of great restaurant and café choices. You can get to grips with local delights alongside a diverse array of international cuisines.
Nightlife in Mont Kiara offers up everything from a relaxing drink at a quiet bar to some of Kuala Lumpur’s most exciting clubs, but Publika Shopping Gallery in neighbouring Sri Hartamas (5-minutes drive away) provides another go-to hangout destination to enjoy the fun of the weekend crowds.
Mont Kiara Healthcare
Residents of Mont Kiara have access to a number of wellness centres and dedicated health clinics located in shopping centres and buildings throughout the neighbourhood. As well as more general offerings, Kiara Child Specialist Clinic, located in Solaris Mont Kiara, provides specialist paediatric healthcare for the area.
More serious conditions requiring hospital care can be treated at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), the public hospital serving the city. This 2,300-bed hospital offers specialist care across a range of indications, and is located just 10-15 minutes away from Mont Kiara by road.
Private hospitals are also available and conveniently located to serve the Mont Kiara neighbourhood. Pantai Hospital in the nearby Bangsar district is a 331-bed private hospital just a short drive from Mont Kiara. ParkCity Medical Centre offers an alternative private hospital within an easy 10-15 minutes’ drive.
Mont Kiara Places of Worship
Mont Kiara boasts easy access to places of worship that meet the needs of its diverse population, from mosques and temples to a number of local churches.
Federal Territories Mosque
The nearby Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan, or Federal Territories Mosque, can be reached in less than 10 minutes by road. This beautiful mosque holds up to 17,000 worshippers, and offers a magnificent place of worship for the local Muslim population. Expect significant traffic around prayer times, with Friday lunchtime a particularly busy period, common in cities all over Malaysia.
The local Hindu population also enjoys a number of nearby temples within convenient driving distance. Shree Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Kuala Lumpur is a temple and religious centre visited by many in the local Hindu community. The breathtaking Batu Caves are also accessible from Mont Kiara within a fairly short drive, providing an iconic focus of worship alongside a range of other temples and religious centres spread throughout nearby neighbourhoods.
The beautiful Thean Hou Temple, and nearby Guan Di Temple in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, provide notable Buddhist temples to visit for local followers, with a large number of other temples and places of worship found in neighbouring parts of Kuala Lumpur.
The International Church Mont Kiara and Soul Space Community Church are two Christian places of worship located within the neighbourhood, with a number of other churches and groups supporting different denominations throughout the area.
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