Johor Bahru Restaurants

JB is a popular destination for budget-conscious visitors from Singapore. Most of the food stalls and dining spots come alive when night falls over the city. Common dishes include seafood and some Johor specialties such as laksa and mee rebus. The adventurous can head for the stalls at Lido Beach and Stulang Laut to try the local favorites and hawker fare.

A favorite hawker center is Tepian Tebrau, which has 32 fixed stalls underneath a long and narrow open-air shed serving a catch-all of Malaysian Malay, Mamak and Chinese food. Some stalls are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Medan Selera Meldrum Walk, another favorite hawker center, has 90 food and drinks pushcart stalls to choose from, all serving Malaysian (Chinese, Malay, Indian) cuisine.

Popular restaurants include Anna's Kitchen, located on Jalan Abdul Samad about 500 meters north of the Thistle Hotel. The entrance is inconspicuous and the restaurant is actually about three meters below street level at the basement of a row of shop houses. The restaurant serves a variety of oriental delicacies and Western staples. It also offers fusion delights.

Chez Papa, on Jalan Jaya, serves French cuisine and a fine selection of wines and cheese. The restaurant also offers a cozy and intimate wine bar with music. Gianni's Trattoria, on Jalan Serampang Taman, has great Italian cuisine. New Hong Kong Restaurant, located at 69-A Jalan Ibrahim Sultan (next to the Heritage Hotel), was established in 1954 and is undoubtedly one of the best Chinese restaurants in Johor Bahru.

Out at Danga Bay, a collection of three restaurants – Kong Inn Seafood Restaurant, Lazio Italian Restaurant & Cafe and Asiana Penang & Western Cuisine – can be found housed on the first level of the Marina Centre.

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