Cafe hopping is an exciting thing to do while visiting Johor Bahru as you would be able to immerse yourself in various environment of the themed cafe of Malaysia’s booming cafe industry nowadays.
Below would be the themed cafes in Johor Bahru that SGMYTRIPS would like to recommend which are found to be unique and worth for trying. Each of these cafes do own their special theme, serving great aromatic artisan food and beverages.
So, do remember to have a visit to these JB Cafe while you are in Johor Bahru. We hope that cafes hopping would be listed in your things to do in JB list during the future.
Johor Bahru Theme Café
- Drums café
- Dreamliner Airways Café
- Cats Cafe (Cats At Their Sanctuary)
- Springs Concept
- Café Racer by Grillbar
- Flowers In The Window
1.Drums café
This unique theme cafe is popular for the 24 festive drums is introduced at Foon Yew High School, Johor Bahru. It still played until today as a cultural form art. It is founded by two cultural activists, Mr. Lee Sheah Liang and Mr. Choong Hai Ling. This cafe is created in order for all the 24 festive drummers around Malaysia and also Singapore to gather and interact with each others. The Drum Cafe is located on Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, which is just several footsteps away from Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum and also Persatuan Hainan Johor Bahru, making it easily accessible.
Upon arriving at the Drums Cafe JB, you surely would be amazed with their heritage feeling interior design. The cafe is decorated with 12 of the traditional 24 festive drums hung upside down on its ceiling, while the other 12 drums are placed on the ground. Each of the drums represents one festival, and these full set of 24 festive drums do represent the complete cycle of 24 festivals as in the Chinese lunar calendar. Another masterpiece that you would notice would be the installation of walls arts, with the word 鼓 (drum in Chinese) made from1,500 pieces of 24 festive drums’ drum sticks.
Drums café furnished with warmth and comfortable atmosphere, is a must-go place for all the youngster and tourist who are looking for hi-tea. Check out Drums café if you’re looking forward for some nice food to fill up your empty stomach. It a café that serving their customers with the combination of western and local food even nyonya food.
The signature beef ramen(招牌牛鼓拉面) is highly recommended if you’re a beef lover. The white milky broth of this signature beef ramen is rich in collagen as it is prepared by simmering fresh beef bones for 72 hours. Every slurp of this beef bone broth are heavenly delicious and you can even taste the natural flavor of the beef in the broth. Its ramen noodle is really springy too. This signature dish of theirs is also served with lots of side dishes such as beef slices, braised egg, corns, seaweeds, sliced mushrooms and black fungus.
For the beverage, it is really suggested that you to order their specialty 2D coffee or latte. What makes their 2D coffee or latte special is that they replaced the common drawing art on the milk foam with the word 鼓, which means drum in Chine. For your surprise, you can collect the words 廿四节令鼓 that means 24 Festive Drums in Chinese upon ordering of five cups. Each cup of 2D art latte or coffee would have one Chinese word drew on it.
They are currently offer a super value promotion to their customers since December with only RM3.90 per dish. The dishes included in this promotion are Hainaneses Chicken Rice, Johor Laksa, Mee Goreng Mamak, Mee Siam, Nasi Lemak Kukus, Nyonya Baba Laksa, Otak-Otak, Crispy Popiah and Rojak Buah Petis.
So, do remember to have a visit to Drums Cafe as customers not only can experience the tasty and sincere foods from Drums Café, but also able to gain knowledge about the Chinese culture and history of 24 festive drums from the decorations and posters in the café. Need not to be worried about the parking, as there are street side parking lots available nearby.
Additional Information:
Address: 31, Jalan Hiok Nee, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 8am to 5pm daily. Wednesday closed.
Contact: 018-2406686
You may be interested also: Top 10 Best JB Cafe Must Be Visit.
2.Dreamliner Airways Café
All of us know that airplane food is not really that taste buds attempting but this ‘airline’ would surely break the stereotype. Need not to getting 30,000 feet away from the ground, Dreamliner Airways Café would provide you an experience of enjoying meals in an aircraft like setting as you imagine yourself away to your dream destinations. This special themed cafe is located just 20 minutes from Woodlands and easily recognizable with its prominent blue-yellow signage mimics an airport’s placed outside the cafe.
The Dreamliner Airways Cafe founded since 2016 is the very first airplane interior-themed café in Malaysia that serving customers with Western, Asian, Japaneses, Korean, local food and so on. With the serving of varieties of cuisine and totally halal ingredient, their food is suitable for a wide range of customers from all the races and cultures and therefore always crowded with customers until the business hours ended.
Upon entering, you will see a counter area that looks like the reception counter of an airport decorated with lots of cute teddy bears in pilot suit. There is also a pilot hat and luggage box near the entrance too, and you are allowed to use them as your photo snapping props for your Instagram photo. After being seated , you will be presented with a menu list and also a ‘boarding ticket’, you are needed to write down your choice of food on this ‘boarding ticket’ to order your food. It’s interior is perfect furnished with cushioned chairs mimics the plane seats and also window seats which comes with cloud background, making you to feel that you are up in the sky. To your surprise, all of their waitresses are also fully donned in the cabin crew uniforms!!!
One of the selling point for this café is that customers can choose among business or economy class seat same as a real airplane, before their foods being served. Their signature Mozzarella Baked Oyster is highly recommended. It is great to have it as a starter as it is really creamy and undeniable, cheese goes well with almost every kind of food. If you are not a fan of oyster, then you can go for their Mozzarella Baked Scallops instead as a substitution.
Another best selling dish of Dreamliner Airways Café would be the Signature Salted Egg Deep Fried Chicken Chop. You would not regret of ordering it as it comes with a generous amount of battered chicken chop garnished with creamy salted egg sauce. This dish is served along with the complimentary salad and french fries as its side dish too.
And the foods are served with affordable price from RM8.90 to RM29.80 and efficient portion. They are having a Value Lunch Set Meal on every Monday to Friday from 11am to 3pm. A main course plus a free drinks only costs RM9.90. Some of the main course available for you to choose include Captain’s Special Nasi Lemak, Curry Chicken Rice, Fish and Chips Bento and so on.
Additional Information:
Address: 7, Jalan Harmonium 35/1, Taman Desa Tebrau, 81100 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 11am to 11pm daily.
Contact: 07-2881708
3.Cats Cafe (Cats At Their Sanctuary)
Any cat lovers or photographers here??? Well, we have a little shout out for you as there is a cat cafe in Johor Bahru located just 5 minutes from the Larkin which is considered easy to access. It is a cafe aimed to provide a relaxing and cosy atmosphere for all cat lovers to enjoy their meal and play with the cats. At the same time, they also would like to share the knowledge on general behavior and characteristics of the cats to their customers.
Upon entering the cats cafe, you will be amazed with their clean and spacious environment and it is just like a huge playground for all the cats. Cat Cafe JB is decorated with natural theme and it is the home of around 10 cats with different breeds. For example the Munchkins, British Shorthair, Bengal, Siamese, American Short Hair, Asian Semi-longhair and Bombay. There is a huge tree structure in the café and sod which allow the cats in the café to enjoy running, climbing and playing around. It would be so de-stress while interacting with these cats or just looking at them playing around. But remember, you cannot bring along any outside pets or cats to this cafe in order to avoid them from fighting with each others.
Cats café has attracted many cat lover customers from different races because the foods and dishes being served are all 100% halal. It could be fun if you’re a cat lover or you have your own child, you and your family will have a great experience and so much fun by having your meal meanwhile watching the cats playing around.
One of their all time customer’s favorite, the Green Curry Chicken Rice is a must try. This signature dish of theirs consists of fragrance rice cooked in coconut milk, green curry sauce and complimentary salad of the day. The green curry sauce is relatively spicy despite its green appearance. It is also served with a big juicy grilled chicken thigh, which might fulfil your meat cravings.
For the desserts, you can have a try at their CATS Waffle. This waffle is a combination of sweet and savory food, where the sweet egg vanilla waffle is paired with pieces of boneless fried chicken, then drizzled with mayonnaise and some chilli powder.Best eaten when it is still warm. If you prefer for something sweet, you can go for their assorted cakes selections and also sweet waffles sandwiched with fruits or ice creams.
In order to make sure the environment is maintained in an optimum level, customers have to follow some rules imposed, such as have to wash hand before enter the café and cannot feed the cats with human food. However, if you really want to feed the cats you can purchase the special snack from counter which is only costs RM1 per pack. If you don’t intent to have some foods or drinks, you may need to pay a RM15 as a ‘ticket’ for you to enter and play around with the cats.
Additional Information:
Address: 31A, Lorong 2c, Kampung Bahru, 80100 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 12.30pm to 9pm from Monday to Tuesday. 1pm to 9.30pm from Friday to Sunday. Wednesday closed.
Contact: 07-2070399
4.Springs Concept
Springs Concept located in a double-storey shop house in Taman Pelangi Johor Bahru, which is the combination of a hair and beauty salon and a café. If you are feeling like to get yourself a haircut and have a cup of coffee at the same time, Springs Concept could be the best place for you to try. Because of the courteous and professional of the salon staff, the salon is usually fully booked with appointments or having a very long queue.
The owner of Spring Concepts understand that the time of their customers are gold, and therefore for those customers who are waiting for their turn to get a haircut can get themselves a cup of coffee, tea or even some desserts. This could be the best selling point for Springs Concept where customers will not wasting their time in a long queue but fully utilizing their time having a cup of drinks in a café with silent and warmth environment. Kill two birds with one stone.
Currently, Springs Concept had introduced their new menu, which is the Signature Salted Waffle. This new menu is a combination of sweet vanilla waffle and American style breakfast. It comes with a piece of sweet vanilla waffle, bacon strips, thinly sliced grilled chicken breast, chicken sausage and also a sunny side up. It will surely keep the diner full and it is best paired with a cup of Americano to wash away the saltiness from all the proteins.
Additional Information:
Address: 28, Jalan Maju, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 11am to 8pm from Tuesday to Saturday. 11am to 6.30pm on Sunday. Monday closed.
Contact: 016-2624007
5.Café Racer by Grillbar
Calling to all racers, bloggers, foodies and meat lovers who are searching for a mind-boggling ambiance and delicious meaty treats. You will totally falls in love with Café Racer by Grillbar!!! Esatblished by Gary ‘Ozzy’ Hong who is a respected chef due to his excellent service and food quality, Café Racer by Grillbar is located at Taman Pelangi Johor Bahru. As you can see from the name of the café, this double storey café is mainly decorated and furnished with scooters and helmets, which are perfectly fit with the racer theme.
Western foods are mainly served in this café and no pork and alcohol are served here as Café Racer by Grillbar is Halal certified. Therefore, Cafe Racer JB has become the landmark of nice western food and good environment for the locals or even Singaporean. Steak Burgers, Braised New Zealand Lamb Shank, Rib Eye Steak are just some of the gratifying menu that Café Racer by Grillbar offers to their customers. The taste and texture of these mouth watering (and calories boosting) treats are hard to be describe until you try them yourself at Café Racer by Grillbar yourself.
Ox Croquette is highly recommended as an appetizer if you are having a meal here. With perfectly battered crispy exterior and the tender and warm moist beef rendang interior can definitely challenge your taste bud and I bet you will love to have one more. Not forgetting to level up this signature dish with their tomato salsa like dip which offer an additional tangy kick to the Ox Croquette.
Jack the Cheese is another highly recommended western dishes. It has a flavorful and tender home made meat patty, sandwiched between two fried cheese balls, bacons and bagels. This burger consist of four different type of cheese too, which is the fried cheese, cheddar cheese, parmesan and also the mozzarella cheese which might satisfy every cheese lovers’ cravings for cheese. You can choose among chicken and beef upon ordering, with the generous ingredients and the 4 cheeses that are being served in the burger, you will definitely feel satisfy!
If your stomach is still not fully occupied, you can have a try on the Waffle Rumble which is unique and hardly to be found in other café or restaurant. This waffle of Café Racer by Grillbar looks really cute with blobs of nacho cheese sauce and mayonnaise squeezed in the waffle drains and also encrusted with some toasted white sesame seeds. This waffle is served along with vegetable salad, french fries, scrambled egg, cheddar cheese, ham and also a sausage, which will surely keep you stomach full.
Additional Information:
Address: 72, Jalan Pingai, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 12pm to 12am daily.
Contact: 07-3350000
6.Flowers In The Window
Flowers In The Window JB is a Secret Garden Theme Cafe which boost an indoor garden decorated with various floral decorations, making it to be uniquely distinguishable from all the cafes around Jalan Trus. It scores high for their stunning flowery and greenery concept in every corner of the cafe. Flowers In The Window owns an open kitchen and the setting of this garden cafe is double storey with high ceilings.
One of the signature dish of Flowers In The Window would be the Pan Fried Salmon with Cous-Cous Seafood Salad. This colourful plate of food is elegantly decorated with a piece of pan fried salmon embedding on a bed of ‘flowers’ made of sheared carrots, quail eggs, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, zucchini and walnuts. The texture of the pan fried salmon is buttery soft, and you can even enjoy it alone without adding any sauces.
For the beverage, Flowers In The Window is famous for its wide varieties of herb and spices infused soda drinks. One recommendation of this special cold beverage by the owner of Flowers In The Window would be the Rosemary, Chilli and Lemon soda. It doesn’t look hot despite its icy and translucent appearance, but it taste a little bit adventurous as you can taste the spiciness from the chilli and also sourness from the lemon at once in every refreshing slurp of the soda.
As a perfect after meal desserts, you should go for their Carrot Cake that is moist, dense and chunky in texture. You can even taste the raisins and walnuts that lays inside the piece of carrot cake as well. To offer an additional flavor to the carrot cake, there is a thin layer of cream cheese garnished on top of the cake.
Their Rose Pistachio Cake is also highly recommended, not only its appearance but also its special flavor. The texture of the cake is quite fluffy and it consist of two different colour and flavor of sponge cakes, making it a pretty slice. There is also a thin layer of berries jam sandwiched between the two layer of sponge cake, providing an extra sweetness for the Rose Pistachio Cake. However, the rose bud decoration on top of the cake seemed real and could not be eaten.
Great food, nice environment and comfortable garden style atmosphere of Flowers In The Window would make everyone return to dine again.
Additional Information:
Address: 9, Jalan Dhoby, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor
Operating Hours: 10:00 – 20:00
Contact no: +607-222 7489
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