As we all know, cafe hopping is now a new trend among the youngsters in both Malaysia and Singapore currently. And this trend had contributed much in the cafe business, leading more and more cafes with unique themes to operate. Each of these unique cafes not only own their personal style in the cafe’s design, but also in their menus in order to stand up from the other cafes.
So, how about the combination of garden theme and cafe? This combination sounds vintage as it might be tracked back to the grand old Britain era, where afternoon tea are enjoyed in the lush green garden.
Below are the garden themed cafes in Johor Bahru that are recommended by SGMYTRIPS. We hope that this list of cafes could be your considerations during your next cafe hopping trip.
Johor Bahru Garden Theme Cafes
1.VDM Galleries Café
If you are a selfie and photo shoot addict, you should not miss out VDM Galleries Café located in Taman Abad Johor Bahru. This is a half glass house café, decorated with white colour theme, and fairy lights, has successfully attracted customers who come for the nice food and fantastic environment.
This café not only serves customers with varieties of cuisine from western cuisine to Asian cuisine, but also serves some dishes which are for vegetarians. Some of the signature dishes include big breakfast, grill lamp chop with black pepper sauce, homemade dumplings, fried chicken rice and so on.
One of the selling point of this café is that there is a personal themed room prepared for customers who love to check-in and take plenty of photo shoots. For girls who love photo shoot, ask your boyfriend to bring you here and you will never feel regret. For boys, bring along your girlfriend to have a lovely and romantic meal here, I bet you and your girlfriend will definitely satisfy. With everything here, from the foods and drinks served to the lovely atmosphere!
Don’t forget to make a call in advance to make sure seats are available as the café is always full house!
Additional Information:
Address: 8, Jalan Abad, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 12pm to 11pm from Monday to Friday. 12pm to 12am from Friday to Sunday. Wednesday closed.
Contact: 016-6611696
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2.HAVN
If you wish to have a lovely meal in a lovely and romantic environment, HAVN located in Kulai is a great destination for you to bring along your lover or your family. The double storey café, decorated with fairy light and furnished with warmth and comfortable furniture, is always crowded with families and couples who are enjoying with their foods and the surrounding.
Margherita, which is a thin and cheesy, is highly recommended and worth for a try. With the generous ingredients and fresh tomatoes on top of it, I bet you will like to have a second after finish your very first! And the Margherita is only costs around RM16 which is quite reasonable in an enough portion.
For drinks, you may have a try with the rose latte, which is only costs around RM12. What makes the rose latte so special? Yes it is a combination of local signature drinks bandung and coffee.
Additional Information:
Address: No 8, Jalan SME 1 Kawasan Perindustrian SME, Bandar Indahpura, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 12pm to 1am daily.
Contact: 017-7792278
3.Flowers in the Window
If you love jungle trekking and the forest, Flowers in the Window will probably your very first choice to go for a meal. This double storey café, located in Jalan Dhoby Bandar Johor Bahru, is decorated with all the creative environment friendly and recycle stuffs, such as plants, flowers and some woods with unique traits and shapes. There is a balcony for your to enjoy your meals and drinks, which is surrounded by flowers and plants.
The café offers varieties of cuisine, from Western to Asian, and varieties of desserts and drinks. Have a try with the steaks and chops especially the Fish& Chips and you won’t regret. The cafe’s fish and chips is prepared by using the freshest fish fillet bought during the day to ensure its freshness. It is then coated with layers of spiced batter and bread crumbs before being fried in boiling hot oil, giving it a crispy texture. These are the reason why every bite of this fish fillet is crispy at the outside, while juicy in inside. You can even taste the natural sweetness from the fish fillet too.
For the drinks, Avocado Banana Promegranate Milkshake is highly recommended, which is nutritiously healthy. The Avocado Banana Promegranate Milkshake is prepared with 100% natural ingredients instead of using artificial fruit flavoring and colouring. It has a rich, creamy texture and also dashes of sweetness of the pomegranate in every sip. To be honest, this milkshake is very unique and hard to be found in other café in town.
If you are like to have some desserts at the moment, their lavender cake is worth for a try. The lavender cake of the cafe is prepared with real lavender tea and also using dried lavender as its decoration. The Herbed Lemon Cake is highly recommended too if you are like to have more desserts.
Make to call to ensure there are available seats because Flowers in the Window is always crowded with customers!
Additional Information:
Address: 9, Jalan Dhoby, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 10am to 8pm daily.
Contact: 07-2227489
4.Coffee Garden
You shouldn’t miss out Coffee Garden if you are looking for café with nice foods and comfortable environment in Johor Bahru. This air-conditioned café, decorated with green walls and colorful flowers, is always crowded with customers even though it is located at the end of a silent street. This café also decorated with some 1960s antiques for those customers who love to check in and take some awesome photo shoots.
One of the signature dish of this café is the Tom Yam Cream Spaghetti, the combination of Western and Thailand cuisine. This combination might sounds weird, but it may surprised you with their taste. This fusion cuisine has a tangy flavor, where you would be able to taste the strong lemongrass and calamesi lime’s aroma of the tom yam gravy. If you are a chops lover, the Rosemary Grilled Chicken Chop is worth for a try, with the special texas sauce. The chicken chop is cooked into perfection, where it still retain the smooth and juicy texture in its flesh. The fragrance of the rosemary can be smelled throughout the dining too.
You may also try with the Spicy Pan-Fried Macaroni and the Chef Chicken Salad if your stomach is not fully occupied yet. These food can be a great appetizers, as they are served in a relatively smaller amount when compared to the Tom Yam Cream Spaghetti and also the Rosemary Grilled Chicken Chop.
Grab yourself a signature Choc Dome if you wish to have some desserts at the moment.
Additional Information:
Address: 16, Jalan Austin Heights 8/6, Taman JP Perdana, 81100 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 12pm to 11pm daily. Tuesday closed.
5.Greenet Restaurant & Bar
Looking for a place for a lovely and romantic meal? Planning to travel to Seine Paris or South Korea with your lover for the Pont des Arts? Then you should not miss out Greenet Restaurant & Bar, an Italian cuisine restaurant located at Johor Bahru, which you don’t have to travel for thousands of miles to Pairs and South Korea now.
The selling point of this restaurant is that there is a ‘road of love’ which many couples sealing their love by clipping a padlock on the fences, which have a meaning of last forever.
For the cuisine, Italian Lamb Shank as a starter is highly recommended. By braised for around three hours with varieties of herbs and ingredients, the tender Australian lamb leg is ready to be served with tasty homemade gravy, fresh cherry tomatoes and fresh homemade mash.
Beef burger, Spring Chicken Risotto and Fire of Aloha are highly recommended as a main course for your romantic meal. With the creative design and carefully picks of fresh ingredient, your taste buds will definitely satisfy with the creative and delicious cuisine.
If you are a pasta lover, you should have a try with the Squid Ink Pasta which is cooked with real squid ink and covered with generous seafoods, such as prawn, oyster, squid and so on. This pasta might surprise you with their unique savory taste despite its charcoal black appearance.
You should not miss out the Dark Chocolate Fondant if you or your lover will like to have some desserts. It is a chocolate lava cake with warm chocolate lave interior, served together with fresh banana, mixed berries and vanilla ice cream!
For the love padlocks, it is costs RM18 each. If you and your lover have spent over RM150, you will get a free padlocks to enjoy the romantic tradition with your love one!
Additional Information:
Address: 28 Jalan Maju, Taman Maju Jaya, Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 12pm to 10.30pm from Sunday to Thursday. 12pm to 11.30pm from Friday to Saturday.
Contact: 012-9756788
6.UFB- Union Fashion Bar Garden
If you are looking for some nice western food restaurant with peaceful environment, Union Fashion Bar Garden is definitely your next destination. The air-conditioned restaurant, decorated with warmth decorations, some liquor collections on the racks and some sod on the wall, could probably make you feel like having a lovely meal in a peaceful garden.
The restaurant serves not only varieties of cuisine, but also varieties of unique and creative desserts and drinks. You can have a try with the UFB’s Papachos as an appetizer, which is the papadum served with sweet and tangy Thousand Island sauce and fresh tomatoes.
For the main course, the Signature Pork Chop which is made with fresh pork, should be your very first choice without any doubt. The tender and moist grilled pork chop, served together with the special Mustard and Carribbean salsa sauce, could be the only reason you will definitely come back again!
Desserts and cakes are available in the cafe too if you would like to have something sweet during the afternoon. All of their desserts are made exclusively with natural ingredients, without adding any additional flavorings or preservatives.
Additional Information:
Address: 8, Jalan Yahya Aldatar, Taman Pelangi, 80300 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 11.30am to 12am daily.
Contact: 014-8009981
7.Bloom by Mokmok
Bloom by Mokmok is an air-conditioned café located in Taman Mount Austin Johor Bahru, which is successfully differentiate itself from other garden-themed café. But what makes it so unique? Decorated by grey color walls, thousands of dry flower hanging on the ceiling and furnished with warmth and comfortable furniture, this café never fails to differentiate itself from others, and always crowded with customers from local, other states and even Singapore.
You can definitely enjoy your meals with the peaceful atmosphere, and enjoy the fragrant from the dry flower in every corner in the café. Bloom by Mokmok offers varieties of cuisine from Western to Asian, and varieties of desserts and drinks. For Asian cuisine lover, you can have a try with the Signature Rice Bowls, which you can choose among beef tenderloin (RM39), grilled chicken (RM22) and unagi(RM38) upon ordering.
If you like to have sometime more special, you can have a try with the Gyutan (beef tongue) bowl instead, with the well-marinated meat with chilies and onions and the signature pearl rice, you will definitely satisfy with it.
If you are a western food lover, Fried Chicken Burger is highly recommended, with the juicy meat and bun with butter fragrant and served together with special raita sauce which is made from yogurt, cucumber and cilantro, I bet you will never found the taste like this from the places.
For the desserts, Emerald Oasis and Kumo Ultimo are the must-try desserts which you must take into consider. Their souffle is a must try too, this dessert is really fluffy and soft. For its flavor, it is not overly sweet and there are fruit bits available as side decorations for refreshment after enjoying the dessert.
Additional Information:
Address: 87, Jalan Mutiara Emas 2A,Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 12pm to 11.30pm daily.
Contact: 019-7710068
8.Mok Mok Brunch and Bistro
Pay a visit to Mok Mok Brunch and Bistro located in Taman Pelangi Johor Bahru if you love to have a lovely meal surrounded by peaceful atmosphere and greenish plants. The air-conditioned café, furnished with warmth and comfortable tables and chairs, and decorated with plenty to plants from the exterior to interior, has dedicates on serving their customers with farm-to-table meals.
Mok Mok Brunch and Bistro has the exactly same menu with the Bloom by Mok Mok which offers varieties of cuisine from Western to Asian, and varieties of desserts and drinks. For Asian cuisine lover, you can have a try with the Signature Rice Bowls, which you can choose among beef tenderloin (RM39), grilled chicken (RM22) and unagi(RM38) upon ordering.
If you like to have something more special, you can have a try with the Gyutan (beef tongue) bowl instead, with the well-marinated meat with chilies and onions and the signature pearl rice, you will definitely satisfy with it.
If you are a western food lover, Fried Chicken Burger is highly recommended, with the juicy meat and bun with butter fragrant and served together with special raita sauce which is made from yogurt, cucumber and cilantro. I bet you will never found the taste like this from the places.
For the desserts, Emerald Oasis and Kumo Ultimo are the must-try desserts which you must take into consider.
Additional Information:
Address: 78, Jalan Pingai, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 11.30am to 11.30pm daily.
Contact: 07-3363562
9.Rowan & Parsley Food Atelier
If you want to enjoy your meals peacefully and get rid of the noise of the city, Rowan & Parsley Food Atelier which is once a factory located in an industrial area is your must-go destination. The secret garden with a huge glass field in front, decorated with uncountable plants from the exterior to the interior, and furnished with comfortable and vintage-styled furniture and a floor-to-ceiling glass wall, could bring your enjoyment to the maximum!
Mango Dragon Fruit Salad is highly recommended as your starter, which combine of the four tastes, sweet and sour from the mango and dragon fruits, bitter from the arugula and spice from the grilled shrimp with homemade sauce, which can effectively stimulate your taste buds.
For the main course, Grilled Poulet, Unagi Aglio Olio and Lup De Mare are highly recommended by the chef. Have a try with the Truffle Porcini Mushroom Soup if you would like to have some soup at the moment.
For the drinks, Butterfly Pea Lemon is a must-try drinks which is only can be found here!
Additional Information:
Address: No.17, Jalan Cenderai 20, Kawasan Perindustrian Kota Putri, 81750 Johor Bahru.
Business hours: 6pm to 1am daily. Monday closed.
Contact:07-3821760
10. Cafe de Flore
Inspired by the interior design of Cafe de Flore in Paris, which was also a hangout spot of Pablo Piccaso. Cafe de Flore is a cafe with elegance Paris’s garden theme which might bring everyone back to the 1887 Paris. Each corner of the cafe is decorated with Paris-inspired mini decorations and also flowers and plants. Upon arriving at Cafe de Flore, you would be able to see a real cello located near the entrance of the cafe. This shows that you are arriving at the right place. The exterior design of the building is elegance, with eye-catching green colored pent and blue LED sign on its balcony.
Cafe de Flore is a two-storey cafe that allows thier customers to choose their preferred dining place. If you like to chill with the lush greenery and also the vibrant flowers, you may have your seat at the cafe’s outdoor. Props such as vinvyl bicycle which are great for OOTD pictures are available too. On the other hand, the interior design of Cafe de Flore is quite decent and not as dreamy as the outside. It is decorated with chequered tiles and colorful chairs that helps in sprucing the place.
It could be a perfect spot for you to enjoy your meal under the breezy weather. The cafe serves wide varieties of local and western delicacies in their all-day breakfast menu. It is a perfect place to enjoy an English breakfast at anytime, even during the afternoon.
One of the recommended breakfast menu of theirs would be the Juicy Ham Muffin. This piece of delicacy looks great with runny eggs resting in a baked ham bowl. It could be very satisfying to get a mouthful of the sunny egg, cheese, ham and muffin together in one bite. The ham itself is juicy and it does not feel overly dry despite being baked in the oven.
Besides that, Cafe de Flore also offers wide varieties of sweet desserts and local delicacies which are wort for a try. Another interesting point of the cafe is that they even serve their tea in an English teapot and teacups which is really elegance and suitable for Instagram photos.
Additional Information:
Address: Mount Austin, Jalan Jaya Putra 1/1, Taman JP Perdana, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia Opening Hours: (Daily) 11am – 11pm
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