When you’re planning a trip around Malaysia’s landmarks, there’s always a high chance that you will choose to visit Melaka. The historical city is filled to the brim with UNESCO cultural heritage sites as well as a colourful mix of cultures, and most importantly: FOOD. Of all the places to go for food in Melaka, Jonker Street has to be one of the biggest collections of food from around the town.
Longing for some good coffee and dessert? You’re in luck, because we here at SGMYTRIPS have compiled a list featuring the best cafés in Jonker Street that you have to stop by, whether it’s an early morning breakfast, a late afternoon coffee break or even an evening lounge.
Best Jonker Street’s Cafe In Malacca
- Kaya-kaya Cafe
- Hard Rock Cafe Malacca
- Backlane Coffee
- Geographer’s Cafe
- The Coffee Jar
- The Stolen Cup
- Rainforest Coffee Bean
- The Daily Fix Café
- The Baboon House
- Riverview Café Melaka
- Calanthe Art Café
- Sin Sing Cafe 新生咖啡馆
- Navy Café
- Heesan Kopi
- Relish The Moment
1. Kaya-kaya Cafe
Kaya-kaya cafe is a beautiful vintage cafe in Melaka. The cafe is a reflection of Melaka City’s rich culture, history and traditions which are passed down from early settlers to the present generation. The vintage cafe exudes a calm ambiance and this hidden treasure where visitors are able to get some respite from the crowd at Jonker Street.
With ancient brick walls and wooden furniture, Kaya-kaya Cafe take you to time travel, probably decades ago. Head to the back of the building where you will find a countryard. At the back, the cafe features a great mural wall which has been welcoming endless guests for pictures. Settle in for a hearty meal at their outdoor courtyard while you admire the beautiful hand painting wall murals.
The cafe offers wholesome and hearty dishes. For example breakfast, their Kaya Cheese Toast is a must try. The kaya creamy and it feels like melting in your mouth. They add some more cheese to add some saltiness to the sweet taste. Start your day with a hearty plate of Kaya Toast.
Another focus point is the Mushroom Omelette. The fluffy moist scrambled eggs are added with mushrooms in butter until a fragrant smell given off. Truly the taste of heaven. Yummy. Moreover, their drinks also have a special name for it of them. For an example, “See U Again” is a drink mixed with pandan leaves and lemongrass. Another example is “Welcome to Malacca” is soya mixed sugar Malacca and grass jelly.
Additional Information :
Location : 32, Jalan Tukang Besi, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2814089
Opening Hours : 8am – 6pm
2.Hard Rock Cafe Malacca
Idyllically situated beside the Malacca River, Hard Rock Cafe that offers great brand performance has been music enthusiasts to come over for dinner. It’s because Hard Rock Cafe has a similar layout (outdoor and indoor seating areas, a bar, and a live stage) to the rest of the chain’s outlets worldwide, with a Straits Malacca-inspired patterned floor for a distinctively Malacca flavor to the decor. With portions large enough to share, food at Hard Rock Cafe Malacca is certainly meant for big parties, or for those with large appetites. There are lots of great artists and musicians have been invited to play crowd-favorite songs ranging from rock&roll, pop, jazz to blue music.
Either way, its usual Tex-Mex menu consists of well-known items such as sandwiches, “Smokes (chicken or beef ribs)” and legendary burger, with an addition of Malaysian favourite such as the “Percik” burger (juicy burger patty with a paste of Malaysian spices), the seafood “Char Kuey Teow” and assam pedas fish. There are also a separate menu for kid. The kids’ menu is also available for the youngest, and its desserts options are to die for: laden with premium ice cream Haagen Dazs, they will certainly top off a great dining experience. If you are a desserts lover, their laden with ice-cream Haagen Dazs may be one of your favourite.
Additional Information :
Location : No. 28, Lorong Hang Jebat, 75000 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2925188
Opening Hours : Monday – Thursday 11.30am – 1.00am
Friday – Sunday 11.30am – 2.00am
Also Read : 12 Best Food Stops in Melaka’s Jonker Street
3.Backlane Coffee
One of the best take a ways from your Melaka trip is visiting Backlane Coffee located at Jalan Hang Jebat, or more commonly known as Jonker Street. True to its name, the cafe is tucked at the back lane of the street where you can enjoy some quiet time away from the crowd.
While the team at Backlane Coffee has built a reputation for serving handmade grub such as classic breakfast sets, pizza and panini. Most people visit the cafe for their enticing coffee and dessert selection.
The WiFi is free provide for the customers. This is a pit stop you have to make when you are around Jonker Street. Featuring warm tones from the aged brick walls, dark wooden furniture and antique items placed around the cafe such as avinyl record player and a vintage wall clock, the welcoming interior provides a calm environment for the guests to stick around for a chat.
There are a lager seating area which provides enough space for visitors to wander around the cafe comfortably or even do some work with your laptop without having to squeeze.
Additional Information :
Location : 129, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2820542
Opening Hours : Sunday – Thursday 11am – 1200am
Friday – Saturday 11am – 1am
4.Geographer’s Cafe
Geographer Cafe is probably one of the most well-known cafes in Melaka located within the heart of Melaka City. Lies at the corner of the shopping street, customers are pleased to dine here because of their warm and elegant atmosphere. At night, it transforms into a tempting bar, offering enchanting nightlife to the visitors. Health junkies would love to visit this cafe as food is prepared without MSG.
Mouth-watering food are the main attraction of Geographer Cafe. They aim at providing fresh and healthy food to the customers. As a result, most of the dishes here come with white meat, salad and soup. They even add fruits and yoghurt to their desserts.
Also Read : 12 Places to Visit in Melaka at Night For Nightlife
For the beverages, the cafe serves soft drinks, fruit juices, coffee, tea, liquors and even wines. Gula Melaka Layer Tea is their specially created drink. It taste sweet and it has three layers. The cafe sells gifts and souvenirs too.
Additional Information :
Location : 83, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka. Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2816813
Opening Hours : Monday – Friday 10am – 1am
Saturday – Sunday 9am – 1am
5.The Coffee Jar
Currently, lots of coffee shops are mushrooming in Melaka but The Coffee Jar stands out among all of them. A small and cosy coffee house in Melaka, The Coffee Jar is simpler alternative to the fancy cafes on Jonker Street. Focusing on all attention on excellent coffee the owners started the cafe out of a passion for the industry.
Complement your coffee with sliced cakes which come in seasonal flavours. Despite the taste, they highly emphasise on the art and the craft of the coffee, eager to serve you the best coffee in town. When you enter the coffee shop and you will be welcomed by several coffee roasters that are constantly roasting the coffee beans.
From classic cappuccino to a well-balanced ristretto, they don’t limit themselves in serving only black coffee. They learn more and keep on improving their coffee-making skills. That’s why many youngest get to enjoy a high standard milk coffee and espresso-based coffee here. There are also offer cheese cakes and pies as complement to the coffee. All desserts are homemade and come with affordable price.
Additional Information :
Location : No.38, Lorong Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +6012 – 2815100
Opening Hours : 10.30am – 6.00pm
Closed on Tuesday
6.The Stolen Cup
There are a humble cafe decorated with old clocks, posters and wooden planks to give at rustic feel, that is The Stolen Cup.
Nice Bossa Nova music are played as background music.
The Stolen Cup is a fairly new cafe. It’s opened in January of 2017 and located along the Jonker Street of Melaka Old Town. It offers a convenient place to rest our legs and get out of the heat when visiting the historical city of Melaka. The little cafe serves some nice coffee with croissants and is a great place for breakfast and afternoon coffee-time. A full frontal photo of the little cafe. It looks like a cup of coffee itself with warm lights and woody furnishings. Their barista speciality, Gula Melaka Latte is highlighted on a little blackboard outside the cafe.
Gula Melaka is the locally produced palm sugar and is a good replacement for sugar with a faint coconut flavour. A close-in of the cafe.
Although not a very big cafe, the space also nice so there will not be too many people in the cafe and allow more room for checking out the decorations. Another special coffee here is curacao coffee and the curacao is flavoured with peels of oranges.
Their caramel macchiato is highly recommended too. If you never try salted egg croissant before, the one that offered here does not disappoint you. It well-toasted and has a crispy skin.
Additional Information :
Location : 21A, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Opening Hours : Monday – Thursday 9am – 6pm
Friday – Sunday 9am – 11pm
Closed on Tuesday
7.Rainforest Coffee Bean
Surrounded by ancient antique and furniture, Rainforest Coffee Ban creates a nostalgic ambience for us to enjoy their homemade coffee.
While walking in, you will first be greeted by their on-site shop that sells freshly grounded coffee powder such as Arabian coffee bean. For caffeine addict, this is the 100% original coffee bean from Arabian.
The combination between the antique decor and the strongly flavoured coffees and pasties from a what-you-need ambiance. You can either enjoy coffee surrounded by antique furniture inside the shop or just sit in the front table facing the bustling Jonker Street and watch people pass by.
Also Read : Melaka Jonker Street: A Great Spot To Stay and Travel In Melaka
The staff is friendly and it is a good stop for coffee on your stroll through Chinatown. The inner cafe has seating with table set comfortable for more than 10 patrons at a time. Walls are studded with heritage art items and antique furniture every where. It is a unique experience to be surrounded by antique objects while having coffee. The concept is well developed to be a two way attraction for visitors.
There are also various types of coffee powders are stuffed in brownish packs with some informative description over it. It’s placed in different platforms of a big wooden shelf kept in one of the corners. On the left to this section is the entrance to the seat and tables. The creamy cheesecakes is the highlight too. Caramelized on the top, there are blueberries stuffed in between and a crust at bottom. Basically, it has 3 layers and the taste and texture are perfect in mouth.
Additional Information :
Location : No.36 & 38, Jalan Hang Jebat, 72500 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2840128
Opening Hours : Monday – Thursday 10am – 6pm
Friday – Sunday 10pm – 10pm
8.The Daily Fix Café
The Daily Fix welcomes many visitors on a daily basis. It basically was once an old shop house, had underwent renovation to offer customers a cosy environment in rustic feel. It’s quite popular among the teenagers because they like to upload the surrounding here on Instagram.
There are a few factors we can think of that attributed to the cafe’s overwhelming success – its location and charming vintage interior. The Daily Fix is hidden behind a souvenir store at Joker Street and its menu features fusion mains and desserts.
The cafe specializes in serving pancakes with different flavours. One of the highlights is their Local Pandan Pancake that comes with 5 pieces stuffed with sugar. Other desserts like brownies and cakes are offered too.
If you like to eat spaghetti, their Smoked Duck Aglio Olio is so well-cooked and the chilli and garlic seasoning are added to the perfect amount. The duck meat is not too fatty and you can change it with Char Siew as well. If you are love taking photographs, head to the indoor courtyard at the back for more scenic spots.
Additional Information :
Location : 55, Jalan Hang Jebat, Malacca Town, Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2834858
Opening Hours : Monday – Friday 9am – 11.30pm
Saturday & Sunday 8.30am – 11.30pm
9.The Baboon House
The Baboon House is a charming cafe that boasts “Nature Feel”. The tranquil environment of the cafe shows a huge contrast to the lively Jonker Street outside. The Baboon House is quaint cafe with a great laid-back vibe – complete with an open-air courtyard and greenery snaking up the walls, spacious seating arrangements, eclectic furnishings, and visitors are often greeted by the owner’s adorable pet dog and cat.
The Baboon House’s peaceful and cosy environment is a pleasant contrast to the busy lanes of Jonker Street, making it the perfect eatery to go for a taste of American cuisine with authentic Malaccan hospitality.
Portions served at The Baboon House are slightly bigger than most burger joints, so sharing is encouraged. The shop highly recommend the ultra creamy Vietnamese drip-coffee with your choice of homemade chicken, beef or pork hamburgers.
While waiting to be served, visitors can browse the ethnic crafts on sale or simply relax on a swing chair by greenery area. While waiting for the food, customers can enjoy some quite moments by browsing magazines, reading book of inspecting delicate crafts on walls.
Additional Information :
Location : 89, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Kampung Bukit China, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +605 – 2831635
Opening Hours : Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday 10am – 7pm
Closed on Tuesday
10.Riverview Café Melaka
As the name suggested, the cafe offers diners a picturesque vies of Malacca River while they were enjoying the food. At night, the lights that reflecting on the river creates a very romantic ambience for dinner.
If the weather is nice, the outdoor seating is even more enjoyable. You can see the boats cruising by the river and the smiles of tourists on the boat could make your day.
The menu offerings are ranging from western food, local delicacies and the fusion of western food. Despite specialising in Malaysian’s all time favourite such as Nasi Lemak, they serve excellent Malay classic food lie beef rending and Nasi Kemal too.
The cafe is very quiet and serene because it’s located quite far from the main activity area of Jonker Street. It’s best suited for those who want to stay alone.
Additional Information :
Location : 82, Jalan Kampong Pantai, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +6012 – 3807211
Opening Hours : 10am – 10pm
Closed on Tuesday
11.Calanthe Art Café
Having been around for a decade, Calanthe Art Cafe has made a reputation for itself along Jonker Street. What is interesting about the cafe is that it serves 13 different types of coffee highlighting the difference in coffee that is unique to each Malaysian state.
Calanthe Art Cafe is like a quiet oasis, even though the decor doesn’t quite say the same thing. It’s vibrantly furnished with eclectic and creative touches such as rattan furniture hanging from the ceiling, hand-painted walls, and little trinkets on shelves throughout the property.
With the tagline “The First and Only One”, Calanthe Art Cafe serves specialty coffee drinks from all 13 states of the country, so if you are an adventurous coffee aficionado, this is definitely something you want to try. As for their food items, Calan Art Cafe specializes in local food, and does se expertly, as it was listed in top 50 best laksa outlets in M’sia by Malaysia Tourism Body.
Laksa is a Nyonya spicy noodle soup, and the cafe’s version is loaded with ingredients such as tofu puffs, fried bean curd skin, eggs strips and fishcake slices. All in flavorful coconut gravy infused with lemongrass turmeric and spices.
For non-coffee drinkers, they have ice-blended beverages such as Pink Lady and Cendol Ice Blenz. Variety of smoothies, soda mixes, milk shakes and teas are offered too. If you prefer alcoholic drinks, the shop recommend you the Bailey Cocktail. After the meal, you can order their brownie with ice-cream or caramel slice as desserts. Both are the signature desserts here.
Additional Information :
Location : 11, Jalan Hang Kasturi, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Contact : +606 – 2922960
Opening Hours : Sunday – Thursday 9am – 11pm
Friday – Saturday 9am – 12am
12. Sin Sing Cafe 新生咖啡馆
The next on the list of cafés in Jonker Street , we have The Sin Sing Café is located along Jalan Hang Jebat, and is more of a concept outlet store, as they sell freshly brewed beverages and snacks from Sin Sing Coffee, which is a local brand. The café is delightfully classic, giving off Hainanese coffee shop vibes.
We recommend getting their Kopi O, or black coffee, which is aromatic and flavoursome. If you’re coming here for breakfast, get a couple of Half-Boiled Eggs and Toast as well. The perfect, quintessential Malaysian breakfast set.
Additional Information:
Address: No. 99, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka.
Contact: 017-226 9955
Hours: Opens daily, 9am – 5pm. Extends to 9pm Friday thru Sunday,
Website: sin sing cafe 新生咖啡馆
13. Navy Café
Located along Jalan Hang Kasturi, the Navy Café is a quiet little spot featuring clean, minimalist aesthetics that is sure to calm you down whenever you are around. The use of dark brown hues and white walls really brings a good contrast to the look, and the warm lighting adds depth to the design.
The highlight of their menu here as to go to their Smoothie Bowls, which are just phenomenal. The portion is just right, and the addition of fresh fruit and berries really enhance the taste, giving it a sweet, fresh finish.
Additional Information:
Address: 5, Jalan Hang Kasturi, 75200 Melaka.
Contact: –
Hours: Opens daily, 9am – 5pm.
Website: Navy Café
14. Heesan Kopi
Heesan Kopi is located along Jalan Hang Jebat, and is a classic looking, neat café that features a minimalist aesthetic and lots of warm lighting.
The interior is also decorated by lots of potted plants, giving it a much needed splash of green, which makes this place look livelier.
While you’re here, we recommend getting their freshly brewed Coffee, which is a must try especially if you are a coffee lover. Have it with milk or without, the coffee will still taste rich and bitter, with a good, strong aroma.
Additional Information:
Address: 100, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka.
Contact: 06-281 2165
Hours: Opens daily, 9am – 7pm.
Website: Heesan Kopi
15. Relish The Moment
Relish The Moment is located along Jalan Kampung Pantai, and is a quaint little café decorated to look rustic and beautifully vibrant.
The aesthetic features many call backs to the years long gone in the form of vintage décor, as well as industrial style with the exposed walls and wooden furniture.
We recommend getting their Pizza as well as their Mushroom Toast, with a hot coffee to finish the meal. The pizza is properly crunchy and has a very rich, flavourful sauce and the mushrooms are caramelized to golden brown perfection.
Additional Information:
Address: 100, Jalan Kampung Pantai, 75200 Melaka.
Contact: 06-281 2356
Hours: Opens daily, 10am – 12am.
Website: Relish The Moment
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