The best restaurants in Genting Highlands, Malaysia

One of the best ways to enjoy your trip to the Genting Highlands is to savour various cuisines amid great atmosphere, beautiful sceneries, and cool weather. Here are the best restaurants to try in Genting Highlands.

Ming Ren Restaurant

The lamb dishes are Ming Ren Restaurant’s specialty and are cooked and prepared very meticulously. The aroma makes your palate itch to have a taste of it. This meal is prepared via extraordinary Cantonese cooking methods, complete with traditional spices and seasonings. This restaurant has an extensive menu of lamb delicacies, including cold dish, Braised Lamb with Radish, Lamb Kut Teh Soup, Roasted Lamb Ribs, and Lamb Ice Cream drizzled with pistachio sauce and topped with almond slices.

Hou-Mei Noodle House

Slurp delicious noodles at Hou-Mei Noodle House right outside the casino at First World Plaza. Their portions are big enough to share with your friends and family. They even have monthly special dish offers. We recommend eating Curry Laksa Noodle, Beef Brisket Noodle, Assam Laksa, and Ipoh Hor Fun Noodle. If you prefer having rice, there are also porridges as well as various meat served with rice such as Hainan Chicken Rice. It’s the perfect place to have lunch after taking the cable car ride to Genting Highlands Resort.

Chuan Kie Restaurant

Stop by at the Chuan Kie Restaurant in Gohtong Jaya to have lunch before heading up to Genting Highlands Resort via cable car ride. Enjoy the cool breeze while relishing Chinese delicacies. The price is reasonable for four to five dishes served in portions to a group of four people. We suggest eating Stir Fry Vegetables (eggplant, French beans, and winged beans), Wild Boar Curry, Steamed Tilapia Fish, Salted Vegetable Soup, Crispy Pork Belly, and Honey Ginger Chicken.

Hou Wan Restaurant

Hou Wan Restaurant serves simple home-cooked Chinese dishes for you to enjoy lunch in Gohtong Jaya. The price of these tasty delicacies is affordable. Order stir-fry noodles to go with meat and vegetable dishes. Try the Dry-fried Prosperity Noodles, Steamed Frog Legs, Hokkien Mee, and Fresh Water Prawns Braised Noodles. If you plan to have seafood, ask the waiter for the price and weight of seasonal dishes. You can have meals outside the restaurants to feel Genting Highlands’ cool weather.

Good Friends Restaurant

Relish mouthwatering dim sum and Hakka cuisine in Good Friends Restaurant’s relaxing and family-friendly ambience. The restaurant is decorated with detailed Chinese elements, including the grand entrance (red doors and dragon carvings). Their dishes are suitable for people of all ages. Try their signature Hakka dishes – Home-Style Braised Streaky Pork with Preserved Vegetables, and Braised Sliced Pork with Chinese Wine in Claypot. Satisfy your dessert cravings by having Almond Bean Curd Jelly served with almond syrup and topped with longan.

Coffee Terrace

Coffee Terrace is a buffet restaurant with a large dining area, serving a wide range of cuisines to choose from. There are four sections in the restaurant – Private Room, Lanai Bar, Nyonya Baba Corner, and Al Fresco Terrace. Choose your favourite food at the Flavours of Malaysia, Chinese, Western, Japanese, Western Asian, Dessert and Fruits Corner. You can have as many as you want until you are happily full. The restaurant is open during breakfast, lunch and dinner hours. Prices vary depending on the time of day.

Burger & Lobster

London’s Burger & Lobster established their first outlet in Southeast Asia at SkyAvenue, Genting Highlands. You will need to be patient with the long queue to get a table, but it is worth the wait to savour the Lobsters (from Nova Scotia, Canada), Lobster Rolls (juicy lobster meat served in toasted brioche rolls with Chilli, Original, or Seven Samurai sauce) and Burgers. Dig into their signature dish, the Chilli Lobster (only in Genting Highlands), served in a claypot with brioche, which you can dip into the spicy sauce.

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Spend a day in Genting Highlands, Malaysia

There are plenty of things to do for 24 hours in Genting Highlands beside the casinos and cool weather, such as making the most of the ornate temples and delicious gastronomy on offer. If you find yourself here on business or a short layover, here is a guide on how to spend 24 hours in Genting Highlands, Malaysia.

Morning

Before taking a cable car ride up to Genting Highlands Resort, visit the Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm to harvest fresh strawberries. Handpick your own strawberries and take them with you as your breakfast for the bargain price of RM8 (less than US$2) for 100g. Take photos of the lavender fields at Lavender Farm, and savour strawberry delicacies at their café. You can see how mushrooms, herbs, and vegetables are cultivated at the farm.

Next head down to the little town of Gohtong Jaya where the Awana Skyway is waiting to take you on a cable car ride. Have your lunch at the restaurants that serve delicious meals at affordable prices. We recommend you to try the Chinese food served at the Yik Kee or Chuan Kie restaurants. Don’t forget to buy some sweet durian tarts and cakes as your snack.

Afternoon

Take the cable car (standard gondola: RM8 (around US$2) per person; glass-floor gondola: RM50 (around US$12) per person) at the Awana Skyway that takes you up to the Genting Highlands Resort. Marvel at the scenic panoramic mountain and rainforest views and soak in the scenery during the cable car ride. Just 10 minutes away from Genting Highlands Resort, visit the Chin Swee Cave Temple (built in 1976 to symbolise Buddhism), climb up the nine-storey pagoda, and learn about Buddhism through the sculptures at the Buddhist Journey to Enlightenment. You can see the whole view of the Genting Highlands from the observation deck.

See how the hardworking bees make honey at the Happy Bee Farm. You will have the chance to buy a wide selection of honey products, including honeycomb, royal jelly, and propolis. Right next to Happy Bee Farm, visit Insect World to learn about the insects’ ecosystem. You will get the chance to learn how to mount dead insects onto boards as displays. Then admire the beautiful butterflies fluttering around in the garden at Butterfly World.

Evening

Enjoy your night by dining and shopping at SkyAvenue. There are more than 70 retail and dining outlets for you to see, eat, and shop at throughout the night. Savour the local delicacies at the Malaysian Food Street. Try the La Fiesta (Spanish food), Burger & Lobster (from London), and Motorino (delicious Brooklyn pizzas) for your dinner. Enjoy French coffee, and other coffee & tea cocktails at Café Richards.

Visit Horizon 50 and The Visitor’s Galleria to find out how the founder of Genting Highlands Resort, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Lim Goh Tong, fulfilled his dreams of building the resort. Take a sneak peek at the forthcoming 20th Century Fox World Malaysia Theme Park, which is due to be launched in late 2017.

Enlighten your evening by having fun at SkyCasino and Genting Casino where there is a wide selection of electronic gaming machines and conventional gaming for you to try your luck and skills. Challenge your friends in a bowling game in the dark, at Glow in the Dark Bowling, Genting Bowl. Or listen to music and dance the night away at Cloud 9.

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