Merchant's Lane

Petaling Street · Kuala Lumpur

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Occupying the first floor of a heritage shophouse at 150 Jalan Petaling, once a historic building within Chinatown, Merchant's Lane transforms storied bones into one of KL's most photographed cafe settings. The menu leans into creative Malaysian-Western fusion with jasmine-infused coffee drinks, charcoal oolong tea, and Earl Grey ice cream espresso. A pillar of the Petaling Street specialty coffee scene, it draws visitors as much for the atmospheric architecture as for what is in the cup.

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Merchant's Lane

Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur

3.1458, 101.6978

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