Johor Bahru

AEON Mall Bandar Dato' Onn

Shopping mall with beer garden and small outdoor gym facilities. This is the major and largest mall in the northern part of the city.

AEON Tebrau City

Almost half of the mall's three-level floor area is occupied by the AEON hypermarket (on all the 3 levels). There are numerous international fashion shops like Giordano, MNG, Esprit, Dorothy Perkins. It is at the junction of Tebrau Highway (also known as Jalan Pandan) and Jalan Desa Tebrau. It consists of Japanese-themed section called Japan Village featuring many Japanese restaurants and shops and Fanpekka Theme Park for children.

Sun-Thu 10AM-10PM, Fri Sat 10AM-11PM

Aerofly Johor Light Aircraft and RC Plane Runway

Open space runway for light aircraft and aeromodellers enthusiasts, suitable for fixed-wing, gliders, helicopters and drones.

Free

Angsana Johor Bahru Mall

A shopping mall for traditional clothes and electronic goods hunting, located at the western side of the city.

Arulmigu Rajamariamman Devasthanam Temple

Free admission for visitors. Everyone has their shoes in the racks beside the gate entrance. The temple also features the Indian Heritage Centre cultural centre.

5:30AM-noon, 6-9PM

Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Glass Temple

Inaugurated in 1996 and touted as "The First Glass Temple in the World". The inner surface of the walls and the columns inside the temple are clad with imported glass, hence the name. The floor is paved with granite. There's a canteen at the back of the temple building and sells only Indian vegetarian food. Thousands of tourists and pilgrims coming here everyday. There are food and drink stalls lining both sides of the driveway in the front of the temple. Temple prayer hours 7:30AM-noon daily; Temple closure Tu-Su noon-1PM & M noon-7PM; Temple visiting hours daily except M (closed to visitors) 1-6PM. Chitra Pournami Paal Kudam Festival held every Wednesday and Glass Chariot Procession held every Thursday at the temple.

RM10/5 for adults/children (5-12 years old), leaving shoes with the guardian RM0.50

Austin Heights Golf and Hotel Resort

Nestled amidst the lush greens of the 27-hole golf course, the resort clubhouse boasts 66 exclusive suites, free-form swimming pool, tennis courts, 8-lane bowling alley, sauna, jacuzzi, karaoke and banqueting facilities all under one roof.

Austin Heights Water and Adventure Park

Water Park Big Splash, Adventure Park, Jump Street Austin Heights, Drift in Austin, Skating Rink Austin Heights.

Water park 10AM-7PM, adventure park 10AM-6PM, sports & leisure park 10AM-10PM·Water park RM88, adventure park RM88, jump street RM228, skating rink RM228, drift RM228

Bert's Keller

A cosy and intimate, no-nonsense pub. Bert’s Keller has a small menu that is big on quality and portions, serving chicken chop, lamb chop, oxtail stew, stir-fried noodles, etc. Its signature oxtail stew comes with a side of toast. This special stew is served a day after the meat has been steeped in its sauces and is so tender that it is ready to fall off the bones. Live music on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

daily 4PM-1AM

Broadway Theatre

Pawagam Broadway

This is an old movie theater in the city centre, about 100 m southeast of the Sri Raja Mariamman Hindu temple, that shows only Tamil-language movies.

Cedar Point Food Centre

食得福美食中心

Open-air hawker centre with performance stage and stalls selling some goods.

7AM-midnight

Chakra Restaurant

Housed in a converted 2-story, colonial bungalow built about 120 years ago, it has been in operation for more than 60 years. It serves cuisine from all parts of the Indian subcontinent. It also offers catering services.

Daily 11AM-3:30PM, 6PM-10:30PM

Chez Papa French Bistro And Wine Bar

Authentic French cuisine and a fine selection of wines. Established in 1999 by Dominique Muller. The restaurant also offers a cosy and intimate wine bar with music. The Wine Room has a wine list of more than 80 wines, over 20 types of imported beer, serves cocktails and tapas.

Mon-Sat 5:30PM-midnight. Dinner from 6-10:30PM (last order). Wine, cocktails and tapas from 5:30PM-midnight

Chinatown

This historical Chinese community area is located mostly along the Tan Hiok Nee Street. It consists of various restaurants, shops and landmarks, such as Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum, Museum of 24 Festive Drum, Senso Art Gallery, Art 52 Gallery and the nearby Johor Bahru Kwong Siew Heritage Gallery.

Free, except when visiting individual establishment

Church of the Immaculate Conception

Beige building with a single steeple (with spire) is one of the main Roman Catholic churches in Johor Bahru. Built in 1883 in the British colonial style, it is one of the oldest structures still standing in Johor Bahru. Try to get here for the Tamil feast of Pongal in mid-January, when an intriguingly colourful harvest festival service is held within the church.

Daiman Johor Jaya Sports Complex

Sports complex with facilities such as swimming pool, badminton court, gymnasium, table tennis and sauna.

Danga Bay

Teluk Danga

It is a waterfront development with residential properties, commercial buildings and recreational facilities. The area features the Country Garden Danga Bay and Danga Bay Convention Centre. To get there from the city centre, take any of the very frequent bus (one-way fare RM1.60 or 1.70) that goes to Bukit Indah/Kulai/Selesa Jaya from JB Sentral Terminal. You can take a tourist tram along the coastline area (RM5 per person, free for children below 3 years old).

Dann's Cafe

A popular place for good Johor laksa, Hyderabad biryani rice, mee siam Kuah.

Mon-Sat 10:30AM-6PM

DreamLiner Airways Cafe

Aeroplane-themed restaurant where you will sit in an airplane seating style with big central television showing general video about airplane flying in the sky. Nevertheless, the foods are served on normal plates as usual.

11AM-11PM

Figure Museum

Muzium Tokoh

The museum is housed in a building constructed in 1893 which was once used as the official residence of the first Chief Minister of Johor. As of July 2024, it is under renovation with an unknown date to reopen.

Food Generation JB (FGJB)

新食代, Connoisseur

Modern food court adjacent to the Johor Bahru border checkpoint, with two separate covered areas (featuring the various food stalls) and a large alfresco beer garden seating area with a rotating fan in the middle of the garden, a musical stage at the rear of the garden, palm trees surrounding the garden seating area. Entrance contains a refurbished relic of a white bus.

5PM-midnight

Galleria @ Kotaraya

Shopping mall with UTC Johor, a centralized government-related service centre.

Gaya Community Park

Park with big circular amphitheater and children's playgrounds.

Gianni's Trattoria

Fantastic Italian cuisine. Pizzas (each of these are of one size only), pastas, soups, meat and fish dishes, appetizers. Daily set lunch consisting of soup, main course and iced lemon tea.

11:30AM-10:30PM

Gurdwara Sahib Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru Sikh Temple

This Sikh temple was built on the site of the smaller and older Sikh temple and was inaugurated on 28 August 1992. This is a 2-storey white building with yellow window frames and an all-round, crenellated roof parapet. The Darbar Sahib is located on the second level. The Granthi quarters and two rooms for Sikh visitors are located at an annex on the second level. The Guru Ka Langgar hall, kitchen and office are located on the first level. There are about 250 Sikh families who participate in the religious activities in this Gurdwara Sahib. The normal weekly prayers are held Su 9:30-11:30AM.

Hanoi 9 Spa KSL

Large Chinese-style spa with overnight facilities inside KSL City Mall.

Hiap Joo Bakery

This traditional family-run Chinese bakery has been baking bread and cakes the same way since it was founded in 1919, in a wood-fired oven. Particularly famous for its banana cakes. Breads and cakes are ready piping-hot from the oven at around 12:30 and 2:30PM respectively. The products must be consumed within three days of purchase because no preservatives are used.

Mon-Sat 12:30 to 6PM. Preparation of the breads and cakes for baking start at around 8AM

Holiday Plaza

A very long shopping mall built in the early years of the city. It sells various mobile and telecommunication products.

India Mosque

Masjid India

This mosque has two different minarets and was founded by the city's Indian Muslim community. It is a modern-looking mosque with white walls, blue-tinted glass cladding on both its minarets and a blue and silver dome.

Free

JLand Tower

Menara JLand

An iconic skyscraper with lightshow on its outer glass windows at night. It has a gallery and viewing platform at its 34th level to see the skyline of Johor Bahru named Skyscape.