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Cafe Cafe
Review
About
MICHELIN
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MICHELIN Guide: Good cooking
Founded by two local chefs who plied their trade in France, Café Café is tucked away in a quiet part of the city. The interior, dripping in contemporary Parisian chic and traditional French grandeur, is ideal for a romantic dinner. The à la carte and set menus include classic dishes such as foie gras, escargots and duck confit. The carefully crafted food is perfectly poised between knockout texture and spot-on seasoning. The leg of duck confit has a crispy, delicious skin and succulent meat.
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Features
CUISINES
French, European
Meal types
Dinner
PRICE
$$$$
FEATURES
Accepts Credit Cards
Free Wifi
Highchairs Available
Non-smoking restaurants
Reservations
Seating
Serves Alcohol
Street Parking
Table Service
Wine and Beer
Location
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Hours
Closed now
• Opens at 6:00 PM
Sunday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Monday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Tuesday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Wednesday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Thursday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Friday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Saturday
6:00 pm - 12:00 am
Contribute
4.1
168 reviews
Excellent
69
Good
59
Average
30
Poor
5
Terrible
5
Tim K
Kuala Lumpur334 contributions
Feb 2020 • couples
My wife and I visited Cafe Cafe to celebrate Valentine’s Day. It was an excellent choice. The interior of the restaurant feels really French. The music contributes to the French and romantic atmosphere. We had a nice table at the side. So, enough privacy. I noticed that some other tables were quite close to each other. The food was delicious. Beautifully done. This despite a full restaurant. The selection of wine is good as well. A wonderful experience.
Written 14 February 2020
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jhangian
7 contributions
Mar 2020 • couples
What a lovely night spent in this restaurant. The food was excellent, ambience was top notch and customer service is of 5-Stars standard. Definitely a perfect place if you are trying to experience a romantic night out. Would strongly recommend this place especially couples. The staffs are very thoughful and professional and really went extra mile to serve us. Kudos to them! And also, never ever miss out trying their foei gras, it’s one of the best I have ever had (might be subjective but that’s my personal opinion). A restaurant which deserves a standing ovation. Thanks for being so accommodating!
Written 12 March 2020
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mmd
Kuala Lumpur57 contributions
Feb 2020 • couples
Great food, excellent service. But sitting in the usual Malaysian aircon breeze can be chilly if you are daft enough to wear a short sleeved shirt. French background music adds to the romance.
Written 16 February 2020
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Nicola W
Kuala Lumpur4 contributions
Jan 2022 • none
My husband (bless his soul) booked us for a romantic dinner to celebrate my birthday. Firstly a dodgy area for a so called up market restaurant. We booked a table but upon arrival were told to choose one? OK that we could live with. Waiters untrained and mumble so you cant hear them. Tables too close together. Ordered wine, that was the best part of our experience. For starters, my husband had the Foie Gras, it was grainy, charred, tiny portion and just horrible. I had the Scallops, they were very average. For Mains hubby ordered the Beef Cheek, it was bitter and powdery and he could not eat it. I ordered the Duck, it came ice ice cold, I asked for it to be replaced and I think they reheated it but it came back luke warm and so chewy. I sent that back too, they offered to replace the food but all we wanted to do was get out of there. Needless to say by this time we were so over this "wonderful" Fench Cafe we asked for the bill. They took our main courses off the bill. All I can say is DO NOT waste your hard earned money on this place, I was appalled, I was expecting proper French cuisine as good as I had in France but you are better off ordering something exceptionally tasty from the street vendors at Jalan Alor
Written 3 January 2022
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KL Bill
3 contributions
Jul 2020 • none
Damned shame the food was as poor as it was because the restaurant itself was full of charm. Duck confit was as bad as I have had - you would have been better off playing the drums with that drum stick. Starter of 'Camembert' should have been the warning sign - did not taste of cheese. Wine list was OK, but for a 'French' restaurant - just having one french white wine to pick from was very disappointing. Overall, with the pricing they charge it was a remarkably disappointing experience
Written 11 July 2020
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Curious60357995476
Kuala Ketil1 contribution
Nov 2024 • couples
I went with my wife. It is a very nice and rare place in KL.The food, service and waiter's tone were very good.And is a very romantic place
Written 1 January 2025
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TKO
Kuala Lumpur2 contributions
Dec 2020 • couples
Love the romantic ambiance and service, food is good, highly recommend Menu 188. Will come again very soon.
Written 2 January 2021
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jxleelak20
Putrajaya51 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
i was looking for a nice restaurant to celebrate husband"s bday...found this online...reviews were pretty good. The restaurant's name is not clearly visible from the street. Food,drinks and service was excellent, except that we found it irritating that when we wanted to place order for a particular dish or drink, we were told that it was not available. Would suggest that when the menu is handed to us..we are informed of whatever item not available for the day. Also the waiters were trying to push us to order main meals immediately..we actually wanted to order starters and drinks 1st and relax before ordering main meals. Ambience was disappointing...didnt get the French feeling...tables were too close to each other.Washroom also didnt look really well kept...washbasin looked stained. I heard that a new branch is going to be opened soon. Just hope that it lives up to the expectation of a high end restaurant. Also would like to thank staff for the lava cake and ice cream with the Happy bday message.
Written 22 August 2020
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joeyleongyy
Petaling Jaya5 contributions
Dec 2019 • couples
Love the ambience, very romantic, food is nice especially the foie gras, texture is just nice and so juicy, but the beef cheeks was a bit overcooked.
Written 18 December 2019
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Xiouu
Marseille146 contributions
Nov 2019 • none
Great night for a romantic dinner to this place! The food is really good (+1 for the truffle prawn with the menu at 133). The food is great and the price are really worth it. We enjoyed everything except on waiter who didn't seem to enjoy my boyfriend skin colour and was not replying to him when we were calling for him.
Was a good night otherwise. Will go again!
Written 12 December 2019
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Charis W
Shah Alam17 contributions
Sept 2019 • couples
Love the foie gras, escargots and truffle pasta here! Staff are very attentive and super nice. Very romantic atmosphere, so perfect for dates. Highly recommended!
Written 27 September 2019
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Thanks for the wonderful review, Charis! We hope to be able to serve you here at Cafe Cafe again soon!
Written 30 September 2019
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Eric C
Kuala Lumpur6 contributions
Sept 2019 • couples
It was my first time dining at Cafe Cafe last week. I was amazed upon entering the place, it is elegant and yet not pretentious.
We had foie gras and Truffled prawns as recommended. Both are excellent as we do not need to spend triple the price at Michelin restaurants for the same good quality starters with premium ingredients.
The main we had beef cheek and pasta with truffle sauce as I am a fan of truffle..
The beef was perfectly stewed at its softness melts in your mouth. The Truffled mashed was well accomplished with the beef. Fettucinne was a bit hard for me the texture but it was fine as European cooking likes to maintain it's Al Dante bite. The truffle flavour was generous with the final touch of Roasted macadamia that added value to the bite.
Waiter was friendly and I will certainly come back that we spent about RM 220 per person instead of dining at luxury KLCC view with the similar food quality that ended up RM 1500 for 2.
Cafe Cafe--reasonable price, hidden gem, unpretentious, excellent food quality and service..
Written 27 September 2019
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J Eeu
8 contributions
Aug 2019 • couples
Best food, service and atmosphere that we enjoyed very much . Thanks to the owner Pascal for your special arrangement of champagne and roses made our dinner most delicious and romantic!!!
Written 16 August 2019
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Dennis T
9 contributions
Jun 2019 • couples
Some of the better tasting Oysters and Escargots you can find in KL at very reasonable price. The Chef even help you remove the Escargots from their shells, although I would find it more fun to prick those little mollusc from their home (Evil Grin). Nonetheless, the food tastes great and one of the waiter takes really good photos. The location is abit of a letdown (A little rundown) and may be difficult to find (Since its chucked one corner), but what the heck, we are there for the food, less so for the amazing view. (The interior was alright though).
Overall it was a pleasant dining experience and we won't mind visiting it again.
Written 19 June 2019
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Lucie
Kuala Lumpur50 contributions
Mar 2019 • couples
Firstly, looking at how highly rated this restaurant is, I really wonder if we were eating at the same restaurant as these other reviewers.
The night started well as I was impressed with the restaurants unique and quint deco. But It must be mentioned that the restaurants surroundings are a bit scary to be walking through.
The menu selection was underwhelming as we were expecting an array of authentic French dishes but honestly apart from a few usual generic French dishes, the rest were questionable.
We ordered Hokkaido Scallops, Pâté, Potato Gratin with Gruyere, Duck Confit, and Grouper Fillet. Everything was so disappointing and were tiny portions! Please dont be fooled by the menus descriptions.
The 3 Scallops were the size of 50cents, rubbery and frozen!
Pâté also slightly bigger than a 50cent coin rolled in sesame seeds (good luck if you don’t like the strong taste of sesame) were served with hard as bricks mini toasts.
Duck Confit was the worst I have ever tried. Terribly dry with rubbery skin accompanied with a raw plum? Tiny Fish was so underwhelming and bland. Potato Gratin, meh.. we could hardly taste the Gruyere as there was sooo little of it.
By the end of the night, we were surely not going to waste any time on dessert.
We basically went home still hungry.
So be warned, high prices for stingy portions that are totally not worth it in my opinion.
Written 19 March 2019
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