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Top choice in Kota Bharu


Just inside the red archway entrance to Chinatown, the flaming woks and beer advertising of this outdoor restaurant draws in the crowds on balmy evenings. Choose from Thai, Malay or Chinese; each style has its own chef and cooking stall. A more limited offering is available in the mornings.

If all the tables are occupied, try the similar Kow Lun Restoran next door.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kota Bharu attractions

1. Kampung Kraftangan

0.36 MILES

This handicraft market, a touristy affair opposite Istana Batu, has a one-room museum with displays of woodcarving, batik-making and other crafts.

2. Istana Batu

0.42 MILES

The pale-yellow building, constructed in 1939, was the crown prince’s palace until it was donated to the state. Now a museum, the richly furnished rooms…

3. Istana Jahar

0.43 MILES

Kota Bharu’s best museum focuses on Kelantanese ritual and crafts. It's housed in a beautiful chocolate-brown building that dates back to 1887 and is…

4. Streetart Gallery

0.44 MILES

This colourful display of street art covers several connecting back alleys between Jln Ismail and Jln Dato Pati. There are depictions of smiling locals at…

5. State Mosque

0.48 MILES

The original wooden mosque built here in 1867 was replaced by the current masonry and concrete structure in 1922. It can accommodate over 2000 worshippers…

6. Muzium Islam

0.5 MILES

Muzium Islam occupies an old villa once known as Serambi Mekah (Verandah to Mecca) – a reference to its days as Kelantan’s first school of Islamic…

7. Muzium Negeri Kelanta

0.52 MILES

Next to the tourist information centre, this is the official state museum. The exhibits on Kelantan’s history and culture are interesting, but the…

8. Bank Kerapu

0.53 MILES

Built in 1912 for the Mercantile Bank of India, the Bank Kerapu building was the first stone structure built in Kelantan. During WWII it was the HQ of the…