Reach For The Stars At SkyBar

Up high in Kuala Lumpur, there’s a unique nightspot that offers magical views of the city and a moment to escape from it all.

- David Bowden

It would be a foolish developer who didn’t install a rooftop bar at the top of any new building development in Malaysia. One of the pioneers of drinking at altitude was SkyBar on the 33rd floor of Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur strategically located overlooking KLCC and with arguably the finest views of the Twin Towers.

Now in its 11th year of operation, SkyBar still sets the standard that many other nightspots try to emulate and there is an argument that, if you haven’t been to SkyBar, you haven’t been to Kuala Lumpur.

SkyBar is unique in KL in that it has a five-lane, oblong shaped lap pool in the middle of the bar’s semi-open space. As the night heats up, the fresh air that flows in and the over-sized ceiling fans ensure SkyBar is one of the city’s coolest bars in more ways than one.

While SkyBar has won every award for KL’s best bar, the management here hasn’t been one to rest on its laurels as it continually reinvents itself as times, trends and consumer tastes vary

Golf Digest’s research team was pleased to revisit SkyBar to be reminded that it still sets the trend for a classy night of drinking and snacking in the city that now has many new rooftop options.

BAR WITH A VIEW