Cocktail Bar · Bukit Damansara · Kuala Lumpur
Reka:Bar
The name means creation in Malay, and the room takes it literally: ferments on the shelves, neon down the walls, and a menu built like a lab notebook.
The Pitch
A Flavour Lab With the Lights On
Reka:Bar calls itself a post modern flavour lab, and the room backs the claim: low ceilings, long neon lines, a back bar glowing yellow, and ferments and mixing tools stacked along the workspaces. Reka is Malay for creation, and the menus treat each drink as a build to be engineered.
The techniques run to clarification, fat washing, and distillation, and seasonal menus take on connected themes; the Domino Effect menu linked every cocktail to the next through a shared ingredient. The Worlds 50 Best Discovery list carries the bar, and Malaysian press tracks each menu drop.
Who would hate it? Drinkers who want a quiet classic. The room runs loud, the builds run conceptual, and the prices run RM45 to RM70.
The Room
Spaceship Workshop, Damansara Address
The Yum List described a slick space that would fit inside a spaceship science workshop, and the description holds: neon, steel, and jars of works in progress. Note the address, 67M Jalan Setia Bakti in Bukit Damansara, a hillside up from the Changkat crawl most visitors default to. Seats at the counter put the technique on display.
The Drinks
Order Off the Theme
Take the current seasonal menu in order; the themes reward sequence, and the staff narrate each build without being asked. Cocktails price between RM45 and RM70. Adventurous drinkers get the clarified and fat washed end of the list; ask for the menu's quieter pours if you want restraint.
The Crowd
KL's Cocktail Obsessives
The crowd skews industry and enthusiast, with visiting bartenders treating the room as a required stop. Weeknights allow conversation; Fridays and Saturdays fill fast and loud.
What regulars say:
- Trusted Malaysia praised how the team pushes the creative envelope and called the staff chill and knowledgeable.
- Reviewers flag the volume and the difficulty of walking in on busy nights.
- The Yum List called it the science of cocktails, neon included.
Who it is for:
- Drinkers who order by technique, not by spirit
- A date that wants the menu narrated
- Avoid if you want a quiet, classics first counter; Coley fits that brief
Good to Know
Visit Information
Getting there: Bukit Damansara, a short ride from the city centre; apps beat parking.
Timing: Evenings Tuesday through Sunday; book for weekend counter seats.
Cost: RM45 to RM70 per cocktail, top of the KL range and priced like it.
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