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Restaurants for Views & Experiences
Top 10 Restaurants for Views & Experiences in Kota Kinabalu [2025]
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Ferdinand's
4.3
/5
14 reviews
Western-style
From SAR 159.00
Kota Kinabalu City Center | 3 km from downtown
Address: The Magellan Sutera, The Magellan Sutera Resort, 1 Sutera Harbour Boulevard, Sutera Harbour, 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
No. 11 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Kota Kinabalu
Highlights:
Award-winning Italian restaurant with spectacular, unobstructed ocean views
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Our favourite restaurant whenever we come to KK.Celebrated our daughter's bday. The food amazing and staff remember us. love the view
The restaurant of the Magellan Hotel is right on the seaside, where we had a buffet breakfast. There is a scenic location where you can see the sea.
As for the dishes, since it is breakfast, it is similar to the main restaurant.
The scenery is unbeatable.
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Gusto Food & Wine Cucina Italiana
4.0
/5
6 reviews
Western-style
From SAR 227.00
Kota Kinabalu City Center | 1.2 km from downtown
Address: Lot 17, The Waterfront Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens, Pusat Bandar Kota Kinabalu, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Highlights:
Specializing in Southern Italian cuisine, the terrace offers sea views
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Gusto Food & Wine is a great Italian restaurant. Their grilled scallops with cheese are exactly what I like, and the ice cream after the meal is also a very good dessert choice.
The Italian restaurant by the beach has delicious pizza and salmon salad. It is quite expensive in Kota Kinabalu, but still very cheap compared to Shanghai. You can also watch the sunset.
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Kohinoor North Indian Restaurant
4.5
/5
21 reviews
Asian Cuisine
From SAR 28.00
Kota Kinabalu City Center | 1.3 km from downtown
Address: Lot No 4, Anjung Samudra Waterfront, Jln Tun Fuad Stephens, Pusat Bandar Kota Kinabalu, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Highlights:
A seaside restaurant featuring North Indian and classic local cuisine
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It seems that people in Southeast Asian countries all like to eat Hainan chicken, whether it is Singapore or Thailand. Anyway, the Hainan chicken here is also very delicious, the taste is similar, and the most important thing is that it is very tender and has no blood.
The curry lamb and cheese pouches here are so delicious. I ate them four times in three days. They are so delicious.
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4
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Mai Yai Thai Orchid Restaurant
4.0
/5
5 reviews
Southeast Asian
From SAR 67.00
Kota Kinabalu City Center | 1.2 km from downtown
Address: Lot 13, The Waterfront KK, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Highlights:
A scenic sea view restaurant serving authentic Thai food.
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There is a row of beaches in front of Taipingya Building. The Thai seafood and pineapple rice are also very good. My favorite is the king crab, which is very big, and the Thai curry tastes just right.
Their noodles are so delicious. My friend and I ordered two bowls of noodles, and some toast noodles. We ate them all and even drank the soup. They are very delicious and the price is very cheap. The kaya toast is also very good.
No.
5
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AL FRESCO
3.9
/5
17 reviews
Western-style
From SAR 74.00
Kota Kinabalu City Center | 3 km from downtown
Address: The Magellan Sutera Resort, 1 Sutera Harbour Boulevard, Sutera Harbour, 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Highlights:
Well-regarded charcoal-grilled pizzas and excellent terrace views
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The restaurant in the Silk Road Hotel has a great view. The dishes are a little expensive. I ordered Malaysian food. Of course, there are also Western food. Steak is a little expensive.
Live here, eat here, play here! Every dish tastes great! The baby said it was great and the seafood was fresh
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6
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Coco-Joe's Bar & Grill
5.0
/5
2 reviews
Western-style
From SAR 208.00
Tanjung Aru | 5.3 km from downtown
Address: No. 20 Jalan Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88100, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu Malaysia
Highlights:
A hotel restaurant facing the sea, an excellent choice for watching the sunset over the sea
100+ recent views
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Very good environment, facing the sea, close to the swimming pool
Direct flights from Kunming to Kota Kinabalu are now open~~✈✈✈|||Malaysia visa-free! Come to [Tanjong Aru Shangri-La] to watch the sunset
Tanjong Aru Shangri-La Resort Hotel officially moved in today to meet you!
(Malaysia visa-free, the hotel has prepared a 3-day 2-night sea view room as a welcome gift!)
🏖 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕Tanjong Aru Shangri-La:
Located in Kota Kinabalu (also known as Kota Kinabalu, referred to as KK), the capital of Sabah, Malaysia
The hotel is located on the peninsula of Tanjong Aru, surrounded by the sea on three sides. ✈️Only 10 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu International Airport
We have 498 luxurious rooms and suites. In the morning, when you open the curtains, you will see the blue coast and the lush greenery of Mount Kinabalu, like a flowing oil painting.
The hotel offers cuisines from different countries and rich facilities: an infinity outdoor swimming pool with sea view, a water park, parent-child programs, spa and fitness, STAR Pier... to meet all needs for holiday entertainment.
🌅Tanjung Aru sunset back to the sea
The Sunset Bar with unrivaled coastal sunset in KK
Lying on the sofa in the first row on the sea, you will be immersed in the entire orange sea and orange sunset, with the gentle evening breeze and the heartbeat of the sea in your ears
👨👩👧Parent-child friendly
Parent-child rooms with various themes are equipped with child-friendly toiletries and facilities
There is a water park that children love very much
The hotel has a custody service, so parents can let go without worry and let the children have fun
🚤Sea resort island tour
The hotel has Star Marina private pier allows you to go out to sea
Sea play: underwater walk, motorboat, banana boat, sea parachute, paddle board, kayak, play until you don't want to go back to the room
Island Chill: The sea is quiet, the beach is clean and there are few people, you can have a picnic on the beach, pick up shells or charter a boat to go fishing
🏝Staycation
Sleep until you wake up naturally, walk along the coastline, swing on the beach, or watch a smell movie
In addition to the buffet restaurant, the hotel has exquisite Chinese restaurant Shang Palace, delicious Western restaurant Coco-Joe's, Borneo with garden and sea view, Cool Box next to the infinity pool, Sunset Bar with exclusive sunset, etc., you can choose as you like~
When you are tired of playing, go to the independent spa garden secret Chi for a spa to restore your vitality
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🌅Hotel｜ Shangri-La Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu
📍Location｜ No. 20 Jalan Aru, Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
#Malaysia#Resort Hotel#Malaysia Visa-free#Travel Abroad#Travel Footprints#Travel Recommendations
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Toscani's Wine & Dine Cafe
5.0
/5
7 reviews
Western-style
From SAR 89.00
Kota Kinabalu City Center | 1.2 km from downtown
Address: Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu 88000 Malaysia
Highlights:
Serving Italian cuisine, with outdoor seating offering panoramic views of the magnificent sea
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Seafood is fresh and tastes good. Pasta is ok. Try the squid ink one! Hope they can maintain the quality.
The seaside scenery is great and the atmosphere is full of this shop. The boss highly recommends the butter prawns, which tastes good.
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