Koyo
Tue–Sat · 7pm–1am
Side A · A1 Est. 2019 · Jalan Mesui · Bukit Bintang

Koyo.

Twelve seats, one wall of records, natural wine and three plates chalked on a slate. Autumn leaves — the season it opened, the house palette.

Call us for tonight This week's plates + records
Tonight
Tue–Sat · 7pm–1am
Phone
+60 3-2856 xxxx
Address
34-1 Jalan Mesui
50200 Kuala Lumpur
Now on · B-side KOY–019 / A1
Koyo · Side A
Wednesday
7:42pm
Playing Bill Evans — Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Side A · 1961 · Riverside
Side A · A2 · The Slate

Three plates,
chalked weekly.

Small because the listening is the meal. This week's, written Tuesday morning by Farah.

Week of 14 April 2026
01 · Fermented

Cucumber kimchi,
young ginger

Made Monday. Shallow bowl, a little of the brine, sesame oil at the end.

RM 22
02 · Rice

Grilled onigiri,
charred shoyu

Two per order. Koshihikari, pressed by hand, finished on the binchōtan.

RM 28
03 · Sweet

Black sesame pudding,
kinako, maple

Farah's. Silken, barely sweet, served cold in a small glass.

RM 24
Slate changes every Tuesday · Ingredients from Pudu market See what's pouring →
Side A · A3 · Turntable

Recently played.

Min's log from the last six nights, in the order they spun.

  1. 01 Kind of Blue Miles Davis 1959 · Columbia Sat · late
  2. 02 Köln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975 · ECM Sat · early
  3. 03 Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov · Kondrashin 1980 · Philips Fri · late
  4. 04 A Love Supreme John Coltrane 1965 · Impulse! Fri · mid
  5. 05 Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould 1981 · CBS Thu · open
  6. 06 Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus 1959 · Columbia Wed · late
Side A · A4

We don't do cocktails.
We do two glasses.

Four wines pouring this week · RM 45–85
Shizen no Tsuyu — Koshu 2023
Yamanashi, Japan · Orange · 180ml
RM 62
Iago — Chinuri 2022
Kartli, Georgia · Amber · Qvevri
RM 70
Domaine Breton — Bourgueil 'Trinch!'
Loire, France · Red · Cabernet Franc
RM 58
Fujimaru — Delaware 2024 Pét-nat
Osaka, Japan · Sparkling · 150ml
RM 78
Side A · A5

Three sakes, junmai,
poured cold.

Changes when the bottle ends · RM 35–60
Tamagawa — Yamahai Junmai
Kyoto · Tokubetsu · 90ml
RM 48
Kamoshibito Kuheiji — Eau du Désir
Aichi · Junmai Daiginjō · 90ml
RM 58
Tedorigawa — Yamahai Daiginjō
Ishikawa · 90ml
RM 52

If you came for a cocktail list, there's a better place two doors down. We'll happily tell you which.

Side B · B1 · Listening Sessions

One album,
side to side.

First Wednesday of each month we close the slate, dim the lamps, and play a record end to end. Short spoken notes before each side. No talking during.

Twelve seats only. RM 50, includes a glass.

Upcoming sessions
Next up
May 06

Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov · Concertgebouw / Kondrashin · 1980

4 seats
Jun 03

Solo Monk

Thelonious Monk · Columbia · 1965

Open
Jul 01

Music for 18 Musicians

Steve Reich · ECM · 1978

Open
Side B · B2 · Find us

Up the stairs,
first door on the left.

Address
34-1 Jalan Mesui
50200 Kuala Lumpur
Hours
Tue–Sat · 7pm–1am
Sun–Mon · Closed
Phone
+60 3-2856 xxxx
Reservations
No. Call for tonight.
Directions & getting in
Plate · Interior, counter side
Pl. 01Counter, ten at the long bar, two at the end. Brass foot-rail. No stools with backs.

Side C · C1
What's been
said, briefly.

A twelve-seat room on a side street in Bukit Bintang where the hi-fi does the talking and the wine list fits on a postcard. Monocle — The Kuala Lumpur Issue, 2024
Koyo is the anti-experience — a bar that resists being a thing. Min Ong pours, changes the record, and is absolutely not interested in your phone. The Standard · Food & Drink, 2023