The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Tudor-style English tea rooms, cafés overlooking their plantations, themed coffee shops, locally produced tea and some of Malaysia’s best scones – Culture Trip explains where to get these and more at these coffee shops in Cameron Highlands.
Malaysia’s highlands offer a refreshing respite from the suffocating lowland heat and humidity. Dozens of coffee shops in Cameron Highlands provide idyllic settings to sip on a hot drink in the cooler mountain air. Culture Trip rounds up our favourites for budget-friendly prices, dessert spots and English tea rooms.
1. Barracks Café
Cafe, Restaurant, Malaysian, European, Fusion
Few coffee shops in Cameron Highlands have the flair of Barracks Café. Housed in a converted British barracks, this café gives a sense of stepping back in time. Information boards with hints of regional history cover the walls inside. Colourful flowers omitting a sweet aroma surround the garden tables. Culture Trip recommends stopping by after a morning of hiking along the nearby trails. Get a hot cup of tea or coffee with a raisin scone and a slice of cheesecake.
2. The Lord’s Café
Cafe, Malaysian
Tanah Rata’s Lord’s Café upholds a reputation for the best scones in Cameron Highlands. This family-friendly coffee shop is a magnet for sweet-toothed travellers. Take a seat in the simple yet elegant interior and order homemade scones and pancakes. Add locally picked tea, a selection of coffees and milkshakes, and it promises a cosy spot to spend an afternoon. But what sets Lord’s apart from the other coffee shops in Cameron Highlands is its budget-friendly afternoon tea. We recommend a pot of BOH with strawberry scones and cream.
3. Capitale Coffee
Cafe, Dessert
4. Strawberry Cottage
Cafe, Tea Room, Dessert Shop, Dessert, Malaysian
This peaceful cake shop-cum-café in Brinchang provides a wide selection of sweet treats and desserts. A stone’s throw from the Butterfly Farm, Strawberry Cottage is among the best family-friendly coffee shops in Cameron Highlands. Customers have endless options to satisfy any sugar cravings (think homemade cookies and ice cream). Order a cup of BOH tea from the nearby plantation with a brownie or get a vanilla latte and slice of their signature carrot cake. Adventurous palates can try their nasi lemak cheesecake found nowhere else in Malaysia.
5. Rosette Café
Bar, Cafe, Restaurant, Malaysian
6. Cameron Valley Tea House 1
Tea Room, Tea
7. BOH Tea House
Tea Room, Tea
8. Yong Teng Café
Cafe, Coffee Shop, Restaurant, Malaysian
9. The Smokehouse Hotel
Bar, Hotel Restaurant, Malaysian
10. Jim Thompson Tea Room
Hotel Restaurant, Tea Room, Tea
Cameron Highland Resort’s Jim Thompson Tea Room combines a tasteful café with British-style high-tea. Rattan armchairs next to spacious windows overlooking the golf course fill the classic interior. Soft piano music serenades customers in a more formal environment compared to other coffee shops in Cameron Highlands. Appreciate the air of drinking high-tea inside a colonial plantation bungalow while snacking on pastries and scones.
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