After 99 years, KL’s Coliseum Café shuts for good


Noel Achariam

The Coliseum Café at Plaza 33 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, is the only franchise that provides delivery. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, June 6, 2021.

THE old, grumpy waiters carrying sizzling steaks, the antique furniture and smoky room – these will now fade into memory with the permanent closure of the historic Coliseum Café in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur.

The iconic restaurant, which has dished out Hainanese western-style cooking and colonial-era nostalgia since 1921, served its last customer in March last year, never to celebrate its 100th anniversary planned for this year. Its other outlets, however, remain open.


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  • This is such a sad news to hear. My parents were equally disappointed to hear this news. My dads old friend was a chef there many decades ago and he shares equal share of fond memories there.

    Posted 2 years ago by Radhika Sathya

  • It's been one of my most favourite local steak house since i first step into Coliseum Cafe in the late 70's.It's heartbreaking to hear that they are shutting down.Since I'm staying in Sepang,we patronized often the one in IOI mall but the atmosphere is not the same compared to the original Coliseum in KL.
    Thank You Coliseum Cafe for all the wonderful
    Steak cuisines and the originality of colonials background environment.Wishing you all the best.

    Posted 2 years ago by Ramli Hashim