KL's Complete Shopping Guide - Starhill Gallery.

One of the places that I enjoy going to for my shopping is the Starhill Gallery. If you were looking for Malaysia's most luxurious shopping centre - it will have to be Starhill Gallery. Posh events, high-end boutiques, trendy fashion.. you name it, they have it here.

Before I go on and list down the entire retailer list... let me give you some history of this place. The shopping centre was developed by Taiping Consolidated Bhd back in 1996, and was called the Starhill Centre. During the 1997/98 financial crisis, it really hammered Taiping Consolidated - and hence YTL stepped in and did a RTO (reverse takeover of TaipingCon) - and subsequently renamed it YTL Land and Development Bhd. The Starhill Centre, together with Lot 10 and J W Marriott Hotel were later injected into the Starhill REIT in 2005. The Starhill Centre was renamed as Starhill Gallery.

So... what is so cool about STARHILL GALLERY?

Starhill Gallery has 7 zones/areas which distinguishes itself from one another - with names like Muse, Relish, Pamper, Explore, Adorn, Feast and Indulge - this place really gives luxury a new look.

The MUSE Floor.

HOUSE OF SUZIE WONG

The House of Suzie Wong... Haha... quite a corny name - but then, this gallery is different from any other galleries that I've been to. It carries a large array of Chinese and Tibetan antique furnitures, century old artifacts and basically... ancient Chinese treasure.

JACKIE CHAN'S CAFE

Fancy meeting Jackie Chan? Jackie sometimes come by when he's in town.. but anyways, do check out the place and try out a wide premium range of Jackie's coffees, pastries, cakes and a lot more...

LIGNE ROSET

LIGNE ROSET is a French modern furniture company with over 150 years of history. If you like to some French-look interiors in your home - this would be the place to go to.

Other boutiques on the Muse floor includes various other art galleries... ohh... and a watch exchange too! At the Watch Exchange, you can trade in, buy and sell your previously owned fine and luxury watches... must go and check it out!

ABSOLUTE ART GALLERY

ARTSENI GALLERY

EDI.A ART GALLERY

HENG ARTLAND

THE GALLERY @ STARHILL

THE WATCH EXCHANGE

The RELISH Floor

The Relish floor - would be famous for Jalan Bukit Bintang's most famous buffet place - JOGOYA. I have been there quite a number of times myself - and I find that this place serves some really good food - despite being a buffet.

Then of course... there's GONBEI.

GONBEI boasts of Malaysia’s largest collection of sake and shochu from around Japan, including premium labels. There are more than 80 brands of Nihonshu or sake on the menu. Gonbei also serves 50 varieties of Shochu, a distilled spirit made from rice, sweet potatoes, wheat or sugar cane.

...and then you can find out more about YTL's property offerings on this floor. The YTL Platinum Plus Lounge is also here, with one other F&B outlet - the Eddy's Cafe & Restaurant. Need an ATM? CIMB Bank is here too...

The EXPLORE Floor.

Of the many many many interesting boutiques on this floor - I love the ARMANI/CASA one the most! In fact, if I could afford it, I would want to utilize and buy all the fittings and furnishings from ARMANI/CASA lor!!!

ALYA & CO

ARMANI/CASA

ARMANI/DOLCI ARMANI/FIORI

AZIMUTH

CHIN JEWELLERY

CRYSTAL PALACE

EMRUSA

EPOS

EXCELLENT SENSE

FABER-CASTELL

FACET FIRE

GLAD SOUNDS

JENDELA KL

JIM THOMPSON

KHOON HOOI

LA FEMME

LA PUTRI

LACOSTE

MARLBORO CLASSICS

MELVIN LAM

OPTICAL GALLERY

PHILIPPE CHARRIOL

ROYAL SELANGOR

SAMSONITE

TSE SUI LUEN

The ADORN Floor

(clockwise from top left) Armand Nicolet, Jaeger LeCoutre, Roger Dubuis, Yafriro, Ulysse Nardin, Richard Mille and Audemars Piguet.

If there was ONE place in Malaysia that you want to go to to check out all the luxury watches, it will have to be Starhill Gallery. By luxury, I mean REALLY luxury, not the just plain expensive, but these are very exotic as well. My personal favourites.... Richard Mille and Ulysse Nardin. =)

ARMAND NICOLET

AUDEMARS PIGUET

BEDAT & CO

BLU

BVLGARI

CORTINA WATCH

DAVIDOFF

DEWITT

HUBLOT

JAEGER-LECOULTRE

KHRONOS-UNIQUE HORLOGERIE

KORLOFF

KWANPEN

M MISSONI

MAURICE LACROIX

McQ

RADO RED

VALENTINO

RICHARD MILLE

ROGER DUBUIS

STEINWAY LYNGDORF

TAG HEUER

THE BRITISH MASTER BOUTIQUE

TIMELESS GALLERY

ULYSSE NARDIN & REUGE

VERTU

YAFRIRO

The INDULGE floor.

Bottega Veneta, Fendi and Dior.

On the INDULGE floor lies some of the world's top brands as well. I would guarantee you... that you'll need A LOT A LOT A LOT of money to splurge if you want to buy something from every single shop... hahahaha... =D

BOTTEGA VENETA

BOUCHERON

CHAUMET

CHOPARD

CHRISTOFLE

DAVIDOFF

DIOR

FENDI

GIVENCHY

KENZO

LANCEL

LANVIN

LOEWE

LOUIS VUITTON

MOUAWAD

OMEGA

PORSCHE DESIGN

SERGIO ROSSI

THE LOUNGE AT STARHILL

VALENTINO

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

The Louis Vuitton gallery. Perhaps the MAIN ATTRACTION here.

Feast Floor

Most of the restaurants here are pretty good - my personal favourite would be SHOOK and LUK YU TEA HOUSE.

ENAK KL

FISHERMAN'S COVE

JAKE'S CHARBROIL STEAKS

KORYO-WON KOREAN RESTAURANT

LUK YU TEA HOUSE

MY THAI RESTAURANT

PAK LOH CHIU CHOW

SENTIDOS TAPAS

SHOOK RESTAURANT

TARBUSH

THE VILLAGE BAR

VANSH

Luk Yu Tea House (picture taken from what2seeoneline.com)

The last but not least would be the Pamper Floor. I have been coming here quite often to do my facials, body massage etc. (dont worry - all are 'clean' ones...)

MAKE-UP

NAILS

REFLEXOLOGY

SPA TREATMENTS

FACIAL THERAPY

MEDISPA

HAIR

WELLNESS

So... there you go, quite a comprehensive BUT simplified guide to Starhill Gallery. I shall update more accordingly ya... =P

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