Johor Ancient Temple, Johor Bahru: Photos, Reviews & Location

19th-century place of worship honoring 5 ancient deities amid intricate, colorful decor.

At a glance

#1 of 8 Tourist attractions in Johor Bahru

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.50

2.9 km from the center of Johor Bahru

Rating breakdown

5 ★69%
4 ★19%
3 ★9%
2 ★1%
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What reviewers talk about

Share of 15 recent reviews that mention each topic.

Location20%
Service & staff20%
Waiting & crowds13%
Atmosphere13%
Price & value7%
Cleanliness7%

Lot 653, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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+60 7-213 4098

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Quick facts

What is the rating of Johor Ancient Temple?: Johor Ancient Temple is rated 4.5 out of 5 based on 2,963 reviews.
How does Johor Ancient Temple rank in Johor Bahru?: Johor Ancient Temple is #1 of 8 Tourist attractions in Johor Bahru by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Johor Ancient Temple located?: Lot 653, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia — 2.9 km from the center of Johor Bahru.
What do visitors mention most about Johor Ancient Temple?: Most often: location, service & staff, waiting & crowds (from 15 recent reviews).
How can I contact Johor Ancient Temple?: Phone: +60 7-213 4098 · Website: facebook.com

Reviews (15)

ang xin 2024 Feb 17

A temple with a rich history.
Chinese people should really come and learn about it

Susan Yeoh 2024 Feb 10

Nice temple, it's crowded...the good atmosphere really impressed me.

Luka CHOU 2024 Feb 05

Good to spend half hours if you are close to.

Mikimoto San 2024 Feb 01

An old temple that is more then 100 yr near to city square. Make donation and make prayer. Nice people there in the temple,the elderly there are helpful. Will go again.

J J 2024 Jan 01

Beautiful and peaceful ancient temple in Johor Bahru where I feel grateful to have a chance to visit here on the New Year 🙏🏻🇲🇾 Charming architecture of Chinese temple in the city that worth visiting. The people here are very nice too😊

Min Min 2023 Nov 23

I was expecting the place to be big and crowded, not yr usual temple that have open gardenbor pond. It is a small quiet temple with friendly staff/ volunteer there to guide you how to do praying and offer the joystick. Free entry. Just donate at your will in their donation box for the joysticks. You can also walk around.

Nigel K 2023 Nov 14

Great space to pay respects. Surprisingly, a little small and not many deities to pray to. It didn't have signs to where you should pray in sequence and you'll just have the uncles and aunties screaming at you in Mandarin where you should go instead. Noticed we were not the only one because they did that to anyone new who came to pay respects

Ivy See 2023 Oct 09

A very old and ancient temple in JB, good to visit, not only have temples for prayer but also a memorial lane to see the artifacts

Sherry Chok 2023 Jun 28

historical places, beautiful temple in the town.

Deepak Singh 2023 Jan 12

Johor Ancient Temple was A good place and I would recommend to see it once. It is close to Gurdwara sahib, and Hindu Glass Temple.

Kah Yan 2022 Sep 27

A great place to visit.
Old ancient temple in Johor.
Free entrance

Only when you need to pray with joystick, do some donations and candle only then need to be pay. Other than that is all free and you get to know history of it.

Netty 2022 Jul 23

Very friendly locals who will show you how to participate in worship. Try your luck at the Joss Sticks and ask Yes/No questions to the Deities with Jiaobei.

Daphne Lau 2021 Dec 15

Beautiful simple, clean and bright Ancient Temple. Not very big. Hard to find parking.

macedonboy 2020 Apr 11

Visited back in March before the MCO and lockdown. This is one of the oldest religious buildings in Johor Bahru and the oldest Chinese temple. The front of the building is beautifully decorated with cute paintings of 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. The front entrance is painted in bold red and contrasts beautifully against the predominantly white background of the front wall. The temple interestingly serves all the main dialectal Chinese groups of the city. So it’s not a surprise that the temple has a mixture of shrines for Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese deities. The Chinese deity Yuan Tian Shang Di is most prominent in the temple as the shrine is in the main central building while there is a subsidiary building for the Goddess of Mercy.

Richard 2019 Feb 23

Takes about 10 minutes by foot from City Square Mall to reach. The temple doesn't look old and is well preserved. Interesting that 12 joss sticks are offered for prayers instead of the usual 3. Was lucky to have witnessed a ceremony for the Buddhist deities. Take a look since it's so near!