The Starhill, Kuala Lumpur: Photos, Reviews & Location

Sprawling shopping area with luxury watches, jewelry & clothing, along with diverse eating options.

At a glance

#16 of 29 Shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.30

0.9 km from the center of Kuala Lumpur

Rating breakdown

5 ★54%
4 ★28%
3 ★13%
2 ★2%
1 ★2%

181, Jln Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

thestarhill.com.my

+60 3-2782 3800

Quick facts

What is the rating of The Starhill?: The Starhill is rated 4.3 out of 5 based on 2,722 reviews.
How does The Starhill rank in Kuala Lumpur?: The Starhill is #16 of 29 Shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is The Starhill located?: 181, Jln Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 0.9 km from the center of Kuala Lumpur.
How can I contact The Starhill?: Phone: +60 3-2782 3800 · Website: thestarhill.com.my

The Starhill, nestled in KL downtown, stands as an epitome of luxury, hosting an exclusive array of the world's most prestigious brands. It's a refined sanctuary where opulence meets sophistication, offering unparalleled luxury services in both dining and shopping. From haute cuisine to high-end boutiques, The Starhill curates an experience that defines extravagance.

For those seeking the pinnacle of indulgence, this distinguished destination encapsulates the essence of luxury living in Kuala Lumpur, making it a must-visit haven for connoisseurs.

R K 2023 Nov 14

Starhill, the literal translation from the Malay Bukit (Hill) Bintang (Star) is truly a gallery of exquisite taste. From dining so hospitality to shopping. It just tantalises all your senses and keeps you invigorated and yearns to experience more. It also motivates you to do better so that you can experience luxuries, the world could offer. From the Marriott to Starhill dining, to the designer boutiques to a bookshop even, you are thrilled to ever experience Starhill. A must experience location in KL for the discerning few.

GAN LAY YONG 2023 Jul 28

Very sophisticated place. A place to shop for brands like Rolex, Shatzy Chen( luxury neo Chinese fashion house); jewellery at Roberto Coin; Hoops station , a basketball specialty retailer; the Chamber for wines and cigars; Balmain , an elegant Parisian fashion house; MST golf premium for your golf necessities; browsing through books, magazines and stationeries at eslite bookstore. After all the shopping, we went for lunch at SHOOK, at lower ground and had a nice buffet time. There is also a CIMB bank at this place.

Keng Low 2023 Jan 27

Very nice mall to visit and gawk unless you are in the one percent and actually shop at the luxury brands 😂 however it's a beautiful mall and I love the public toilets here esp after gorging yourself on the buffet at the LG level

Vince Choo 2023 Jan 13

As bookstores are concerned, I think Eslite Spectrum is the market leader. An excellent selection of titles, stationary, in one section, another with clothing, beauty, skincare, cafe's, cakes, and yet another offering artwork, event stage and more.
I really like the layout of the store, the spaciousness and quiet nooks to hideaway to browse through without getting in the way of shoppers.

The interior decor is current and is a fresh approach to the ones KL has been exposed to. I think they have done an excellent job with the decor.

There are a couple of nice cafes that offers a panoramic view of the Pavilion shopping main entrance and fountain and is perfect for people watching while enjoying a meal or brew so you could literally spend an entire day here.

Ryan Wong 2022 Dec 25

Adequate offerings and comfortable setting for a bookstore. Occupying an entire floor, I expected much more variety. Mini stores make it exciting but quality needs to come with it. Love the outlet overlooking Pavilion and the live DJs👍🏼 A pleasant shopping experience 🙂

Enoch 2022 Dec 21

Great concept but too many lifestyle stores make it looks abit cheapskate. I thought it should have more creative branding selling inside but so dissapointed.
Book area is smaller than other places and it makes u feel like this is not a bookstore at all.

Daniel Lee 2022 Dec 18

Eslite's first store in Southeast Asia have just opened! Enjoy Eslite's full spectrum (literally) of retail concepts across an entire floor of Starhill Gallery!

This outlet is enormous, and is so many different things in one. Many buzzwords in their marketing but basically there are 3 main areas - 1st there's the fashion/accessories/deco retail area with a number of upmarket artisan brands that are less known. Feels like Design Orchard. 2nd there's the bookstore area, taking up almost half the entire space. Lastly there's the exhibition and exquisite retail space with enclosed stores located at the back. It currently has a jewelry store from Taiwan and two small art exhibitions. A few small cafes dot around the space too!

Now onto the bookstore - brightly-lit, wide selections, and user friendly. It has a few subzones, namely the Forum that hosts talks and workshops, the Children's section, the Stationeries section, and a main zone. Book selections are pretty good, many more recent ones than Tsutaya but I feel the star of the show is the amount of newer Mandarin books they have there, really amazing to me. Stationeries available are just decent though, kinda comparable to Tsutaya, same with the children's section. Forum is pretty new to me and I like it, but they need to continue with many more events for years to come. I also like that there are many seating areas for book lovers as well.

At last, the membership system. I would say it is pretty underwhelming, unsustainable and expensive to maintain once all the grand opening goodies are gone. A spending of rm800 annually is needed to maintain a gold card membership that doesn't really offer much benefits except accumulating points faster. The black card membership that requires rm6000 annually is worse, with zero real benefits compared to gold. There are no special discounts offered to the different tiers and u can only redeem discount vouchers that use too many points for a small amount. Pretty disappointing I would say.

Overall, good experience but second thoughts on buying anything here unless really needed and unavailable anywhere else due to the high prices and sad membership system.