This brand new mall in KL city centre opened its door in Jan 2022 and has a lot of potential to offer. While it is now still in its infancy stage with many shops are upcoming, Lalaport gives a good impression so far. It is clean, and well-maintained, giving visitors calm, and peace with its soothing ambience.
The overall architectural design of the mall is fantastic. Worth mentioning, the idea to install lighting underneath the handrail of escalators works very well, they are cool. As I know not many shopping malls do that nowadays! Accessibility is easy.
Lalaport is situated strategically at Jalan Hang Tuah in Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC). It has direct access to Hang Tuah Station on the LRT and KL Monorail lines and a five-minute walk to Merdeka Station on the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line. If you are driving, it is easy to locate, just opposite Times Square. Located within the vicinity of Sg Wang Plaza, Low Yat Plaza, and more. One thing I think needs speedy improvement is the reception of mobile phone signals. I am currently on Celcom and looks like the coverage is very bad, at certain floors couldn’t get a signal at all. Not sure of other telcos though.
Nojima, Nitori, and Mr DIY are some of my favourite stores. Nojima reminds me of Harvey Norman, you can find electrical, computers, furniture, and even bedding in one store. I noticed Nojima offers more brands compared to Harvey Norman. In Nojima you can find Apple, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and more to mention all here. And yes, they do offer an extended warranty too just like Harvey Norman.
On Level 4, the rooftop garden is a good place to relax or catch a glimpse of the world’s 2nd tallest building PNB118. One thing that caught my attention is the lift has a contactless button! yes, it is contactless and you do not have to physically touch the button to press it. Move your finger close to the button that you wish to press and bingo, it is pressed without touching it! While I do not know if other shopping malls have this cool feature in their lift, I have never seen any contactless lift button in any other malls in Klang Valley so far. That’s very cool and importantly useful, especially during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
This is just the start of course for Lalaport, I hope to see more when I return to Lalaport next time. Hope it continues to impress me.
