[Kuala Lumpur] PS 150 - the Speakeasy at the former brothel row

[klyeoh (Peter)]

PS 150 is a speakeasy bar along the former brothel row at Petaling Street, which also encompassed trendy eateries, Cho Cha Foodstore and Merchant’s Lane. Its innocuous-looking toy stall frontage hides a secret doorway into the coolest bar in KL at the moment.

1. The front of PS 150 is an innocent-looking stall “selling retro toys”.
   

   

2. Ask for the bar and the “toy-seller” will point you towards the inconspicuous wooden door behind him.
   

   

3. Push open the door and step into a dark, atmospheric corridor lined with curtained booths, reminiscent of the place’s former incarnation as a brothel.
   

   

4. At the end of the dark corridor, a door opens up into an open alleyway.
   

   

5. Walk through the alleyway and a door at the end of it is the coolest bar I’d come across in KL.
   

   

6. Jungle Bird: PS150 Edition by Angel Ng J. - Aromatic Spice Rum, Pandan Rum, Pineapple, Campari, Lime, Gula Melaka Syrup.
   

   

7. Raise the Red Lanterns - an ode to PS 150’s former incarnation as a house of ill-repute.
   

   

Address: PS 150, 150 Petaling Street, 5000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: +60 3-2022 2888.
Opening hours: Tue-Sat 6pm to 2am, Sun 3pm-10pm.

[passing_thru]

that looks fantastic!

[sck]

@klyeoh

Its innocuous-looking toy stall frontage hides a secret doorway into the coolest bar in KL at the moment.

This place would be in serious contention for the coolest bar anywhere, not just KL. Serious mid-century retro-cool.