Reka:Bar is a Bukit Damansara cocktail bar built around Asian flavours and resourceful technique. Its Domino Effect menu links drinks by reusing an ingredient from one as the garnish for the next, while house cocktails explore durian, kedondong and other regional produce.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-27
Plan Your Visit
1st Floor, 67M Jalan Setia Bakti, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Style
- Technique-led cocktail bar with Asian flavoursChecked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Booking
- A Reka Bar-specific UMAI reservation widget is available. It opens to a ‘Make a reservation’ action, but no dates or available slots were visible during this check.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Menu
- The 50 Discovery describes seasonally themed cocktails.Checked 2026-10-02 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
40.5 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 76.3
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 48.5
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 86.2
- Serious press
- 8.0
- Social Vibes
- 59.5
Guest-shift adjustment · −15%
Our annual audit records 10 hosted guest-shift dates. The published rule reduces the composite above seven dates to favor a consistent core bar experience.
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
85/ 100
The existing 85/100 remains the proprietary Social Vibes score. This source review clarifies the evidence without recalculating it.
Score context
Guests praise Reka as a futuristic flavour lab with inventive local-ingredient cocktails like durian ferments and Domino Effect menus, strong hospitality from bartenders, and sleek sci-fi ambiance. Some note the quiet residential location and occasional crowds after rankings, but overall highly positive for creativity and service.
Guest sources checked:
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Guest score details
Highlights in the stored read
- innovative local ferments and techniques
- attentive passionate bartenders
- Domino Effect linked menu
- sleek laboratory vibe
Reservations in the stored read
- residential location can be hard to find
- gets crowded after awards
- prices for the experience
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- timeout.comTime Out Kuala Lumpur — professional review · 2023-07-18
Time Out’s Reka:Bar review is editorial copy with no named writer shown. The stored wording shortens the article with an omission; July 18, 2023 is the displayed article date.
Other cited sources
- wanderlog.comWanderlog — review aggregator and generated summary · No publication or review-post date shown in available text
The Reka:Bar listing presents aggregate ratings and an unattributed review summary. The stored individual quotation and its reviewer/date were not found in the available text.
Crowd signal
Google 4.8★ across 276 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.