Departure Lounge in Solaris Mont Kiara is a cozy travel-themed cafe serving all day breakfast and specialty sandwiches. It is the perfect place to hang out for a meal while planning your next travel destination.
On Saturday morning, a few of us met up at Departure Lounge for a catchup over breakfast. Apart from the lovely travel reading corner in the cafe, what I enjoy here is having the ‘Do It Yourself Breakfast’, available all day, where we can choose either a 3-item, 5-item, or 7-item platter from a choice of bacon, sausages, hashbrown, mushrooms, baked beans, eggs, and more. I find very few other cafes in Kuala Lumpur serving such a variety of American-style breakfast.
(left) the 3-item breakfast platter at RM8.90; (right) the inviting corner shelved with travel references
certain breakfast items available only in the morning – try the pancake tower or a bagel (had them previously)
range of travel guide books: lonely planet, insight guides, rough guide, DK, footprint
boxes of brochures and maps stacked by country of visit
souvenirs from abroad decorate the mantelpiece
inspiring photos of travel destinations posted up on the wall
Location: 10, Jalan Solaris 4, Solaris Mont’ Kiara
Tel: 03-6203 3062
Opening Hours:
Monday – Saturday : 8am to 7pm (closed on Tuesdays)
Sunday and Public Holiday : 10am – 5pm
Tel: +603-6203 0362
Very good presentation with beautiful photos.
Love it.
Seems to be a perfect hang out place for travelers! A good idea for me to arrange a meeting with my fellow travel group members discussing our trip to Europe…
Great shots! Must be shot with a fast lens I guess.
This is definitely a cool place to check out!
A travel library?? What a good idea for those who like to travel.
It’s a perfect place for the travelers! Foods look nice too! ^.^
I initially thought this was in an airport. But this is truly an innovative concept for a cafe. If I were the owner, I’d also call the cash register a check-in counter
Interesting cafe to be wor…nice!
I wish they had something like that around the corner of my house! I’d probably hang around there all day. Wow…look at that breakfast menu. I’d love some of that pancake tower, please.
Great shots, Lechua!
I think this is the place that I could start to feel travelling once I sat in there before I even planned for my travelling~~
hi! is this in KL? where are you based?
I came across this cafe awhile back when I was in Solaris. Found the name abit hilarious…as in departure? Anyway, nice breakfast platter. And quite a collection of books eh?
PhotoVigor: thanks a bunch!
Cecil: yea.. recommend you to gather there for your travel planning – u can surf since they have wifi and browse through the books on europe at the same time to plan ur itinerary. The place was quite brightly lit with sunlight through the windows too so was using 18-200mm lens except the photos of the breakfast platter and the menu calendar (used 50mm).
horsoon: yup think u should check it out sometime
rainfield, Rafael, uLi: yea it’s perfect for travel-buffs!
Nomadic Pinoy: haha.. do they have a similar concept cafe in NY?
cat: i love having pancakes and western breakfast which is not very common here…
micki: yes… coz of the photos and the books – it gets u in the mood for travelling really!
chyng: yup the cafe is in kl where i’m based
Mei Teng: think they were trying to have it associated with the departure lounge at the airport
n the books yes… the big guide names in travel references to browse through – like a mini bookshop.
That’s indeed a cosy place!
There’s even a fake fireplace?!
At first glance, I thought it was actually for “Tua Pek Gong”?! Ha ha…
DK is my favourite out of all those travel guides!
In fact, I collect DK travel series.
I got most from them from charity shops, ranging from £1 to £5.
Bargain!!!
it would b a great place to get info once one has decided on a destination.. the idea of a trave library… a great idea.
London Caller: aikes u meant it looked like an altar to u? oops. DK is alot more illustrative – & wow that’s a really good deal to get them at that price. i find them rather heavy to carry around though. infowise i think lonely planet is the most comprehensive – but the lack of photos deters me from gettin one sometimes – i’d only get lonely planet for a place i’m fairly familiar with and want to dig further. for a totally new place, i’d go for insight guide or one of the other guides. but the prices for travel guide books here are really steep!
bengbeng: the concept supposedly derived from the cafe owners who have a passion for travelling
Looks like a cozy place to hangout
But I still prefer online travel guides….fast.
Cheers!
mylo
your shot sure makes this place looks very cool~
wow wow wow… wish i could set up my own fufu departure kopitiam in the future
mylo: online guides faster to search for something…. i think hardcopies can be useful when u’re actually travelling. i rely on both for certain travel planning
taufulou: tq!
fufu: hoho.. do let us know where so can visit!
Well, a picture is worth a thousand words.
That’s my I like my DK. Ha ha…
These days, DK also publish city series.
You can buy DK London, DK New York, instead of DK UK or DK USA. I know they can be really heavy sometimes.
I don’t really like Lonely Planet – lots of words and you can’t “preview” places you’re going to see.
What an awesome concept.
londoncaller: city specific ones could be more relevant and i would assume lighter
actually if u can get travel guide books for any one of the series for a few quid – that’s awesome enough!
Leong: remember i was telling u we were lacking of breakfast places back here unlike what u have in the UK? so i’m quite glad there’s a place like that here and a bonus with its unique theme.
Wow such a nice & unique place. And I like the “DIY breakfast” that are available all day. Haha
Cool pictures too.
hey Lee, where’s this place? KL?
love it, I will definitely check-out the place when we go there
Ron
Che-Cheh: yes u can choose what u want from a variety.. something like a buffet from a menu … but of course there’s a limit.
Ron: yes this is in kl in an area called Solaris Mont Kiara. will u guys be visiting kl again.. wud recommend u to explore other parts of msia too like sabah, penang
I must say, GREAT photos you have!!!
looking forwards more of ur posts
btw, have yet to come here for their good beverage n food ><
ai wei: thanks for dropping by! do try their bagels, pancakes or all day breakfast