Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur
The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur
A hotel of 300 rooms and suites on Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin in Kuala Lumpur, facing the Moorish-style old railway station: the 1932 Hotel Majestic, restored by YTL as the 47-suite Majestic Wing, joined by a climate-controlled walkway to a new 15-storey Tower Wing of 253 rooms and suites. The old building keeps its neo-classical and Art Deco façade, timber floors and black-and-white chequered bathrooms with claw-foot baths.
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About the property
- Opened
- 1932
- Rooms
- 300
- Suites
- 47
- Renovated
- 2012
- Developer
- YTL Hotels
- Architecture
- Keys and Dowdeswell (1932 building)
- Owned by
- YTL Hotels
From our stays
We stayed in September 2026
Rooms and suites
Deluxe Room
40 sq m · city skyline view · Tower Wing · king or two double beds · glass-walled bathroom with free-standing bath
The Straits Room
Majestic Wing · Art Deco furnishings, black-and-white colonial bathroom · adults only
Suites
Junior Suite
56 sq m · historic landmark or gardens view · Tower Wing
Grand Suite
77 sq m · gardens view · Tower Wing · separate living area
Premier Suite
92 sq m · skyline and heritage buildings view · Tower Wing · living and dining room, four-poster bed
Colonial Suite
40 sq m · Majestic Wing · separate living room · adults only
Governor Suite
53 sq m · heritage buildings view · Majestic Wing · separate living room · adults only
Majestic Suite
130 sq m · Majestic Wing · two of them · dining area, walk-in wardrobe, claw-foot bath
Dining and wellness
- Contango
- international restaurant · Tower Wing · breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Colonial Café
- café · Majestic Wing
- The Orchid Conservatory
- glass atrium dining room · lunch, afternoon tea and dinner
- The Tea Lounge
- tea lounge · Majestic Wing · afternoon tea
- The Drawing Room
- private lounge · Majestic Wing · afternoon tea
- The Writers' Room
- cocktail bar
- The Smoke House
- lounge and bar
- Wellness
- The Majestic Spa, beside the Majestic Wing, is decorated after Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Willow Tearooms and has its own pool; the 15-storey Tower Wing has the gym and a second swimming pool.
Where it is
- Muzium Negara MRT station
- 8 min on foot
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- 1 h 02 by the hotel’s car
5 Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur
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For the 1930s hotel, book in the Majestic Wing: its Straits Rooms and suites have period furnishings on timber floors and black-and-white chequered bathrooms with claw-foot baths, while the Tower Wing rooms are modern with skyline views.
Deluxe Room (40 sq m) and The Straits Room. Suites: Junior Suite (56 sq m), Grand Suite (77 sq m), Premier Suite (92 sq m), Colonial Suite (40 sq m), Governor Suite (53 sq m) and Majestic Suite (130 sq m).
We book The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur through Marriott Luminous, so you get a room upgrade on arrival when one is available, daily breakfast for two and early check-in and late checkout when available, at no extra cost to you. Some hotels add a US$100 credit; most do not.
Contango, open-kitchen international restaurant in the Tower Wing: pizza oven, churrasco grill, Chinese, Japanese, Malay and Thai (breakfast, lunch and dinner); Colonial Café, dishes from the colonial planters' era, indoors and out (Majestic Wing; seats 120); The Orchid Conservatory, afternoon tea, lunch and dinners in a glass atrium of phalaenopsis orchids (up to 20 guests); The Tea Lounge, english afternoon tea with a Malaysian twist, off the front lawn (Majestic Wing); The Drawing Room, private lounge for afternoon tea (Majestic Wing); The Writers' Room, 1930s-style cocktail bar and The Smoke House, lounge and bar with a cigar room, private dining room and Truefitt & Hill barber.
The Majestic Spa, beside the Majestic Wing, is decorated after Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Willow Tearooms and has its own pool; the 15-storey Tower Wing has the gym and a second swimming pool.
On Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur's historical mile, opposite the old KTM railway station and next to the Mughal-style railway administration building, minutes from KL Sentral; the National Museum, National Mosque, Islamic Arts Museum and Lake Gardens are close by.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is 57.8 km away; the hotel runs an airport shuttle.
The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur opened in 1932. It was last renovated in 2012: full restoration of the 1932 building as the Majestic Wing, the new Tower Wing by Zaidan Tahir, and the Majestic Spa.
Opened on 15 August 1932 as the Hotel Majestic, designed by Keys and Dowdeswell in a hybrid of neo-classical and Art Deco for the trustees of Loke Wan Tho's estate; closed in 1983 and used as the National Art Gallery from 1984 to 1998, then handed to YTL, which won approval in 2008 to restore it. The original building became the Majestic Wing of suites, and a new Tower Wing by architect Zaidan Tahir rose beside it; the hotel reopened in December 2012.
