Struggling to find an activity for date night? Keeping up with date nights doesn’t have to be stressful; it’s great that you’re not allowing your love life to go stale. To help keep your gears grinding, we’ve got some date night ideas here for (almost) every kind of couple. Hopefully, we’ve got you covered with this list. Happy dating!
Set your hearts a-rollin’
Trying new activities as a couple allows you to learn about each other through a different lens. You can both be vulnerable and support each other through the learning process while having fun at the same time. One such activity to try would be roller skating.
With indoor skating rinks like Rollerwa, there’s no need to invest in initial equipment costs–just rent their skates and safety gear, which is included as part of the admission fee! Now, all you have to do is roll into each other’s hearts.
Address: L4-04 A&B, Level 4, LaLaport Bukit Bintang City Centre WPKL, BBCC, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Contact: +6010 429 5800
Nature’s embrace
If the modern adage “plants are the new pets” resonates with you as a couple, you’d love the scene here at Taman Tugu. Besides the occasional botanical activity here, you can also get a free plant at the park every Saturday from 8:30am to 10:30am! Add them to your thriving collection of house plants, or use them as a catalyst to begin your planting journey.
Suitable for beginners, Taman Tugu’s trails are great for a leisurely morning walk. Checkpoints and maps are within this urban park‘s trails, so you can easily walk and admire the thriving flora in this secondary forest.
Address: Taman Tugu, Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Sing your hearts out
Keen on belting out some love ballads as a couple? If your answer is yes, perhaps you’re both due for a romantic karaoke session. While there are many karaoke spots to pick from in the Kuala Lumpur area, Karaoke Manekineko is hard to resist, as they have a free-flow soft drinks and snacks bar! Their Bukit Bintang outlet is very easy to spot with its large billboard and manekineko figure.
Address: Level 3, 3A & 5, 140-142, Jln Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Contact: +6012 433 8077
Love-birds in the city
There are many ways to explore KL city by yourselves, and if you’re keen on exploring by foot, you’ll discover a lot more than meets the eye. But, if you’d both prefer a guided tour, especially one that involves tasting a lot of Malaysian food, as well as riding on Vespa scooters, you’d enjoy a Vespalicious tour!
Their evening tours include a lot of food sampling (yum!), and the price of the tour includes safety equipment for riding the scooter, a driver, and the street food you’d experience as part of the tour. You’d have a romantic night out in the city, eating and learning about Kuala Lumpur. Date night? Sorted.
Bookish babes
Our fast-paced modern day-to-day has made it tougher to find time for slowing down. Why not spend some downtime together as a couple at a bookstore? Take some time to browse through the selection of books before you both pick one to settle down and read.
For the best reading and relaxing session, we’d recommend BookXcess at Lalaport or Eslite Spectrum at The Starhill. Both of these locations have cosy cafes as part of the bookstore, so you can order a cuppa and dive into your newfound books. (Remember to purchase the books before you read!)
BookXcess Lalaport
Address: L1-13A & 13B, Level 1, Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport, 2 Jalan Hang Tuah, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Contact: +603-5614 4664
Eslite Spectrum The Starhill
Address: G36 & L1 01-34, The Starhill, 181, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Contact: +603 2038 0368
Adrenaline-seeking soulmates
Where better to take yourselves on a fun roller-coaster ride than somewhere nearby and in the city? Berjaya Times Square’s theme park will offer a quick but fun night out, leaving you satisfied without feeling like you’re missing anything.
Listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first largest indoor theme park in Malaysia, your date night will carry on no matter rain or shine.
Address: Berjaya Times Square, 5th and 7th Floor, 1 Jalan Imbi, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Contact: +603 2117 3118
