When you travel to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, you can't avoid shopping. Although Sabah is not the world's top shopping paradise, there are many good things worth buying. In Kota Kinabalu’s shopping malls, you can buy all kinds of international brands, and you can get discounts if you are lucky. In Kota Kinabalu’s bazaars, you can buy a variety of local specialty products, the prices are still cheap. Sabaya
Shopping malls in Kota Kinabalu
- Imago Shopping Mall
Features: The most fashionable shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu, many entertainment facilities, cinema and KTV
Imago Mall
A shopping mall with a high score for tourists. Imago has a very complete range of goods. Many international brands can be found here. For example, Kiehl’s, Sephora, Victoria’s Secret and the body shop are all discounted all year round. You must buy bata in Sabah. Shoes, basically around 100 yuan can start. There are boutique supermarkets and souvenir shops on the ground floor, where you can buy local tea and white coffee in Sabah.
Imago Mall
If you are visiting the mall with your family, you don’t have to worry that they will be bored. There are a lot of entertainment facilities in the mall, including movie theaters, escape rooms and KTV. When you are happy to buy and buy, you don’t have to worry about not having enough cash. You can use UnionPay cards in the mall. If you have UnionPay and VISA or MASTER dual currency cards, you can only use VISA.
Business hours: 10:00-22:00
Address: KK Times Square Phase 2, Off Coastal Highway, 88100 Kota Kinabalu
Surrounding attractions: Esplanade, KAMA'A SPA, you can experience the spa after visiting the mall
Nearby restaurants: Ocean City Seafood Restaurant, RMB 100 per capita
Imago Shopping Center
This is a relatively new and high-end shopping mall. There are many restaurants on the ground floor. There are performances at Christmas on the first floor. There are some popular brands like MK, Coach, Fossil, etc.
- Suria Sabah
Features: The largest shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu, clothing and cosmetics can be refunded
Kota Kinabalu Aurora Plaza
It can be said that it is the best shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu city. It is very close to Sabah Tourism Office and Jesselton Pier. It takes about 5 minutes to reach it by walking. The area of the mall is very large. In addition to the shopping plaza, there are also food festivals, cinemas, restaurants and SPA shops on the ground floor. The largest supermarket in Kota Kinabalu, CITY CROCERY, is also here.
Kota Kinabalu Aurora Plaza
There are also a lot of cosmetics on the first floor, so it will be cheaper to buy a set together. The price of clothes is cheaper than in China. There is a shop similar to HM on the second floor. You can choose to buy shoes here. The price is very favorable! Whether it is PUMA, ADI, NIKE or famous brands in Malaysia, there are various powerful promotions and discounts here, which are very attractive. There are cash machines on the first floor and outside of the mall. Choose the ones marked with UnionPay and provide Chinese pages. The air-conditioning inside is quite open, it is best to wear a thin coat, and there is also a charge for the bathroom.
Business hours: 10:00-22:00
Address: 2A Jalan Lapan Belas, 88000 Kota Kinabalu
Transportation: It takes about 5 minutes to walk from Gaya Street
Nearby attractions: Gaya Street, Sunday Market, Jesselton Port Pier
Nearby restaurants: Ocean City Seafood Restaurant, You Kee Tea Room, Yee Fung Tea Room, Xin Kee Bak Kut Teh; after shopping, you can also go to Xin Kee Bak Kut Teh to taste the specialties of Sabah.
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Dawn Plaza
Shuguang Plaza is the latest and most complete life shopping mall in East Malaysia, and it is the first shopping spot for local residents and tourists. The shopping area includes handicraft and cultural center, kids entertainment center, movie theater, sea view food center. The main businesses include 22 brand concept/flagship stores, watches, boutiques, high-end jewelry stores, and a number of international and regional fashion boutique brands. There are many counters here where you can get a 5% discount with your passport. There is a bodyshop, where the clerk can speak Chinese, and occasionally there will be discounts for activities. The shoes here are very cheap. Whether it is PUMA, ADI, NIKE or famous brands in Malaysia, all kinds of promotional discounts are very powerful. Movies on the eighth floor are very cheap, and there are supermarkets on the lower and third floors, and all kinds of things that you want to bring back to your country are sold.
- Wisma Merdeka, Merdeka shopping mall
Features: Gather Japanese and Korean fashion clothing, many brands, fast new
Merdeka shopping mall Wisma Merdeka
Merdeka is a low-priced shopping mall, and the environment is not as good as the first two, but it is more affordable. The Tang's fashion agency upstairs is a hypermarket that specializes in clothing. Many brands of Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea can be found. There are also mobile phones, portable game consoles and other digital products inside. I believe young people will love shopping! If you want to buy special products in Kota Kinabalu, you can also try it here. There are many retail shops selling special souvenirs and small commodities.
Address: AG16, Jalan Tun Razak, Kota Kinabalu
Transportation: Next to the Hyatt Hotel, many hotels in Kota Kinabalu will have shuttle buses to Merdeka Mall.
Nearby attractions: Gaya Street, Gogosabah
Nearby restaurants: Ocean City Seafood Restaurant, You Kee Tea Room, Yee Fung Tea Room, Xin Kee Bak Kut Teh; after shopping, you can go to Xin Kee Bak Kut Teh to taste the specialties of Sabah.
