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Assistants · Kuala Lumpur cafes and bars, MY · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Kuala Lumpur cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked between 2026-10-21 and 2026-10-23, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 33% link a marketplace, most often Klook (13%).

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

100%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

33%

link a marketplace

13%

link Klook, the marketplace named most

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 33% a marketplace, Klook most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. The Kuala Lumpur cafes and bars index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides1146%1 8%10 83%
Linktreedirectory417%04 33%
beepit.comvendor, direct313%03 25%
cafeculture.myother site313%03 25%
Klookmarketplace313%03 25%
cafeandcowork.comdirectory28%02 17%
Instagramdirectory28%02 17%
magicpin.commarketplace28%02 17%
myfoodcourt.infodirectory28%02 17%
myfunnow.commarketplace
Instant booking and reservation marketplace for lifestyle, entertainment, and dining.
28%02 17%
soulospotter.comother site28%02 17%
TableAgentmarketplace28%02 17%
theyumlist.netother site28%02 17%
umai.iovendor, direct28%02 17%

47 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

By assistant

What each assistant does in Kuala Lumpur cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-flash (12).

Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT97%0%0%3%35
Gemini79%0%9%12%33
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-21. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.Bean Brothers at The LINC KL own site
Bean Brothers own site
Hattori The Book Cafe own site
LOKL Coffee Co own site
Feeka Coffee Roasters no link
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.SOLH Restaurant & Bar own site
R Bar own site
Upper House KL own site
Bar Trigona no link
Vibe & Cocktails own site
JungleBird own site
PS150 own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Coffee Stain own site
VCR own site
PULP by Papa Palheta own site
nothing named
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?The Dark Horse own site
Make A Reservation own site
Ronnie Q’s Pub & Restaurant own site
Save me a seat own site
The Dark Horse Bar & Grill own site
SOULed OUT own site
Healy Macs Irish Bar & Restaurant own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?Coffee Stain own site
Common Man Coffee Roasters own site
LOKL Coffee own site
Sun & Moon own site
Ra-Ft Café / Bistro own site
Merchants Lane own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.Junk Cafe own site
Star Cafe own site
La Vida Kitchen & Bar own site
Jao Tim own site
BoboKL own site
Pisco Bar own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Huckleberry own site
Levain Boulangerie & Patisserie own site
Coffee Stain own site
Jaslyn Cakes own site
Kenny Hills Bakers own site
VCR directory
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.Blue, EQ Kuala Lumpur own site
Mantra Bar KL own site
Vertigo at Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur own site
Fuego at Troika Sky Dining own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.LOKL Coffee own site
Dotty’s Pastries & Coffee own site
Opening Time own site
Feeka Coffee Roasters own site
Antipodean Café own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Café Café own siteBar Trigona own site
PS150 own site
Coley no link
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?TAPS Beer Bar own site
Farmer’s Bar, Avenue K own site
Gavel Coffee Kitchen Craft Beers own site
My call no link
Taps Beer Bar own site
Tap Room KL no link
Yes own site
Farmers Bar own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Open until midnight on Wednesdays own site
Carousel & Co own site
NAQ Brews own site
Vivae Board Game Cafe own site
UpperRoom Board Game Cafe directory
GAMP • Boardgame & Console Cafe directory
Method

How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-03. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.