Mont Kiara luxury living in Kuala Lumpur, with excellent amenities only a stone’s throw away. Find out what it is like living here, things to do, what to eat, property to buy in Mont Kiara or rent in Malaysia’s Beverly Hills.

For many Malaysians, living in upscale Mont Kiara and having the Mont Kiara postcode in your address will make you the envy of everyone. This affluent township, close to Kuala Lumpur city centre, is home to many expatriates and upper-middle-class families. Mont Kiara may look like a collection of high-rise properties, but many of these units are low-density and much bigger than your average Kuala Lumpur apartment.

Yes, Mont Kiara is one of the most expensive places to live in Kuala Lumpur. But staying here does have its plus points – clean walking pathways, plenty of Mont Kiara international school choices for your kids, and even a green lung right at your doorstep with Bukit Kiara. With Mont Kiara malls like 1 Mont Kiara and Solaris Mont Kiara in the vicinity, your shopping and dining needs are completely taken care of.


History of Mont Kiara
Before becoming the “it” address of Kuala Lumpur, Mont Kiara was originally the Kampung Segambut Dalam settlement. While it was near Kuala Lumpur city, this poorly developed area was largely home to farmers and workers as it was mainly a rubber estate.

That all changed in the early 1990s, when the founder of property developer Sunrise Berhad, Datuk Alan Tong Kok Mau bought 12 parcels of land in the area. The 40.47ha was developed and renamed Mont Kiara. Following Sunrise’s successful Mont Kiara Pines and Mont Kiara Palma projects in 1993 and 1994, other developers saw the rise of Mont Kiara and the area steadily expanded to what it is today.


What is Mont Kiara known for?
Besides its large expatriate community, Mont Kiara is a place where you can work, shop, and socialise – there’s no need to leave when everything you need is nearby. Buy your household needs at Village Grocer Mont Kiara, then chill out with dinner and drinks at Solaris Mont Kiara.

Fun fact:

Mont Kiara is home to a truly international community. Your neighbours could be from America, Europe, Japan, South Korea or even Africa.
There’s no cinema in Mont Kiara.
Back in 2018, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) awarded Mont Kiara with grade A rating, one of the 10 neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur that received the award for being an exemplary township in bringing its community together to maintain Mont Kiara’s clean and safe image.