Johor Premium Outlets

Johor Premium outlets is basically located in the state of Johor the most southern state in Malaysia just neighboring Singapore.

The capital of this state is known as Johor Baharu and this state is basically surrounded by Malacca, Negeri Sembilan & Pahang.

There are like 10 districts in Johor - Johor Bahru, Batu Pahat, Muar, Kluang, Segamat, Kota Tinggi, Kulaijaya, Pontian, Mersing, Ledang.

But for today, I would actually love to write about the Johor Premium outlets.

How to get there?

Driving to JB ( Johor Bahru) as it mostly known as will take you around 4 hours approximately and by driving by speed limits.

This is from KL actually and if you are driving down from Penang it will take around 8hours plus minus. Well there are a lot of bus companies going to Johor to on a daily basis and some busses have a short pit stop in JB before shooting off to Singapore. If you are coming from Singapore, you will be able to drive your car over, take a bus or even cabs. Most likely a 40 minutes trip if you are from the centre of Singapore. For those who want to shop at the premier outlets you can exit at the Senai Utara toll exit at the North South Highway in Malaysia.

Activities

I've not really come to JB on a real holiday, but it is usually on a business trip/work agenda and usually I will end up staying in Zon hotel in Stulang.

I'm not going to write much about Zon hotel and Stulang but as for now if I ever go to JB, I would love to stay here. Good Food/ Shopping (duty free)/ Good Night Life.

Johor Premium outlets--I didn't plan to write about this place at first, but when I went there few days back, it just came across my mind to share my experience to the Johor Premium Outlets Shopping area. I believe this will be some sort of haven of the crazy shoppers as I noticed the sale/discounts for the goods were just too irresistible.

Reach there around 8pm and had limited time to really go check out all the stores but the 2 hours I spent there was satisfying.

Managed to get a pair of Adidas sneakers at 70% which cost me only RM135 after discount and I feel it really looks cool.

I've actually been to the Premier outlets on Tochigi-Japan couple of years back and this Johor Outlets reminded myself of being in Japan again only thing is

I feel this is slightly smaller than in Japan. You can really find all sorts of branded stuff here. Let me give some of the retail outlets I could remember.

Raoul, Armani Exchange, Burberry, Polo, Calvin Klein, Salvatorre Ferragamo, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Michael Korrs just to name a few.

One thing I noticed, especially on the Nike & Adidas outlet, the shoes were magnificent. It was like not the same quality that is being normally sold around Malaysia

but looks more of an outside of Malaysia quality I would say. I believe most of the goods here portray the same image and you have ample of choices to shop.

I would recommend at least a good 4 hours of intense scrutinising of the outlets. The bargains are really good, 10-85% discount. Not sure why they are offering such high discounts though.

Big question mark??? But my point of view, this place has real good/hot stuff.

Food

Went and eat in this Thai Restaurant called Absolute Thai and trust me it was absolutely nice. Cleaned up all my dishes like a good dishwasher

Recommended- Red curry chicken! And the desert was…ermmm I forgot the name but I'll put a photo of it in here.(just being me-ignorant)

Go try it. The restaurant did look a bit exclusive from the outside and I was bit worried to get an expensive bill but

I would say end of the day it was reasonable and worth the money. Waiter/waitresses were quite attentive and the service was fast.

Thumbs up to this place.

Noticed few more eateries here and there but I just wanted to try something different on that particular day. Noticed this place called

George & Dragon cafe. Not sure whether the same management with the one in Bangsar Shopping complex in KL. But it did stand out from the rest too.

If you noticed in the photos I put about the Thai restaurant, it looks rather empty. Well that's because I was the 2nd last table to leave. They were already near to closing time.

Recommendation- For sure. Something different from going to all the shopping complexes to buy stuff with a different feel of atmosphere. Much better discounts too I think,

and more varieties to choose from and last but not least I don’t think I would have found my pair of ADIDAS sneakers anywhere else in Malaysian stores.