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Visited last Sat afternoon. As most ppl said, a lot of the shops are not opened yet. I'd say the mall is half open at most. Very few ppl here on a Saturday so good for getting away from the crowds in other JB malls. Access: Walk via a sheltered overhead walkway from CIQ (see photo for entrance). Stated as 650m from the start. It's abt 10 mins brisk walk from R&F mall to City Square Mall. Food: As this is a mall developed by a Chinese company, most of the food options here are Chinese cuisine, if not, Korean. Had a hard time searching for halal food for Muslim friend. There's only Secret Recipe (overpriced dishes), Subway and an unknown restaurant that sells halal food. Bubble tea: Good thing that there're a number of bbt shops. We counted LiHo, The Alley, Oregin, and Royal Tea. While there're these brands in other malls, it's fab that the outlets here are all sit-down cafes and not crowded. Tried the latter three brands and I LOVE Royal Tea's Uji Matcha Latte with Royal Cheese (RM13.50). The cheese foam was sprinkled with tiny cheese flakes and (I think) matcha powder, and the cheese flavour was not weird or overly salty. The matcha latte was also legit, not diluted green tea latte that many places tried to pass off as matcha latte. My friend's Earl Grey Latte from The Alley also tasted better than what I tried in SG.
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R&F Mall is actually a promising place with huge potential. See: big space, arts theatre across the road, seafront property. Stepping into the mall immediately reminds me of Westgate at Jurong East with its open air concept and air-conditioned spaces. Location wise, it's walking distance from JB CIQ and it takes around 15 minutes with a climb of 2 flights of stairs. It's a pity that City Square and Komtar CC took most of the crowd away. I discovered there's a shuttle service but unsure where to take it from. My brother said he'd rather walk. The crowd, if you can call them that, congregate around Jaya Grocer and the F&B outlets. Retail footfall is almost non-existent. I hope their rental is non-existent as well. 🥲 There's Airbnb and residental activity above the mall. Let me share something amazing which I observed while I was there. So for parcels delivery for online shopping, the courier would leave the packages at the various tower lobbies with the security (see last photo). The parcel owners would need to come down and collect from the rack, whether from home or after work. I wonder if it is the same for food delivery as well?
Alvin LiAlvin Li
10
Among the newer malls from a line of countless malls in JB. The architecture is modernistic and utilitarian. Connectivity to the other areas can be via covered walkways for pedestrian which is convenient. However, the place is like a ghost town with generally most of the units empty or closed for business. Even the Empress Cinema was closed during my visit. There were hardly anyone seen except for patrons of the restaurants and also some residents of the adjacent condo shopping for daily needs. Greenery is generally lacking and the place is more for instagram seekers than actually pleasing to walk about. You can already see some defects like cracked tiles, non working escalators and even water leaks and ponding all around. Walking among the empty shops is quiet eerie for a new mall. However the saving grace is there are a lot of food options but aside from that and shops for residents, there is nothing really special about the place, which is sad for a new mall.
Kervin ChongKervin Chong
150
9 Nov 2023: Kindly take note part of the bridge to R&F mall is removed because of the train construction. People are required to go down the steep staircase, access through the temporary shelter walkway, then climb up steep stairway to reach the mall. The flooring at some part of mall is dip down and not easily see by the eyes. Many shops are not open. Restaurant lack of variety, seen many China style restaurant that may not be suitable for. Secret Receipt restaurant not so good service. Restaurants are all over the place than concentrated in one area. Toilet sign indication can be improved. Security guard patrolling can't understand basic English. Supermarket is the best there for grocery, super neat and clean. Coffee bean cafe is a very good place to hang out. Look forward to a better transformation by the management down the road.
Capture Asia PhotographyCapture Asia Photography
70
We stayed in this R&F Airbnb during the weekend. The place is great except for the constant truck horning sound that’s basically whole day cos it’s just next to the JB custom. The R&F mall have a few stories but most of the stalls are closed. I pity those people who bought this million dollar condo during new launch and I wonder how are they going to cash out next time. As I know, this condo has already TOP for a few years but many units are still not sold and a lot of the units now are using as Airbnb home stay. For short term stay, I would say the apartment are good and comfortable since the rental is cheap also. But do remember to close all windows and balcony door. Imagine the long truck horning sound, not just any normal vehicle. It’s damn loud and noisy especially during late nite.
Jase NgJase Ng
60
This might be a hidden gem mall near JB custom. Very brightly lit mall with natural light and open air concept with wind. Feels very spacious and could be the Westgate equivalent in Singapore but with 10% of the people. Not many people seems to know about this gem. Just a 10 mins walk from custom, there’s a bridge connecting. Don’t even need to wait for Grab. Entire mall has Wifi as well. Only one downside is that many shops are closed or don’t even have shops, due to high rent and people going to overrated malls like KSL or Mid Valley. Stall owners, if you see this, please open a stall here. I see a lot of potential in this mall. There are airbnb on top of this mall too. The only place I would actually buy property in JB.
Seah Jia HuiSeah Jia Hui
130
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Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum
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