12 cafés in the Klang Valley for your waffle fix

A pillar of local café culture, VCR is known for its excellent coffee and brunch plates to match. A selection of desserts and cakes are available here, but waffles are not one of them. Instead, the café serves savoury versions that won’t see you receive questioning looks as you order a plate for lunch. Sourdough waffles are topped with crispy fried chicken coated in habanero butter, then drizzled with sriracha mayo and chrysanthemum honey before sprinkled with Thai basil.

Hidden along the shoplots of Taman Desa is one of the Klang Valley’s best kept culinary secrets. It is a wonder how Front Room & The Kneady Baker does not have street-long queues forming outside its doors, being home to some of the most soulful comfort food in the area. Visit for a portion of bak kut teh pie, but stay for the eatery’s signature waffles. Uncomplicated and down-to-earth, passionfruit curd, fresh strawberries, and gula Melaka crumble top fluffy buttermilk waffles. 

Prioritising nutrition does not mean having to sacrifice dessert. After One KL offers a smorgasbord of healthy café fare steeped in Mediterranean influence. The café’s waffle selection is impressive, housing six variations featuring classics like strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and cookie crumble. While offering conventional waffles, it also recently unveiled its newest menu items—croffles. Find French butter croffles topped with blueberries and yoghurt compote or with furikake and Chantilly mayo for a savoury option. 

The Fox Hole Bakery Café’s brunch platter big enough to feed a small army is a necessity when in Subang Jaya. Amongst a smorgasbord of brunch and afternoon tea offerings, the café serves waffles in both sweet and savoury preparations. Supplanting the conventional bed of sourdough or English muffins, find waffles topped with poached eggs and shredded slow-cooked beef or  with fried chicken and homemade maple glaze.

While plant-based dining options have seen an exponential increase in recent years, vegan sweets can still be hard to come by. Sprout Plant Based Fusion fills this void with its very own vegan waffles. The eggless batter is pressed into a heated iron until golden brown and then topped with homemade plant-based whipped cream, berries, bananas, and caramel drizzle. For those who’d prefer a savoury version, the Jalan Telawi café offers vegan chicken and waffles. 

Fatbaby Ice Cream should be on your waffle bucket list despite being known for incredibly executed ice cream. Its waffles are made without frills—its simplicity being its high point. The waffles’ edges are bafflingly precise, with an exterior almost as crusty as a loaf of freshly baked bread. Consistently served warm, allow one of the dessert bar’s many ice cream flavours to partially melt into its grooves before digging in. We recommend going with a scoop of lemon pie ice cream for a tart but balanced treat.

Shugatori Dessert Café has perfected the art of decorating bakes. From custom tiered cakes to bespoke macarons, this is the place to go when looking for a show-stopping dessert. Waffles, however, prove the café’s signature. Toppings are seemingly never-ending here, with options of minty mango salad, banana brûlée, and meringue crisp. While matcha, charcoal, and traditional waffles are available, diners can choose to combine flavours to form an edible puzzle of sorts. 

When considering a waffle, we often think of a ridged grid with deep indentations meant to be flooded with melted ice cream or warm strawberry sauce. Urban Artisan aims to redefine this completely. Instead of traditional waffles, the dessert spot specialises in bubble waffles. These waffles act as a vessel for other indulgences, wrapping around generous portions of fillings and toppings. Each offering is immensely decadent, topped with whole chocolate bars and sandwich cookies. 

Croissants and coffee have always been a superior combination— the dynamic duo of the breakfast world. Yew Yew Coffee has elevated this well-established morning ritual with a humble waffle iron. Being predominantly focused on coffee and speciality brews, Yew Yew Coffee is a reliable source when it comes to caffeine accompaniments. Its croffles are the perfect intermarriage of croissant and waffle— buttery and pull-apart tender. Try dipping one of its signature croffles into a cup of mocha for the ultimate indulgence. 

Revered by TTDI residents, Frisky Goat Bakery Café is equipped with an impressive menu of savoury dishes, but crowd favourites prove its selection of waffles. Three variations of Belgian waffles can be found here. Its classic waffles are slathered in Chantilly cream, honey, and butter, alongside a healthy sprinkle of spiced walnuts and toasted almond flakes, while its banana butterscotch waffles see vanilla ice cream drizzled in homemade butterscotch, accompanied by caramelised bananas and sliced strawberries. The a la Ámericaine fuses the two with an addition of chocolate sauce.

What are waffles, if not mediums that allow you to eat multiple scoops of ice cream in one sitting? Churn Ice Cream takes this up a notch with sourdough waffles. Leavened with sourdough starter instead of typical buttermilk, the waffles at this Damansara Uptown ice cream joint are not to be missed. Indescribably airy from a mild ferment, these are best complemented by a scoop (or three) of the dessert spot’s ice creams.