yes, from melawati, its either use MEX or sungai besi highway . (exit near ampang there) . Bottleneck at MRR2 usually at flamingo hotel at peak hours.

for public, nearest LRT is wangsa maju or sri rampai. but no last mile transport, either have to park somewhere or take bus . (actually lot of bus here, got rapidKL bus depot somewhere near the melawati bukit mas roundabout , not sure of the timings though)

How’s the traffic to Bukit Jalil? I work further down in Putrajaya and I think that’s my only concern

I also chose Melawati due to the greeneries and not too far from the city

To Bukit Jalil usually not that bad, i leave around 7:30 , would reach office by 8:15.

When i do have meetings in Putra/Cyber, have to leave by 7AM for smooth traffic.
I'd do MRR2 > MEX > Putra by preference.

The greeneries is a plus point for sure , alot of outsiders like to come cycle. But as many pointed out with the recent pipes and construction works. Road not smooth anymore 

Yes I’m Chinese but I don’t like predominantly Chinese area such as Kuchai Lama and Cheras.

I grew up in Subang Jaya and am still living here so I like the diversity.

But surprisingly I’ve seen a lot of older Chinese traditional shop lots around the commercial area

Wondering if the original owners are still there

Apologies as I would be one of the new residents from one of the new developments nearby Nadayu 😅

But I believe after that, there shouldn’t be anymore development as far as I’m concerned

I think Desa Melawati side maybe there might be in the future

Hi. I'm one of the locals that reside here.
What would you like to know?

Pros :

Really nice and green neigborhood (you can see ppl jogging / cycling at any hours of the day ,even at 11pm , so its relatively safe if you ask me)
lots of hipster/ kopitiam / fresh vibes with youngsters.
easy access to nature - kemensah, genting highland, also to KL

cons:
more and more condo's are being built, enroaching the back bukit tabur. expect traffic to be much worse after they VP .

In some parts, especially town centre (melawati mall area) , Traffic is really bad especially during peak hours . Why ?

- Small roads (melawati is old township, I've been living here since the 90's)
- Pasar malam every tuesday / thursday / saturday
- lots of school, and ppl picking up their kids

i found that everytime i go at these times, (like 5pm) , i just take moto , forget about car.

also saturday is also jam ya, morning coz of pasar tani.

If you ask me if I recommend ?

Yes , definitely if you have the budget . I believe its a bit better than wangsa maju and setiawangsa. Setiawangsa also not bad, but price will be on a higher side. Plus you don't get the greenery as good as melawati.

can't think of any other place I would reside in KV as of now .

11pm still got ppl jogging? lokasi mana ya?

yeah . lots of running club around here. most i found is around the bukit mas roundabout . (near Ordinery coffee shop) and the street burger . around this area is quite alive at night .

Thank you and yea you are correct, I’m actually going to be staying around that area.

What about going back from Putrajaya or Bukit Jalil to Melawati using MEX? Will it be worse in the evening?

kesian malay area, i got dogs with me dun think convenient move there

Sorry, but isn’t your post more about Setapak than Melawati? 😅

Correct me if I’m wrong and I still do appreciate the sharing

exploring around the neighbourhood (Setiawangsa, Wangsa Maju etc).

I know there are a few Chinese restaurants in the commercial area near Melawati Mall, so are there anything else?

I’m looking for more advice from locals and not really asking for any particular condos.

In terms of doing your grocery shopping. Everything is practically available so u don't have to drive out far. Started going there in the 90's when sent.my.sister for ballet class.

Over the years when on weekends to buy 4d for my mum. Now.go there bout once a.month to get.medicines & supplements from.big pharmacy.

There are 2 Chinese coffeeshop & some Chinese restaurants. Got a few vets & pet stores. Maybank, Cimb, Bsn are there.

Public & Islam bank I am.not sure are still there as they are situated on the other side of melawati mall & I seldom go that side as its mainly offices, art school & shoplot motel.

Hardware stores u got ace hardware & the smaller ones run by ahpek. Not sure if the traditional Chinese medicine is still open.

Post Office, printing service, arts & craft store even got a cash converter outlet.

Only problem is u are better off parking at melawati mall & walking out to the shoplots as hard to find parking during daytime with the exception of Sunday's

legendary char siew fan     

What about on the way back?

And ya definitely leaving by 7am won’t be an issue with me

I take it.u.meant the char.siew fan stall at the coffeeshop  near the chinese restaurants & not because I am char siew😆

Yes the stall is quite good & my.mom used to buy from there. Never buy eversince mco though so can't comment.

Nice, i pun baru pindah kat melawati a few months ago. Very nice place. Dulu tinggal kat Kuchai lama. Like u said, Kuchai Lama area not for human live already, jam gila. But recent months the roads from Bulatan Mas to Bulatan Hillside kena korek and main tampal tampal. Road not smooth and they havent re-tar the road properly. Hope they will do it soon lah.

From my observation, ppl here live in harmony. U jogging waktu pagi/petang nampak joggers of all races greeting and nodding to one another, very friendly. Got a community of people called "Friends of Sungai Klang" that "jaga" our sungai, so the sungai is quite clean. I'm very thankful to them because the place i'm staying is facing directly to that sungai. One important thing for me is civic mindedness, and I think the people here are quite civic minded lah. I think i'm loving this place more and more.

I'm parking here to also to kepoh and to know more about Taman Melawati, especially where to eat good and cheap food. Oh, and Miss Ellie Tea house is one of my favourite

u cycling at night ?

now they are doing pipeworks, not so nice to cycle anymore . have to wait until project finish. but still nice place to jog , though