If you are going to travel in to city a lot you may want to consider Novum instead. Little bit closer to LRT. I had a look at Bangsar Sth last trip to KL and during the weekend it was pleasently quiet. Restaurants seemed nice but I missed the simpler street food. Although there is a Malay style night market not too far away (up NW part of Bangsar Sth). There wasn' much of shopping centre though from what I saw,. i.e. basement of spehere had a supermarket and handful of shops but that was all. Maybe I missed somthing.
Thanks for the info, we thought the same thing! Being from the U.K a 20 minute grab ride is considered close for us as long as there is somewhere on the doorstep for a coffee.
@Gettinglostin mount kiara is mostly korean japanese expats. Asian food is easily available. I think there is a Japanese speaking small medical centre there. I saw it once. Bangsar village has a mix of expats. Just different vibes
