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Massage and Reflexology Prices in Johor Bahru 2026: Six Places From RM50
We read the published menus of six Johor Bahru massage places on 25 October 2026. An hour of foot reflexology costs RM79 at Lawa Lawa Spa and Eminent Reflexology, RM98 at Siam Oasis and RM109 at Thai Odyssey, before SST where it applies. A full-body hour runs RM99 to RM260. Here is what each place charges, which ones stay open past midnight, and the October promos that end on the 31st.
Amari Johor Bahru ChomSindh Thai Menu (to 31 Oct 2026): RM188 Weekend Buffet, RM40 Lunch and RM118 Tea for Two
Amari Johor Bahru has a Thai chef from Amari Pattaya cooking at Amaya Food Gallery until 31 October 2026. The Friday and Saturday buffet is RM188 nett (not the RM118 quoted elsewhere), a semi-buffet lunch is RM40, and the TWG tea set is RM118 for two. Only four buffet nights are left.
IKEA Sorted Lah! Open House: Free Weekend Activities at All 4 Stores, and a Storage Set Worth up to RM800 (to 1 Nov)
IKEA Malaysia is running free activities every weekend from 10 October to 1 November 2026 at Damansara, Cheras, Tebrau and Batu Kawan: a vinyl listening lounge, kids' drawing corner, live music on 17 and 31 Oct, free interior design advice on 25 Oct, a book club and a team escape challenge with a storage set prize. IKEA has since stretched the escape game to 10pm and added weekday dates at three stores, but every slot we saw on 14 October was already full.
International School Fees in Johor Bahru 2026/27: Seven Published Fee Sheets, From RM13,760 to RM166,800
Most Johor international schools still answer "please contact admissions" when asked about fees. We found seven fee sheets published on schools' own websites and read them on 12 October 2026. REAL Schools in Permas Jaya starts at RM13,760 a year, Invictus and Tenby sit between RM20,000 and RM58,000, and RAFFLES American School and Marlborough College run from RM66,500 to RM166,800, where the 6% service tax applies.
Driving Your Malaysian Car Into Singapore: VEP, Autopass and the S$50 Fee From 2027
Singapore's Vehicle Entry Permit for Malaysian cars is S$35 a weekday with 10 free days a year until 31 December 2026. From 1 January 2027 it becomes S$50 with no free days or free evening hours, and from 2 November 2026 cars with unpaid Singapore fines cannot apply or renew. What a day trip costs now and next year.
TGI Fridays Fabulous Fridays: Buy a Glazed Steak or Lamb Rack, Get a Second Main Free (Fridays to 27 Nov)
Every Friday in October and November 2026, TGI Fridays Malaysia gives a free second main when you buy two drinks: order the Signature Glazed Steak and get the Southwest Mac & Cheese (RM39.90), or order the Grilled Lamb Rack and get the Fish & Chips (RM33.90). Dine-in only at all nine outlets in KL, Selangor and Johor Bahru. We priced both pairings from the official menu.
Badminton Court Rates in Johor Bahru 2026: RM13 to RM35 an Hour, and the 6pm Jump That Doubles Your Bill
We read the live rate cards of eight Johor Bahru badminton halls on 10 October 2026, from Skudai, Kempas and Tebrau to Dato Onn, Masai and Iskandar Puteri. A court costs RM13 to RM35 an hour, and the biggest swing is the evening jump: Rally 7 Arena goes from RM15 to RM35 at 6pm. We compare day, night and weekend rates, which halls add 6% SST, and the late-night slots that bring a court back down to about RM15 an hour.
AEON Taman Universiti JB Back to College Has Ended: What Skudai Students Can Still Buy Cheap (Air Purifiers From RM389, JB Clearance to 1 Nov)
AEON Taman Universiti's store-only Back to College leaflet (1 to 11 October 2026) has ended, so the RM89 Midea fan and RM45 curtains are gone. We checked AEON's promotions on 23 October: the Haze Fighter air-purifier sale (from RM389, to 31 Oct) does cover Taman Universiti, a Clean & Comfort Care toiletries and household leaflet runs there 22 Oct to 1 Nov (Dettol refill 2 for RM18), and AEON Bandar Dato Onn has an up-to-80% electricals and home clearance to 1 November.
Golf in Johor Bahru 2026: What Six Clubs Charge, From RM88 at Daiman 18 to Horizon Hills' RM290 Package
We read the rate card of every Johor Bahru club that publishes one, on 5 October 2026. A weekday 18 holes runs from RM88 with a buggy at Daiman 18 to RM400 for the green fee alone at Horizon Hills, where the RM290 package is cheaper than that fee. Palm Resort and Forest City have dated deals to 31 December, and Ponderosa raised its small-flight surcharge on 1 September.
Hotel Buffet Prices in Johor Bahru 2026: Seven Hotels From RM46 Hi-Tea to RM188 Weekend Dinner
We read the buffet prices of seven Johor Bahru hotel restaurants on their own sites and booking pages on 2 October 2026. Every price is nett. A Friday or Saturday seafood dinner costs RM118 to RM188 an adult, weekend hi-tea RM46 to RM108, and the cheapest weekday lunch is RM68. Here is what each session costs, who gets a child or senior rate, and the group deals worth asking for.
Amari Johor Bahru Room Sale: Up to 37% Off Stays Until 18 December, Book by 31 October
Amari Johor Bahru's Indulgence Made for Together rate takes 20% off Superior to Grand Deluxe rooms and 25% off pool-access rooms and suites, with another 16% for free ONYX Rewards members. Stays 27 September to 18 December 2026, book by 31 October. Real October prices, the 18% tax, and when the RM490 Blissful Staycation package beats it.
JB-Singapore RTS Link: The January 2027 Start, the Fare Nobody Has Set Yet, and What Happens to the Shuttle Tebrau
Transport Minister Anthony Loke has said the Bukit Chagar to Woodlands North line is slated to start in January 2027, and both terminal stations were declared complete in August and September 2026. Fares are still unannounced, the Shuttle Tebrau is due to stop within six months of opening, and you will clear both countries' checks before you board. Here is what is decided and what is not.
Renaissance Johor Bahru Mooncakes Are Over for 2026: What Wan Li Sells Now, From an RM88 Sunday Dim Sum Buffet (Buy 3 Free 1)
Renaissance Johor Bahru's Eclat de Lune mooncakes stopped selling on Mid-Autumn day, 25 September 2026. Wan Li Chinese Restaurant in Permas Jaya now runs an RM88 nett Sunday dim sum buffet with Buy 3 Free 1, a RM78 weekday set lunch and Peking duck from RM83. Here is what each costs, plus the 2026 mooncake prices to plan 2027.
Bar B Q Plaza Weekday Set Lunch From RM16.80++: Pork, Chicken or Beef vs the RM49.90 Buffet (Mid-Autumn Set Has Ended)
The RM188++ Mid-Autumn takeaway set is over. What Bar B Q Plaza is pushing now is a weekday Set Lunch: pork or chicken at RM16.80++, beef at RM19.80++, with green tea, shredded cabbage and rice, from 10.30am to 5pm. We worked out the real bill and compared it with the chain's own buffet and sharing sets.
Pickleball Courts in Johor Bahru 2026: RM20 an Hour at Toppen, RM80 on a Show Court, and Four Promo Prices With No End Date
We read the live rate cards of eight pickleball venues in Johor Bahru, Skudai, Masai, Iskandar Puteri and Kulai on 17 September 2026. A weekday daytime hour costs RM20 at Forum Tebrau in Toppen and RM50 at X Park, and a weekday evening runs from RM35 to RM70. Four of the eight are charging promo prices with no published end date, and only two say whether 6% SST is on top. We re-read every rate card on 20 September and none had changed, and we added three more JB courts we had missed, one of which sells two outdoor daytime hours for RM40.
Aircond Servicing in Johor Bahru 2026: RM60 or RM190 for One Wall Unit, and Why the Chemical Wash Is the Price to Compare
We read the price pages of seven aircond servicing operators in Johor Bahru on 15 September 2026. A normal service on a 1.5HP wall unit runs from RM60 to RM190, but the cheap end only cleans the filter and housing. Chemical wash prices are easier to compare, and two sites that look like rivals share one address.
St. Giles Southkey JB Buffet After Malaysia Day: RM118 Weekend Buffet, RM18 Xpress Lunch and What Ended
The Malaysia Day buy 3, get 1 free buffet at Causeway Café, St. Giles Southkey Johor Bahru ended with September's last weekend on 27 September. What the hotel's own offer pages list now is the standing "One Perfect Balance" weekend buffet at RM118 nett per adult and RM59 per senior or child, with 20% off adults for CHM Club members, plus a RM18 nett weekday Xpress Lunch served within 15 minutes or it is free. We priced both for couples, families and groups.
LEGOLAND Malaysia Water Park: RM88 for Every Malaysian, Any Age, Until 30 November
LEGOLAND Malaysia Water Park is selling a Malaysians-only day ticket at a flat RM88 for everyone aged three and above, against a standard Malaysian price of RM149 for an adult and RM129 for a child or senior. It is online only, it is a dated ticket, and the visit date has to fall on or before 30 November 2026. Two things decide whether it is the right buy: the Water Park closes every Tuesday, and LEGOLAND's own annual pass covering all three parks for a year is RM266, which is two ringgit more than three of these tickets.
Village Grocer Horizon Mall, Iskandar Puteri: Opening Over, What's On Now (Bakery 60% Off 2nd Item, Bites Member Prices to 31 Oct)
Update 21 October 2026: Village Grocer's Horizon Mall opening freebies ended on 24 September, and the chain's New Zealand Fair ended on 11 October. What you can still use at unit 1F-09 this month: 60% off the second bakery item (16 to 31 October; Horizon Mall is not on the exclusion list), Bites Member Price on about 30 lines (16 to 31 October), the VG Brands Fair markdowns, the Friday-to-Monday Bumper Harvest weekends, and the mall's own Deepavali programme to 15 November and Halloween parade on 31 October. The original opening guide follows.
7 Coworking, Serviced & Virtual Office Operators in Johor Bahru 2026 — Who Publishes a Price, and Why the Same Business Address Costs RM24 or RM150 a Month
Johor Bahru now has more branded flexible-workspace branches than any Malaysian city outside the Klang Valley — one operator alone runs nine of them — and almost none of them will tell you what a desk costs without a WhatsApp conversation first. We read every one of these seven operators' own websites on 26 August 2026 and found only two that publish a rate you can act on. The gap between them is the story: a Johor Bahru business address costs RM288 for twelve months at a Skudai shoplot operator that prints its full rate card, and RM150 a month at a Level 18 suite in Johor Bahru City Square — the same service, six times the price, and the difference is the postcode on the letterhead. Private rooms run from RM290 to RM690 a month, and the cheapest branch in one seven-branch network is the one furthest from town while two of the ones nearest the highway cost the most. Rechecked on 29 August 2026: Regus, whose site would not open for us three days earlier, turns out to publish the fullest ladder of the lot — a Johor Bahru business address from MYR5 a day, which is about RM152 a month and lands within RM2 of the priciest local address here.
Your Passport Is a Discount Card at Mid Valley Southkey: 20% Off Bonia, 15% Off TGI Friday's, RM300 Off Diamond & Platinum — and Maybank Singapore's RM50 e-Voucher Sitting on Top
Nearly everyone who crosses the Causeway to shop in Johor Bahru walks past the one counter that would have saved them money. At The Mall, Mid Valley Southkey, any foreign passport holder aged 16 and above can walk up to an Information Counter on the Ground Floor and be handed a free Tourist Privilege Card, valid for seven days, that carries flat discounts at more than forty tenants — 20% off normal-priced Bonia, 15% off the à la carte menu at TGI Friday's, 10% off Starbucks food and drinks, 30% off normal-priced diamond jewellery at Tomei, RM300 off a RM6,000 purchase at Diamond & Platinum. Running on top of it until 31 December 2026 is a Maybank Singapore card offer, now in its third phase: a tote bag on RM250 of spend or RM50 in shopping e-vouchers on RM500, plus a separate RM10 off dining. Re-checked on 13 October 2026 against the mall's re-issued September offer sheet (51 tenants) and its October deals: four tenants — Diamond & Platinum, Travel For All, Eu Yan Sang and Starbucks — are running their own promotions and are also on the card, so at those counters you are choosing one or the other again.
8 Interior Design & Renovation Firms in Johor Bahru 2026 — and How to Check One Before You Pay
None of the eight interior design firms we read in Johor Bahru publishes a price any more: Sammcon's cabinet offer page, the only ringgit figures in this list, had been taken down when we re-checked on 22 October 2026. What all eight do publish is a registration number — and that, plus a free CIDB contractor search and the MBJB permit rule most owners miss, is a far better filter than any online quote. We re-read eight JB firms' own websites, from Johor Jaya to Mount Austin to Skudai, and set out what each one actually states about its scope, its address and its registration.
Shabu-Yo AEON Tebrau City JB: No Weekend Surcharge, Extended to 30 Nov 2026
Shabu-Yo has extended its no-weekend-surcharge buffet at AEON Mall Tebrau City, Johor Bahru to 30 November 2026, now also at Setia City Mall. Saturday, Sunday and public holiday diners pay weekday prices: lunch from RM39.90++ and dinner from RM53.90++ per pax.
8 Best Maid & Domestic Helper Agencies in Johor Bahru (JB) 2026
From a 40-year-old Klang Valley chain's dedicated Taman Molek branch to a Permas Mall agency incorporated in 2012, here are eight domestic helper agencies with real, verifiable offices across Johor Bahru and Skudai — none of them overlapping with our KL/nationwide list.
7 Best Movers & Self-Storage Companies in Johor Bahru (JB) 2026
From MoverJB's published Singapore-JB minimum charges to Crown Relocations' corporate office inside the SiLC industrial park and storage.my's fully public rate card in Iskandar Puteri, here are seven currently-trading movers and self-storage operators actually serving Johor Bahru and Iskandar Malaysia in 2026 — with the real ringgit figures two of them publish, and the availability crunch nobody mentions.
REX Home Expo JB 2026 Has Ended: How the RM100 Cash Voucher Worked, REX's 2026 Dates, and the Next Home Fairs at Mid Valley Southkey
REX Home Renovation Expo's Johor Bahru edition closed on 16 August 2026, and its last 2026 show (Kuala Lumpur) ended on 13 September. Here is how the RM100 cash voucher and RM29 blind box worked and what they were really worth, REX's full 2026 calendar, and the free home fairs still coming to Mid Valley Southkey: Johor Furniture Fair (20 to 22 November), JB Sofa And Mattress Fair (3 to 6 December) and Mega Home Electrical Fair (25 to 27 December).
8 Best Tuition & Enrichment Centres in Johor Bahru (JB) 2026
Eight tuition and enrichment centres verified against their operators' own locators in Johor Bahru and Iskandar Puteri — including the one chain that publishes a national price (Kumon, RM50 registration plus RM175–RM185 a month per subject), the JB robotics company running nine Johor centres, and the coding club whose weekday classes are not after-school at all.
8 Best Confinement Centres & Postnatal Care Centres in Johor Bahru (JB) 2026
From hotel-style suites in Medini to boutique postnatal homes in Skudai and Taman Pelangi, here are eight real, currently operating confinement centres serving Johor Bahru and Iskandar Puteri families.
7 Wedding Banquet Venues Worth Booking in Johor Bahru (JB) & Iskandar Malaysia (2026)
From Berjaya Waterfront's 1,000-guest Grand Ballroom to Cantonese banquet specialists like Restoran Pekin and Senibong Bay Seafood Restaurant, here are seven currently-operating wedding venues across Johor Bahru and Iskandar Malaysia — hotel ballrooms and Chinese restaurant banquet halls alike — with published RM prices where venues state them — including Senibong Bay's four per-table menus (RM988++ to RM1,988++). Includes the JW Marriott replacing Thistle Johor Bahru (opening 1 December 2026).
8 Best Seafood & Zi Char Restaurants in Johor Bahru (2026)
From a seafood restaurant built on stilts over the water to zi char institutions wok-frying economy dishes since the 1970s, here are 8 real, still-trading spots for chilli crab, salted egg prawns and claypot classics across Johor Bahru and greater Iskandar in 2026.