Hotel Dining

Element Kuala Lumpur festive 2025 news: This holiday season sparkles with brilliance at TRACE Restaurant & Bar on Level 40 of downtown hotel, where glittering skyline views, festive joy, and the spirit of togetherness come alive through the ‘Sparkling Golden Festive Season’ and its lavish buffets designed to create lasting golden memories.

Housed by Element Kuala Lumpur, Trace restaurant proudly presents Festive Buffets from November 14, 2025 to January 1, 2026, offering opportunities for early gatherings with family and friends. An exclusive early bird promotion provides savings of RM40 per person for bookings made with full payment before December 8.

Guided by Executive Chef Taib Ridhwan and Senior Sous Chef Hasrul Hawari, the culinary team has curated a menu that blends festive tradition with contemporary flair. The spread features an organic salad bar, seafood-on-ice, live grill specialties, Asian-inspired delights, and indulgent holiday desserts crafted exclusively for the season.

Element Kuala Lumpur festive 2025: Festive lunch and dinner buffets from RM138 nett

From November 14 to December 28, 2025, Trace presents a festive spread that celebrates the season with signature grill creations. Highlights include the Classic Mediterranean Garlic Rosemary Lamb Shoulder, Lemon Herb Chicken, and Honey-Soy Ginger Marinated Fish, each prepared with care to bring vibrant flavours to the table.

Both festive lunch and dinner buffets feature a delightful dessert selection, including festive logs and rolls, chocolate cake, panna cotta, and many more charming creations designed to sweeten the celebration. The Festive Dinner Buffet adds a special touch with a live churros station, serving freshly made treats that bring warmth and indulgence to the evening.

The Festive Dinner Buffet, priced at RM168 nett, has also been elevated this year with the addition of a seafood-on-ice station, offering a wide variety of fresh catches to complement the golden feast.

Every Saturday night, the celebration is further enhanced with live music performances, creating an enchanting atmosphere where the skyline, music, fine food, and cherished company come together in harmony.

Christmas & New Year lunch and dinner buffets from RM168 nett: elevating the festive experience

TRACE elevates the holiday season with Christmas & New Year Buffets, designed as signature feasts beyond the festive weekends. Each buffet features the Brown Sugar & Dijon Glazed Roasted Whole Turkey, a timeless centrepiece reimagined with sweet and savoury notes.

The Christmas Eve Dinner Buffet is crowned with a succulent Roasted Whole Wagyu Beef, celebrated for its rich marbling and luxurious flavour – the pinnacle of indulgence. Other holiday buffets showcase premium highlights such as the Oven-Baked Black Angus Beef Striploin with Grain Mustard Glaze, offering refined tenderness with a tangy finish, or the Roasted Whole Beef BBQ Prime Rib, renowned for its smoky depth and hearty character.

Both dinner buffets also present Baked Salmon, while live stations bring wok hei to the celebration with Char Kueh Kak with XO Sauce for dinner and Char Kway Teow for lunch, delivering bold flavours and local flair.

The seafood-on-ice station offers a lavish spread of oysters, blue swimmer crabs, prawns, mussels, and half-shell scallops, with the Christmas Eve Dinner Buffet further elevated by the addition of lobster.

Desserts arrive in an enhanced festive selection, featuring refined creations and seasonal favourites to sweeten the celebration with elegance and indulgence.

Element Kuala Lumpur festive 2025: Enchanted Holiday Afternoon Tea

From November 17, 2025 to January 18, 2026, Trace introduces an enchanting afternoon tea experience available daily from 1 PM to 5 PM. Priced at RM199 nett per set for two, the offering includes two glasses of wine or mocktails.

The menu features 7 savoury delights served on a forest-inspired board, designed to evoke the charm of an enchanted forest. Highlights include the refreshing Mango Scampi Salad, delicate Pumpkin Tartlets, and indulgent Truffle Cheese Potato Croquette. These savoury bites are served once per set, crafted for both taste and presentation.

A Christmas-themed dessert trolley brings festive indulgence with 8 all-you-can-eat sweets, including the Raspberry Mousse Cream Puff, Rose Lychee Bliss Panna Cotta, and the timeless Festive Fruit Cake. Desserts are refillable and unlimited, ensuring a sweet finale that continues as long as the appetite allows.

With endless desserts and skyline views, this afternoon tea is best enjoyed with friends, sharing stories and savouring the season together high above Kuala Lumpur.
Early Bird offer with up to RM40 savings per person

Bookings with full payment made on or before December 8, 2025 are entitled to RM40 discount for Festive Lunch Buffet and Festive Dinner Buffet.

For dining enquiries, please call 03 2771 3388 extn. 3351.