Good Friends Club is a bar in George Town, Penang.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Cheesy fries and bar snacks
Tip: Start with the Laksa Negroni for the story and switch to the Milo build for the finish; Fridays fill by 22:00.
Address: 39 Jalan Gurdwara, 10300 George Town, Penang
Magazine 63 opened in 2017 behind an unmarked wooden door on Jalan Magazine, Penang's first true speakeasy and still its most theatrical lounge.
Signature drink: Sultan Negroni
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Live sets run on select nights in the vintage Chinese-inn interior; knock at the plain wooden door and wait to be seated.
Manchu Bar dresses its Rope Walk speakeasy in red lanterns and Qing-dynasty props, pouring Penang cocktails from porcelain teapots until 03:00.
Signature drink: Elixir Of Youth served in a teapot
Food: Chinese-leaning bar bites
Tip: The teapot service is made for sharing; go late, it keeps the longest hours of the heritage-core cocktail rooms.
Antarabangsa Enterprise is a bottle-shop-turned-street-bar on Lorong Stewart, the cheapest cold beer in George Town on plastic chairs in Penang.
Signature drink: Cold big-bottle beers
Food: None; hawkers nearby
Tip: There is no menu and no frills: grab a big bottle from the fridge, take a plastic chair, and watch the lane drift past.
Nomad builds its Penang cocktail menu as a passport, every drink themed to a country, at the quiet end of Kimberley Street's famous supper stalls.
Signature drink: Country-hopping cocktail flights
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Eat at the Kimberley Street stalls first; the country-by-country menu rewards ordering in a flight of three.
Archipelago pours from the back door of an Armenian Street shophouse into a plant-lined courtyard, Penang's earliest-opening serious cocktail stop.
Signature drink: Regional spirit cocktails
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Enter from Jalan Kampung Kolam, not Armenian Street; the 17:00 open makes it the natural pre-dinner round.
Magazine 63 opened in 2017 behind an unmarked wooden door on Jalan Magazine, Penang's first true speakeasy and still its most theatrical lounge.
Signature drink: Sultan Negroni
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Live sets run on select nights in the vintage Chinese-inn interior; knock at the plain wooden door and wait to be seated.
Manchu Bar dresses its Rope Walk speakeasy in red lanterns and Qing-dynasty props, pouring Penang cocktails from porcelain teapots until 03:00.
Signature drink: Elixir Of Youth served in a teapot
Food: Chinese-leaning bar bites
Tip: The teapot service is made for sharing; go late, it keeps the longest hours of the heritage-core cocktail rooms.
Antarabangsa Enterprise is a bottle-shop-turned-street-bar on Lorong Stewart, the cheapest cold beer in George Town on plastic chairs in Penang.
Signature drink: Cold big-bottle beers
Food: None; hawkers nearby
Tip: There is no menu and no frills: grab a big bottle from the fridge, take a plastic chair, and watch the lane drift past.
Nomad builds its Penang cocktail menu as a passport, every drink themed to a country, at the quiet end of Kimberley Street's famous supper stalls.
Signature drink: Country-hopping cocktail flights
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Eat at the Kimberley Street stalls first; the country-by-country menu rewards ordering in a flight of three.
Archipelago pours from the back door of an Armenian Street shophouse into a plant-lined courtyard, Penang's earliest-opening serious cocktail stop.
Signature drink: Regional spirit cocktails
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Enter from Jalan Kampung Kolam, not Armenian Street; the 17:00 open makes it the natural pre-dinner round.
Kool Kongsi spins vinyl on a mezzanine above Jalan Argyll as Penang's first listening bar, with cocktails mixed to match the record on the deck.
Signature drink: Bartender's choice built to the record playing
Food: Snacks; restaurant below
Tip: Conversation stays at listening volume by design; let the bartender build a drink around whatever album is playing.
