10 bakery places in Penang we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Penang | Bakery across every city.

Ghee Hiang ★ 4.5

Bakery · $

george-town · 95 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

Ghee Hiang has baked tau sar pneah since 1856 and presses sesame oil to match, the Beach Street institution every Penang visitor carries home.

ChinaHouse ★ 4.2

Bakery · $$

george-town · 153 & 155 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

ChinaHouse bakes about 30 cakes a day for the long counter running through its three heritage buildings, comfortably Penang's largest dessert spread.

Le Petit Four Pâtisserie ★ 4.3

Bakery · $$

george-town · 310 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

Le Petit Four Pâtisserie laminates Penang's flakiest croissants on Beach Street, led by a patissier trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and it shows.

La Vie en Rose Pâtisserie ★ 4.0

Bakery · $$

george-town · 19 Lebuh Melayu, 10100 George Town, Penang

La Vie en Rose Pâtisserie bakes madeleines behind a pink shopfront on Lebuh Melayu, Penang's specialist counter for the little French shell cakes.

The Maker ★ 4.1

Bakery · $$

george-town · 243 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

The Maker composes patisserie like plated desserts in a roomy Beach Street cafe, the studied, architectural end of Penang's French pastry wave.

Le Dux Patisserie ★ 4.0

Bakery · $$

george-town · 255 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

Le Dux Patisserie plates Parisian-salon pastry a few doors from its Beach Street rivals, rounding out Penang's unlikely little French dessert quarter.

Black Kettle ★ 4.2

Bakery · $$

george-town · 105 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

Black Kettle runs a bakery counter, cafe and bistro through a high-ceilinged Beach Street building, Penang's roomiest all-day bread-and-brunch room.

Yin's Sourdough Bakery & Cafe ★ 4.1

Bakery · $$

gurney-drive · Gurney Drive, 10250 George Town, Penang

Yin's Sourdough ferments every loaf naturally across three Penang branches, and its blistered sourdough pizzas convert the doubters at dinner.

Whisk ★ 3.9

Bakery · $$

little-india · 15 Lebuh Queen, 10200 George Town, Penang

Whisk drapes its Queen Street bakery in greenery and builds flower-strewn custom celebration cakes, easily Penang's prettiest counter for an order.

Moody Cow Cafe ★ 3.8

Bakery · $$

george-town · 170 Transfer Road, Georgetown, Penang

Moody Cow stacks over-the-top cheesecakes at its Transfer Road flagship, the dessert stop Penang pairs with a roti canai breakfast next door.