Guided tour · 4 hours
Penang: Morning Food Tour with 15+ Tastings in George Town
Discover the favorite local brunch foods on a guided tour of the George Town district.
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Cafes in Penang
12 cafe places in Penang we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Penang · Cafe across every city.
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Norm Micro Roastery
- ★ 4.4
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Drink House-roast filter coffee
Norm Micro Roastery roasts in an industrial-chic heritage shell on Church Street Ghaut, the Penang cafe where brunch plates match the coffee program.
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Constant Gardener Coffee
- ★ 4.3
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Drink Single-origin chocolate drinks
Constant Gardener Coffee pours espresso and single-origin drinking chocolate inside the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce building on Light Street.
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The Alley
Drink Single-origin pour-over
The Alley opened in 2013 as one of Penang's first specialty coffee bars, still pulling single-origin pours and frying churros on Stewart Lane.
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Ome by Spacebar Coffee
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Drink Hand-brewed drip with Malaysian Liberica
Ome by Spacebar Coffee hand-brews drip coffee in a spare Penang shophouse and placed 56th on the 2025 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops ranking.
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Good Morning Penang Food Tour with 15+ Tastings
When it comes to food, the residents of Penang have it good. There’s few places which measure up to George Town’s culinary prowess. It might not be as visited as Bangk...
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Narrow Marrow
Drink Tiramisu and craft sodas
Narrow Marrow runs a skinny Beach Street shophouse from afternoon into the night, Penang's art-crowd cafe with six tiramisu flavours on the counter.
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The Mugshot Cafe
Drink Bagels with homemade yogurt
The Mugshot Cafe bakes chewy bagels for fresh coffee and jars of homemade yogurt on Chulia Street, Penang's long-running backpacker breakfast anchor.
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ChinaHouse
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Drink Cake counter with 30 daily varieties
ChinaHouse links three heritage buildings between Beach and Victoria streets into Penang's longest cafe, with about 30 cakes on the counter daily.
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Toh Soon Cafe
Toh Soon Cafe grills kaya toast over charcoal in a Campbell Street alley, the Penang kopitiam breakfast locals have queued for since the 1950s.
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Wells Cafe
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Drink Japanese and Nordic style roasts
Wells Cafe brews its own Japanese and Nordic style roasts at the Hin Bus Depot art yard, the natural Penang coffee stop before an Au Jardin dinner.
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Hema Hema Ice Cream
Drink House-made gelato cones
Hema Hema scoops house-made gelato and rotating fruit sorbets with hand-rolled cones on Lebuh Campbell, Penang's small-batch answer to the heat.
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The Warung
- ★ 3.9
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Seasonal waffle of the month with an iced white
The Warung rotates seasonal waffles through an industrial Victoria Street room, the George Town brunch stop Penang's students argue over loudest.
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Toh Soon Cafe
Toh Soon Cafe grills kaya toast over charcoal in a Campbell Street alley, the Penang kopitiam breakfast locals have queued for since the 1950s.