26 malaysian places in Penang we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Penang | Malaysian across every city.
Auntie Gaik Lean's Old School Eatery ★ 4.8
george-town · 1 Lebuh Bishop, 10200 George Town, Penang
Auntie Gaik Lean's Old School Eatery holds a Michelin star in the 2026 guide, cooking heirloom Nyonya recipes behind a Bishop Street shopfront in Penang.
Ivy's Nyonya Cuisine ★ 4.5
pulau-tikus · 100-104 Jalan Kedah, 10050 George Town, Penang
Ivy's Nyonya Cuisine in Penang is a husband-and-wife Peranakan room with a 2026 Bib Gourmand; Ivy cooks while her husband runs the small floor.
Sifu Nyonya Cuisine ★ 4.4
george-town · 154 Jalan Pintal Tali, 10100 George Town, Penang
Sifu Nyonya Cuisine on Rope Walk earned a 2026 Bib Gourmand for Penang Peranakan cooking, its septuagenarian chef running forty-odd a la carte dishes.
Bibik's Kitchen ★ 4.3
george-town · 73 Jalan Sri Bahari, 10050 George Town, Penang
Bibik's Kitchen serves heirloom Nyonya recipes under classic Peranakan motifs on Jalan Sri Bahari, a Penang Bib Gourmand pick in the 2026 guide.
Winn's Cafe ★ 4.3
pulau-tikus · 38 Jalan Cantonment, 10350 George Town, Penang
Winn's Cafe fills a two-storey Pulau Tikus house with local art and Bib Gourmand Nyonya plates, a husband-and-wife act on Penang's Jalan Cantonment.
Rasa Rasa ★ 4.2
george-town · 59 Gat Lebuh Chulia, 10300 George Town, Penang
Rasa Rasa keeps daytime hours on Chulia Street Ghaut, pairing pandan nasi lemak sets with Bib Gourmand prices rare even by Penang standards.
Ceki Nyonya Restaurant ★ 4.1
george-town · 11-A Jalan Sri Bahari, 10050 George Town, Penang
Ceki Nyonya Restaurant dresses its Sri Bahari shophouse in antiques and card-game nostalgia, serving home-style Peranakan plates in central Penang.
Jawi House ★ 4.2
george-town · 85 Armenian Street, 10200 Georgetown, Penang
Jawi House on Armenian Street is Penang's standard-bearer for Jawi Peranakan cooking, blending Malay and Indian spice work in a cafe-gallery.
Richard Rivalee Nyonya Cuisine ★ 4.2
george-town · 62 & 64 Lorong Macalister, 10400 George Town, Penang
Fashion designer Richard Rivalee cooks his grandmother's pork-free Nyonya recipes in an antique-filled Macalister Lane shophouse in central Penang.
Nyonya Willow ★ 4.1
bayan-lepas · 72-1-3 Arena Curve, Jalan Mahsuri, Bandar Sunway Tunas, Bayan Lepas, 11900 George Town, Penang
Nyonya Willow hides in a Bayan Lepas commercial row far from tourist Penang, feeding local families northern Nyonya cooking worth the drive south.
Du-An ★ 4.2
george-town · 251 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang
Du-An plates traditional Malaysian cooking with cafe polish on Beach Street in Penang; the skin-on mutton curry is the 2026 Michelin guide's pick.
Line Clear Nasi Kandar ★ 4.3
george-town · 177 Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang
Line Clear Nasi Kandar has ladled curry down its famous alley off Jalan Penang since the 1940s, Penang's round-the-clock nasi kandar rite of passage.
Deens Maju Nasi Kandar ★ 4.5
george-town · 170 Jalan Gurdwara, 10300 George Town, Penang
Deens Maju is the nasi kandar Penang locals queue for, a midday-opening Jalan Gurdwara canteen where the ayam goreng line often wraps the block.
Hameediyah ★ 4.4
george-town · 164A Campbell Street, Georgetown, Penang
Hameediyah has served nasi kandar on Campbell Street since 1907 and holds the Malaysia Book of Records listing as the country's oldest, a Penang icon.
Hot Bowl White Curry Mee ★ 4.3
george-town · 58C Jalan Rangoon, 10400 George Town, Penang
Hot Bowl has served Penang white curry mee since 1992, the coconut broth arriving mild with a side bowl of chilli paste you stir in yourself.
Laksalicious ★ 4.1
george-town · 117-117A Jalan Hutton, 10050 George Town, Penang
Laksalicious puts every major laksa style under one cheerful Hutton Lane roof, the Bib Gourmand shortcut through Penang's noodle-soup canon.
Bee Hwa Cafe ★ 4.3
george-town · 10 Lebuh Dickens, 10050 George Town, Penang
Bee Hwa Cafe cooks halal versions of Penang's Chinese hawker canon on Lebuh Dickens, a Bib Gourmand family shop begun as a 1992 street stall.
Duck Blood Curry Mee ★ 4.2
pulau-tikus · 223B Jalan Burma, 10050 George Town, Penang
Duck Blood Curry Mee simmers its coconut white curry fresh daily inside a Burma Road cafe, the Bib Gourmand bowl Penang regulars top with cubes of duck blood.
Restoran Sup Hameed ★ 3.9
george-town · 48 Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang
Restoran Sup Hameed ladles mutton soup and oxtail sup ekor on Jalan Penang, the mamak soup counter Penang turns to when the day needs rescuing.
Kheng Pin Cafe ★ 4.2
george-town · 80 Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang
Kheng Pin Cafe is the morning kopitiam on Jalan Penang whose loh bak stall, five-spice pork rolls fried in beancurd skin, draws half of George Town.
Rasa Rasa ★ 4.2
george-town · 59 Gat Lebuh Chulia, 10300 George Town, Penang
Rasa Rasa keeps daytime hours on Chulia Street Ghaut, pairing pandan nasi lemak sets with Bib Gourmand prices rare even by Penang standards.
Kebaya Dining Room ★ 4.4
george-town · 14A Lorong Stewart, 10200 George Town, Penang
Kebaya Dining Room sets Peranakan set menus under chandeliers at the Seven Terraces hotel, Penang's dressiest take on Straits Chinese cooking.
Line Clear Nasi Kandar ★ 4.3
george-town · 177 Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang
Line Clear Nasi Kandar never closes its alley off Jalan Penang, which makes it Penang's undisputed default answer to hunger at three in the morning.
Moh Teng Pheow Nyonya Koay ★ 4.5
george-town · Jalan Masjid, off Lebuh Chulia, 10200 George Town, Penang
Moh Teng Pheow has steamed Nyonya kueh since 1933 behind Lebuh Chulia, the Bib Gourmand workshop where Penang buys its angku and rempah udang.
My Own Cafe ★ 4.3
george-town · 2 Lebuh Cannon, 10200 George Town, Penang
My Own Cafe simmers a Bib Gourmand assam laksa steps from Khoo Kongsi on Cannon Street, the family-run counter Penang quietly keeps to itself.
Roti Canai Transfer Road ★ 4.4
george-town · 110 Jalan Transfer, 10050 George Town, Penang
Roti Canai Transfer Road has flipped flaky flatbread at its roadside stall for around half a century, Penang's definitive curry-flooded breakfast.