26 street food places in Penang we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Penang | Street Food across every city.

Siam Road Char Koay Teow ★ 4.8

Street food · $

george-town · 82 Jalan Siam, 10400 George Town, Penang

Siam Road Char Koay Teow fries one dish over charcoal to a Bib Gourmand standard, the pushcart plate Penang queues an hour for without complaint.

Penang Road Famous Jin Kor Char Kuey Teow ★ 4.5

Street food · $

george-town · Joo Hooi Cafe, 475 Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang

Jin Kor has fried char kuey teow inside Joo Hooi Cafe for over 40 years, the Bib Gourmand Penang Road stall celebrities queue beside tourists for.

Wan Dao Tou Assam Laksa ★ 4.5

Street food · $

pulau-tikus · 1 Jalan Gottlieb, 10350 George Town, Penang

Wan Dao Tou simmers its Bib Gourmand assam laksa from a 50-year-old family recipe on Jalan Gottlieb, Penang's benchmark bowl outside Air Itam.

Penang Road Famous Laksa ★ 4.4

Street food · $

george-town · 5 Lebuh Keng Kwee, 10100 George Town, Penang

Penang Road Famous Laksa ladles a sardine broth of unusual depth on Keng Kwee Street, the Bib Gourmand partner to the cendol queue next door.

Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul ★ 4.5

Street food · $

george-town · 27 & 29 Lebuh Keng Kwee, 10100 George Town, Penang

Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul has shaved ice over pandan noodles since 1936, the Keng Kwee Street stall that defines cendol for all of Penang.

Ali Nasi Lemak Daun Pisang ★ 4.4

Street food · $

george-town · Sri Weld Food Court, 19 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

Ali Nasi Lemak wraps banana-leaf parcels of coconut rice and sambal at Sri Weld Food Court, the halal Penang breakfast the Michelin guide flags.

Sister Yao's Char Koay Kak ★ 4.4

Street food · $

george-town · 96 Lorong Macalister, 11400 George Town, Penang

Sister Yao's fries Teochew rice cakes with egg and preserved radish on Macalister Lane, a morning-only Bib Gourmand stall begun by their father in 1963.

Ravi's Famous Apom Manis ★ 4.5

Street food · $

pulau-tikus · 319 Jalan Burma, 10350 George Town, Penang

Ravi's has griddled apom manis in claypots over charcoal on Burma Road since 1920, crisp-edged coconut pancakes now carrying a Penang Bib Gourmand.

Penang Famous Samosa ★ 4.2

Street food · $

little-india · 45 Lebuh Queen, 10200 George Town, Penang

Penang Famous Samosa fries mutton, chicken, sardine and vegetable parcels at pocket-money prices on Queen Street, Little India's Michelin-listed snack stop.

Air Itam Duck Rice ★ 4.3

Street food · $

air-itam · Air Itam Wet Market, Jalan Pasar, 11500 George Town, Penang

Air Itam Duck Rice braises duck with soy, anise and cinnamon beside the wet market under Kek Lok Si, Penang's Michelin-listed reward after the temple climb.

Super Star Koay Teow Soup ★ 4.3

Street food · $

george-town · 78 Lebuh Kimberley, 10100 George Town, Penang

Super Star Koay Teow Soup works Kimberley Street's night shift until 23:00, the Bib Gourmand cart lighting Penang's classic supper lane since 1960.

Gurney Drive Hawker Centre ★ 3.8

Street food · $

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

Gurney Drive Hawker Centre serves the seafront until midnight, the covered night court where Penang visitors end their evening with rojak and ais kacang.

Padang Brown Food Court ★ 4.2

Street food · $

george-town · Medan Selera Padang Brown, Jalan Dato Keramat, 10400 George Town, Penang

Padang Brown Food Court gathers Penang's locals-first hawkers by the Dato Keramat padang, led by a seafood popiah stall over sixty years old.

Super Star Koay Teow Soup ★ 4.3

Street food · $

george-town · 78 Lebuh Kimberley, 10100 George Town, Penang

Super Star Koay Teow Soup has run its Kimberley Street cart since 1960, a third-generation Bib Gourmand bowl that keeps Penang dinners under RM10.

Ah Boy Koay Teow Th'ng ★ 4.2

Street food · $

george-town · 1 Lebuh Clarke, 10050 George Town, Penang

Ah Boy Koay Teow Th'ng simmers chicken and pork-bone broth on Lebuh Clarke, a second-generation Bib Gourmand breakfast from RM5.50 in Penang.

Joo Hooi Cafe ★ 4.2

Street food · $

george-town · 475 Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang

Joo Hooi Cafe packs char koay teow, assam laksa, lor bak and duck bee hoon into one corner kopitiam on Penang Road, a full hawker crawl per table.

New Lane Hawker Centre ★ 4.3

Street food · $

george-town · Lorong Baru, off Jalan Macalister, 10400 George Town, Penang

New Lane Hawker Centre lines Lorong Baru with twenty-odd evening stalls, the after-dark hawker parade Penang locals rate above the seafront rows.

Gurney Drive Hawker Centre ★ 3.8

Street food · $

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

Gurney Drive Hawker Centre gathers the seafront's night stalls into a covered court off Persiaran Gurney, Penang's most tourist-friendly hawker hit.

Sri Weld Food Court ★ 4.0

Street food · $

george-town · 19 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang

Sri Weld Food Court feeds Beach Street's office crowd from a shaded row of stalls, the weekday Penang lunch defined by Ali's nasi lemak queue.

Penang Famous Samosa ★ 4.2

Street food · $

little-india · 45 Lebuh Queen, 10200 George Town, Penang

Penang Famous Samosa fries mutton, chicken, sardine and vegetable parcels at pocket-money prices on Queen Street, Little India's Michelin-listed snack stop.

Chowrasta Market ★ 4.3

Street food · $

george-town · Penang Road, 10000 George Town, Penang

Chowrasta Market has traded on Penang Road since the 1890s, Penang's oldest wet market, ringed by jeruk stalls selling pickled nutmeg and mango.

Pulau Tikus Market ★ 4.2

Street food · $

pulau-tikus · 3 Jalan Pasar, Pulau Tikus, 10350 George Town, Penang

Pulau Tikus Market runs a dawn wet market that hands over to an evening hawker centre, the two-shift engine of Penang's most food-proud suburb.

Campbell Street Market ★ 4.0

Street food · $

george-town · Junction of Lebuh Campbell and Lebuh Carnarvon, 10100 George Town, Penang

Campbell Street Market fills a Victorian hall from about 1900, likely George Town's oldest market building, with stalls spilling down Carnarvon Street.

Air Itam Market ★ 4.4

Street food · $

air-itam · Ayer Itam Market, Jalan Pasar, Air Itam, 11500 George Town, Penang

Air Itam Market crowds the lanes under Kek Lok Si temple, the Penang wet market whose surrounding laksa and duck-rice stalls justify the trip.

Batu Ferringhi Night Market ★ 3.7

Street food · $

batu-ferringhi · Jalan Batu Ferringhi, 11100 George Town, Penang

Batu Ferringhi Night Market strings stalls along the beach road nightly from 19:00, Penang's pasar malam of grills, satay and souvenir haggling.

Medan Renong Padang Kota Lama ★ 4.0

Street food · $

george-town · 4 Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, 10200 George Town, Penang

Medan Renong lines the Esplanade seafront by Fort Cornwallis with evening hawker stalls, Penang's Malay-food court with a Michelin-listed tom yum.