Curios-City is a modern european fine-dining restaurant in George Town, Penang.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: There is no signage at all; look for the bare concrete frontage at 164 and book the seven-course set to see the range.
Address: 164A-B Lebuh Victoria, 10300 George Town, Penang
Blacklinen dry-ages beef beside a charcoal grill on level nine of The Millen hotel, chef Benny Yeoh's dark-toned grillroom above Penang's seafront.
Tip: The set-your-own two-course lunch is a fraction of dinner pricing; ask for a window table over the infinity pool.
Firewood cooks everything over an open flame in a lofty heritage building on Pitt Street, Penang's purest expression of live-fire restaurant dining.
Tip: Ask for counter seats facing the grill; the smoke, sizzle and plating are half of what you are paying for.
La Vie serves Asian-inflected European dinners in the Le Dream Boutique Hotel on Rope Walk, a Michelin-listed Penang room without the ceremony.
Tip: The kataifi-wrapped tiger prawn is the plate the guide singles out; order it whatever else you choose.
Kebaya Dining Room sets Peranakan set menus under chandeliers at the Seven Terraces hotel, Penang's dressiest take on Straits Chinese cooking.
Tip: Two seatings nightly at 18:00 and 20:00; the later one lets you linger, and the set menu format keeps prices sane.
Au Jardin holds a Michelin star in the 2026 guide, plating produce-led European tasting menus inside a corrugated warehouse at Penang's Hin Bus Depot.
Tip: Lunch runs the same kitchen at a lower price than dinner; book the counter seats to watch the plating up close.
Blacklinen dry-ages beef beside a charcoal grill on level nine of The Millen hotel, chef Benny Yeoh's dark-toned grillroom above Penang's seafront.
Tip: The set-your-own two-course lunch is a fraction of dinner pricing; ask for a window table over the infinity pool.
Feringgi Grill has run since 1973 at the Rasa Sayang resort, old-world trolley service and ocean views at the smartest table on Penang's beach strip.
Tip: Dress code is enforced: long trousers and covered shoes for men; ask for a window table at sunset.
Firewood cooks everything over an open flame in a lofty heritage building on Pitt Street, Penang's purest expression of live-fire restaurant dining.
Tip: Ask for counter seats facing the grill; the smoke, sizzle and plating are half of what you are paying for.
La Vie serves Asian-inflected European dinners in the Le Dream Boutique Hotel on Rope Walk, a Michelin-listed Penang room without the ceremony.
Tip: The kataifi-wrapped tiger prawn is the plate the guide singles out; order it whatever else you choose.
Kebaya Dining Room sets Peranakan set menus under chandeliers at the Seven Terraces hotel, Penang's dressiest take on Straits Chinese cooking.
Tip: Two seatings nightly at 18:00 and 20:00; the later one lets you linger, and the set menu format keeps prices sane.
Au Jardin holds a Michelin star in the 2026 guide, plating produce-led European tasting menus inside a corrugated warehouse at Penang's Hin Bus Depot.
Tip: Lunch runs the same kitchen at a lower price than dinner; book the counter seats to watch the plating up close.
