Gēn is an asian fusion fine-dining restaurant in George Town, Penang.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The name means root, and the menu reads like a Penang market list; take the wine or juice pairing built to match.
Address: Unit 6, 8 Gat Lebuh Gereja, 10300 George Town, Penang
Sood by Chef Ton brings the Bangkok chef behind Le Du to a 150-year-old Farquhar Street building, Penang's loudest and latest new Thai dining room.
Tip: The upstairs SO-OD bar is the louder half, built for fun dining with live bands and DJs; try it when the dining room is booked out.
Mémoire stages chef Chong Chian Fung's molecular tasting menus on Beach Street, Penang childhood nostalgia rebuilt with smoke, dry ice and sparklers.
Tip: Choose the longer tasting; the interactive courses, including a paint-your-own flatbread, only appear on the full menu.
Curios-City hides an unsigned wabi-sabi dining room on Lebuh Victoria, pairing European technique with Malaysian twists across set menus in Penang.
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.
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.
Sood by Chef Ton brings the Bangkok chef behind Le Du to a 150-year-old Farquhar Street building, Penang's loudest and latest new Thai dining room.
Tip: The upstairs SO-OD bar is the louder half, built for fun dining with live bands and DJs; try it when the dining room is booked out.
Mémoire stages chef Chong Chian Fung's molecular tasting menus on Beach Street, Penang childhood nostalgia rebuilt with smoke, dry ice and sparklers.
Tip: Choose the longer tasting; the interactive courses, including a paint-your-own flatbread, only appear on the full menu.
Curios-City hides an unsigned wabi-sabi dining room on Lebuh Victoria, pairing European technique with Malaysian twists across set menus in Penang.
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.
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.
