13 restaurants in Penang, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Penang.
Tek Sen ★ 4.7
george-town · 18 & 20 Lebuh Carnarvon, 10100 George Town, Penang
Hours: Wed-Mon 11:30-14:00, 17:30-20:00; closed Tue
Tek Sen has run its Carnarvon Street dining room since 1965 and holds a 2026 Bib Gourmand, Penang's benchmark for wok-fried Chinese home cooking.
Tip: Queues build fast at both services; arrive before 11:30 or 17:30 and order the double-roasted pork first, it sells out.
Sifu Nyonya Cuisine ★ 4.4
george-town · 154 Jalan Pintal Tali, 10100 George Town, Penang
Hours: Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri 11:30-15:00, 18:00-21:45; Sat-Sun 11:30-21:45; closed Wed
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.
Tip: Order the pomelo kerabu and inchi kabin early; the kitchen works to a fixed daily batch and stops when it runs out.
Jaloux ★ 4.4
george-town · 24 Lebuh King, 10200 George Town, Penang
Hours: Fri-Mon 12:00-14:00, 18:00-21:00; closed Tue-Thu
Jaloux hides Chef Hong's hand-rolled pasta behind greenery on King Street; four opening days keep this Penang Italian room permanently full.
Tip: No reservations and only four opening days; arrive at noon sharp or expect the pappardelle to be gone.
Peninsula House ★ 4.4
george-town · Level 1, India House, 25B Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang
Hours: Thu-Tue 18:00-24:00; closed Wed
Peninsula House serves modern Australian sharing plates upstairs in 1937's India House, the handsomest dinner room on Penang's old Beach Street.
Tip: The stairway entrance is easy to miss beside the old bank facades; look for the India House lettering and head up.
Winn's Cafe ★ 4.3
pulau-tikus · 38 Jalan Cantonment, 10350 George Town, Penang
Hours: Mon-Sat 11:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00; closed Sun
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.
Tip: Ask for the upstairs room hung with local artists' work; it is quieter and seats small groups without a wait.
Thara ★ 4.3
george-town · 5 Lorong Prangin, 10100 George Town, Penang
Hours: Fri-Wed 12:00-15:00, 17:00-22:00; Wed dinner only; closed Thu
Thara brings a Thai chef's seafood-first cooking to a lofty Lorong Prangin shophouse, one of two Thai kitchens holding a Penang Bib Gourmand.
Tip: Seafood is the strong suit; order the grilled river prawns and a som tam rather than defaulting to pad thai.
Il Bacaro ★ 4.3
george-town · Campbell House, 106 Lebuh Campbell, 10100 George Town, Penang
Hours: Daily 12:00-23:00
Il Bacaro pairs an Italian couple's handmade pastas with Venetian cicchetti inside the Campbell House hotel, Penang's most personal Italian room.
Tip: The owners also run the hotel upstairs; ask what fish came in from the jetty market before choosing your pasta.
Rasa Rasa ★ 4.2
george-town · 59 Gat Lebuh Chulia, 10300 George Town, Penang
Hours: Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun 09:00-15:30; Thu-Fri 08:30-15:30; closed Wed
Rasa Rasa keeps daytime hours on Chulia Street Ghaut, pairing pandan nasi lemak sets with Bib Gourmand prices rare even by Penang standards.
Tip: It is a lunch room, not a dinner one; come before 14:30 and add the day's kuih to whatever combo you order.
Jawi House ★ 4.2
george-town · 85 Armenian Street, 10200 Georgetown, Penang
Hours: Wed-Mon 11:00-21:30; closed Tue
Jawi House on Armenian Street is Penang's standard-bearer for Jawi Peranakan cooking, blending Malay and Indian spice work in a cafe-gallery.
Tip: Try the nasi lemuni with butterfly-pea rice, then browse the gallery upstairs; the building tells the family story.
Richard Rivalee Nyonya Cuisine ★ 4.2
george-town · 62 & 64 Lorong Macalister, 10400 George Town, Penang
Hours: Wed-Mon 11:30-14:30, 18:00-21:30; closed Tue
Fashion designer Richard Rivalee cooks his grandmother's pork-free Nyonya recipes in an antique-filled Macalister Lane shophouse in central Penang.
Tip: The kitchen is pork-free, which makes this the rare heritage Nyonya menu Muslim friends can share; book for dinner.
Du-An ★ 4.2
george-town · 251 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang
Hours: Wed-Mon 11:00-21:00; closed Tue
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.
Tip: Everything is halal certified, so this is the Beach Street stop that works for every group; order the mutton curry.
Ceki Nyonya Restaurant ★ 4.1
george-town · 11-A Jalan Sri Bahari, 10050 George Town, Penang
Hours: Mon, Wed-Sun 11:30-15:00, 17:30-22:00; closed Tue
Ceki Nyonya Restaurant dresses its Sri Bahari shophouse in antiques and card-game nostalgia, serving home-style Peranakan plates in central Penang.
Tip: The name comes from the old Peranakan card game; ask the owners about the antique ceki decks on the wall.
Bali Hai Seafood Market ★ 4.0
gurney-drive · 90 Persiaran Gurney, 10250 George Town, Penang
Hours: Daily 11:00-14:30, 17:00-24:00
Bali Hai Seafood Market lets you pick your dinner from live tanks on Gurney Drive, then cooks it to order; Penang's classic seafood theatre.
Tip: Prices run by weight and species; confirm the per-100g rate before the fish leaves the tank to avoid bill shock.