19 restaurants in Penang, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Penang.
Auntie Gaik Lean's Old School Eatery ★ 4.8
george-town · 1 Lebuh Bishop, 10200 George Town, Penang
Hours: Wed-Sun 12:00-14:30, 18:00-21:30; closed Mon-Tue
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.
Tip: Reservations for larger tables carry an RM200 deposit; parties of three or fewer join the walk-in queue instead.
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.
Ivy's Nyonya Cuisine ★ 4.5
pulau-tikus · 100-104 Jalan Kedah, 10050 George Town, Penang
Hours: Wed-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-21:00; Tue 18:00-21:00; closed Mon
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.
Tip: Book ahead by phone; the set menus for two or four are the easiest way through the long home-style menu.
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.
Bibik's Kitchen ★ 4.3
george-town · 73 Jalan Sri Bahari, 10050 George Town, Penang
Hours: Tue-Sun 11:30-15:00, 18:00-21:00; closed Mon
Bibik's Kitchen serves heirloom Nyonya recipes under classic Peranakan motifs on Jalan Sri Bahari, a Penang Bib Gourmand pick in the 2026 guide.
Tip: The cincalok pork divides first-timers; pair it with ayam rendang and plain rice rather than ordering it alone.
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.
Sardaarji - Flavours of Punjab ★ 4.2
little-india · 6 Lebuh China, 10200 George Town, Penang
Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-15:00, 17:00-22:00; closed Mon
Sardaarji cooks Punjabi tandoor food under colourful drapes at the edge of Little India, the Bib Gourmand answer to Penang's South Indian majority.
Tip: Skip the usual thali instinct here; the fish amritsari and tandoor breads are what the Michelin inspectors singled out.
Bao Teck Tea House ★ 4.2
george-town · 25 Lebuh Melayu, 10300 George Town, Penang
Hours: Wed-Fri 08:00-15:00; Sat-Sun 08:00-17:00; closed Mon-Tue
Bao Teck Tea House steams dim sum in a tiled heritage house with an indoor moss garden, Penang's prettiest room for a slow Cantonese yum cha.
Tip: Weekends run longer hours but fill by 10:00; midweek at 08:30 gets you the moss-garden table and fresh har gow.
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.
Nyonya Willow ★ 4.1
bayan-lepas · 72-1-3 Arena Curve, Jalan Mahsuri, Bandar Sunway Tunas, Bayan Lepas, 11900 George Town, Penang
Hours: Tue-Sun 11:45-14:00, 18:00-21:00; closed Mon
Nyonya Willow hides in a Bayan Lepas commercial row far from tourist Penang, feeding local families northern Nyonya cooking worth the drive south.
Tip: It sits near the airport side of the island; pair it with a Snake Temple or factory-outlet stop rather than a special trip.
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.
Sambal ★ 4.0
george-town · 300 Lebuh Pantai, 10300 George Town, Penang
Hours: Tue-Sun 12:00-22:00; closed Mon
Sambal reworks Malaysian favourites with European technique at 300 Beach Street, a halal-friendly modern dining room in Penang's banking quarter.
Tip: The lap mei fun twist is the signature; come at lunch when the set menus make the kitchen's fusion ideas cheapest.