Eat in Pulau Tikus, Penang

Ivy's Nyonya Cuisine

• ★ 4.5
• Peranakan
• $$

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.

Winn's Cafe

• ★ 4.3
• Peranakan
• $$

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.

Duck Blood Curry Mee

• ★ 4.2
• Malaysian
• $

Duck Blood Curry Mee simmers its coconut white curry fresh daily inside a Burma Road cafe, the Bib Gourmand bowl Penang regulars top with cubes of duck blood.

Kraffmen

• ★ 4.0
• Brunch
• $$

Order Long black with Melbourne-style brunch plates

Kraffmen plates Melbourne-inspired brunch, pastas and pork ribs in a spare modern room off Burma Road, Penang's most reliable all-day western kitchen.

The Founders

• ★ 3.9
• Brunch
• $$

Order Iced long black with filled bagels

The Founders runs a Bali-styled garden room on Hutton Lane with ten-plus bagel flavours and quesadillas, Penang brunch that stretches to 23:00.

Lunabar Coffee

• ★ 4.1
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Lunabar Coffee roasts under its own Tongue Mission label in the back room of a plant-filled Clove Hall house, Penang's quietest roastery-cafe.

Kool Kongsi Listening Bar

• ★ 4.2
• Listening bar
• $$$

Drink Bartender's choice built to the record playing

Kool Kongsi spins vinyl on a mezzanine above Jalan Argyll as Penang's first listening bar, with cocktails mixed to match the record on the deck.

Wan Dao Tou Assam Laksa

• ★ 4.5
• Street food
• $

Try Assam laksa

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.

Ravi's Famous Apom Manis

• ★ 4.5
• Street food
• $

Try Apom manis claypot pancakes

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.

Pulau Tikus Market

• ★ 4.2
• Street food
• $

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.

Fook Cheow Cafe

• ★ 4.2
• Chinese
• $

Fook Cheow Cafe ladles morning-only koay teow th'ng with mackerel fish balls on Hutton Lane, a Penang local secret listed in the Michelin guide.