Penang Food Guide: Where to Eat in George Town: 23 Places

31 August 2026 · FlowerWorlds

Penang is a food destination first and everything else second. Most of this list is hawker. 23 Penang venues are on the FlowerWorlds map — 18 to eat and 5 to drink. Check in at any of them and you earn the same XP you would at home.

Where to eat in Penang

  1. China HouseRestaurant

    Heritage shophouse cafe with cake bar

  2. Goh Huat Seng RestaurantRestaurant

    Charcoal steamboat since 1948

  3. Gurney Drive Hawker CentreRestaurant

    Iconic seafront hawker centre

  4. Jelutong MarketRestaurant

    Local hawker stalls, Penang east

  5. Joo Hooi CafeRestaurant

    Penang Road asam laksa & cendol

  6. Kek SengRestaurant

    Traditional kopitiam since 1906

  7. Long Beach Cafe Batu FerringhiRestaurant

    Beachside hawker court

  8. Lorong Selamat Char Kuey TeowRestaurant

    Famous wok-hei char kuey teow stall

  9. New World ParkRestaurant

    Modern hawker mall, Lorong Swatow

  10. Penang Road Famous Teochew ChendulRestaurant

    Iconic chendol street stall

  11. Pulau Tikus MarketRestaurant

    Morning hawker market

  12. Red Garden Food ParadiseRestaurant

    Open-air night food court

  13. Restoran HameediyahRestaurant

    Oldest nasi kandar restaurant (since 1907)

  14. Restoran KapitanRestaurant

    Famous tandoori & nasi kandar

  15. Restoran Tho YuenRestaurant

    Old-school Cantonese dim sum

  16. Sister's Char Koay TeowRestaurant

    Lorong Macalister sisters CKT

  17. Song River CafeRestaurant

    Famous wantan mee & curry mee

  18. Tek Sen RestaurantRestaurant

    Iconic Chinese-Penang since 1965

Where to drink in Penang

  1. Antarabangsa EnterprisePub

    Iconic budget liquor backpacker bar

  2. Hin Bus DepotPub

    Art venue with cafe & weekly market

  3. Magazine 63Bar

    Historic 1860s townhouse cocktail bar

  4. Mish MashBar

    Top George Town cocktail bar

  5. Three Sixty SkybarBar

    Bayview Hotel rooftop revolving bar

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