2026 Guide
Every Malaysian restaurant and street-food stall recognised in the latest Michelin Guide, with our own notes on what to order, prices, halal status and maps.
Updated October 2026 · 151 spots
Two Stars (1)One Star (8)Green Star (1)Bib Gourmand (58)Michelin Selected (84)
🍷 Fine Dining · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Two Stars
2 Michelin starsMichelin Green Startasting menuKLCC view
Order: Seasonal tasting menu built on indigenous Malaysian produce
Malaysia's only two-Michelin-star restaurant and the country's first Green Star. Chef Darren Teoh forages flavours from every corner of the peninsula and Borneo, then plates them 48 floors above the city with the Twin Towers in view.
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🏮 Nyonya Food · Lebuh Bishop, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
Michelin starreservations essentialair-conditioned
Order: Jiu hu char, gulai tumis, nasi ulam, pie tee
Malaysia's only Michelin-starred Nyonya kitchen, cooking Penang Peranakan recipes without shortcuts. Book well ahead.
🍷 Fine Dining · Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin starAsia's 50 Best (51–100)tasting menufarm-to-table
Order: Monthly-changing European farm-to-table menu
Penang's top fine-dining room: one Michelin star, a debut on Asia's 50 Best extended list in 2025, and Tatler's 2026 Restaurant of the Year. Produce-driven European cooking inside a converted bus-depot warehouse.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Perak, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin startasting menumodern Malaysiancocktail bar
Order: Tasting menu that tours Malaysia state by state
A one-star tasting room that treats each course like a stop on a road trip around Malaysia, reworking kampung and hawker flavours with fine-dining technique. Consistently on both Michelin and Tatler's top lists.
🍷 Fine Dining · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin startasting menuFrenchwine cellar
Order: French tasting menu with Southeast Asian accents
Darren Chin's TTDI shophouse has been the benchmark for French-leaning fine dining in KL for over a decade and has held a Michelin star every edition since 2023. Polished service, serious cellar.
🍷 Fine Dining · Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin startasting menucity view51st floor
Order: Innovative European tasting menu
A one-star dining room 51 floors up, where creative European cooking meets a full-length skyline view. Starred in its first full year and also named in Tatler's Best 20.
🍷 Fine Dining · Imbi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin startasting menuThai
Order: Contemporary Thai tasting menu
Bangkok chef Noom brought his take on refined Thai cooking to KL and won a Michelin star within a year of opening. Bold, layered curries and herbs, served course by course.
🍷 Fine Dining · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin startasting menuseasonal produce
Order: Seasonal Malaysian tasting menu with European, Japanese and French technique
Promoted from Michelin Selected to one star in the 2026 guide. Chef Aidan Low cooks with what's in season locally, and Tatler ranks it among the country's top 20.
🍷 Fine Dining · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · One Star
1 Michelin startasting menumodern Malaysian
Order: Contemporary Malaysian tasting menu
The second new star of 2026, just down the road from Akar. Chef Yu Cheng Chong reworks Malaysian flavours into elegant, quietly confident courses.
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🍷 Fine Dining · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Two Stars
2 Michelin starsMichelin Green Startasting menuKLCC view
Order: Seasonal tasting menu built on indigenous Malaysian produce
Malaysia's only two-Michelin-star restaurant and the country's first Green Star. Chef Darren Teoh forages flavours from every corner of the peninsula and Borneo, then plates them 48 floors above the city with the Twin Towers in view.
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🐟 Assam Laksa · Lebuh Keng Kwee, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Penang assam laksa with shredded mackerel, pineapple, mint and hae ko
The bowl most people mean when they say 'Penang laksa' — decades at Joo Hooi before moving next door to Keng Kwee Street, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since the Penang guide began. Sour, fishy, sweet-sticky with prawn paste; pair it with the chendol across the lane.
🔥 Char Kuey Teow · Jalan Siam, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Charcoal-fired char koay teow with cockles, lap cheong and prawns
Old-school charcoal wok, one man, one dish, and a queue that forms before he even lights up. Michelin Bib Gourmand three years running, and for many Penangites this is the benchmark plate of smoky, lard-kissed koay teow.
🐖 Roast Pork & Char Siew · Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Charcoal-roasted siew yoke with crackling skin
KL's siew yoke benchmark: the boss marinates, roasts over charcoal and chops every slab himself. The crackling shatters, the meat stays juicy, and it's usually all gone within about three hours of the noon opening. Bib Gourmand since Michelin's first KL guide.
🥟 Dim Sum · Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Old-school Cantonese dishes cooked over firewood
One of KL's oldest Cantonese restaurants, open since 1948 across three Pudu shophouses and still known for firewood-fired cooking. Bib Gourmand.
🥟 Wantan Mee · Lebuh Cecil, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Duck meat koay teow soup
A four-decade-old stall at the Lebuh Cecil market, ladling koay teow soup topped with tender duck. Bib Gourmand.
🔥 Char Kuey Teow · Lorong Macalister, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Wok-fried radish-and-rice cake (char koay kak)
Three sisters run the char koay kak stall their father started in 1963, frying Teochew rice cakes with plenty of wok hei. Bib Gourmand.
🍮 Tong Sui (Chinese Dessert) · Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Charcoal apam balik with sugar and peanuts
A Bukit Mertajam cart making one thing since 1962: apam balik cooked to order. Bib Gourmand.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🌙 Late-Night Supper · Lebuh Kimberley, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Koay teow soup with pork, fish balls and liver
A Kimberley Street food cart dating back to 1960, now in its third generation, serving koay teow soup and braised chicken feet. Bib Gourmand.
🐂 Ngiu Chap · City Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Beef noodles, soup or dry
A Chinatown beef noodle name that started as a stall in 1949, serving springy noodles with beef balls, tripe and brisket. Bib Gourmand.
🍮 Tong Sui (Chinese Dessert) · Jalan Burma, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Charcoal claypot apom manis
A Jalan Burma stall selling apom since 1920, cooking the crepes in clay pots over charcoal. Bib Gourmand.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Jalan Kedah, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmandhome-style
Order: Kapitan chicken curry, jiu hu char, perut ikan
A homely Penang Nyonya kitchen with a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since the guide arrived. Feels like eating at a bibik's house.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Lebuh Chulia, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Nyonya kuih: kuih talam, pulut tai tai, onde-onde
A back-lane Nyonya kuih maker off Chulia Street, with colourful steamed and baked cakes made fresh daily and a small café to eat them in. A Bib Gourmand pick for anyone wanting a proper Penang kuih spread.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Taman Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Fresh fish-head and seafood noodle soup
Cheras's packed seafood-noodle shop, run by a family that also trades fish, so the catch in your bowl is as fresh as it gets. A Bib Gourmand staple.
🐔 Chicken Rice · Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Yam rice with pork soup
A Bukit Mertajam family shop since 2006 serving yam rice with a choice of pork or pork-offal soup. Bib Gourmand.
🍯 Claypot Chicken Rice · Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Charcoal claypot rice
A Pudu claypot rice specialist cooking over charcoal since 1986. Bib Gourmand.
🥟 Wantan Mee · Lebuh Clarke, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Koay teow soup with tendon balls
A second-generation family shop serving koay teow th'ng, dry or in soup. Bib Gourmand.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · City Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Lala (clam) noodle soup with ginger and rice wine
Chinatown's best-known bowl of lala noodles: sweet clams in a ginger and Chinese rice-wine broth, a long-time Jalan Sultan favourite. Bib Gourmand.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🍚 Nasi Lemak · Taman U Thant, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Malay home-style classics: nasi lemak, rendang and kerabu
Celebrity chef Chef Wan's restaurant at The LINC, serving generous Malay comfort cooking with big, bright flavours. A Bib Gourmand pick for anyone who wants a polished take on everyday kampung dishes.
🍚 Nasi Lemak · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Heritage Malay dishes cooked from family recipes
A house-turned-restaurant on quiet Jalan Beremi that puts traditional Malay cooking front and centre, named after the old wooden board game. A Bib Gourmand for honest, unhurried Malay food steps from the city centre.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Lebuh Presgrave, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Modern Malaysian sharing plates using local produce
The casual sibling of Gēn: a long counter and open kitchen turning local ingredients into modern Malaysian plates at friendlier prices. Bib Gourmand.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Kampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: North Indian breads and curries
A bungalow outpost of the d'Tandoor group, in Malaysia since 1990, focused on North Indian breads and curries. Bib Gourmand.
🍢 Yong Tau Foo · Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Hakka lui cha (thunder tea rice) and Hakka dishes
A Segambut shophouse that has served home-style Hakka food for over 20 years, with its green lui cha the dish to order. Bib Gourmand.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Little India, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Punjabi dishes, fish amritsari, tandoori
A colourful North Indian restaurant in George Town's Little India, cooking Punjabi favourites. Bib Gourmand.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: South Indian seafood curries
Kayra's seafood-focused sibling at The Starhill, cooking coastal South Indian dishes. Bib Gourmand.
🍖 Nasi Arab & Mandy · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Syrian home cooking and fresh-baked breads
A Syrian chef's TTDI shop that grew out of a home-delivery business, baking breads in-house and cooking Levantine home food. Bib Gourmand.
🍲 Curry Laksa · Padang Kota Lama, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Green tom yum noodles
An Esplanade food-court stall at Medan Renong known for its green tom yum noodle soup topped with fried fish. Bib Gourmand.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: South Indian vegetarian: idli, dosa, rava idli
The Brickfields branch of Bengaluru's century-old vegetarian brand, open since 2017 and known for idli and dosa. Bib Gourmand.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Banana leaf rice with fried squid, fried chicken and mutton curry
Bangsar's banana leaf institution and a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand pick from 2024 through 2026. Rice, three veg and papadum keep coming while you load up on crispy fried squid and rich mutton curry.
🍯 Claypot Chicken Rice · Taman Kok Lian, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Charcoal claypot chicken rice with Cantonese sausage and salted fish
More than 30 years of cooking every pot to order over charcoal, and a Bib Gourmand every year since 2024. Scrape the bottom for the crispy rice crust and add salted fish for extra fragrance.
🍳 Brunch Café · Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Chargrilled plates and European-Asian bistro dishes
A rare mainland Penang Bib Gourmand: a small neighbourhood bistro in Bukit Mertajam doing grill-led European plates with Asian accents on a menu that rotates regularly.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Vietnamese specialities: mangosteen and prawn salad, pho, banh xeo
A cheerful Vietnamese stalwart on Tengkat Tong Shin, long a Changkat favourite for bright herb-heavy salads and regional specialities. Bib Gourmand in every KL edition.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Lorong Prangin, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Order: Thai seafood dishes
A George Town Thai restaurant led by a Thai chef, with seafood as its strength. Bib Gourmand.
🫖 Bak Kut Teh · Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Claypot bak kut teh with spare ribs and mixed cuts
A family shop that has brewed its 16-herb broth from scratch every dawn for around three decades. Michelin has handed it a Bib Gourmand every year since 2023 – proof you don't need to drive to Klang for a proper bowl.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Jalan Sri Bahari, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand
Order: Jiu hu char, loh bak, Nyonya laksa
Bib Gourmand three years running for honest Penang Nyonya classics in a quiet shophouse.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmandall-daypork-free
Order: Nasi lemak with turmeric fried chicken, Nyonya laksa
A small Southern-Peranakan café in Little India with a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2023 — affordable, all-day and fuss-free.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Gat Lebuh Chulia, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand
Order: Pandan nasi lemak, siam bihun, tub tim krob
A Bib Gourmand regular that leans into Penang's Thai-Nyonya side — bright, sour and spicy.
🔥 Char Kuey Teow · Jalan Penang, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Made-to-order CKT with blood cockles and lap cheong, add duck egg
Fried for some four decades at the same busy Penang Road kopitiam, now passed down to the next generation. Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2024, and handy too, since you can chase it with cendol next door.
🥢 Hokkien Mee · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Penang prawn mee with braised pork ribs
A three-generation family stall dating to the 1960s and a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since the guide arrived. The prawn broth is gentler and sweeter than most, perfect for a morning bowl.
🫖 Bak Kut Teh · Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Claypot herbal and dry bak kut teh
A Kepong institution that has taken over four shoplots on Jalan Kepong and is packed most nights. Michelin-recognised, it does both the herbal claypot and a punchy dry version very well.
🐟 Assam Laksa · Jalan Gottlieb, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Assam laksa with spring rolls and Nyonya kuih on the side
Third-generation sisters cooking their grandparents' half-century-old recipe, formerly near the Bagan Jermal roundabout. A Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2023 — balanced, deeply fishy and not overly sour.
🍲 Curry Laksa · Taman Bukit, Bukit Mertajam, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Mainland Penang curry mee with cockles and pig's blood
Proof that Seberang Perai can rival the island: a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2023. Early birds only — it's a breakfast affair that's done by late morning.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Jalan Cantonment, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand
Order: Otak-otak, Nyonya curries
A Pulau Tikus favourite whose banana-leaf otak-otak helped earn Bib Gourmand status in 2025 and 2026.
🔥 Char Kuey Teow · Tanjung Bungah, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Wok-hei-packed CKT with optional over-easy egg (or even cheese)
A third-generation family stall out in Tanjung Bungah that earned a fresh Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026. Every plate is fried one at a time, so expect a wait, and expect it to be worth it.
🔥 Char Kuey Teow · Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Charcoal-fried duck egg char koay teow
Mainland Penang's answer to the island legends, frying over charcoal since 2002 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand pick. Duck egg plus serious charcoal heat makes for deep, smoky wok hei, and it's a proper supper spot.
🐔 Chicken Rice · Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Hainanese chicken rice with Ipoh bean sprouts and siu yuk
An Ipoh-born name dating back to 1938 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand regular in KL. Pick lean or fattier free-range chicken, add a plate of bean sprouts and crackly roast pork, and you have the old-school Chinatown lunch sorted.
🐖 Roast Pork & Char Siew · Lebuh Carnarvon, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Double-roasted pork with chilli padi
Open since 1965 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, Tek Sen's twice-cooked roast pork - crackling skin wok-tossed in a sticky, spicy glaze - is the dish every table orders. Queue moves fast; come with a group.
🍲 Curry Laksa · Jalan Rangoon, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: White curry mee with cuttlefish, cockles and tau pok
A small, air-flowing shop off Burmah Road whose white curry mee has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2024. Clean, rich coconut broth you stir red with their house chilli.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmandcrab currypork-free
Order: Jaffna-style whole crab curry
A Michelin Bib Gourmand Sri Lankan kitchen whose fiery Jaffna crab curry is one of KL's great seafood dishes. Pork-free, though it has a bar.
🥢 Hokkien Mee · Jalan Burma, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Penang prawn mee, loh mee, or both in one bowl ('mix')
A night-only stall that has been pulling crowds for over 30 years with a deeply savoury red broth. Order the half-prawn mee, half-loh mee mix and pick from a dozen toppings. Michelin Bib Gourmand since the guide's first Penang edition.
🐔 Chicken Rice · Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Nasi ayam Hainan (steamed and roasted) with chilli-ginger sauce
The go-to halal Hainanese chicken rice in the Klang Valley, family-run since 1965 and JAKIM-certified. Michelin Bib Gourmand listed, with juicy steamed or roast chicken and properly oily, garlicky rice.
🍲 Curry Laksa · Jalan Burma, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Curry mee with blood cubes, pork belly and cockles
Bib Gourmand every year since the Penang guide launched, and open into the night — rare for curry mee. The namesake duck blood has given way to pork blood, but the thick, savoury broth still draws the crowds.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Jalan Pintal Tali, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand
Order: Asam prawns, mang kuang char
New to the Bib Gourmand list in 2026 — a chef-driven take on old Penang home recipes.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmand
Order: Creamy basil chicken, gulai curries
A 2026 Bib Gourmand newcomer with bold home-style Peranakan gulai.
🐟 Assam Laksa · Jalan Hutton, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Assam laksa with prawn crackers; lemak laksa
A cheerful air-conditioned laksa specialist that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025 and kept it for 2026. Great for first-timers who want both assam and lemak versions side by side without sweating it out.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Jalan Cantonment, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib GourmandNyonya-stylefamily
Order: Asam big prawns
A homely Michelin Bib Gourmand spot whose tangy, sticky asam prawns are among Penang's most-loved seafood dishes.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Michelin Bib Gourmandoutdoor pets allowedparking
Order: Pie tee, sharing plates, pandan lemongrass tea
Father-and-daughter home cooking surrounded by the owner's antiques; a 2026 Bib Gourmand.
🔥 Char Kuey Teow · Lebuh Dickens, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Pork-free, lard-free char koay teow with a prawn-stock base
Since 1992, Bee Hwa has fried a Penang-style CKT without pork or lard, so everyone at the table can share a plate. Prawn stock instead of pork bones gives it a punchy seafood flavour.
🐟 Assam Laksa · Lebuh Cannon, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Order: Penang asam laksa and Nyonya laksa with vegetable spring rolls
A tiny family-run shop steps from Khoo Kongsi, listed in the Michelin Guide for its tangy red asam laksa crowned with mint and pineapple. A handy heritage-zone stop when the big-name queues are too long.
No spots match this halal filter here. Switch to All to see everything.
🌆 Rooftop & View Dining · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Twin Towers viewItalianrooftop bardress code
Order: Italian fine dining facing the Petronas Twin Towers
The classic KL view: you sit almost eye-level with the Twin Towers. Italian restaurant, rooftop bar and whisky lounge in one, and on every rooftop list for over a decade.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
omakase counterhotelMichelin Selectedreservation only
Order: Edomae omakase; tamagoyaki
An edomae counter carved from centuries-old hinoki, where the team flies in its own fish and shapes each nigiri in front of you. Michelin-selected and on Tatler's best omakase list — the benchmark for a blow-out sushi night in KL.
🍚 Nasi Lemak · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Nasi lemak with sambal sotong and daging
A family business going since 1948, now in its second generation and on the MICHELIN Guide list. Fragrant rice, a sweet-savoury sambal tumis and generous sotong or beef make it the old-school benchmark; it famously beat Village Park on Food Wars Asia.
🥢 Hokkien Mee · Lebuh Presgrave, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Penang Hokkien mee (prawn mee) in deep red prawn-and-pork broth
Over 30 years of rich, sweet-savoury prawn broth have made this Penang's most famous Hokkien mee (prawn mee) stall, and a Michelin pick. Load up on braised pork ribs and roast pork, and come early before it sells out.
🍲 Curry Laksa · Air Itam, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Penang white curry mee with cockles, cuttlefish and pig's blood
Two sisters cooked over charcoal on a stool here for the better part of a lifetime, becoming Penang icons (and a mural). Now run by their granddaughter, it stays in the Michelin Guide — thin, fragrant santan broth you doctor with chilli paste.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin selectedqueuespork-free
Order: Nyonya laksa, satay with starfruit-pineapple sauce, sago gula Melaka
Uncle John's 'Baba Can Cook' canteen is KL's best-known Nyonya address and Michelin-listed; expect queues at lunch.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
omakase counterMichelin Selectedreservation only
Order: Ginza-style edomae omakase
A Ginza-rooted sushi-ya run by chef Masakazu Ishibashi, with a menu that turns over with the Japanese seasons. Michelin-selected and a regular on Tatler's omakase shortlist.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Gurney Drive, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selectedlive seafood tankssea viewbanquet
Order: Live-tank seafood; stir-fried abalone with black truffle
Penang's showpiece seafood hall on Gurney Drive, Michelin-selected, with live tanks at the door. Pick your catch and how it's cooked.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selectedtasting menuSouth Indianhotel
Order: Progressive South Indian and Sri Lankan tasting menu
Nadodi means 'nomad', and the menu travels through Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka with theatrical plating. Michelin-listed and a regular on Asia's 50 Best extended list and Tatler's Best 20.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
kappo counterwagyucity viewMichelin Selected
Order: Wagyu-centric kappo omakase
A 48th-floor kappo counter from Michelin-starred chef Junichi Yoshida that builds a whole course around top-grade wagyu. Michelin-selected; there's a seafood set if beef isn't your thing.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
omakase counterkappoMichelin Selectedtwo counter rooms
Order: Edomae sushi omakase and Miyazaki wagyu kappo
Formerly Sushi Kazu, now split into two counter rooms — one for edomae sushi, one for wagyu kappo. Chef Norikazu Shibata's long counter earned a Michelin Selected nod in the 2026 guide.
🍷 Fine Dining · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Tasting menu at a wave-shaped chef's counter
The KL counter restaurant from the team behind Sydney's Whitegrass, serving produce-led modern tasting menus at The Five@KPD. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Taman U Thant, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: French cuisine with Japanese ingredients
One of KL's longest-running fine-dining names, at MiCasa All Suite Hotel, marrying French technique with premium Japanese produce. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · City Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Tasting menu inspired by Chinese diaspora cooking
Chef Wong Chin Hua's tasting-menu restaurant, named after his mother, exploring Chinese diaspora cooking. Michelin Selected, and he won the guide's 2026 Young Chef Award.
🍷 Fine Dining · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: French-inspired à la carte dishes
Dewakan chef Darren Teoh's second restaurant, a look back at nouvelle-cuisine-era French cooking. Michelin Selected and the guide's 2026 Opening of the Year.
🍷 Fine Dining · Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: French set menus by a Fukuoka-born chef
A garden restaurant at Bamboo Hills where a Japanese chef with European experience cooks classical French set menus. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Seasonal European tasting menus
A refined European dining room at Menara Hap Seng 3 with its own wine cellar and lounge, cooking seasonal tasting menus. Michelin Selected.
🥟 Dim Sum · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Cantonese dim sum and roast meats
The Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur's Cantonese restaurant, a grand high-ceilinged room for dim sum lunches and banquet-style dinners. Michelin Selected.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Kaiseki-style wagyu omakase
A 12-seat counter at The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur serving kaiseki-style omakase centred on premium beef. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: House-aged meats and seafood from a wood-fired grill
A wood-fire grill restaurant opened in 2023 at G Tower, focused on house-aged meat and seafood. Michelin Selected.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Tempura omakase
A 10-seat tempura counter at Platinum Park serving omakase menus. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Dry-aged meats from the grill
Chef Benny Yeoh's grill restaurant on Level 9 of The Millen hotel, showcasing dry-aged premium meats. Newly Michelin Selected for 2026.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Sushi sets and omakase
A Japanese-chef-led sushi counter off Jalan Bukit Bintang, known for its sushi sets and omakase. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Tasting menus mixing culinary styles
A Bukit Damansara tasting-menu restaurant with an open kitchen and young team. Newly Michelin Selected for 2026.
🌆 Rooftop & View Dining · KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Premium steaks with a Twin Towers view
A 56th-floor steakhouse in Menara 3 Petronas, framing the Twin Towers. Michelin Selected.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Tandoori tiger prawns, puff-pastry naan
A tandoor-centred Indian kitchen at The Five@KPD, its name meaning 'flame'. Michelin Selected for chargrilled meats and seafood and breads from a custom-built oven.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Kerala-inspired curries and seafood
A Bangsar Village restaurant built around the spice-led cooking of Kerala, reworked with a modern hand. Michelin Selected, with a Bib Gourmand seafood sibling, Coast by Kayra.
🍷 Fine Dining · KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Modern French dishes with Mediterranean notes
The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur's French brasserie, serving polished modern French cooking with Mediterranean and Asian accents. Michelin Selected.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: North and South Indian classics, tandoori
A KL Indian institution since 1993, famous as much for its hand-painted murals as for its broad North and South Indian menu. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Kampung Attap, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Classic French dishes
A long-loved, romantic French restaurant on Jalan Maharajalela, founded by two Malaysian chefs trained in France. Michelin Selected.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Northern Thai sharing plates, grilled chicken, tom saeb
Darren Chin's casual northern Thai spot in TTDI, built for groups sharing grilled meats and fiery Isan-style dishes. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Asian-contemporary set menus
An intimate Asian-contemporary restaurant on Jalan Sin Chew Kee, opened in 2022 by a Singaporean chef-owner and his partner. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Open-fire grilled meats
A heritage-building grill house built around a central open fire, from the Fire Group. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Asian fusion tasting menu with theatrical touches
A small George Town tasting-menu restaurant blending local flavours with modernist technique and showmanship. Newly Michelin Selected for 2026.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🍣 Japanese & Omakase · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Shojin ryori-inspired vegan set menus
A Japanese-styled vegan restaurant in TTDI serving shojin ryori-inspired set menus. Newly Michelin Selected for 2026.
🍷 Fine Dining · Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: French bistro dishes
A Parisian-style bistro on The Row, formerly 2OX. Michelin Selected.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Lebuh Armenian, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Jawi Peranakan dishes
A heritage-quarter restaurant reviving Jawi Peranakan cooking, the Malay-Indian-Muslim heritage cuisine of Penang. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Australian-contemporary cooking with Asian ingredients
An upstairs dining room in the 1937 India House building on Beach Street, cooking modern Australian dishes with Asian produce. Newly Michelin Selected for 2026.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Teochew classics: steamed fish, braised duck
A Pudu Teochew restaurant that started as a street stall in 1984 and opened its restaurant in 2011 under the third generation. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh King, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Hand-made pasta, oxtail ragu pappardelle
A hidden George Town Italian known for slow-cooked sauces and handmade pasta. Michelin Selected.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Lorong Macalister, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Penang Nyonya dishes
A heritage-house Nyonya restaurant on Lorong Macalister, listed in the 2026 guide as Richard Rivalee. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Batu Ferringhi, Batu Ferringhi, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Grilled steaks and seafood
The Shangri-La Rasa Sayang's classic grill room, open since 1973, with sea views over Batu Ferringhi. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Desa Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Dry- and wet-aged Australian and Spanish beef
A Hartamas steakhouse that ages its own Australian and Spanish beef. Michelin Selected.
🥟 Dim Sum · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Shanghainese classics, xiao long bao
JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur's Shanghainese restaurant, around since 1999 and known for xiao long bao. Michelin Selected.
🍢 Yong Tau Foo · Lebuh Carnarvon, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Fish ball koay teow soup
A 60-plus-year-old shop for Penang fish ball koay teow soup, with fish balls made in-house. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: French-Chinese tasting menu
A Bukit Damansara tasting-menu room, opened in 2023, that blends French technique with Chinese flavours. Michelin Selected in the 2026 guide.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Classic North and South Indian dishes, tandoor breads
An Olive Tree Group Indian restaurant at The Republik, Bukit Damansara, with a warm wood-and-leather dining room and a terrace. Michelin Selected for well-executed traditional Indian cooking.
🥟 Dim Sum · Pengkalan Weld, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Handmade dumplings and Malaysian-Chinese small plates
A tiny waterfront spot facing the Clan Jetties, known for homemade dumplings and Malaysian-Chinese bites with a few Taiwanese touches. Michelin Selected.
🥟 Wantan Mee · Lebuh Carnarvon, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Thai boat noodles with pork
A George Town shop devoted to Thai boat noodles, with a kitchen crew brought in from Thailand to keep the dark, rich broth authentic. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Campbell, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Italian classics, house-made pasta
An old-world Italian dining room at Campbell House hotel, run by the Italian couple who own the property. Michelin Selected.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Crispy fried 'dancing' fish with sambal
A Bangsar Shopping Centre favourite for Malay-Indonesian cooking, best known for its namesake crisp-fried whole fish. Michelin Selected.
🍛 Nasi Kandar · Lebuh Penang, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Dindigul-style biriyani, kongu nadu chicken fry
A Little India shop open since 2014 for Tamil Nadu-style Dindigul biriyani and spicy chicken fry. Michelin Selected.
🍚 Nasi Lemak · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Malaysian classics: nasi lemak, beef rendang, laksa, satay
A relaxed Beach Street restaurant for traditional Malaysian dishes. Michelin Selected for 2026.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Bayan Lepas, Bayan Lepas, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Home-style Nyonya dishes
A neighbourhood Nyonya restaurant in Sunway Tunas, Bayan Lepas, cooking Penang Peranakan dishes for a mostly local crowd. Michelin Selected.
🍞 Kopitiam Breakfast · Jalan Hutton, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Morning noodles at a corner coffee shop
A Jalan Hutton corner coffee shop about 30 years old, open mornings only for noodles. Michelin Selected.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Jalan Sri Bahari, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Home-style Peranakan dishes
A Peranakan restaurant filled with antiques, serving a long menu of home-style Nyonya dishes. Michelin Selected.
🐖 Roast Pork & Char Siew · Air Itam, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Braised duck rice, braised pork belly
An Air Itam market stall known for spice-braised duck and braised pork over rice. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Asian-European dishes, reworked lap mei fan
A Beach Street restaurant mixing Asian and European flavours, with a reworked lap mei fan among its best-known dishes. Michelin Selected.
🫓 Roti Canai · Little India, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Samosas: mutton, chicken, sardine, egg, vegetable
A Little India stall frying samosas with a long list of fillings. Michelin Selected.
🥟 Dim Sum · Lebuh Melayu, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Cantonese dim sum
A heritage dim sum house in George Town's old quarter for traditional yum cha. Michelin Selected.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Jalan Puncak, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Thai classics
A two-storey Thai restaurant at Menara Ample West focused on authentic Thai cooking. Michelin Selected.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Butterworth, Butterworth, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Home-style Malaysian-Chinese dishes cooked to order
A Butterworth eatery open since 1966 for wok-fired, cooked-to-order home-style dishes. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Swiss and European dishes
A husband-and-wife European restaurant in TTDI open since 1992, cooking Swiss-European comfort dishes. Michelin Selected.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lorong Stewart, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Austrian family dishes, pork Wiener schnitzel
An Austrian restaurant opened in 2022 serving hearty home cooking from the owner's homeland. Michelin Selected.
🍳 Brunch Café · Lebuh Victoria, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Brunch by day, Malaysian-European plates and drinks by night
A warehouse-style all-day venue on Lebuh Victoria that does brunch and coffee by day and drinks with Malaysian-European plates by night. Michelin Selected.
🍚 Nasi Lemak · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Banana-leaf nasi lemak bungkus with fiery dried-chilli sambal
Penang's most famous little pyramid of nasi lemak, wrapped in banana leaf and loaded with a properly hot sambal. Started in 2004, it is MICHELIN Guide-listed yet still costs pocket change, so grab two or three with different lauk.
🍷 Fine Dining · Gat Lebuh Gereja, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
tasting menuTatler Best 20local produce
Order: Produce-led Malaysian Chinese tasting menu
A Tatler Best 20 regular that builds its menu around regional Malaysian ingredients and Penang memories. One of the reasons George Town is now a fine-dining destination, not just a hawker one.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Fort Cornwallis, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: Neo-Nyonya dishes
A glass-walled café-restaurant inside Fort Cornwallis serving modern Nyonya dishes. Michelin Selected.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🍃 Banana Leaf Rice · Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin Selected 2026
Order: North Indian kebabs and curries
A North Indian restaurant at the TPC Kuala Lumpur golf clubhouse in Bukit Kiara, known for kebabs and rich curries. Michelin Selected in the 2026 guide.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🏮 Nyonya Food · Lorong Stewart, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
fine diningheritage hotelreservations
Order: Modern Nyonya tasting menu, prawn geng curry
The heritage-dining choice: antique-filled Seven Terraces setting and a refined Peranakan set menu, Michelin-listed.
🐔 Chicken Rice · Lebuh Chulia, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Hainanese chicken rice with calamansi chilli dip
Penang's oldest family-run Hainanese chicken rice, started in 1950 and now into its fourth generation. The chicken is poached with garlic and scallion, chilled in ice water for that springy skin, and the chilli gets its zing from calamansi rather than vinegar.
🍷 Fine Dining · Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin SelectedFrench41st floor viewlunch menu
Order: French nose-to-tail tasting menu
Michelin-listed French dining on the 41st floor of Alila Bangsar, with a view to match. Known for whole-animal cooking and a well-priced lunch menu.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin SelectedMichelin Service Award 2026kaisekicity view
Order: Kaiseki-inspired menu using local foraged ingredients
Japanese kaiseki discipline applied to Malaysian produce, 37 floors up in ILHAM Tower. Michelin Selected, with its front-of-house lead winning the guide's 2026 Service Award.
🥟 Wantan Mee · Lebuh Campbell, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Bamboo-pressed Cantonese wonton noodle soup
Noodle dough is still kneaded with a bamboo pole at the shopfront, Hong Kong old-school style, and Michelin has taken notice. The springy noodles and plump shrimp wontons make this Penang's top wantan mee.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
tasting menuTatler Best 20cocktails
Order: Contemporary Asian-leaning tasting menu
A low-lit, chef-driven room in the Ritz-Carlton Residences that made Tatler's Best 20. Asian ingredients, European structure, very good cocktails.
🍷 Fine Dining · Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin SelectedTatler Best 20charcoal grilltasting menu
Order: Binchotan-grilled tasting courses
Everything revolves around the binchotan charcoal grill here, from seafood to aged meats. Michelin Selected and named in Tatler's Best 20, it's a smart alternative to the city-centre towers.
🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Michelin SelectedCantonesebanquet
Order: Cantonese braised abalone and live seafood
A Michelin-selected Cantonese room that has been a KL institution for seafood banquets, from braised abalone to steamed live fish.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Macalister, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
tasting menuheritage mansion
Order: European contemporary tasting menu with Penang produce
A Michelin-listed tasting-menu restaurant inside the Macalister Mansion heritage hotel, cooking modern European with Penang accents.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Pantai, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
michelin selectedopen kitchencharcoal grill
Order: Charcoal-grilled wild giant shrimp
A retro-industrial former factory with an open charcoal grill; chef Waymann Cheong won the Michelin Young Chef Award for 2025.
🥟 Dim Sum · Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Hotel Cantonese dim sum at lunch
A Michelin-recognised Cantonese room at the Ritz-Carlton, cooking for over twenty years. Lunchtime dim sum is elegant, precise and very much worth the splurge.
🐔 Chicken Rice · Jalan Fettes, Tanjung Bungah, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Hainanese poached chicken rice
Michelin-listed and in its third generation, Fatty Loh is known for springy-skinned, tender poached chicken over fragrant rice. A north-coast lunch staple.
🍷 Fine Dining · Lebuh Farquhar, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
michelin selectedwhatsapp reservations
Order: Modern Thai small plates by Chef Ton
Bangkok star chef Ton's Penang outpost, serving modern Thai shared plates; Michelin-listed and named one of 2025's restaurants to book.
🍷 Fine Dining · Jalan Pintal Tali, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
michelin selected
Order: Kataifi prawn; charcoal-grilled wagyu ribeye
European contemporary cooking with clear Asian influence, holding Michelin Plates in consecutive years.
⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.
🐖 Roast Pork & Char Siew · Lebuh Carnarvon, George Town, Penang
Michelin Guide 2026 · Michelin Selected
Order: Roast duck, siew yoke and char siew rice
Michelin-listed roast meat shop run by a chef who left a big kitchen to go solo. The duck gets the queues, but the roast pork belly and char siew are just as tempting.
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