Penang Malaysian & Thai Cuisine

The food was delicious. However it is impossible to imagine the service being worse! They set us at a table and forgot us. No menu no drinks no Silverware. When we finally flagged someone down they seemed annoyed. Then the food came out one by one at an odd pace so you could not eat the entrees together! And they forgot our rice and never refilled our water. While the food was yummy in my tummy, I think I’ll take my money and patience to another place.

Personally service and atmosphere-​wise I like the one back home near my house in Lodi. But the food is the same, amazing as always!
It also doesn’t seem as busy as the Lodi location so going for dinner is never a problem, I haven’t had to wait for seating yet.
Dessert is always amazing, I love the Halo-​Halo shaved ice, although their fried ice cream not so much. It seems they pre-​fry the ice cream and keep it frozen in a freezer which totally defeats the purpose of frying it…

This place continues to go down hill. We kept going back fooling ourselves by thinking it was a one off night for them. Well tonight top the worst of all time. Not only is the quality getting g worst, there simply isn’t much food. All the noodles were half of the take out box. The dipping sauce for the roti were literally 2 spoons full. The side of chicken rice orders were about half a cup each. The worst was the fried porkchops. The order came with 4 chops and they were all BIG bones with barely any meat. What a joke. I want my money back. No more excuses. We will NEVER go back.

great place to have good quality Malaysian. Ordered roti canai, hainanese chicken rice, Penang fish head rice noodle, nasi lemak, pulut hitam. Roti canai taste very authentic could be a bit more crispy, hainanese chicken is not as good as Brooklyn but the rice was great! Nasi lemak was okay, Penang fish head rice noodle was better than Brooklyn Malaysian restaurant and pulut hitam was great too. Ambiance of the place is great, went around 6:30 no wait time for a table for 4 and food comes out SUPER fast! We were done by 7pm. I would say as authentic as u can get in east Brunswick for Malaysian. Def will revisit.

The restaurant really redecorated itself, it looks very trendy. Unfortunately, I do not know if the food quality and quantity was prioritized. I used to come here to Penang frequently when I was younger with my parents.
We usually ordered the roti canai as the appetizers, it really didn’t change much. Usually for the entrees, I regularly ordered 3 dishes: Beef Rendang, Water spinach (kang kung) in belacan sauce, and Penang Tofu. The food was decent and the flavors were similar to what I ate in the past, but I feel the portion dropped. The Beef Rendang was a little tough and salty, but it was still edible. For dessert, I ordered chendol, which was a big disappointment. The chendol had all of it parts, but most of the ice melted before I could take a spoonful of it.

I have been eating at Penang for years and it’s a family favorite. We’ve had over 9 people packs of us forcing ourselves in, all leaving full and happy. I may not be fond of every single dish, but a great majority of the food is tasty. I have gone through a handful of relationships and graduations in the time of being fed to this establishment. I’m sure I am 1% Penang now.
They really have grown over time. Their once dark and strange décor has shifted to be modern and sleek. Their food has just gotten better and better, and now it feels as though they have really established themselves. The restaurant is not perfect. We have had some days where the service was slow, but ⁹⁄₁₀ times, they successfully achieve to make me and my family happy.
Personal Favorites: Roti Canai, Beef Rendang, Tai Lettuce Wrap, Tai Iced Tea

Whenever I visit family in New Jersey, we always eat here once or twice during our visit and it never disappoints. It’s what you should expect of any sit down family restaurant — quality food you don’t have to wait long for, at a decent price. They remodeled the restaurant so now it looks classier than the old bamboo motif they had before.
I recommend the delicious calamari that they prepare with lightly sautéed red onions — the freshness and sweetness of the red onion cuts through the saltiness of the calamari perfectly. I also love the roti dipped in the sauce. I’m not an okra person but the okra with belacan sauce quickly became a Penang-​fave. I’m also a fan of the beef chow fun here.
If you’re celebrating a birthday, the restaurant does a fun tradition of dimming the lights and bringing you a treat while your table sings to you. I know people may think this is corny but I’ve been coming here for years and it always brings back fun memories of celebrating family birthdays. Nice to know that some things don’t change — especially the yummy food and lighthearted quality of this restaurant.

Rhoti Canai, Pan Fried Noodles with Chicken or Seafood are top notch. Beef with Chinese brocolli is delicious. As well as the Thai ice tea.
Service is quick and very good.
I go here regularly and I will continue to do so.
Only negative… I love fried ice cream and they use to have the best ever, now it’s not as good as it once was. The previous batter that wrapped the ice cream was so heavenly. Now, not so much.

I have been coming here for years, even prior to the remodeling, which gave the restaurant its current more fancy look. Can’t go wrong with the roti canai. I used to always get the curry mee. I’ve had the pad thai, Penang tofu, char kway teow, drunken noodles… The food is pretty much consistently good.

Always drive past this restaurant and never tried it but now I can say I did. While I was some what impressed with the food, I was not impressed with the overall dine in service. We were seated quickly however ended up with a wobbly table. It gets annoying trying to eat your food and worry about it topping over. It took them a while to even get our drinks so we just placed our order when the server finally came.
We ordered the tofu in lobster sauce, shrimp pad Thai, chicken fried rice, and Shrimp drunken noddles. The food was edible with not much complainants, although I have tasted better else where it was still okay. They charge extra for rice for this dishes which I didn’t like. Main dishes should come with a serving, but I understand about the noddles. In about 15 minutes the food came out and had to ask for spoons and chopsticks as well. They did not even ask us if we needed anything else. It was like here’s your food eat, pay, and then go. My experience at most Asian restaurants is that you have to ask them, they will not ask you. Overall, food was okay but the service could use improvement.

Pad Thai was still pretty packed at almost 10 on a Saturday night. The wait for two people was about 10 minutes, which isn’t bad. But I guess at that time, I was expecting no wait.
The satay tofu was super dry. It almost tasted like cardboard. It was as if they fried it once, didn’t think that was enough, so fried it five more times after that. Thankfully, their noodles were a tad better. I had the drunken man noodles, which weren’t too spicy, so it was perfect for me. I got it with chicken, which was dry. But I haven’t found a Thai place yet that makes the chicken well.
They also have a fresh coconut. It’s a little pricey at $ 6 because there isn’t much juice in it. But if you like eating the coconut meat too, then it might be worth it.
The service was kind of slow. They ran out of the Hainanese chicken. When they came over to tell us, they asked if we wanted to order something else instead, but didn’t even give us a menu to look at…
I’m not sure how many Thai options there are in this area but I’m sure there has to be a better one.

Love their tofu in lobster sauce dish. The tofu is fried on the outside and the dish is mixed with snow peas, carrots and mushrooms. Their shrimp drunken noodles and shrimp pad Thai noodles are average. It’s not as spicy as I would like it to be. I’ve had tasted better noodles at other Thai restaurants. No dishes comes with white rice. You’d pay additional for rice as it is considered as a side dish. They do have jasmine white rice, coconut rice, brown rice. The price range from $ 1 to $ 2 each.
Food was okay overall. The service was different. First, upon arrival, the workers were busy chatting to each other and didn’t even noticed we were waiting to be serviced. Finally, the cashier saw us and walked us over to a table. When we sat down, we then noticed the table is wobbling. It was so annoying but we tried not to let it ruin our lunch. Finally, we placed our order and then the waiting began. It took about 15 minutes later and our 1^st dish came. As appetizer, we tried the roti canai. It was okay.
The dishes came out individually and guess what? No one came to see how we are doing or if we need anything. We had to flag the waiter down for spoons and chopsticks.

They have a really really bad service. Staff are not nice!
And ever since they had the renovation, they increased their price significantly. If you want to try Thai food or find something similar, I would suggest go to CoCo cuisine on route 27.

I came here for a big family dinner — almost 15 people total. With such a large group, you could imagine it being very difficult for them to accommodate us. However, we all really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. The interior is sleek with orange and espresso walls and plenty of uplighting. There were several large groups, and it seemed like the place to be with your family, extended family, best friends, that really cool girl you sat behind in physics class. You get my drift…
Anyway, we waited about 15 – 20 minutes while the previous group left and to have the table cleaned. Others in my group had been here before so ordering wasn’t an issue. I’m not a picky eater so I was happy to have them take the reigns.
My top dishes were the roti canai (best I’ve eaten yet), the crispy honey squid, the sarang burung, and the soft shell crab. Special honors to the beef rendang and the whole fried red snapper. Also, be sure to order the coconut rice. Why go plain when there’s coconut rice? Since real estate on the table was limited, the dishes couldn’t be served all at once. Therefore, we had to finish dishes before being able to accommodate another. This is the nature of eating with a big group I suppose.
I wish I could say that I had dessert but there simply wasn’t room. However, I heard the fresh coconut water was delicious. It’s so fresh that you can scrape some of the coconut from inside the fruit!
My only complaint is that the bathroom was as cold as an ice locker. Maybe this is done to prevent people from lingering in there. Either way, I don’t care. This restaurant was great and the food was excellent!

I’ve been coming here since the late 90’s when they first opened.
The offerings here have been pretty dang consistent over the years. We always order our Penang staples, and always leave happy and satiated.
Our staples are always the mixed satay, roti canai, penang tofu, and the beef rendang. Depending on who else joins us we will add on a noodle dish and maybe a curry (the kari sayur is a great veg option).
Overall, I love coming here if I am looking for a gut-​busting meal. Always delicious.

Great food and service. We got here pretty late prior to closing but still received the best of service and great food.
We ordered the whole red snapper with Malaysian curry sauce. The food was awesome as always. I was surprised as to how accommodating the staff was after we snuck in here at the unteenth’ hour. :).
Awesome experience!!!
FYI– Roti Kanai app is to die for.

I’m officially in love. My friends and I came here for lunch and we ordered a lot of food. Since it was my first time here, I had my friends choose all the dishes. The restaurant is family style meaning you order a lot of dishes and share them.
I don’t remember what we ordered, but it was very good. We all inhaled the food once we got it. Service was fast and efficient.

It’s a hit or a miss! Since Penang is a chain, I’ve tried several other locations, but I usually stick with this restaurant since this is the closest one. The quality of the food tends to be relatively consistent, which is a good sign.
Some of the foods that I’ve eaten include the roti canai, pearl noodle claypot, curry mee, and prawn mee. Roti canai is a MUST-​GET! I love the thin piece of bread dipped in the curry sauce! Yummy! It’s a good way to start the meal. The pearl noodle in the claypot was not too good. The texture of the pearl noodle is different making it feel kind of strange. It has an irregular shape and the length is rather short. Despite of the amount of ingredients, such as shrimps and veggies, the flavor is considerably bland. One of my favorite is the curry mee because the broth is a luscious, creamy curry, which makes the noodle soup very tasty and flavorful. On the other hand, the prawn mee is made with a clear, lemongrass broth with a hint of spiciness, which I was not very fond of because the flavors between the refreshing sour lemongrass and spicy peppers were not well balanced creating a not-​so-​appealing taste.
Great ambiance and decent service.

This place use to be really good. And the service use to be outstanding. Now the food comes in less portions and it does not even taste that good. We ordered duck and all we got was mostly skin and bones, no meat. The only thing they never fail to impress is the roti canai.

*you must get the roti canai. It’s a dough that you dip into curry sauce (comes with a piece or two of potatoes and chicken). Some places make it crunchy; this restaurant’s dough was a bit soggy, which could be masked with the curry sauce, just wasn’t what I expected.
*shrimp puffs were good. They’re giant shrimp balls wrapped with bacon and dipped into mayo.
*stir fry pearl noodles were just okay. The description did say that it’ll be cooked in soy sauce but I didn’t know it’ll be drenched in soy sauce… I couldn’t finish the whole thing.
*thai iced milk tea is phenomenal! Always a favorite of mine.
*service was good, and the restaurant looked really nice and spacious inside.