Penang Malaysian Cuisine

Penang Malaysian Cuisine is a malay restaurant Chinatown - Leather District Boston located in United States.

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  • Phone

    (617) 451-6373

  • Website

    penangusa.com

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    Penangboston

  • Type

    Malay Restaurant

Address

685 Washington St (at Kneeland St.) Boston , MA 02111 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 84


Keywords:

roti canai beef rendang nasi lemak good service chicken curry iced coffee great value iced tea pancakes ribs rice good for groups Asian food casual soup fruit dinner Mee Siam lunch
Minnie Kim

Beef Rendang is sooo delicious. You can't go wrong with anything at Penang. Malaysian Iced Tea and Iced Coffee are both wonderful as well !

Lavy

Best Malaysian food in town , try all the signature dishes (roti canai , Hainanese chicken , nasi lemak , laksa ...) Very good price. Plenty of seating space.

Lillian Chen

get the roti canai appetizer (light, airy naan-like bread with curry sauce for dipping ) and nasi lemak (curry chicken with coconut rice combo)

David C., LMT

Nasi Lemak (image below) is great. Good place to get your homesick bugs away and feels much better with Kopi-bing (iced coffee w/ condensed milk ).

JingXun Hu

Couldn't squeeze time to dine here so had takeaway char koay teow instead. It was fettucine pasta . Thin bean sprouts . Small shrimp . Miss the lard and searing wok work. OK-ish. Will try the rest

Sofia Uz

Oh this is gooooood! Try anything seafood ! Appetizer mixed plate is great, so are soups and curry . Green curry is superb

Terence Chan

Roti canai , Malaysian iced tea , chicken satay , chicken or coconut rice , beef rendang , chow kueh two, nasi lemak . 4/5

Elizabeth Nagarajah

We have been coming here for over 10 years. Try the steamed ginger fish , Malaysian style ribs and coconut drink .

Herman Saksono

Truly authentic malay cuisine . Get the nasi lemak with curried tender chicken . Oyster omelette and asparagus in XO sauce are good too.

Rob Coenen

Far cry from Malaysian-as-I-know-it. Menu has 75% straight up Chinese items. My Bahasa is pretty limited but trying to order atjar, soto ayam, krupuk, or sambal oelek was met with blank stares here ????

Swemeatballs .

Amazing Malaysian cuisine - however found the nasi lemak to be more westernised than authentic . The char kuew teow or Hokkien Mee were excellent. Also the roti canai and murtabak were very good.

Bonnie Chen

They have such a huge selection of entrees. Definitely try the Indian pancake when you come here. Their red bean shake use to be good.

Willie So

Best meal in Boston ever! Get the chicken , rice , and mango shrimp . Can't go wrong. I might just move to Boston for this place. This means a lot since I'm from Los Angeles. But still go Lakers!

Lane Rettig

The Malaysian ice coffee is delicious! Solid but not outstanding food.

ISC Chicago

肉骨茶 Bak Kut Teh (Chinese herb with pig feet, stomach & fatty pork )

Thaniya Amaralilit

Roti Canai is hands down the best. Seafood with crispy noodle , Hainanese chicken and Beef Rendang are among my favorite. On hot summer day, cool it off with ABC - shaved ice with syrup .

Steve Herrera

Go Family style : Doing several apps and a large shared soup is the best way to sample so many amazing dishes.

Douglon Tse

Classic place in Boston. It's been around forever. Pretty good roti

Priyanka Ravaal

Best veggie pad Thai in Boston! The place is pretty decked out too. Good for date night

Harjit

You can't go wrong with any items on the menu here. Everything is super good. The only downside is the attitude of the staff .

Reinny C

Roti canai , hainamese chicken rice , beef rendang & kangkung belachan are my fav! Best place to go when you are really hungry, very fast service ! Unfriendly staff :(

Oscar Gothberg

Green beans in shrimp paste sauce were excellent

Minnie Kim

Roti Canai is the bomb - a must try!

Nanda Sandhu

Loved the roti telur. Nasi Lemak was without peanuts .

Hachikaoru

Roti canal art the best.

edisonv ????

Lots of selections, everything looks delicious!

Liss KB

Get the roti canai and the mango chicken with a side of rice . You won't be disappointed!

Antoni Abella Vendrell

#2 fried noodle dish, amazing!

Lily B

Advisory: pineapple fried rice served in actual pineapple . May cause giddiness, elation, and subsequent food coma.

Sangria W

order a refreshing glass of fresh coconut water - indian pancake and mee siam - soooo good!

Kirit Kottam

Roti Kanai is good but other than that the remaining stuff is average compared to Penang in NJ and Philly!

Angie Ichieh Li

Roti canai , coconut shrimp (no shell) and Hainanse chicken ~

Ir C

The watercress rocks as does the mango sticky rice

Stephanie Orme

There was something in our appetizer that was insanely spicy , so much that I couldn't taste my entree for about 15 minutes after.

Marc Vose

Meh. Rendang was a bit watery and weak. My friends' curries were similarly lacking in flavor. Perhaps they neuter it for a western audience; not up to the standard I experienced in Malaysia.

William Butler

Diners in appearance are 1/3 Far East, 1/3 south Asian, 1/3 European, like in Singapore.

Azad Amir-Ghassemi

Homey Malaysian fusion dishes

Ali

One of the few places you can find Hainanese chicken rice

Jane Leong

This is home!!! Finally able to taste food from home♥

Ajay Chainani

The roti canai was good! The mango chicken tasted like sweet & sour chicken .

Kenneth Tiong

Tolerable facsimile of Malaysian food . (claimer: I'm Malaysian-Singaporean). Popiah . 3.25/5. Too bland. Needs more lap cheong or tauhu. Beef rendang . 3.75/5. Too tough, too much coconut milk in beef .

Alex Dobyan

Noodles with oyster sauce can get it.

Ivan Burazin

Murtabak & Mee Siam is great!

Abhishek Singh

Roti kanai and chicken curry with rice is really good.

A S

Try the Pad Thai and roti canai .

Sagar Naik

You can't miss their roti canai !

Mihir Patel

Pad thai .. too good!!

Joyce

Try the Roti cani!

Sriram Ramamurthy

Roti canai & curry chicken best dishes!!

scott l.

Hell yeah: No wait at lunch during the week.

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