Pak Mid Cafe — Restaurant in George Town

Located in front of Hard Rock beautifully decorated with lights so we gave it a try as it is walking distance from our hotel. Ordered set dinner, considerably pricey but we have no issue with it as it is a tourist spot. We had set A comes with small portions of tomyam soup, beef, fried egg and fried vegetables. Additional order of fried rice and fried prawns. The tomyam soup is good with nice portion of chicken. Total damage RM110 including drinks.

No credit card payment accepted nor e-wallet which is disappointing. We had a pretty good experience for dinner. The music could have been tuned down slightly. Otherwise, it was ok.

So, we decided to give it another go for breakfast the following day. And things took a turn, the service was bad. Badly managed. We were shouted at by an old man at the drinks counter to order food before getting a seat. There is no proper signage that this is a self service restaurant. The drinks have to be ordered at the drinks counter and collected by yourself. We ordered only 3 plain roti canai and when we got to our seat, there are many other tables food were not served. Service was extremely slow. In the end, we paid for our drinks and left. Bad experience and i do not recommend the place for breakfast.

To the uncle at drinks counter, if you are not in a good mood or u r generally a bad temper person, please do not be the front as...

Second time for dinner at Pak Mid Café at Batu Ferringhi Penang. Food quality and presentation worse than last visit a year ago.

Ordered: Laksa - not available because the cook is on leave. Sup Tulang - not available because of a landslide to the source according to restaurant owner. Finally ordered: Char Koay Teow - portion was small, salty and watery. RM12.00 Sup Ayam and a plate of rice - Chicken Sup salty and plain. Rice served on plastic blue plate. RM12.00 + RM3.00 Nasi Goreng Kampung - Good but a bit salty. RM10.00 Sirap Laici - Lychee all chopped up. Teh Laici - Not available. Last bits of lychee already used up for the Sirap Laici order. (Seems like nobody did the inventory to stock up cans of lychee.) Limau Ais - Ok. Kopi Ais - Ok.

When paying at the counter, cashier asked me to tell him what I had ordered. Because waitress did not write down the order on a piece of paper and pass it to the cashier counter.

Verdict - Not highly recommended. Pak Mid Café is a poor representation of the true taste of the dishes offered. Pak Mid Café despite its good ambience, unfortunately, served food like in a roadside stall. Price of food as shown in the menu is overpriced. Definitely not value...

I give 4.5*. We took a gamble trying the place and not disappointed. Foodwise: tasty & fresh seafood. Price: satay was priced well. Other seafood can be slightly higher than average but it’s tourists place so cannot complain much. Make sure you ask the food price before confirming the order to avoid frustration later. Location: strategic. Parking: provided and was easy to park the car considering how jam packed Batu Feringgi area is. Amenities: great. Toilet is clean and has surau. Services: friendly waitress attended us. Great food recommendation by other staff also.

Our siakap bakar was tasty. The omelette & kangkung belacan completed the meal. the kerang was fresh and still alive. Ask them kicap + cili api + garlic to pair with the kerang bakar and you will not be disappointed. We chose table with swing, and enjoyed our food freely although waiting time was a bit long to get our food...