Abbey Road Bistro Restaurant — Restaurant in Penang

Tldr; One of the best places for a fine western cuisine experience in town. Awesome food with superb service and relaxing environment. Suitable for couples on a date or you're just into good culinary experiences in general. Highly recommended.

I went to Abbey Road Bistro for their Valentine's menu and I was in for a great treat. Aside from some sides being a little bit too salty for my taste, the overall dishes are delicious. One of the standouts is definitely their cauliflower and mussel soup, it tastes rich and features a thick textured broth which carries the flavour very well. And on top of that, the little chunks of onion, croutons, mushroom and full pieces of mussels add different layers of textures in it.

Another dish to highlight is their Beer Battered Chicken, I don't know how but they managed to cook the chicken and made it feels like I'm eating fish. The texture is just wonderful, not too dry and it's so soft and fluffy, I never thought I would use fluffy to describe the texture of chicken before. The yogurt tartar sauce along with their salad as sides are delicious as well.

Although some dishes not being the standouts, I do wanna say that all of the dishes are amazing and definitely up there in terms of quality and freshness. It's just that a few managed to surprise me more compared to the other ones.

Their waiters are polite, attentive and really friendly as well. Great service overall, nothing to complain about.

As for the environment, it is a romantic atmosphere with dim lights and background music that's not too loud. It would be a great place to enjoy your meal and have a good conversation.

Overall, this is definitely one of my favourite restaurants. However it is on the more pricey side so it's not really a place to dine in regularly, but it's certainly worth a visit once in a while.

Food : ★★★★★ Service : ★★★★★ Environment : ★★★★★ Valentine's Menu Price: RM368+ (6course meal) Typical Spending Range:...

Chanced upon this restaurant while searching for a bar nearby my hotel. Saw a sign whisky bar and decided to check it out. While having drinks there met the chef, taked about his dishes and dervish to come back next day.

Order a Wagyu M7, escargot, Nicoise salad, mushroom soup and salmon trout belly.

The mushroom soup is thick, concentrated with essence but slightly on the saltfish side. Overall very good.

Then came the salad, Nicoise salad.. With a runny egg sat on top. Sorry no photos taken. It blew me off with such a simple salad but came out unique, harmonized taste, light palate making you ready for the appetizer. Excellent dish

Escargot baked with cheese... Infused with mushroom essence? Very nicely balanced flavoured sauce that goes so well with the thin crispy slices of garlic bread. Whopped up the sauce with the bread... Wow the explosion of cheese and slight metallic taste of small coupled with mushroom... Really stood up distinctly. I checked with the chef (Sam) if the escargot actually comes with shell and yes it does but the shell was removed before baking for the ease of customer. Personally, I would prefer to have this baked with the whole escargot with shell to prevent the meat from shrinking and also potentially overcoming the meat. Overall good.

Pan seared salmon trout belly. Nice cut with the right amount of fats. Once inside your mouth, the fats melts by itself. Good and nicely done.

Last but not least, the wagyu M7. Exactly what I asked for,. Crusty seared on the outer and medium rare pinkish on the inside, incredible taste and finishing. Good quality, nice marbling and comes with a truffle potato ball. Great dish. Overall perfect dish.

Overall dining experience: Excellent. Great chef, doesn't compromise in quality and standard.

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Expensive 💲 but good service 👌. Liquor 👋 🍸 🍷is quite high. Lot of European 🍴 menues in Malaysian style. I mean Malaysian 🍶flavor. Can be categorised as the best restaurant for a quick meal ⛪ probably drink 🍷of the area. Usually the prices of liquor🍸 🍹 🍷 is quite high in Malaysia. Same in this place also. Number of wine🍸 🍹 🍷 choices and there are some house wines🍷 available. As I mentioned earlier the restaurant crew is friendly 👬 👫 👭and flexible with your food🚴 🍇 🍉 🍊 🍞 🍖 🍗 and drink🍵 🍷 🍸 🍹 requirements. Please note that you can't find any beer🍺 from this restaurant. But there is another one adgecent to this one. It serves beer only. There are number of beer types that you can find there. Very closer to the light hotel of Penang. Here the food options are very little. 3 soups n the menu. No any rice options found in the Manu. There are only few chicken foods., Few beefs, few salmon and tuna, etc. But this are delesuous. Wine will be served by the girls and the also very friendly as creating a friendly etmosphere around you. You may have have written or printed bills as your requirements. They are mostly promoting house wines. One bottle will be 160myr onwards. Be carefully there are some hidden charges as taxes. Your bill will be slightly higher...