Tem Izakaya — Restaurant in Penang

Service is good and that’s why they have a 10% service charge. Environment is okay. If you want to have a room, there is a minimum order of RM 300 which is reasonable. Food is good. They are creative with their menu as there is even Chinese century egg there. The tuna sashimi is lousy, which has lost its red colour as can be seen in the pictures. Then, the tuna tataki is probably not seared but lightly torched. The sauce that comes with the tuna tataki is simply normal soy sauce, not a “proper” tataki sauce. The baked oyster is...

It’s hard to recommend this place to anyone.

While the decor was interesting, the strange slanted floors made the seating positions uncomfortable. This would be tolerable if the food was decent which unfortunately was not. The food generally felt lacking in effort. Pork katsu was cold, dry, tough and generally did not have much taste. They should have at least chopped the cabbages into finer slices...

Atmosphere is suitable for big crowd gathering but the yakitori smoke exhaust suction need improvement. Service is attentive. Waiter keep on add tea. Sushi wise is normal, saba is grilled perfectly. Chuka idako is quite big portion. Price wise is reasonable and affordable. Will I come back the next time? A solid NO given the better...