I'm borderline addicted to this place. Everything I try is great and everything is so reasonably priced for what you get. Service and owners are really nice and helpful. The Roti Canai appetizer is a must, and I also highly recommend the beef rendang. You will not be disappointed! read more

Good environment...this shop was same as Boston Chinatown name..will be visit again next time...the food tat I order was good and the price is valuable...will be go often once I have free time.. read more

I usually go to the restaurant in Boston, but I just recently discovered the one in Waltham. While it's certainly smaller than the parent location, it offers pretty much the same menu. The quality seems similar, although I did takeout this time. Overall, I will probably use the Waltham location more, since it's more convenient for me to get to. read more

We came here on a date. We had so much fun and tried all the recommended foods as well as some fried squid

The food is very appetizing and comes out very fast. The service is also amazing as our waiter was very kind and helpful, he also spoke many languages which was really cool and helpful for my parents. Would come again :) read more

Ordered shrimp with green beans, Tom yum soup and mango sticky rice. Overall it was ok, but I won't order again. VERY oily, even the soup which had a layer of oil floating on top. Beans were overcooked and drenched in oil. Shrimp were over cooked. The sticky rice was very tasty but it needed some sweet custard to top it and it just had canned chopped pineapple. Also I will say I probably got a total of three tiny shrimp with each dish... for $20 a dish I would expect a little more protein on the plate. Overall disappointing experience. read more

I ordered dumplings, appetizer of calamari (ok)), mixed satay (inexcusably tough chicken and beef), Hainese chicken rice (tough chicken, why?) and Lobster (insanely priced at $45), lobster was fine, but again, inexcusably the shells were not broken enough up enough to access with a fork. using your hands got you all covered with gravy. Also, I should've ordered a vegetable dish since no vegetables existed in any of these dishes. $88 of my hard-earned money To celebrate my 67th birthday should've just given it to a homeless person read more

Picked up takeout for lunch and was pleasantly surprised the food was as expected compared to the Boston location. I mean it has been over a year since we've eaten out due to the pandemic but the food was flavorful and plentiful. Definitely will be ordering again! read more

Excellent authentic Malaysian food. We had the asparagus with shrimp, water crest, and ginger steamed sea bass. All were fantastic and very flavorful. Much better than the downtown location which I find very touristy and not as good food quality. This location is new and they just try harder and the food is amazing. read more

I used to work at a Malaysian restaurant in Toronto. This place has amazing roti canal & chicken curry - leftover sauce is delicious over a side of coconut rice. For veggies try the kangkung belacan ! Wasn't a huge fan of the beef rendang (this is due to my preference for softer textures , taste was on point) . I think I'll try the curry beef brisket casserole next time instead. read more

My favorite lunch spot in Chinatown from work now comes closer to home with me as I WFH, fantastic! The new location is much smaller, but has the same open kitchen design as the Chinatown one, I can tell it will be hard to get a table once Covid is over. They keep the same menu offerings, and best of all, the food taste 100% just as before, and that's just how I liked it. Try their Curry Chicken and Beef Rendang if you haven't yet, it will have you coming back for sure! read more

This is a clean and simple restaurant , friendly staff and good food as well. The authentic Malaysian cuisine reminds me of back in my hometown Penang, great job!! read more

This new place on Moody street is just as good as the Chinatown location. We were craving noodles and ended up with Beef Chow Fun and Singaporean noodles. Both were pretty good! My friend got the roti and she liked it. read more

My family & I came here for dinner while visiting Boston, and it was an amazing decision. Service is fast, and the male owner is very friendly and came by multiple times to check on us! Definitely get the pan fried noodles over the clay pot soup noodles. Mango sticky rice was delicious too! read more

Based on \ reviews, stopped by for dinner today. Water being served in solo cups should've been a warning, but pressed on anyway. Atmosphere is like a fast food joint.  We were hoping the food would make up for other stuff.  Started with Roti Canai and bean sprouts appetizers. Bean sprouts are literally just slightly fried and tossed in sauce. No flavor what so ever. Roti canai was chewy and the chicken in the dipping sauce tasted old and funky. We ordered Masak Lemak Chicken, Singapore noodles and shrimp with lady fingers. Only shrimp with lady fingers was edible. The sauce in Masak Lemak tasted like it was out of a jar and more sweet than spice. The chicken in it also tasted old and bad. We pretty much left it uneaten. Singapore noodles are entirely without flavor (not even salt) and just bunch of noodles and a few pieces of shrimp. Also left mostly uneaten. Shrimp with oakra is edible and that's what we finished since we have nothing else. After spending more than $70, we went home hungry.. I am not sure why this place has 4.5 on google! read more

Thank you for selecting Waltham as your 2nd location from Boston. The food is excellent 5 Star with ethnic flavors from Malaysia. The owner and staff are friendly! Support this new restaurant in the Waltham community! read more

The downtown Penang has long been a favorite of ours. So we were thrilled when a new Penang opened in Waltham a couple years ago. But we've now ordered food there four times, and each time we've been badly disappointed. This last time yesterday, we had the boiled chicken special and the Malaysian rice noodle dish. The chicken looked beautiful, with yellow skin, but the white meat was so tough that even the delicious sauces couldn't cover it up. The noodles were great, though they didn't have a lot of the shrimp/squid/etc. promised. That was the problem last time--we had a shrimp Pad Thai that came with just two or three shrimp. Hey Penang, we're rooting for you. Don't spoil everything by cutting back on the food quality and/or quantity. read more

this was myfirst time to this penang at waltham here（malaysia。food0）the food was awesome eespecially their haniese chicken and roti 。the environment was clean and new their service is good and explanation for the food is clear enough i would come again with my friend next time strongly support you guys allthe best read more

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I went to the restaurant having traveled 20 miles and it was closed for another week! No indication on the web site!!

Really great food and friendly waitstaff! Would definitely come here again. Roti canai is always a must. The Indian Mee Goreng was my favorite! read more

SO GOOD! I love it so much - I am so happy that Waltham, MA has Penang restaurant, I have always been a fan of the Chinatown location. I always enjoy their big and cheap servings of Hainanese Chicken with Rice, Nasi Lemak, and Roti :) read more

Today my mom and I went to Penang restaurant in Waltham for their recent grand opening. As a first timer, it was a good experience. We were required to do a temperature check in, then was led to a table in the middle. We ordered seafood noodle, and beef vegetable noodle. It wasn't bad but the beef didn't have that smooth texture that I would have come to expect. The waiter was affable and told us it opened up 2 weeks ago and business was slow. The management expanded from Chinatown-Waltham because they thought it was a good opportunity to do business with the accessibility of a car to a local town nearby. For appetizer, we got the roti nam which is a chicken curry sauce served with the pancake. And for the drink, I got the logan drink served with boba , which I negotiated at a price of $4.25 which typically would be $5, if I hadn't spoken up. If you're looking for a new experience, check out this restaurant on Moody Street in Waltham. They do takeout and delivery. If you get Dai as your server, he is great! read more

Pretty delicious Singaporean food in a very clean establishment with plenty of space, dividers for COVid, and good service. RECOMMENDED!!

Absolutely delicious. I ordered this as delivery so I can only imagine how much better it tastes right out of the kitchen if I chose to dine in. Very happy this restaurant is in the area. read more

Went back last night. Again. lovely staff and mostly great food. The one disappointment on the menu was the sizzling seafood platter; it was watery and tasteless. The watercress was delicious but the stems - and it was mostly stems- were a bit too chewy. I really wish they would improve the atmosphere - maybe some bamboo like in their Boston office - and replace the plastic dishes and cutlery with the real thing. It's bad for the environment to use lol that plastic. But will be back again. read more

Delicious food, outstanding and very attentive service. Food came out very quick. Staff are outstanding. Love the roti canai and mee siam. Also the place is well kept and very clean. read more

Great food, great service. Would highly recommend the beef rendang and salted cuttlefish fried rice.

We popped into this place on a whim while scouring the moody st. area for lunch. Scratched a craving for southeast Asian food I didn't know I had, specifically malaysian/singaporean. I had the curry mee with young tau foo noodle soup (with a laksa-style broth) while my girlfriend had the Hainan chicken with rice and we split a beef satay and some delicious oily, garlicky veggie dish. Service was attentive, menu is extensive, and everything tasted great. Can't wait to go back for the roti and rendang. read more

The food is so good! We'll definitely be adding this spot to our list of regular restaurants.

This place is excellent! We ordered the Chow Kueh Teow and the chicken curry with rice, both of which were very flavorful. The noodles were soft and had a perfect balance of seafood and sauce in each bite, and the chicken was tender, paired with a good amount of curry. Servings were plentiful, and we took both dishes home to finish. Service was fast and efficient, and the waiter was very helpful in helping us choose what to order. read more

I ordered a bunch of stuff on this penang over the weekend, I am used to ordering penang in NJ with honey squid. I specifically ask if they have those honey squid that was sweet crunchy squids and they said yes. I end up getting a calamari dish!!! They could have said no. I also ordered fresh spring roll not fried but I end up getting fried one. Oh well, never coming back to this penang. read more

What a disappointment! I've been to the Boston location years ago and it was always worth going in town for. This place however, is a complete let down! Did take-out on Sunday and got the rice noodles with salted fish, beef chow fun, and chicken feet soup. Salted fish is pungent and has a strong aroma. There was so little salted fish, that not only could you not taste it, you couldn't even smell it! Needless to say, the dish was totally bland. Beef chow fun was meh at best. Chicken feet soup however was tasty. 5 pieces of well seasoned feet in a light chicken broth with not overly cooked noodles and some Chinese greens. Went back again on Monday and got chicken wings that were over fried and completely dry. Singapore noodles was suppose to have shrimp and Chinese sausage. It had two slithers of sausage and absolutely no shrimp! The sauce was listed as mild, but this sauce had no flavor. Also got Cantonese chow fun. The Cantonese chow fun gravy was so diluted, we thought it was soup! Also they charged 14 to 20% higher than the prices currently listed on their take-out menu (which they are still passing out without any corrections). Won't be back. read more

we got lots of things and enjoyed all of it though extra impressive how well the fried snapper survived takeout.