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The 100 Best Places to Eat in Malaysia

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The best places to eat in Malaysia, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, The 50, and the World's 101 Best have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Dewakan comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.

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Restaurant au Jardin and Akar hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. Dewakan

    Contemporary Malaysian

    Fine dining on the 48th floor with a front-row view of the Petronas Twin Towers, which is either the most on-the-nose table in Malaysia or the perfect metaphor for what's happening on the plate. Dewakan holds two Michelin stars and works through a tasting menu built almost entirely on indigenous Malaysian ingredients, the kind most menus overlook. The juice pairing, made in-house, is less a concession to non-drinkers than a statement of intent.


  2. Rank 2. Restaurant au Jardin

    Malaysian French

    A fine-dining room hiding inside a former bus depot, where corrugated metal gives way to a plant-filled atrium and white tablecloths for eighteen. The chef blends Malaysian ingredients with French technique across monthly tasting menus that follow the seasons pretty religiously. George Town is famous for cheap, brilliant street food, so naturally someone built the opposite: a spot on Asia's 50 Best list where the bread course alone inspires debate.


  3. Rank 3. Akar

    Contemporary Malaysian

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  5. Rank 3. Beta

    Contemporary Malaysian


  6. Rank 3. Chim by Chef Noom

    Contemporary Thai

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  7. Rank 3. DC. by Darren Chin

    Contemporary French


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  9. Rank 3. Terra Dining

    Contemporary Malaysian


  10. Rank 10. Gēn

    Chinese


  11. Rank 11. Firewood

    Malaysian

    Charcoal grills sit at the heart of the room, their glow doing double duty as heat source and décor. This fire-led grill restaurant in a George Town shophouse works dry-aged Australian and Japanese beef over live flame, with a menu that moves between land and sea through a distinctly Malaysian lens. The space is calm and material-forward, the service composed without being stiff. It holds a spot on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.


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  14. Rank 12. Aliyaa

    Sri Lankan

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  15. Rank 12. Anak Baba (Brickfields)

    Southern Peranakan

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  17. Rank 12. Bee Hwa Cafe

    Malaysian

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  21. Rank 12. Bridge Street Prawn Noodle

    Malaysian Noodle Shop

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  23. Rank 12. Communal Table by Gēn

    Modern Peranakan

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  24. Named after a traditional Malay board game, this casual Malaysian restaurant sits on a quiet residential street just off the Bukit Bintang bustle. The kitchen leans into local classics that tourists call exotic and regulars call Tuesday, with the nasi ambeng platter as the centerpiece, a generous spread of spicy, sweet, and savory flavors built around sambal. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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  26. Rank 12. Duck Blood Curry Mee

    Malaysian Noodle Shop

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  27. Rank 12. Foong Lian

    Cantonese

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  30. Rank 12. Gulainya

    Peranakan

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  34. Rank 12. Hot Bowl White Curry Mee

    Malaysian Noodle Shop

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  38. Rank 12. Laksalicious

    Peranakan

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  39. Rank 12. Lama

    Peranakan

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  40. Rank 12. Leen's

    Middle Eastern

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  44. Rank 12. MTR 1924

    vegetarian Indian

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  45. Rank 12. My Own Café

    Penang Peranakan

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  48. Rank 12. Neighbourwood

    Contemporary European

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  49. Rank 12. Nirwana

    Indian

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  51. Rank 12. Penang Road Famous Laksa

    Malaysian Noodle Shop

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  52. Rank 12. Rasa Rasa

    Peranakan

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  54. Rank 12. Roti by d'Tandoor

    North Indian

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  55. Rank 12. Sao Nam

    Vietnamese

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  56. Rank 12. Sardaarji

    North Indian

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  57. Rank 12. Sek Yuen

    Cantonese

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  59. Rank 12. Sifu

    Peranakan

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  64. Rank 12. Teksen

    Cantonese

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  65. Rank 12. Thara

    Thai

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  67. Rank 12. Winn's Cafe

    Peranakan Café

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  68. Rank 12. Wong Mei Kee

    Cantonese

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  69. Rank 74. 888 Hokkien Mee

    Minnan Noodle Shop

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  71. Rank 74. Air Itam Sister Curry Mee

    Penang-style Malaysian

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  73. Rank 74. Atelier Binchotan

    Charcoal grill Japanese

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  76. Rank 74. Bar Kar

    Seafood

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  77. Rank 74. Bee See Heong

    Malaysian

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  78. Rank 74. Bidou

    Nouvelle French

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  80. Rank 74. Blacklinen

    Steakhouse

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  81. Rank 74. Blanc

    Contemporary European

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  82. Rank 74. Bōl

    Peranakan

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  84. Rank 74. Ceki

    Peranakan

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  85. Rank 74. Christoph's

    Austrian

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  86. Rank 74. Cilantro

    French

    A French fine dining room inside a hotel suite property in Taman U Thant, run by a chef who once cooked at the Japanese Embassy and trained under some of France's heavy hitters. That background shows in the plates: French in spirit, Japanese in restraint, with European produce flown in within a day. Special menus track the seasons closely. The room has been around forever, which gives it the unhurried confidence that newer places tend to fake.


  87. Rank 74. Curios-City

    Malaysian

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  88. Rank 74. Dancing Fish

    Malaysian

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  89. Rank 74. Dominic

    Modern French

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  91. Rank 74. Elegant Inn

    Cantonese

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  92. Rank 74. Entier

    Contemporary French


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  95. Rank 74. Fook Cheow Cafe

    Noodle Shop

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