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Why Au Jardin Penang Is on Our Top 50 Garden Restaurants
Au Jardin Penang, under Kim Hock Su's direction, is ranked #10 on our Top 50 Garden Restaurants Worldwide. The garden style: Colonial 1920s George Town mansion garden.
The planting: Penang heritage mansion garden. The signature dish: Modern French tasting in colonial garden.
The seasonal program: Daily-changing seasonal modern French tasting. The indoor-outdoor flow: Indoor mansion dining and outdoor garden seating.
The award lineage: Asia's 50 Best Discovery; Penang heritage flagship.
How to Book Au Jardin Penang
The booking lead time: 6 to 10 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; specify outdoor garden seating versus indoor at booking. Most garden restaurants peak in late spring through early autumn.
Order the seasonal tasting menu. The kitchen's strongest expression at Au Jardin Penang is the Modern French garden tasting, paired with the daily-changing seasonal garden tasting.
The dress code: Smart elegant. The dinner spend: 500 to 900 MYR per person at dinner. The kitchen at Au Jardin Penang is rated 10/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Au Jardin Penang Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Kim Hock Su's George Town colonial-garden flagship. The most architecturally institutional colonial-mansion-garden restaurant in Malaysia; the 1920s mansion garden setting and the modern French tasting menu anchor the institutional Penang experience."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Colonial 1920s George Town mansion garden register is structural; the planting program and the indoor-outdoor flow produce the meal that rewards the booking effort.
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- Top 50 Garden Restaurants Worldwide. The full editorial ranking, of which Au Jardin Penang is #10.
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- Penang restaurant guide. The full city directory with all occasions.
- (No peer garden entry in this city on our Top 50. See the pillar for the full list.)