Heard much about this restaurant, especially since it was rated #1 on TripAdvisor. Being Malaysians ourselves, we took our friends from HK to the restaurant to savour 'supposedly' one of the best Nyonya cuisines in Penang.Probably it was our timing that we visited the restaurant, as they had a big group from Hong Kong who had booked up the place for a day (the day after our dinner night). We tried ordering all their famous dishes, which included the lamb. Low and behold, we were told it was not available that evening because there was not enough lamb as it has been reserved for the next day. Fine, then we asked for the otak otak, and had the same response.Didn't end there, the waiter came back to us after that saying that some dishes we ordered was not available as they finished the raw ingredients. Seriously? This is supposed to be a fancy (and pricey) restaurant, and you can actually finish your raw ingredients? Same went for the desserts.On the plus side, whatever we ordered did taste good, and the ambiance was unique as you feel that you have been transported back to the the 70s heydays. The staff were ok, and were apologetic to us, but it makes the restaurant look bad. Just because they had a big booking, doesn't mean they wouldn't have planned for enough?Would I go again? No. I think there are better places to eat on the island. It's Penang, the best in the world.
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