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    • Feb 4
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Beach Street, Penang: Good Food and Clamping Hot Zone 😋🚗

Updated: Feb 10

Hi there, welcome to DROP's first Road Report. This is a guide to the roads of Penang. We want to provide you with information about what's happening (food, traffic and parking) along the streets of Penang.


Also, we are giving you a heads up with MBPP, JPJ and Police behaviour at those streets. 👮🏼‍♂️🚓🚗


Intro to Beach Street

One of the oldest streets in George Town, Penang. It was built not long after Captain Francis Light founded Penang in 1786.


Nowadays, Beach Street is filled with old shophouses at one end, and banks and government offices on the other. The banking part of Beach Street is part of Penang's Central Business District with banks such as Standard Charted, HSBC, OCBC and Bank of China.


Government offices such as Penang Immigration Department, Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Pulau Pinang, Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Pulau Pinang, Ministry Of Tourism and Culture Penang and more.

Good Food along Beach Street

There's a ton of good food at Beach Street, catering to everyone from tourists to office workers all throughout the street.


Where you can drive-thru with DROP


Ali Nasi Lemak Daun Pisang

Famous on Beach Street, Ali Nasi Lemak is a cheap and delicious Nasi Lemak Stall right in front of Sri Weld Food Court. You can always find a queue lining to buy packets of Nasi Lemak. 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏼‍♀️


They only sell simple packets of Nasi Lemak, there's no need for any fancy gimmick. It comes in 5 flavours.

🍛Ikan Bilis (RM1.80)

🍛Ikan Masin (RM1.80)

🍛Ikan (RM1.80)

🍛Sotong (We Love This) (RM1.80)

🍛Udang (RM1.80)


Black Kettle

If you need a pick me up around the Commercial Business District around Beach Street. Their Long Black, Latte, Espresso, Piccolo Latte and the Cappuccino is what you need.


Our favourite is the Aussie Iced Latte, prepared with espresso, blended ice, milk and Vanilla Ice Cream. It's so smooth!

☕ Hot Latte (RM10.60)

☕ Iced Latte (RM11.65)

☕ Aussie Iced Latte (RM19.10)

☕ Piccolo Latte (RM9.55)


Gao Enough Tea

Unlike a lot of bubble tea joints popping up all over Penang, Gao Enough Tea is native Penang bubble tea joint. Their drinks come in a transparent bottle that looks like vintage soda cans. (I liked the can so much that I kept it 🌚)


Their milk tea is unique, there's a nice combination of saltiness and sweetness which they affectionately refer to as Humsup Milk Tea.


Popular drinks:

🧉 Humsup Milk Tea (RM10.90) (We love this ❤)

🧉 Hum Sup Lemonade (RM10.90)

🧉 Unicorn Lemonade (RM10.90)

🧉 Niko Matcha Latte (RM9.90)

🧉 Neko Hojicho Latte (RM9.90)


Pho Viet Cafe

Delicious & authentic Vietnamese food and affordable too! Their Pho is especially good. Spring rolls were flavorful.


Popular Item

🍜Beef Noodle (Pho Bo) (RM14.00)

🍜Deep-Fried Spring Roll (RM15.00)

🍜BBQ Pork Rice (RM13.00)

🍜Traditional Vietnamese Iced Coffee (RM7.50)


Others great eats

Traffic Jam Or Not?

No, traffic jams are not a big issue along Beach Street. However, at the intersection at traffic lights between Jalan Dr Lim Chong Eu and Beach Street is often congested during peak hours.


Occupy Beach Street

Every Sunday from 7 AM to 1 PM Penang Car-Free Day, Beach Street is traffic-free for six hours. Lots of events happening. Dogs for adoptions, food vendors everywhere, performances of all kinds.

Parking Situation

Beach Street can be divided into two parts. The central business district and the shophouses area. Each with their unique parking situations.


Central Business District

You can find parking alongside the roads of the business district, which requires parking coupons or the smart parking app.


Parking is also available here

Shophouses Area

Parking around this area can only be found along the side of the road.

Warning!!! Parking Punishment Hot Zone

JPJ and Traffic Police often check for any traffic violations along Beach Street. Be careful, a few minutes at the bank or trying to buy some eats will result in you being clamped or towed.


Parking without a coupon or using the Smart Parking App

Remember to use your parking coupons or pay with the Smart Parking App. If you don't pay, you'll be fined between RM30 to RM50.


Illegal Parking (Clamping or Tow)

A fine of RM50 is issued to unclamp your car. If you get towed, car owners wanting their vehicle back will have to pay RM150 for towing charges and RM5 parking fee for each day the vehicle is in council custody.

It's hell to find parking along Beach Street, but that shouldn't stop you from getting delicious eats and chilling drinks while you are on Beach Street.


Order ahead, no parking, no queuing, no long waits, get takeaway all in the comfort of your car. 😎🚗 Head over, dapao something and treat yourself!


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