Bakery cafés in Penang

Old-style pastry and kopitiam bread

Khoon Pastry House is at 29 Jalan Argyll and Four Leaves Bakery & Cafe at 1 Jalan Dato Keramat, both in the Penang Road area. Kia Lai Cake Pastry, at 2C Lebuh Melayu, specializes in cheese tarts and chicken floss cakes; in November 2025 a matcha cheese tart cost RM6.90 and a yam chicken floss cake RM11.90, and it uses no pork or lard.³

In the kopitiams, bread is the bakery. At Toh Soon Cafe on Lebuh Campbell, white bread goes over charcoal six slices at a time before it meets the kaya.⁴ Shinise, a café with Wi-Fi and a cake counter, is at 57 Lebuh Melayu, the same street as Kia Lai.

Pâtisseries and sourdough

Tosca Pâtisserie is at 74 Lebuh Cintra, a street named after the Portuguese town of Sintra, and Fatkidz Patisserie at 11 Jalan Kuala Kangsar.⁵ In Pulau Tikus, Strada Restaurant & Patisserie is at 26Q Codrington Avenue and Joies Sourdough Bakery Cafe at 32 Jalan Moulmein. Off Macalister Road, herscakes is at 19 Jalan Nagor.

Utoo Boho Cafe & Patisserie, at 156 Victoria Street, brings a slice of sourdough with olive oil and balsamic to the table while you wait; in November 2025 its ribbon croissant cost RM14. It opens 09:30–19:30 daily.³

Cakes with the coffee

Specialty bars bake too. In February 2026 Sweetbar Cafe on Lebuh Tye Sin sold Basque burnt cheesecake at RM24 a slice, Slow Coffee Person on Church Street had canelés at RM15 on weekends, and R Coffee Co. on Lebuh Chulia cut Valrhona dark chocolate pound cake at RM15.⁶

For cake late in the day, Sinar Koffee at 111 Jalan Hutton stays open until 22:30, Cheevit Cheeva on Lebuh Pantai until 23:00 and Wheeler's on Love Lane until 00:00. Bricklin Cafe Bar by Rasta Brew Co, at 39 Jalan Gurdwara, closes on Tuesdays.

ChinaHouse, which spreads over three heritage buildings at 153 Beach Street, was open until 00:30 every day in November 2025.³ Purrfect Cat Cafe at 49 Lebuh Muntri and The Founders Café at 17 Jalan Hutton round out the bakery cafés in the center.

The Kia Lai tart list

Beyond matcha, Kia Lai's tarts in November 2025 included Japanese sweet potato and apom balik cheese, named after the folded peanut pancake, both at RM6.90, and apple crumble cinnamon at RM8.90.³ Its ham and garlic cheese chicken floss cake cost RM12.90, and the shop opens 08:30–19:30 every day.³