Auntie Gaik Lean’s Old School Eatery

Made an online booking for lunch seating using tableapp - easy enough! Food was fantastic and portion sizes very generous. All the classic Peraknakan dishes offered so your biggest challenge is figuring out which to try. Top marks for the Nonya curry chicken and kapitan curry. Kua pie tee is top notch, crispy pastry with delicious turnip filling. The sago GULA Melaka dessert was to die for!Atmosphere was good, crowded with families, instagrammers and food-curious folks - many crammed on shared tables appreciating a fine meal.A must-eat when stopping in Penang.

The food is good, as a starred restaurant I had high expectations, the food is in itself overall good. The restaurant also offers vegetarian dishes. We took the squid/octopus, which was a big disappointment, as its consistency was very gummy, that was probably due to it being over or undercooked. The spices were fine. I believe the onion was also cut too thick, kind of made everything more unpleasant. Price was 58 Ringgit, definitely not worth the quality/taste. The meat on the other hand was very good. The chicken with lemongrass curry was cooked perfectly, and tasted great. Price was 46, worth it I’d say (quantity was also more than honest, very appreciated). The drinks were also another highlight, barley-punch suited the spicy dishes, but is kind of tasteless, as did the nutmeg-punch (definitely worth trying for 10 Ringgit). Keep in mind you’ll have to pay an overall 16% tax on the amount you spend!

Underwhelming but nothing to complain about. Great thing is that the food doesn't leave you feeling uncomfortable from greasiness. However, nothing leaves a lasting impression either. Everything is good but in a way that will easily fade with memory hahah. Flavours are.... dare i say, one-dimensional.Due to popularity and table sizes, you may have to share a large table with a couple other strangers but no biggie.We also got otak-otak but they forgot our order. No biggie we cancelled and they were very polite about it so plus points for the service staff.Feels almost like the flavours were adjusted to better appeal to unfamiliar tourists and the michelin star was awarded by the same genre of people.

All the food is very balanced taste and authentic. For Penang ppl who have heavy taste may feel okay okay. Food consider on high side, portion not so big. Is it worth? need to judge your own. Booking need rm200 deposit. High class toilet.

They serve authentic nyonya food (northern style), taste might be slightly different from your usual restaurants in melaka or around penang.For service was really fast!They only allow reservations for big groups. It was just the two of us hence we had to walk-in.If you are not able to secure a reservation, please be there before the shop even open. I heard that the line usually builds up especially during dinner time..In my humble opinion, their food is really good but i believe one can get such good quality food in other places without having to queue or make reservation. I personally feel like this place has been hyped up by the social media.Would I return? Yes.