Hollywood Restaurant

Alexandra

4.0

This is a vintage restaurant run by Hainanese family , hence some dishes are of Hainanese style cooking. My father-in-law dined as of this restaurant many times in the 60’s when he was within Penang for company. We first proceeded to go there as a family group in 2008.Back after that , the restaurant was somewhat shady , but food has been good and owner who's the grand-niece of the initial owner , is quite friendly. We went there once again few days back because a family and all of the fond memory was back again. Father-in-legislation ordered the same kind of dishes he ate within the 60’s and in 2008 - it is possible to imganine the way the menu remain exact same after 50+ years ! But some dishes have to pre-order right now , eg. “Duck prepared with yam”, “Stuffed crab shell with meat” “Baked chicken pie” - you can wonder pie within a chinese restaurant? Nicely , that is Hainanese inspired western cooking food . The area looks more bright in comparison to 10 yrs back - probably with new coat of paint and new table cloths. It ‘s dealing with the sea , in the event that you go early , it is possible to enjoy the ocean breeze and the good view. We like the darkish soy sauce prawn and the large spring rolls , steam seafood is nicely cooked , and the dog owner is nice sufficient to provide us “Potatoes Leaves” - simply leaves only minus the stalks. Lamb with some spicy sauce with woman fingers as part dish. Kapitan chicken is merely ok , not spicy sufficient in comparison to other nyonya restaurants. My cousin came here during extremely peak time period during Ramadan vacations and she complaint about poor service and bland flavor of food. I assume it’s better to arrived at this type of family run cafe during off peak time of year as they nevertheless couldn’t manage with the huge crowd. Overall we such as this place. We shall definitely come again , not merely for food also for the memory.

Audifasekar

3.0

It was of low quality, nor bad! This location seem to have dropped its previous glory, it was previously very good in accordance with friends that understand it for a long period, but now it really is just OK. They might also execute a bit moreof an attempt to update the area a little to the newer requirements. Food ok, service unusual, understanding of english very little.