Restaurant au Jardin

Visited in Sep 2023

Franco-Asian cuisine at its best. Great food. Excellent presentation/creativity. Good service. Even the palette cleanser dish was really good. Would highly recommend people to (a) pre-order the dry-aged duck, and (b) add on the foie gras dish. If you don’t pre-order the duck, you won’t be able to order it in the restaurant.

I went with the non-alcoholic pairing which was decent - a couple of good kombuchas.

A 100% recommendation for those visiting Penang

Gotta say that they have not changed their quality one bit. Was a long time customer before their Michelin Star achievement.

The way they take the simplest of local ingredients and turn it into a masterpiece is plain genius.

Servers were quite well trained and courteous.

Will definitely visit again if ever we're in down.

I went for dinner here alone, and got the vegetarian menu.
It was the best meal I’ve ever eaten.
It was a 10 course menu, and I also got the matching non alcoholic drinks menu.
The dishes were straight up incredibly delicious.
The atmosphere was modern and chic, the vibe was just right.
The chef and his team are so knowledgeable and professional, you can really taste that they are passionate about they’re work.
For what you get, the price is incredible.
If you want an experience you’ll never forget , I highly recommend this restaurant.

I 100% recommend this restaurant.
My two friends and I went and enjoyed it the whole way through. We ordered the smoked hay duck 2 days in advance and it was incredible. We also picked the non alcoholic association menu when we got there, which put the lunch at a whole other level. The service was good (even though the drink/dish association wasn’t always very synchronized), the atmosphere very pleasing and calm, the products were fresh. At the end, the hay duck option allows us to get a doggy bag with the leftovers of the duck, a salad, some bread and butter : a whole other lunch or diner !
This lunch was a great way to end our trip. It is pricey, but worth it.

Food: Very tasty, fresh and excellent presentation.
Vibes: Very comfortable and air-conditioned.
Service: Excellent, pleasant and prompt.
Price: High but worth the experience.
Verdict: Recommended.

Definitely worth a try!
Every dish with non-alcohol beverage pairing is so creative and in harmonious proportion.
We arrived at 6pm and the atmosphere is bright in a greenhouse-like space. Then the dawn followed with romantic lights of the bar at night.
The service is also out of expectation.
We’ll come back again for different menu in the future.

Au Jardin is a destination restaurant - we were only in Penang for 48 hours but we heard such good things we had to give it a try here. We were not disappointed with the food - from the amuse bouche to the dessert, techniques and taste was impeccable.

Highlights include this month’s smoked lamb tartare that even my picky husband liked. Both of us polished off all the curry flavoured butter with some additional crusty bread. We were recommended the non-alcoholic pairing, which made each course a real adventure. We found the magnum sorbet and dessert were pretty but 2 dimensional in taste.

If you are booking in advance, try to get the level 1 space if you would like to see & smell the hubbub of the kitchen. Level 2 is quiet and private, with less ambience and interaction.

Lastly - I was very heartened to taste such familiar flavours but elevated in such ingenious ways. The marinated daikon, betel leaf, cold crab and even the Vintage Box Smoke Magic Duck all evoked childhood memories of comfort food. Would love to come again.

Creative creation with great use of quality ingredients. It's the first time we tried a non-alcoholic pairing and the mostly tea and floral based concoction were rather impressive. While I was initially very curious by the century egg ice cream dish, my favourite is still the delicious yet light and refreshing dessert and the sorbet palette cleanser Worth a try for sure!