Vegan-friendly
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Asian
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Malaysian
Chinese name is 古雅素食料理. Vegetarian food restaurant with air conditioning. Offers house-made food and sauces. Try the gravy made in-house from herbs, spices and fresh vegetables. No MSG or food coloring are used. Delivery available via DeliverEAT. 2013 moved here from Lintang Burma. Open Tue-Sun 11:00am-3:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm. Rests Mon (including 1st & 15th of lunar month). Last order 2.30pm & 9.15pm.
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12 Reviews
First Review by Soo Liang
JuliaSantos7
Points +1369
Satisfying foods - Edit
Really nice and polite staff, they were super helpful. I especially enjoyed the soups and starters.
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TSY
Points +13
Good - Edit
The White tomyam is delicious
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thetofutravellers
Points +5369
Our home from home in Penang - Edit
Coya is located just a few meters from the Frame Hotel in Georgetown where we were staying, so it was easy for us to go there for lunch or dinner. We visited four times during our stay and enjoyed it so much. The restaurant is spacious and calm, and we loved to relax there after exploring the city. The owner/manager is genuinely friendly and even made vegan jelly cake for us (for free!) upon our last visit. She was very kind and you can see that she wants her customers to be happy with the meals. We also liked that when we ordered, we were given different options, for example which exact rice we liked.
Read moreWe had different dishes there and while not everything was top notch, they were all home-cooked, fresh and simple meals that fill you up. It is not some fancy cuisine, but we liked the fresh taste of good ingredients so much. The only dish we did not enjoy was the Thai style brinjal because it was very oily. Our favourites were the fried spinach, the fried pumpkin and the vege curry.
The restaurant is not completely vegan, but the non-vegan dishes are marked with the picture of an egg. The staff also have a good understanding of veganism and speak English very well, so it is no problem to ask about any ingredients.
We left Penang yesterday and we already miss Coya!
- Visited in July and August 2022 -
Pros: Many vegan options, clear marking , Very kind, Tasty and fresh meals
Cons: Not in the city centre (if you‘re staying there)
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plantlady21
Points +107
No MSG - Edit
The place is spacious and staff are friendly. Serving food with no msg food with decent taste and good portion size
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DZet
Points +976
Not impressed - Edit
Their spicy noodles where actually really very spicy, which is nice. Overall the taste and quality was fine. But they were not that cheap, did have a (low) extra tax, and offered no free water. Not impressed. Kitchen closes at 9.15.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2018-12-10
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eatinggreen
Points +608
A great choice in Penang - Edit
A quaint restaurant in a quiet street just near the heritage area of Penang, Coya provides a very decent eat in a clean and comfortably air conditioned environment. The menu covers lots of Nyonya classics so is a good way to get familiar with the local cuisine. They also do fruit and vege juices which can be customized if you wish. Prices are comparatively high for Penang but the ambience is above average also (the lighting lets it down though, it's too brightly lit). They claim not to use weird ingredients - we're not totally convinced about that but if it's true that they use no GMO soy meat, MSG or commercial sauces then that is certainly a good thing. At any rate it's still one of the better options in Penang and is certainly worth a visit.
Read morePros: Real food (wish it was organic though!), Local cuisine, Cool and clean
Cons: Lighting too bright, Bit too much fake meat, Pricey for Penang?
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JessieLim
Points +261
A Decent Vegetarian Restaurant - Edit
Nice and cozy environment. Healthy cooking style but still very tasty. They serve rice/noodles dishes and also other ala carte dishes to go with rice.
Read morePrice is moderate. However, food serving can be a little slow at times.
Pros: Cozy Environment , Tasty
Cons: Slow
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william79
Points +36
New Place, New Environment, New Menu, New Dish - Edit
many new dishes with their home made curry and sauce, very tasty and delicious, wont feel salty and thirsty as assume they did not put any additional MSG.
Read morei will definitely come again to taste their other dishes.
yum yum
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vegelover
Points +316
Nice place for vegetarian meal - Edit
Tried a few dishes, rendang, pumpkin, their xianchun tofu. Very nice!
Read morePros: Love the sauce
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Teppiedoo
Points +130
YUM!! - Edit
Great little place with delicious food. Menu is diverse and prices are very good. We very much appreciated that the food was not greasy and offered brown rice instead of white. The staff spoke wonderful English and was easy to understand!
Read morePros: clean , has AC, friendly staff
Cons: not facing the main road , small sign in front (might be easy to miss)
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GKQ8
Points +39
Coya Cuisine - Edit
Excellent food served by welcoming staff.
Read moreWarning: this a 'locals' place and if you are a foreigner or from outer space, you will be stared at in awe! Helpful staff will assist in making a selection if you can't work it out for yourself!
Pros: V. clean, friendly staff, good food
Cons: toilets in kitchen (though v. clean)
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Soo Liang
Points +67
Great curry - Edit
Must try their curry dishes - especially the Tumeric Veg Curry Fish and Mango Curry. Made from fresh ingredients!
Read moreInexpensive, clean, and tasty food.
Pros: Good Food, Balanced between taste and healthy food, good service
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