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Via Pre Penang Italian Restaurants

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One of the Top rated Pizza restaurants in George Town


Address

20e, Lebuh Penang, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Website

www.via-pre.com

Contact

+60 4-261 9800

Price rating

$$$ $

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (848 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Monday: 11:30 am to 10:30 pm
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 12 to 10:30 pm
  • Thursday: 11:30 am to 10:30 pm
  • Friday: 11:30 am to 10:30 pm
  • Saturday: 11:30 am to 10:30 pm
  • Sunday: 12 to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Peter B. 1 year ago on Google
    Honestly, you won’t find better pizza if you travel all the way to Italy. We love the food at Via Pre, and the staff are kind, helpful and efficient. We have had consistently great food here, we like the atmosphere and decor. And they have a great affordable lunch time special Mon-Fri too!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 archer l. 1 year ago on Google
    The service is good and they are very friendly. Salumi e formaggi, tiramisu and bufalina pizza are must try. Pizza crustness is perfect. Seafood pasta not bad. A little bit on blend side so not suitable for someone who love heavy taste. Seafood is fresh though.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eva J. 1 year ago on Google
    Tasty pizza, calzone, salad and potato gratin. Love the food and friendly staff. Serves was a bit too fast for my liking, would have enjoyed a more relaxed atmosphere to take it all in. Saying this will definitely be back. 😋
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Toney S. 5 months ago on Google • 297 reviews
    Went to several Italian restaurants in Penang. This is one of the best in term of food and value. The pizza was perfect. One of the best pizza dough so far. Thin and crush. The pork rib was very good. Hand made pasta was excellent. Risotto was good. The dessert was excellent too and not too sweet. The service was very good and friendly. A definite repeater.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Brandon C. 2 years ago on Google
    Classic Italian food that you can find in Penang. The service was excellent. Food was what you expect, a classic Italian standard. The pasta was excellent and pizza was cripsy and delicious. Would recommend!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jane P. 1 year ago on Google
    Visit my Instagram @janefoodbaby for more! ------------ Did you know? Via Pre has a branch in KL (Damansara Heights) as well! I did not know that 😂 I went to Via Pre Penang and definitely enjoyed my time there! Kudos to the two wait staff that's ever so attentive, entertaining and joyful! I hope they get paid really well - these days it's hard to find such enthusiastic waiters that will lift your mood 🥺🥺 Food was great (slightly slow on cooking as they take time to prepare one course after another), ambience was perfect! Food/Price: 1. Brusketta "Bisunta" (MYR 32) - The dried tomato is really sweet! Generous amount of mozarella cheese as well. Would be better if they made it bite-size. 2. Fake Parmigiana (MYR 32) - Eggplant and mozarella fritters with tomatoes, mozarella, oregano and basil cream. Texture was great but eggplant had some bitter aftertaste, tomato coulis was quite sour too. Personally did not enjoy this much. 3. Iberico Polpette (MYR 32) - Pork meatballs on cheese cream served with farinata. (Farinata is like pancake made of chickpea flour & olive oil). Didn't like the crumbly texture of farinata with it being tasteless 🤔 It's better when paired with the meatballs since the saltiness of meatball overpower the tasteless taste(?) 😂 of farinata. Can't really taste the cheese cream as well. Another dish I didn't really enjoy. 4. [MUST ORDER!] Buffalina Pizza (MYR 58) - Recommended by the staff and he said we can never go wrong with this option. 100% true! I enjoyed the pizza a lot more than the starters. Look at the amount of Mozarella cheese!!! 👀 They're so generous with the cheese, parma ham and rocket salad. Parma ham wasn't too salty as well - it's so perfect! 🤤 5. [MUST ORDER!] Tiramisu (MYR 24) - Best Tiramismu in Penang!💯 The mascarpone cheese is soooo creamy! I personally prefer cheese > coffee in the ladyfingers, so this was great for me! Btw did you see most of their food is green, white, red? Could be a subtle sign of 🇮🇹 (or is it I'm thinking too much)
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 TheFitnessTheory 2 years ago on Google
    Great food, on the pricy side. Really enjoyed the carpaccio. You may want to book a table in advance if you are planning to go there on a weekend night.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 M L. 2 years ago on Google
    Decided to drop by since trying their sister branch in B.D'sara a few weeks ago. Equal in flavour, and execution of their dishes is spot on. The menu is slightly different but the old favourites are available. The space is much bigger and the service is really good. Highly recommended for Italian cravings. Interesting selection of beverages for the shy, brave and thirsty drinkers ;). Must visit when in Penang!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Chan R. 3 years ago on Google
    Food too salty, we ordered Christmas Set, came with 5 dishes included 1 dessert, 4 dishes out of 5 tasted very bad, the food was cold and salty. Portion are tiny, the only one dish can be eaten was the chocolate Ice Cream. 8 pax total Rm1098.50. I urge everyone don't go this shop. This price can worth for other better food.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 William T. 2 weeks ago on Google • 338 reviews New
    Good environment, good service, good food. No other then Via Pre. 1) Ibarico pork polpette RM34🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Pork meatballs on cheese fondue dip with air fried farinata. The flavour of the meatballs just nice and it was soft the bite. Yummy 2) Risotto Wild Mushrooms RM56🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Italian rice, toma cheese & aged balsamic vinegar. This is the dish of the day. The vinegar makes the risotto become one of the kind.🥰🥰🥰🥰 3)Margherita RM29 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Mozzarella, tomato sauce, evo oil, basil leaf and oregano. Love the crust 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Bread foc 🤭🤭🤭🤭

  • 5/5 Anna M. 3 months ago on Google • 143 reviews New
    Came here on a Monday for lunch, and the place was empty, so I can't comment on the overall atmosphere. The restaurant, however, was nicely decorated. They had a lunch meny which was of good value. The food was delicious and tasted authentic! The service was great, which was to be expected considering we were the only guests at the time.😅
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 karat 1 year ago on Google
    Dare I say the best authentic Italian restaurant in the north! Love their appetizers (carpaccio and caprese) for the fresh ingredients. The calabrese pizza as part of their lunch set was good. The highlight of their menu is gelato though, it's VERY hard to get pistachio gelato/ice cream in this part of Malaysia, so I appreciate Via Pre's pistachio gelato very much. Head server Alamo is friendly and remembers everyone. Price is steep, but you pay for quality.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kayattiri N. 4 years ago on Google
    Cozy ambience, nice staffs and yummlicious food. Tasted their wine and loved it as well. Better make a reservation first because we went there and no place to sit and we reserve a place and came back after 1 hour. Their seafood pizza taste good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mike K. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice food and good service. One of best pizza in town. We can enjoy real Italian taste. Pasta and other Italian menus also very good and authentic taste. If you are not familiar to Italian cuisine ask some suggestions from waiters. They will explain upon your request with good service mind. I can say it has worth to visit and will not disappoint. It located heart of old Georgetown area and parking would be challengeable but if you roam around can find a spot.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Philipp K. 4 years ago on Google
    Authentic and delicious Italian cuisine. Slightly limited by local products, but importing lots of high quality cheese and meat. As Italian as it gets in George Town. Good wine selection. Professional service. Expect 16% tax and tip to be added with the bill.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Flowery M. 1 year ago on Google
    Love the food here. They cook it to perfection and never once disappoint us with their weekly/daily specials. Service was courteous and friendly. Highly recommend for real Italian food.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Lee Y. 2 years ago on Google
    We love your your food since first your outlet opposite jetty but it is sad when last visited here I saw your chef put down his face mask all the time in kitchen prepare our food. The services should up to the standard especially hygiene.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mandy F. 1 year ago on Google
    The food at Via Pre was delicious. The Pappardelle pasta was good and we enjoyed it. We didn’t want a pizza that was too heavy (after a whole day of eating in Penang), and was recommended the Francesina, which did not disappoint! The flavours were very well-balanced and light — definitely our favourite dish of the night! The service was good and the staff were really friendly. P.S. The Penang branch serves pork while the KL branch is pork-free, so it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re coming down from Klang Valley! 😉
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eric E. 6 months ago on Google
    The staff steps out from the restaurant to welcome us to the restaurant and recommends the set lunch option that they are offering. The environment is a bit too dark at the beginning, but after a while the eyes were able to adapt to it. In terms of food, I ordered pizza and pesto sauce pasta as one of the set lunch, the taste was excellent. However, they do charge for plain water, although not expensive, but I would think that they should provide it for free. They do serve some bread as starter, which include focaccia, multi-grained bread and ciabatta, served with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The staff are very friendly. In terms of parking, there are public multi story carpark about 400m away, very limited carpark in front of the restaurant.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sui Bee T. 2 years ago on Google
    The staff were courteous, food delicious and I had a satisfying late lunch.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cheng Mun M. 3 months ago on Google • 52 reviews New
    I enjoyed the food tremendously. The cold platter is utterly satisfying! Had this for lunch with my colleagues and I’m full enough to skip dinner as well. Will be coming back for more!

  • 5/5 Chiara M. 1 month ago on Google • 34 reviews New
    Sehr leckeres und authentisches italienisches Essen. Die Rigatoni Carbonara sind wirklich zu empfehlen und werden nach dem originalen Rezept gemacht. Die Pizza war auch gut. Das Personal war sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Super Restaurant!

  • 5/5 Belle A. 4 months ago on Google • 17 reviews
    Excellent Italian food! Thank you Chef Luca & team for such wonderful dinner. I am a huge fan of pesto and most restaurant would over do it with cream. It was made to perfection over here. The salumi e formaggi platter was amazing.👌🏼 Pizza was slightly salty to my liking but it wasn't a big deal. Do pair it with their chilli oil for a kick of heat. To seal the deal we had three guilty mouthwatering desserts of Panna cotta, almond cake w cherry compote & tiramisu. Delizioso! Service from heart by Shankar, Rahid & Arieph. They made our evening meaningful.😊 This trio will definitely make us return to Via Pre. Grazie ❤️

  • 5/5 WT 1 month ago on Google • 16 reviews New
    One of Penang Island's finest Italian restaurants offers not only exceptional cuisine but also outstanding service.

  • 5/5 PH B. 1 year ago on Google
    What a classic Italian restaurant! I believe that you would never find a restaurant like this with such a price in this area. It makes me remind myself the time when I was in Italy! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 🥳🥳

  • 2/5 Andrew Ng Y. 3 years ago on Google
    If it weren't for the price. The food is allright. But for the same amount of money. Better can be had. Service was good though. Perhaps it because i had the Xmas dinner set menu Kinda regret coming here for Xmas eve. Attached pic is the set ' sharing ' menu. It's literally one piece each. And it's at rm 618 for 4pax.

  • 5/5 Hong A. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice environment with good service

  • 4/5 Henry S. 3 years ago on Google
    Good Italian food, delicious Pizza, many selections of drinks/wine. Nice ambience, board menu on the wall with speciality or daily menu. Helpful and friendly staffs. Full bar and limited space downstairs as it’s a heritage house. Reservation is required. Very recommended!

  • 5/5 Eric Y. 2 years ago on Google
    The best negroni in Penang. Also craft beers and not to forget, great food to go with.

  • 5/5 Desmond H. 7 months ago on Google
    Love the pizza and tiramisu, highly recommended. And they do happy hour drinks in the evening for wine and beers. Will come back for more. 👍✴️✴️✴️✴️✴️💯 Keep in guys 💪

  • 5/5 SZE WEI T. 4 months ago on Google
    We have been here so many times. Always taste so wonderful the Italian food here. Service always top notch.

  • 5/5 Mensielito T. 2 years ago on Google
    Friendly and efficient dining staff. I ordered one of their specials - linguine with crabmeat in cherry tomato sauce & brandy -- and it didn't disappoint.

  • 5/5 SherlinELF 4 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Had a great dining experience here. The set lunch is super valuable, RM 29 for main + sides + beverage. There is no issue with parking because there is a public multistorey carpark located at Lebuh Union. Waiters are providing fine dining standard service. It is better to book a reservation during peak hours.

  • 5/5 Jo San C. 3 months ago on Google New
    Atmosphere is nice, they just decorated for Christmas and it makes us feel the holiday season is really here! Food is great! Pizza and pasta 😋. Value for money and attentive staff!

  • 5/5 melba R. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent Italian food and superb service of attentive waiters.Recommended.

  • 5/5 Evanescence 1 year ago on Google
    If can give more stars, I would.smooth booking and good service. Friendly and attentive waiters/waitress. Ordered via pre png pizza, spicy Bolognese vegetarian pasta and Panna cotta. Super damn delicious. Will patronise again when I am back in penang.

  • 5/5 Jarshana M. 9 months ago on Google
    Exquisite food. Friendly staff. Perfect ambience for family meals. Impressive bar selection.

  • 5/5 Brendan K. 1 year ago on Google
    Staffs was friendly, food is nice. We love the pizza🍕🍕 will definitely come again.

  • 5/5 ng chun h. 1 year ago on Google
    First time experience for italian restaurant. Overall the environment is good feel relaxed when having dinner here. I try for a pasta taste 7.5/10 for me. But big surprise for me is the Tiramisu which is 9/10 for me. Taste really good. Recommend to try for this restaurant

  • 5/5 Kia O. 9 months ago on Google
    went to dinner here with my mom and we LOVED it. We even went back the next day to get their tiramisu! Our waitress (Riram?) was excellent. We got the Pork with potatoes (fire), the mushroom risotto (good), and a big salad (excellent). Recommend!

  • 3/5 Nick A. 11 months ago on Google
    The place looks pretty cozy. The staff is very pleasant also food is prepared quickly. But if you are searching for a good Italian pizza I wouldn’t recommend this place. Pizza dough was very disappointing, mushrooms on the pizza were simple hard. Sauce was pretty good. Also tried Hugo cocktail which was pretty decent.

  • 5/5 Elvis G. 2 years ago on Google
    Can not miss this if you are in Penang. The food is amazing. Great pizza & calzone!

  • 4/5 Blue M. 2 years ago on Google
    My favorite Italian in Penang…! House wine is really tasty…!! Food is quite high level…!!!

  • 5/5 mirishi 1 year ago on Google
    There's lunch set available. I went for the pasta set and my bf went for pizza set, cost RM 28 and RM 29 each. It comes with main, side and drinks. Worth it. We parked at a public parking nearby. Have to go all the way up to 5th floor and up for visitor parking. Overall will go back to it again.

  • 3/5 Christine T. 1 year ago on Google
    Service: very good Food: Gnocchi is just average. Portion a bit small. Spaghetti bolognese set lunch, portion is huge. Tiramisu is also so so. Cream cheese taste very lack.

  • 4/5 Teng K.H. [simone f. 2 years ago on Google
    Via Pre Italian Restaurants offer some of the best authentic Italian food in Penang. This is what I think about the food that I ordered: Carbonara - a bit blunt on the cheese, nothing special about it Gnocchi - it is pumpkin flavor gnocchi which give it sweet taste to it and perfectly match with its creamy sauce, recommended to try Tiramisu - just love it, creamy with perfect balance with coffee, recommended to try Will come back next time to try their Pizza.

  • 5/5 Benny K. 2 years ago on Google
    We have 3 dishes over that night and the pizza is the best of oven pizza in Penang. The pizza doll is excellently done. Chesses are great and tasty. Topping is tasty, but I wish it is more. :D We appreciated it a lot. 8 out of 10 for the Pizza. We will come back for the pizza.

  • 5/5 Mohamed H. 2 years ago on Google
    I tried penne arrabbiata the taste was authentic. Aldente was perfect and the staff was very helpful indeed. Highly recommended.

  • 4/5 Baby C. 2 years ago on Google
    A classy, cosy place to have dinner. Nice wines and menu. Experienced staff and welcoming too. Price is according to the ingredients of course and some are imported but worth it.

  • 5/5 Emily H. 2 years ago on Google
    Experience great services from the staffs, the food taste superb especially the pizza, there are variety choices of authentic Italian cuisines, definitely will visit again in future.

  • 5/5 Yilin T. 2 years ago on Google
    Went on Christmas Day and enjoyed our time there. The mushroom soup was good. The highlight was definitely the gnocchi! So pillowy and creamy and delicious. Best gnocchi I’ve eaten. Service was great too, especially I think it’s the manager (?) the one from Myanmar, very friendly and attentive. Great service from them.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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