Penang Malaysian Cuisine - DC

Pros: Spicy, interesting cuisine, pleasant atmosphere, reasonable prices
Cons: Malaysian cuisine does have its limitations

Washington's ethnic restaurant scene has grown exponentially of late. No longer does one have to make the trek to noisy, crowded Adams-Morgan to get a taste of something vaguely exotic. New, splashy restaurants of every stripe are popping up like...

Pros: Spacious, food variety, we could get help from any server.
Cons: Bit expensive, parking.

Penang (is the best beach destination in Malaysia) is a chain of casual Malaysian restaurants which has the fire and flavor of Malaysia, samplings of Indonesian favorites and assorted Japanese dishes. I have been to Penang, located in Bethesda, MD (near ...

Pros: decent food
Cons: horrible service, inattentive waitstaff, appalling treatment from management

I have never had such a poor experience at a restaurant. We sat at the table for 20 minutes before anyone took our drink order, the waitress forgot to place the order for one meal, so that dish arrived 30 minutes after the rest of our party. At no point did anyone come to apologize for the quality of service, and when we asked to see a manager, we were treated very rudely. When we asked to speak to a manager, a hostess was sent to our table with comment cards. Several tables in our section were equally appalled with their service and when we inquired to one of the busboys, he said that our complaints were not unusual- this seems to be a common occurance.