Over the years, the food reviewers at Expatriate Lifestyle have sampled the best restaurants in Malaysia. Over the next few pages, all those that have gained our approval are listed to help new arrivals get the best possible “first table” in the country. The following places have passed our strict guidelines (below), hence why we call our restaurant write-ups “recommendations”, not “reviews”.

• The restaurant has no knowledge of our visit
• We pay for our meal like any other customer
• We pay attention to the quality of the food, the attentiveness of service and the ambience
• Every restaurant we recommend will be one we would always go back to
• An advertisement does not guarantee a recommendation