Rabbit and I headed down to Penang for a visa run and ended up very impressed with the place and the people.
We stayed at the Hotel Continental on Jalan Pinang, (Penang Street) Georgetown. We booked via Email with the very helpful Patrick. He arranged the visas (335RM for 9 month tourist visa), transfers (about 100RM) and rooms (98RM per night) with absolutely no fuss and no cock-ups. AirAsia flights came to about 3,750B return.
04-263-6388 hotelconti@po.jaring.my
Hotel Continental is pretty good. The room is fine, the shower superb, the beds fairly comfy, proper safety plugs, the view is good and there's Guinness in the mini-bar. The hotel also has a pool, 'health spa', restaurant. The only downside being the lack of a 'bum-gun'.