Having taken out a long taxi ride to the Batu Ferringhi beach area we were very disappointed with the actual evening market. There were so few stalls that we had trouble figuring out where the actual market was. The few stalls that were there mostly sold beach toys and clothing. A small area was set up for some food stalls but again the variety was very disappointing. We managed to see a nice sun set on the public beach but other than that it was not worth travelling out there from Georgetown.

We found the area relatively unchanged since pre Covid visits apart from the fact there are fewer stalls and certainly less people walking up and down. You can still buy virtually anything, handbags, hats, artwork and clothes. The stall owners are polite and not pushy. I was worried that our favourite evening past time of strolling up the strip in between a few drinks and food would have gone as inevitably a lot of businesses closed as a result of the pandemic but I am so glad it isn't the case

Good experience the long beach hawker centre is the highlight. Noted quite a few shops wearing colourful stuff which looked touristry but nice. Food was good - we tried char kway teo, chicken fried rice and some skewers. All were a bit above the malaysian price but it was all good. Enjpyed the stroll in thd stretch extending till starbucks

I have visited the BF night market every year 2013-2019 and used to enjoy it. This year we found, it has suffered quite a bit from Covid. There are fewer merchandise stalls open, e.g. we saw only one stall with fake ladies' handbags. Most stalls carry cheap plastic toys and beach stuff for children and identical "Penang" bags. Our favorite hawker food court Beach Road still exists (it is renamed Cafe Ferringhi Station) with most pre-Covid stalls still there, but it is now closed on Wednesdays, probably since much fewer tourists use to eat or buy there. Sad. I hope they can recover.

I read many reviews and initially I wasn't going to check it out as I was staying around a km further up the road. However, I decided to go and at least have something for dinner at Long Beach complex. Plenty of food stations with numerous choices of dishes to choose from at very good prices. There were quite a number of stalls along the road, enough to make a visit worthwhile. Though I felt most of the goods available I had already seen in Georgetown. Glad I made the effort.