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Jenny's Restaurant

Samosir Island, Indonesia
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Cuisines: Seafood
Dining options: Reservations, After-hours
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Restaurant details
Dining options: Reservations, After-hours
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78% Recommend
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Dublin, Ireland
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39 reviews 39 reviews
13 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 27 cities Reviews in 27 cities
50 helpful votes 50 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 May 2013

There is not much bad to say about this place but it is not the 2nd best place to eat.. They do a nice bowl of porridge, thats about it. A much better choice is Meruba just down the street.

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Singapore, null, Singapore
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3 reviews 3 reviews
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 March 2013

A quaint little wooden shack on the shores of Tuktuk, Jenny's serves excellent local food. (They serve western dishes, but I didn't sample). Prices are in line with nearby restaurants, servings are enormous and the beer cold. The service is quite slow, but it seems to be a family run operation and, to be fair, the fish seems to be... More

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kathmandu
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 March 2013

Jenny's dinner was not better or worse that any other of the locl places that offered bbq fish. Her breakfast though was cheap and very tasty

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Samosir Island, Indonesia
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13 reviews 13 reviews
4 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 March 2013

It will take at least 30mins,but its a MUST TRY!!The anwser for the long wait is the fish need to grill slow and keep switch and butter its a tiring works but it make the taste delicious!!It serve with chips or sauce,MUST choose sauce,the sauce is just goes so so so well with the fresh grilled fish,i even ask for... More

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Helsinki, Finland
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40 reviews 40 reviews
11 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 February 2013

Owner of this reastaurant is very funny and helpful guy! Western food is best we've had in our trip! Fresh fish from the lake looks very good and fresh! Might want to try it if you like fish. Cool place to hang out and eat. Best of Samosir!

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Tokyo, Japan
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49 reviews 49 reviews
18 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 20 cities Reviews in 20 cities
33 helpful votes 33 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 February 2013

We had the roast pork and BBQ fish 2 days in a row. Service is better than other nearby places. We ate at one just few steps away that took more than 80min to prepare lunch and that is after we complained at least 4 times. The free salad is also very good but the fried veges is too spicy.... More

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Gili Trawangan, Indonesia
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 February 2013

I like the family that run this place, open, laughing they make the restaurant. Some dishes are terrific, some need work - try it.

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London, United Kingdom
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7 reviews 7 reviews
3 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 February 2013

The quality of food is inconsistent. Great coffee one day turns into bitter experience the next day. Also the bbq fish everybody is raving about is not anywhere near as good as the one made by a very lovely lady at Alyssa. Vegetable omelette was greasy, it wasn't bad, but it was below average. Nice place and views, the owner... More

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Kuala Lumpur
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29 reviews 29 reviews
6 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 January 2013

Food are very salty there.... and I think not only Jenny's, but across Tuk Tuk!! If you can get passed the saltiness of the food, they are actually quite tasty. Service is a bit slow, and tables are limited. so be there early.

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Enschede, The Netherlands
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 17 cities Reviews in 17 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 January 2013 via mobile

Went here once and there was only one table besides ours. It took them almost an hour to prepare our dinner. Food was good, but the staff was not friendly at all. Strange, since we've read such positive things here! Think we just picked the wrong day?

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