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Asian, Malaysian
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Its really disappointing of the food quality. We ordered large assam fish, steam okra, fried onion eggs and fried noodle. The fish smells pungently fishy and putrid and doesn't make you want to eat it!. Its texture may also less firm as its not fresh....Overall its overrated and the food quality drop tremendously compare to Peranakan Mansion!More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 24 March 2023 via mobile

Visited the restaurant on a Wednesday for lunch.. heard about it from the coach guide.. Nice restaurant.. Comes with free WiFi.. the kueh pie tee is one of the bests, I have had, so far.. Overall… a good meal.. Though… the cendol can be improved.....The Gula Melaka used for the cendol is fantastic.. tastes like the Gula Melaka you can buy from Tan Kim Hock.. a roasted flavour, not just palm sugar sweet BUT the green jelly and red beans, were just hard.. kind of a letdown.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 7 March 2023 via mobile

My favorite go-to restaurant for authentic peranakan food in Malacca. Portions are small so we could order lots of dishes to share.

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 1 January 2023 via mobile

We visiting on 1/1/2023 and it was very crowded. We q and waited for more than 45 minutes only became our turns but they served another bigger groups in 7 and 5 who came later than us in advance, reason given was the table can...served bigger group (we were 4 of us)! Then we ordered few signature dishes included the Pai Tee but they didn't serve us this dish. While we checked with the waitress, he said the dish was no more but then we realized they served another bigger table (10 ppl came in later than us) with the Pai Tee... Overall the foods served do tasted nice but we are not happy with their service provided because the restaurant seems bias or prefer to give more privileges to visitors in bigger group!More

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 31 December 2022

Nancy's kitchen has been a staple of ours every time we go to Malacca. But this time, service was abrupt and presumable the owner, a lady behind the till, was quite cross with people who genuinely came in after the kitchen was closed but was..."shooed" off. Could be nicer. Food was good though.More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 29 December 2022 via mobile

Fantastic food including a few vegetarian options. We had the little hat starters. Mask goreng. Chicken. Veggies in coconut milk. All absolutely delicious!

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 27 December 2022 via mobile

It’s our third time going to Nancy’s. We had such great experience before the pandemic, we were so looking forward to coming back. However, it was disappointing. Long q was expected. The lady (owner’s daughter) did a fine job managing the queue and assigning tables...fairly and as efficiently as she could. We placed our order then sent upstairs (worst decision for us to say ok!). The main server leading the space was not interested. Table was not yet cleaned when we were up. Food didnt come till they were reminded by the lady. That’s including our drinks. We sat there for 15min, with nothing. Beef rendang was not served. He didnt even know. Asked for a cup of ice, ignored. When we finally ordered two chendols, he totally forgot (we heard him telling his colleague, he totally forgot!). He was clearing plates sweeping food down with his bare hands and then going back in to bring food out for the cust. Sorry, it was pretty shocking to watch. We had a lot of waiting time to watch. The food was still as delicious. We enjoyed it very much. It’s just so sad that the experience was a total let down. If you wanna go, just insist to have a table downstairs. Even the owner told us, that’s why everyone wants to sit downstairs. Is it just the pandemic, and we should just expect less? Honestly, we have been in the pandemic for three years now, and the whole world is moving on. We really need to move on. Covid is an overdue and over-used excuse. Move on, or the world will move on wtihout you.More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 17 December 2022

Pretty average nyonya food. Duck soup was below average and has a slightly off smell. Assam prawns was average, same as the Tau Eew bak. No mengkuang joohoo char on menu. Cendol was average, a little stingy on the santan which was not enough. Overall...slightly disappointing but maybe awesome to an amateur foodie or foreigner.More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 15 December 2022 via mobile

Opens at 11a.m .Be early or else u have to queue up. You can also book a day ahead. We had a nice lunch day. There are also a lot of homemade cookies to choose from.

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 3 December 2022 via mobile

Went there at 2pm and there was no one to attend to customers. There was a clipboard with a piece of paper asking customers to fill in details and customers were just left to wait. Went in to ask cos not sure whats the wait...time and the staff just said to write down name. Went the next day and got a table. The staff service were unfriendly and arrogant. Food were so so. Nothing great to rave about. Will never go back there. Too proud and complacent and dont bother to give good service since customers were pouring in. Too stuck up.More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 3 November 2022 via mobile

I read alot of recommendation to eat at this restaurant so we decided to give it a shot. I was very sceptical about all the reviews but my husband convinced me to give it a shot. We ordered prawn petai which wasnt great, beef rendang....The beef was tender but the rendang had a very weird taste to it. The worst I’ve eaten. We also took ginger steam fish and honestly it was rubbish. The fish was tasteless. Waste of money. We wanted to also try the curry devil. As a eurasian, I can tell you that is not how curry devil taste like. Lack of flavour and spice. Cincalok omelette was acceptable but how bad can an omelette get. Overall I would never recommend anyone to this place. I believe many people goes to this place because of the amount of sites whoch recommends this restaurant. Rates for the food were given by people who does not know what the actual food taste like. I am just surprised that people will even recommend this shop and say its good. In terms of value for money. Its a big no. Portion is extremely small and price is very expensive. Our bill was RM179More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 29 October 2022 via mobile

Great food. Fresh and some local dishes very unique to Melaka. Recommend the all the starters! Rendang was excellent Thanks team

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 23 October 2022 via mobile

The Nonya snacks to buy was really good in quality. The food served was just okay. The Assam fish was more salty than Assam-like. The acar was just okay. The pie tee was probably the best dish. It is only worth the trip there if...you want to pick up the snacks.More

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 10 October 2022

We ordered Nyonya laksa. It tasted more like curry mee. Did not see nor tasted any daun kasum or bunga kantan. And there was way too much fish balls and meat.

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed 7 October 2022

This was my first time trying Peranakan food so I cannot comment on the authenticity but the food was delicious. It was a popular place and there was a bit of a wait but it was not too long and the queue moved at a...good pace. Wait staff were average. They did not have a couple of items on the menu but the food they had was tasty and memorable.More

Date of visit: October 2022
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AbbinezerK
24 October 2017|
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Response from j70nathan | Reviewed this property |
Dear Traveller it is not a halal restaurant but they do serve non pork dishes if you are OK if it is prepared in a non halal proceas
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Charlene C
29 November 2016|
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Response from Nancy K | Property representative |
Hi Charlene, yes we do offer vegetarian option with a special menu as well. Do advice our waiter your vegetarian diet and we'll get it specially made.
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Response from sianhianooi | Reviewed this property |
You can safely walk in on Thursday lunch if making reservations is not within your means.
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Nancy's Kitchen Restaurant is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4
  • Service: 3.5
  • Value: 3.5
  • Atmosphere: 3