Restaurant in Tucepi, Croatia
Book for the view, stay for the tasting menu.
Jeny is the Makarska Riviera's most credentialed restaurant, holding a 2025 Michelin Plate and a 4.9 Google rating across 183 reviews. The family-run kitchen delivers modern tasting menus of three, five, or seven courses through high season, with a patio seat that looks directly over the coastal village. Book the five-course menu as a first-timer; request the patio when you reserve.
The short answer: yes, but time your visit carefully. Jeny earns its 2025 Michelin Plate recognition as the most ambitious restaurant in Tučepi, and the full tasting menu format rewards diners who commit to it. The patio table with its coastal village panorama is the seat to request, and the high-season tasting menus (running from 1 July through 15 August) give the kitchen its fullest expression. If you are visiting the Makarska Riviera and serious about one proper dinner, Jeny is the clear choice in this stretch of the Dalmatian coast.
Jeny is a family-run restaurant perched above the coastal village of Tučepi, with a view that registers immediately as the defining feature of the room. The operation is built around two brothers: Milenko manages the dining room, and Vladomir runs the kitchen. That family structure matters more than it might sound. The coordination between front and back of house at Jeny is unusually direct, and the result is a dining room that moves with more intention than most restaurants operating at this price point on the Dalmatian coast.
The cooking is described as modern, with dishes that carry clear aesthetic ambition. The Michelin Plate designation, awarded in 2025, confirms technical competence without assigning a star, which positions Jeny accurately: it is serious cooking that has earned credentialed recognition, not a casual seafood terrace. For first-timers, the easiest orientation is to think of Jeny as a destination restaurant that happens to sit in a village most visitors pass through rather than seek out. That geographic context is part of what makes it interesting, and part of what makes the sourcing story worth paying attention to.
On the Dalmatian coast, proximity to local producers is a practical reality rather than a marketing position. The region's fish markets, olive groves, and stone-fruit producers give any kitchen operating here access to ingredients that would cost considerably more to import elsewhere. At the €€€€ price tier, what distinguishes a restaurant like Jeny from a competent mid-range terrace is what the kitchen does with that access: how it edits, composes, and applies technique to ingredients that the coastline provides readily. The modern tasting menu format Vladomir uses is the right vehicle for showing that work, because it sequences the meal in a way that lets individual sourcing choices read clearly on the plate rather than getting absorbed into a large à la carte spread.
In high season, three tasting menu lengths are available: three courses, five courses, and seven courses. For a first visit, the five-course option is the practical starting point. It gives the kitchen enough runway to demonstrate range without the time commitment of the full seven-course format, which suits a longer evening better. The seven-course menu is the one to book if you want the complete picture of what Vladomir is doing, and if the patio table is available, that is the combination worth planning around.
The Google rating of 4.9 across 183 reviews is a useful data point here. At a restaurant operating in a small coastal village with a short high season, that score reflects consistent execution rather than volume-driven averaging. It takes sustained quality to hold a 4.9 across nearly two hundred reviews, and for a first-timer weighing whether to commit a significant dinner budget, that consistency signal matters.
For context within Croatia's recognised restaurant circuit, Jeny sits alongside Michelin-acknowledged operations like Pelegrini in Sibenik, Krug in Split, and Nebo by Deni Srdoč in Rijeka. It is not operating at the same level as Agli Amici Rovinj or Noel in Zagreb in terms of regional prestige, but it is doing more considered work than most of what surrounds it on the Riviera. For travellers who have already done Restaurant 360 in Dubrovnik or LD Restaurant in Korčula, Jeny offers a different register: smaller, quieter, and more family-driven, with less production value but more direct cooking.
Outside of the 1 July to 15 August high-season window, the tasting menu format may not be available in its full structure. Confirm before booking if you are visiting in shoulder season. The patio is a weather-dependent asset, so early evening reservations in summer give you the leading chance of the coastal view in good light before temperatures drop.
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Reservations: Book in advance for high season (1 July–15 August); availability fills faster than most visitors expect for a village restaurant at this recognition level, but booking difficulty is classified as easy compared to Croatia's major city restaurants. Budget: €€€€ price tier; expect tasting menu pricing consistent with Michelin Plate-recognised restaurants on the Dalmatian coast. Leading seat: Request the patio table when booking. Season: Full tasting menu format runs 1 July–15 August; confirm availability outside those dates. Getting there: Tučepi sits on the Makarska Riviera; the restaurant is perched above the village, so factor in the approach if you are arriving on foot.
If you are building a Dalmatian itinerary around food, Jeny slots in as the Riviera anchor. Pair it with Pelegrini in Sibenik to the north or Laganini in Hvar for a different register. Further afield, Boskinac in Novalja and Alfred Keller in Mali Lošinj represent the island end of Croatia's serious dining circuit. For a European modern cuisine comparison at a higher prestige tier, Maison Lameloise in Chagny and Frantzén in Stockholm illustrate what the format looks like with full star recognition. Jeny is not in that company yet, but the Michelin Plate is the first formal marker on that path. Korak in Jastrebarsko offers a useful inland Croatian reference point if your itinerary extends beyond the coast.
Yes, for the right diner. The tasting menu is the format Jeny is built around, and the Michelin Plate recognition in 2025 confirms the kitchen is executing it at a credible level. The seven-course menu gives you the fullest picture of what Vladomir is doing with Dalmatian ingredients; the five-course option is the better entry point if you want range without committing to a long evening. If you are looking for à la carte seafood on the Riviera, Jeny is not the right fit — book somewhere less structured instead.
At €€€€, Jeny prices in line with Michelin Plate restaurants elsewhere in Croatia, including Pelegrini and Krug. The combination of credentialed cooking, a 4.9 Google rating across 183 reviews, and the patio view makes the price defensible for a special dinner. It would be a harder sell if the cooking were inconsistent, but the review record suggests it holds its standard. For the same budget in Croatia, Restaurant 360 in Dubrovnik offers more production value and a more dramatic setting, but less of the family-driven, ingredient-focused cooking Jeny delivers.
Jeny works for solo diners who are comfortable with tasting menu formats and happy to spend time in the room. The patio view and the attentive family-run service make solo dining less transactional here than at larger, busier restaurants. The price point is high for one person, but the five-course menu keeps the spend at a manageable level. If you are solo and want a more social bar-counter atmosphere, Tučepi is a small village and Jeny is a sit-down destination rather than a drop-in spot — factor that into your expectations.
Book at least two to three weeks ahead for high season (1 July–15 August), and earlier if you have a specific date or want the patio table. Booking difficulty is classified as easy relative to Croatia's city restaurants like Restaurant 360 or Pelegrini, but Tučepi has limited dining alternatives at this level, which means Jeny absorbs the serious-dining demand for the whole Riviera stretch. Outside high season, same-week booking is more realistic, but confirm the tasting menu is running before you commit.
Yes, it is one of the stronger special-occasion options on the Makarska Riviera. The patio table with the coastal view, the structured tasting menu format, and the attentive family-run service all support a celebratory dinner. The Michelin Plate recognition adds enough prestige signal to make the occasion feel marked. For a higher-production special occasion on the Dalmatian coast, Restaurant 360 in Dubrovnik has more theatrical setting, but Jeny's intimacy and the directness of the family operation give it a character that suits personal celebrations well.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeny | Modern Cuisine | Michelin Plate (2025); The first thing you’ll notice when you get here is the spectacular view: the restaurant is actually perched over the coastal village. Jeny is the tangible manifestation of a real family business whose key players are two brothers: Milenko in the dining room and Vladomir in the kitchen. In high season (1 July - 15 August) there are three tasting menus of 7, 5 and 3 courses: modern and sometimes articulated dishes, with an indisputable aesthetic appeal. The table on the patio is a great plus! | Easy | — |
| Restaurant 360 | International, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Pelegrini | Mediterranean, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Nautika | Modern European, Classic Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| Foša | Croatian, Classic Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| Agli Amici Rovinj | Italian Contemporary | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Yes, for the 7-course format in particular. Jeny offers three tasting menu lengths during high season (1 July–15 August): 3, 5, and 7 courses of modern cuisine with strong aesthetic presentation. The 5- or 7-course menus give the kitchen enough room to show range; the 3-course is a lighter commitment if you are unsure. At €€€€ pricing, the 7-course is the format that justifies the bill.
At €€€€, Jeny is the priciest restaurant in Tučepi and it earns that position with a 2025 Michelin Plate and a kitchen run by Vladomir alongside a dining room managed by his brother Milenko. For context, comparable Michelin-recognised restaurants elsewhere on the Dalmatian coast charge similar rates. If the view, tasting menu format, and family-run quality align with what you want, the price holds up.
It can work, especially if you request the patio table, which offers an individual experience with the coastal view as the backdrop. Tasting menus generally suit solo diners willing to settle in and pace through courses. That said, Jeny is a family-operated room with an intimate atmosphere, so solo visitors who prefer counter or bar seating will not find that format here.
Book at least 2–3 weeks ahead for high season (1 July–15 August); this is a village restaurant with limited covers, and Michelin Plate recognition in 2025 has raised its profile. Outside that window, availability is more likely, but advance booking is still advisable given the setting's appeal to visitors on Dalmatian itineraries.
Yes, and the patio table is the seat to request. The view over the coastal village is the immediate draw, and the multi-course tasting menu format suits a celebratory pace. Jeny's 2025 Michelin Plate adds weight to the occasion without the formality of a full Michelin-starred room. For a couple or small group marking something specific, the 7-course menu on the patio is the booking to make.
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