Tabo Restaurant Bakery & Coffee Roastery — Restaurant in North Sumatra

Needing a stop to rest before continuing my Samosir adventures, we pulled into this charming little cottage. Forget fancy air conditioning room – this place offers a beachside cabana vibe with unbeatable ocean views, especially during sunset.

The menu has a good range of options, though the prices seem geared more towards hotel guests. However, their display case has a hoard of pastries and bread , all of them are absolutely delicious. Pair them with the coffee here and you'll have yourself a winner.

Now, the cooked food on the other hand ... let's just say it didn't quite match the stunning scenery or the delightful baked goods. It lacked pretty much everything, even flavor. Maybe their culinary skills are better suited for, well, making Indomie.

Overall, this spot is perfect for a relaxing break, breathtaking views, and indulging in pastries and coffee. For a gourmet lunch, you might want to explore further, but for a quick bite and a scenic chill, it...

It’s the buffet of Tobo cottage. The address instruction is not clear here. You should go deep inside to enter this restaurant. For people who are not living in this cottage, the breakfast buffet is Rp 95000, which I think it’s quiet expensive.

The reason why I give two stars:

Firstly, the selections of this buffet were not that much. The most unforgivable thing is their milk is made by milk powder. I can instantly taste that. I mean, if you wanna charge this price, at least you should serve me with the real milk.

Secondly, when I was going back to the counter to grap more food. A cat was eating my food on my table. Seriously, your restaurant has so many staffs but none of you is doing animal control? They recycle your plates very slow as well.

Thirdly, the flys are all over the fruit area which is very disgusting.

Furthermore, their staffs don’t smile.

Good aspects:

A lot of seating areas. The...

Nice bakery hidden in the cottage. Only 3 type of breads and a few muffins. But still nice to have somewhere on the island to buy fresh bread.

A bit hard to find, you need to find the sign and go all the way down the small street and you end up in the cottage restaurant, you enter and have bread on the left before actually entering the restaurant. Ask at the counter to get bread ! We bought the flaxseed bread and it stayed...