pagina 1 · Restaurants in the The Netherlands

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The one with the great yellow M

Ahaha

It's not true!!! But there, you've got to be carefull

Avoid mainly places in the redlight district, Rembrandplein and Leidseplein, basicly all the tourist areas.
There are some nice restaurants in Amsterdam: you can try in the Jordan, in the Pijp...

Uitspraak van QQ op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:24:
The one with the great yellow M

i don't even call that a "restaurant"

athene @ the hague

Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:28:
i don't even call that a "restaurant"

They are very good, very good

many franchise establishments across the whole country

You don't like the french frites?

laatste aanpassing 12 april 2009 16:46

Uitspraak van QQ op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:46:
You don't like the french frites?

i do and they've got nice one there but come on...

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:42:
athene @ the hague

http://www.athenepalace.nl/menu.html nice menu

MAC Donalds

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:42:
athene @ the hague

Athene, tegenover(?) the city hall and htm hq right?

basicly all the tourist areas.

BUT YOU ARE THE ETERNAL TOURIST!!!

Dutch restaurant pretending to be French suck btw! Avoid them! its not like in France! <--------- THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY CEDRIC!

Mon ptit creting

Uitspraak van [0570] Kobuzz [PUREBLOOD] op zondag 12 april 2009 om 17:38:
Mon ptit creting

Uitspraak van [0570] Kobuzz [PUREBLOOD] op zondag 12 april 2009 om 17:38:
French suck btw! Avoid them! its not like in France!

Most of the restaurant are not comparable with french restaurants and only a few call themselve that way actually, it's usually more "international/mediteranean" food.If you're looking for typical french food in the netherland you'll be disapointed however there are some good ones, just different style.Even Ciel Bleu in Hotel Okura (Amsterdam) says he's a french restaurant, i haven't really found any french specialities there but they make really good food, let's say modern cooking "french inspired".I would recommand that one, it's a 2 star Michelin, nice view on amsterdam as it's located on the 23th floor of the hotel.

laatste aanpassing 12 april 2009 17:55

Probably less expensive than the one recommended by French Connection, but I liked Mashua @ Herengracht a lot (www.mashua.nl). The menu is latin fusion as they call it theirselves. I would try that one.

I personally stay away from little restaurants that aren't really well known, you never know what you'll find over there.. It could be positive or negative but I'm not really up for taking chances.. I recommend basically any place in Scheveningen, they have great food..

Uitspraak van MiQ! op zondag 12 april 2009 om 18:11:
Mashua @ Herengracht

Thanks for the tips, looks really nice (Prinsengracht, by the way, according to their website)

Gonna try it

Another very good one (and yes, cheaper than Ciel Bleu!) is Herrie:
http://www.herrie-amsterdam.nl/
This one should get a Michelin star. The owner is a quite famous Dutch cook who has a show on television.The bar, downstairs, is also very nice just for a drink (nice cocktails

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laatste aanpassing 12 april 2009 18:29

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:21:
Amsterdam

For sure

Costa rei - Groningen

Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 12 april 2009 om 18:23:
Prinsengracht, by the way, according to their website

You're right, all those waters look the same

in my city Deventer we have a nice French Portuguese restaurant called Chez Antoinette, i`ve even worked there myself, i really like the portuguese dishes, cuz the French dishes arent as French as they should be!

if u can find me a restaurant in holland that serves Ricard, Gigot d`agneau ( comme il faut! ) or magret de canard ( Comme il faut!) FRITON!!! ( comme il faut)
CANTAL OU SALERS FROMAGE for desert ( COMME IL FAUT! ) ile flottante ( comme il faut) and offcourse a good Cote du Rhone!

PLZ GIVE ME THE ADRESS!!!!!

Uitspraak van MiQ! op zondag 12 april 2009 om 20:05:
all those waters look the same

true

always nice to dine by the water

Uitspraak van [0570] Kobuzz [PUREBLOOD] op zondag 12 april 2009 om 22:23:
restaurant in holland that serves Ricard, Gigot d`agneau ( comme il faut! ) or magret de canard ( Comme il faut!) FRITON!!! ( comme il faut)
CANTAL OU SALERS FROMAGE for desert ( COMME IL FAUT! ) ile flottante ( comme il faut) and offcourse a good Cote du Rhone!

Well, that's almost impossible i'm afraid. The last time i asked for Ricard in Holland, they forgot to put the water in, i only got a full glass of pure Ricard

However, for the cheese, you can find that, also in some small shops (in A'dam: "la fromagerie", Marnixstraat, has got quite a large choice, very good stuffs).Same for the Cote du Rhone but it coasts quite a lot here.

laatste aanpassing 13 april 2009 15:54

Mc Donald's in Holland is totally 100 % better than in Italy !!!

but the nicest and cheapest restaurant i've been in Holland was the one in Eindhoven, Bella Roma if i'm not wrong... it's in the middle of the town, i'm gonna look for the name of the street.. i just remember that's in a place in front of a Mc Donald's... really really good!!!

Uitspraak van verwijderd op maandag 13 april 2009 om 16:02:
the one in Eindhoven, Bella Roma

I'm sure it's the same one, but there's a very good Italian in Eindhoven, in a street in front of the train station near the cinema (there's quite a lot of restaurants in that street actually), they've got very good pizza's (and they are really hard to find in Holland!)

laatste aanpassing 13 april 2009 16:23

mmmh... it's not so close to the station, it's inside the town...
i hope i'm gonna come back soon there

Eat some hutsput!

Uitspraak van French connection op maandag 13 april 2009 om 15:51:
The last time i asked for Ricard in Holland, they forgot to put the water in, i only got a full glass of pure Ricard

LOL

Try Shabu Shabu in Rotterdam, great Japanese restaurant!

opium-asian

utrecht-voorstraat

Yesterday I went to 'De koperen Hoogte' near Zwolle. The food was excellent and the scenery was great.

http://www.hotels.nl/zwolle/koperen/

Yesterday i went to Nomade in Amsterdam.
Nice location/concept but the food was crap, especially the couscous

I wont recomand it, it's quite expensive also (n)

especially the couscous

couscous or taboulé?

Vegetarian couscous.
The semolina was crap, too big, no sauce, not the right ingredients etc... Nothing they should call "couscous".

kaatje aan de sluis, is like the most dutch restaurant you'll find, ever.

Café Amsterdam

http://www.cradam.nl/

Cafe Midtown
www.cafemidtown.nl

extra spicey spareribzzz
http://www.justeat.nl/restaurants-orientalgrill

Northernlight
http://members.home.nl/coffeeshopmaya/maya.htm

Dessert
http://hetlekkerstevandeventer.nl

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:21:
Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 12 april 2009 om 16:14:
places to avoid...

Amsterdam