Please note that since writing this article, De Eettuin has closed down

Please note that since writing this article, Cafe Rousseau has closed down

Please note that since writing this article, Cafe Westers has closed down

Dear foodies,

I’ve been away in Belgium over Easter, hence no restaurants to report on this weekend. However, I did visit a few nice Dutch eetcafes recently that I thought I’d share with you…

Cafe Rousseau: gezellig, book-lined, spacious cafe filled with vaguely literary-looking types. Good steaks, although the chips and fried parsnips tasted like the oil in the deep-fat fryer hadn’t been changed recently enough. If I could give a star for the waiter, I would. Girls, he is hot!

Cafe Berkhout: Good service in a good location right opposite the Heineken museum. Simple but well-made and tasty chicken sate and chips, steaks with red wine or pepper sauce, new potatoes and vegetables. Fish tempura with cous cous was a strange alternative to the hamburgers that were off the menu…

Cafe Westers: Friendly Oud-West institution, perfect for a drink and a simple supper after work. The food is predictable but tasty.

De Eettuin: A good selection of eetcafe staples in the heart of the Jordaan. The service was friendly; I wasn’t so sure about the quality of the meat but it was hard to tell from one pork dish.

Kop van Jut: a stone’s throw from the Leidseplein, this cosy eetcafe welcomes tourists and locals alike. The food comprises eetcafe favourites: chicken sate, steaks and schnitzels.

Normal service will soon resume!

Yours,

Amsterdam foodie