I love bread... I…read morelove it to the point that I want to take a massive lovesak sized loaf, create an opening through the crispy yet delicate crust, and have my body be engulfed in warm spongy bread innards as I lay in fetal position sucking my thumb. However, my love for bread has cursed me until the end of time. The magic of yeast has turned my tongue into an overly critical bread monster lusting for loaves of baked dough delight. In my never ending quest for this age old staple, I decided to venture into a small Dutch village known as Hoofddorp to see if my carb cravings could be satisfied. My first stop is a little bakkerij called Gorthuis. I walked in during lunchtime and there was already a queue to the door! Good sign. There is nowhere to sit but you are definitely surrounded by temptation during your queue wait! Unfortunately, all the homemade cakes and marzipan evil resides next to the entrance forcing you to involuntarily drool. Rude! During my wait, I decided to take a box of tea cookies and help fatten the employees in my office. What are tea cookies you ask? Balls of marzipan with a crispy syrup crust around them. A more appropriate name should be sugar-bomb-of-yummy-death-"cookie". I digress. I decided to test this place by getting an old cheese sandwich with brown bread, a loaf of muesli-bread and homemade and supergezonde gevulde speculaas Sandwich: boring... as in limp bread that I could have gotten better at Albert Heijn... Muesli-bread: If there is something Dutch can do, it's stuff dough with kilos of berrys and nuts to the point where you aren't sure if you are eating bread or if someone punch your mouth with a fistful of raisins. This bread was definitely the highlight and I say the more fruity nuts, THE BETTER! Thumbs up here! Gevulde Speculaas - I mean... I'm not sure how you can go wrong with butter-marzipan squished between two gingerbread cookies. It's like a Dutch Christmas Oreo cookie gone horribly wrong in a good way! All in all, super nice service (non native Dutchies will need to practice your Dutch skills here), but nothing truly stands out as amAAAzing. My loafy lust was not satisfied here leaving my rising yeast addicted body hungry for more carbs. Three stars for a cute place, decent bread and nice peeps. Stay tuned for the next installment on my Hoofddorp bakkerij quest for the best!

The bread here is awesome! Talk about mouthwatering! They make their bread fresh, and often times,…read moreit is still warm! I was in the Netherlands for two weeks on business, and had this bread every day when I was there. I just couldn't get enough! Ik droom over dit! Erg goed, vers, en warm!

Although I'm totally random to most cupcakes, they always seem look better than they taste (as if),…read morea cupcake does always bring a smile to my face Staff can be sweet but whatever... Seriously, it's a cute little shop. Just wouldn't hop on a train to Schiphol especially for a cupcake like I would for the spicy tuna rolls from Shirasagi Sushi Bar, but if you're there anyways....

Sorry.. Just not impressed by the taste of it. I had a pink…read morespecial with strawberry jam in it and strawberry Cream on top. When I tried to get the cupcake out of the packkage it was already damaged. The cake was a little bit dry and for me not sweet enough. I had better in Amsterdam city. The little store is sweet and almost tempts you to buy everything because of The great lay-out. They have beautiful cupcakes (around E3,30) and if you buy more you get a discount. Also macarons, coffee and drinks. The staff was very very friendly!! Maybe next time I Will have a different cake.

Good food I ate here every day for the last four days while visiting and taking the train to and…read morefrom Amsterdam. this would be a terrific restaurant if it wasn't for the grumpy blonde in the morning shift I don't think she likes anyone including herself. The other employees are all very friendly and nice.

I take the train to Utrecht Central Station almost every workday and Schiphol Airport is my default…read moretransfer. Once a week I am eating at this place in the morning or late afternoon. This time I took a banana smoothie and some sausage bread :). Quite simple, isn't it? Sometimes I miss the variety of some species, but I like the refreshment of the little breads. The service is very fast to takeaway and to hurry your train. Also for vegetarian people there is a lot of choice. You have the restaurant and express which is one the LaPlace. They have delicious healthy smoothies, salads, sandwiches, pizza and little snacks. But also cold drinks, cappucino and tea are part of the company. The personnel is very friendly and helpfull. If you want to bake your egg, they are prepared to do that for you :). Most of the visitors are staff from Schiphol, tourists, daily travel users or business people who are in conversation. Chargers are avaiable at the tabels for charging your phone or laptop.

Bread! is located inside Amsterdam Schipol Airport, it is in Lounge 3. It's mainly a bakery with a…read morevariety of sandwiches and I called here hoping to grab a snack before my flight back to Manchester. The staff didn't seem too helpful in terms of helping me regarding my allergies, the best they could say was 'over there' when I asked if they had anything gluten-free. After originally struggling to find them, I found a small gluten-free selection pre-packaged (and not fresh!!) mixed in with a few other gluten sandwiches - bad form from a bakery! The sandwich selection was really poor, priced at over €4 for a small roll they weren't cheap either. They had a chicken and pesto and a ham flavour on different breads, the latter seemed really unappetising as it was boring, uninspiring plain ham - gluten free bread is generally dry so combining the two with nothing else is just plain wrong. Presentation of pre-packaged sandwiches could also be nicer, considering this and the poor range of food, and of course the poor and rude service, of course at a premium airport price, I sadly feel Bread! at Schipol's Lounge 3 deserves just a one-star rating.

Coffee is un drinkable. I bought a sandwich here with a…read morecappuccino. Sandwich was pretty good and other pastries etc. looked fine as well. If coffee is your thing however, go elsewhere. It most closely resembles "slootwater". See google translate for what that means. I don't think this cappuccino was even based on an espresso but on filter coffee. I had the friendly lady at the till make me another cappuccino but unfortunately it wasn't much better. Nice views of the planes though.

A very cosy and eco froendly cafe. Options for quick bite or also for a breakfast sandwich. You can…read morealso ask them to warm it up a bit. Love the fact that they use bio-degradable paper napkins.

Good music, calm and refreshing atmosphere. Great place to grab a coffee and eat something light…read more My favorite destination to go in Schiphol while waiting for boarding. Don't forget your magazine!