Never again. Although the food is not bad, and the service not unfriendly; it was so slow that it…read moremade you question the concept of service at all. This place would have been better off with a buzzer and picking up your own meal at the counter.
Instead, we spent too many moments at the table ackwardly trying to make eyecontact with the waiteress in order to get our orders through. In all honesty, she did seem very busy. It was Friday night, they said. It was busy, they said. But none of those things should have come as a surprise. Friday is listed on the calender and happens every week and for the busy; wel they take reservations so they could have known. Something went terribly wrong here in the staffing. From cooks to service, everyone seemed below 17. Nothing with that per se, but waiting tables is a profession and takes some years to learn properly. Which is why it might seem they were also desperately busy, while on the other hand eveyone was waiting.
In addition, we came in with an a "Albert Heijn 2e gang gratis actie", which turned out a total ripoff (they raised the price of the menu by 50% compared to the weekly menu, and then gave us the second one for free..). It made me feel naked and ashamed afterwards.
All in all, the food was not bad. I had a vitello tonato which was worth recommending and a duck which I will soon forget. My company had the soup tasting out of which one was way to salty, one was way too spicey and third was a tomato soup with a spoon of quark. The dessert was an hour too late and after it came, we had to wait for cutlery for five minutes so it almost melted on our plates.
They say never say never again, but I don't know whome "they" exactly are. Certainly none of the people I was dining with. Never!
P.S. While paying I had a quick peek in their kitchen (also staffed with youngsters). It was hardly what you would call a neat and clean workplace. I didn't get stomach cramps afterwards or anything, but if I had, I'd need not look far for a cause.
