What a find this place was-- thanks, Yelp! We started off with a Fernandes drink. The lady behind the counter hooked us up with the house brew, which tasted like bubble gum had a baby with ginger and coriander. It was unlike anything else I've ever tried. She was super nice and patient with our language barrier. The menu is almost entirely in Dutch, and so we had to google a lot of things. We ended up getting the Geit Kerrie and Thaise Kip. The goat curry came with curry potatoes and green beans, served with roti as you would expect in any West Indian place. It was phenomenally good and perfectly spicy. The Thaise Kip was a chicken, cashew, and veggie dish was served with rice and pickled onions. We were similarly wowed by this dish. Because of the wide variety of flavor profiles available in Surinamese cooking, from Curry with roti to stir fries, this is a restaurant where anyone will find something to their liking. If you do not speak Dutch, simply pull out your google translate and let this secret spot blow your mind. read more

Lalla Rookh - Latin American Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

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This place serves excellent food for a great price! The portions are huuuuuge so you could easily split one dish if you're light eaters. The flavors were so intense and the dishes were not too salty. 10/10 recommend and I will definitely be back! read more

Lalla Rookh - Front: lamb soy sauce with noodles Back: chicken teriyaki with white rice - Latin American Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

Amazing. 1) Get the roti with goat and egg. Fantastic. 2) The service is amazing. 3) They also take credit cards, which is unique for Surinamese restaurants. read more

I had been to this place twice. The first time we had roti, and it was big portion I remembered. The roti I remembered was good, and the service a bit slow. I could not remember much of it, since it was about over a year ago. This time I took a takeaway from their side takeaway window. The curry lamb sandwich. I love the pickles in it, really tasty. The curry was too spicy for me. I consider myself used to East and southeast Asian spicy. I love Chinese Sichuan peper, and Thai curry. But maybe I am not adjusted to surinamese spicy yet. It is wired that all the yellowish, and greenish spicy food are called curry. What does that mean exactly? Thai curry, Japanese curry, Indian curry and this spicy food is so different from each other, yet they are all called curry! Maybe after I tried gradually to adjust myself to surinamese spicy, I will give them a better star than now, who knows. Will be back to train myself again :) read more

Lalla Rookh - Takeaway memu - Latin American Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

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Good place to get Surinamese food in Amsterdam! Entrees were about €10-12; we got lots of food! There's only a Dutch menu, but our server nicely explained the menu to us. Very residential area, nice outdoor seating, definitely not a "hole-in-the-wall" vibe. I'd recommend ordering one Roki (platter of veggies, boiled egg and potato with a little bit of curry meant to be rolled up in bread) and one other dish to share. I'm not a big fan of Indian food, but I did enjoy the food. They accept cash and card. read more

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My favorite restaurant in Amsterdam! Cozy hole-in-the-wall spot with fantastic home-cooked style Surinamese food (which is a blend of Caribbean, Indian, and African influences). Everything is so flavorful and tasty. If you like spicy food, you'll love the sauces - and if you don't, you can simply leave them off. Highly recommended. read more

A product of the Dutch swapping of Manhattan for Surinam is this food in Amsterdam and Lalla Rookh is about as amazing as it gets. Hook yourself up with a goat curry and a roti and thank me later. Tucked around the corner is a takeout counter...and seeing how this place is the half point of my bike ride home from work plays good for me and the wallet because it's crazy affordable. read more

It's so delicious I'm tempted to give Lalla 5 stars, but ill wait to try more items on the large menu. Fantastic Roti with Tempe for the vegetarians. Honorable mention for their bacalhau (cod fish) Roti. Unlike many Indonesian or Surinamese places In Amsterdam- Lalla Rookh is a pleasure as a sit down eatery. I intend to become a regular. read more

Service staff was very helpful and friendly. After many suggestions, we shared the fried bananas & pom appetizers, peanut soup, and the goat and mixed meat roti entrees. Ended up being way too much food for two, but was good enough to overeat. If I would have known, I would not have ordered apps, ordered the roti entrees and a half fried banana order for dessert, and woukf have been perfect. And the Surinamese beers definitely helped fight the spice. read more

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You'll be saying no, no, no, no, no When it's really yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It seems like roti chowing A'dam has been divided into 2 camps like Destiny's Child during the ugly break up. Although the herd is claiming the best to be had at Roopram, I've always been reluctant to venture all the way out to Oost to try their roti. Needless to say, I was delighted to hear they opened a franchise at de Van Woustraat, much closer....much better? So, despite some bizar but persistent rumors about Roopram's secret sauce involving snakes and...buckets of spit imported from Surinam---don't ask, or better yet, ask my cousin, she'll tell you all about it---it didn't take me long to find my way to the new eatery. I went for the mixed roti, which provided me with the opportunity to sample the chicken, lamb and doks (duck) all in 1 go. While the sauce that came with the dusk was really delish, the duck itself was more bones than anything, but I think that's often the case with masala duck. Therefore, I usually go for the masala lamb, which was really a disappointment. Such was the chicken. The meat was stringy and dry and the sauce had failed to penetrate (penetrate, nasty word) the meat. Okay, I had established the well praised Roopram didn't suffice. So when my mom visited me last spring, I needed to find better roti joint. This lead me to Lalla Rookh. Now, my mom and I both agreed this was the best roti masala lamb we EVER had! First of all, the name, like straight out of the Teletubbies. Whereas Roopram sounds more like someone's being violated. Secondly, Lalla's roti pancake is HUGE, flying saucer huge. I have these special big plates, christened the roti plates, I always use when eating roti and the pancake didn't even fit these plates. So, one pancake is big enough to split between 2 individuals! Generally I'm quality over quantity, but if you want to serve me a portion of food that will last me for at least 2 days while charging me less than €10, then more power to you! Next we address to the meat. The lamb was nice and succulent and the sauce was perfect, not too spicy but with a nice hum and a good masala flavor. In addition, the fixing (egg, potatoes and long beans) were all well seasoned. Also a major bonus, Rookh offers more than just roti. More importantly, they rock some classic Surinamese fair which is harder to come by such as moksi alesie, sopropo and tayerblad.They have a wide variety of soups I'm determined to try. And apparently their telo with teri (fried cassava with fried little fish in a fiery sticky ketjap manis like sauce is suppose to be ot of this world. My mom also tried their bara and said it was better than the ones she had at other places. I think it's kinda ironic I still have to go all the way over to Oost for the best roti. Granted, I haven't tried the roti at Roopram's location in Oost, I doubt it will taste better than Lalla Rookh's... read more

Hands down my favorite Suriname place in Amsterdam. I've been 3 times now and every time, I wanted to punch someone because it was just so freaking delicious!! I love the spicy peanut sauce that they serve with some of the items (i.e. fried plantain) and some of the dishes like the sambal kip are insanely good. They have spicy and mild dishes, good variety, and their sticky coconut cake is quite delicious too. The service is not the best... sometimes it seems they are moving in slow motion... but with food THIS good, I am willing to overlook this aspect. read more

This was my first time trying Surinamese food, and I am impressed! Lalla Rookh is a nice, cozy restaurant with friendly table service. We arrived around 6pm on a Saturday and managed to snag the final table. The menu is extensive, though unfortunately not in English. The hostess helped us navigate the options. We ended up with one of the specialties, the chicken curry roti, as well as a vegetable and tofu stir-fry. There is also a vegetarian roti and tempeh for vegetarian diners. The food arrived quickly, in hearty portions, and both dishes were flavorful and delicious. The roti came on the side and was light, chewy, and addicting - any carb lover will find it delicious! Everything is so affordable too - I believe our dishes were under 10 euros each. This is probably one of the best affordable eats in Amsterdam! read more

Huge menThis place has an enormous, diverse menu of really yummy items from all the former Dutch colonies! Goat, Roti, Pom, all kinds of delicious things. We sampled quite a few between the 3 of us and it was all wonderful, and at a nice price. It is a bit lacking in atmosphere, so though it was perfect for a casual during the week dinner, I would not want to say, go there on a date. read more

This is hands down the best vegetarian roti in the city (though not the cheapest). Can't speak to the rest of the menu, but if you're looking for fabulous Surinamese takeout (they have dine-in tables too, but the restaurant is a bit cramped), this is the place. read more

Not amongst a lot of other restaurants, a block away from on corner of Oosterpark in Amsterdam, I really liked this place. I had never had Surinamese food. Their roti was like an Indian parantha and it was served with vegetables that were like a cross between Indian food sabzis (vegetables dishes) and Thai food. The food was all freshly made and served hot. The server was very nice, explained almost every item on the Dutch-only menu to us in English. read more

Great Surinamese food, big portions, good service and good value for money even though it's one of the more expensive restaurants.

Service was very nice (waitress explained the whole menu for us) and the food was very good too!

We arrived in Amsterdam on a cold winter's night and checked into our lodgings just down the street. Our hostess recommended this place and she was spot on. We started with the fried banana and it was just wonderful, a savory treat served with a light dipping sauce was the perfect start. We went on to the chicken roti. This was a delightfully new flavor sensation for me. Included were two spicy sauces, both very spicy in fact and I am a girl from Arizona who is well familiar with spicy Mexican food but after a small taste, I opted out of the spicy sauce, the heat was that great. The meal was served with a green vegetable that I am unfamiliar with but it resembled haricot verts, my companion tells me it is the stem of a plant, deliciously crispy. Also on the plate were potatoes and rice and on the side a lovely flatbread that reminded me of injera. The portions were huge. The service was excellent and the restaurant warm and inviting. I would love to find a place like this where I live. read more