I've walked by this restaurant many times but it never appealed to me to go inside. Seafood never really appealed to me but recent dining experiences is having me try more of it. Since a friend of mine wanted to try this place, I went along. We went for the one thing you have to do in a place like this: the seafood tower. This includes few oysters and a fish-stock soup to start (my first and last time I ate oysters I might add). The tower itself was pretty big but the right amount for two people to share, including the usual lobster, crab and salmon. The food was very well prepared but the service left allot to be desired. The waiter was pretty annoying en kept pressing us to get a bottle of wine (as I heard him do with other customers). This got so annoying to the point that (even though we did plan on getting a bottle) we left after finishing our meal. He even tried to get us to stay for desert or coffee in the same annoying manner. Even though the food was great, I'm not coming back to this place again. read more

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The food was really amazing and tasty, if you are looking for seafood this is definitely your place!

Vis & Meer is closely located to Utrecht Centraal Station. It's only a 10 minute walk, although it does require some Google Mapping to find the exact street, as it's hidden away a little bit. Hidden and somewhat tiny looking, it reminded me of the TARDIS somewhat. Super tiny from the outside, huge from the inside. The restaurant has a very nice and clean industrial looking decor. There's an open kitchen, allowing guests to have a peek inside! We visited with a group of 14 people, which meant that we could not have a la carte as an option. Instead, we were given a separate menu with an array of options. Something we enjoyed very much! The staff is incredibly friendly, they will give you suggestions and do not mind explaining if there are any unclarities. Even though the restaurant is mainly focused on fish, there are a lot of other options as well (both vegetarian and for the meat lovers!) read more

Always nice. Good food, nice service, spacious place so handy for larger groups. A la carte not always possible with larger groups, but then you'll get a more standard menu with a limited number of choices. even for people that are not as much fish fans as the name suggests, there is still a enough choice. Larger groups should make a reservation to make sure to have a table, especially on Thursday, Fridays. read more

All this was good, if a little overpriced: * Bouillabaisse * Grilled swordfish * Sashimi - salmon, tuna, and sea bass Service was kind and attentive. Good Aperol Spritz at 7.50 EUR. Also - large Pelligrino bottle at 4.50 EUR was either a steal, or mis-rung. read more

When your seafood restaurant's address reads "3 herring street" you know you are in the right place. Vis & meer has an unassuming decor and no frills good food at a reasonable price point (for Dutch going-out pricing that is). They carry a fine bar and beers from the Bavaria brewery. We tried the oyster sampler with creuses, fines claires and zeeuwse platte oysters. In increasing degree of fanciness, and €2+ each I set my expectations pretty high. However if you are coming from New England, you are already a bit spoiled when it comes to our shellfish. I found the least fancy Creuses to be the best, they were mildly briny, had a decent liver and were fresh with cucumber notes. However the two creuses we had on the plate differed from one another quite a bit as one was fairly shallow and the other had a deep belly, we are not serving leftovers here are we?. Anyways, the fines claires did not have anything going for them, fine and clear they were but with no taste to present. Leaving the best to last, the zeeuwse platte oysters also left me wishing I had skipped on this north sea delicacy, it is bland but also distractingly metallic, leaving a tingling on the sides of your tongue long after the meat goes down the hatch. If I was to go again, I would stick to the Creuses all night!. The next dish was scallops on a bed of cauliflower purée. Perfectly seared for a caramelized crust top and bottom and soft juicy insides. And our main was an eye opening mussles in pastis with fries. Now, every dick and harry makes mussles with white wine but I had not had it with pastis before. See, the Dutch have a very peculiar relation with Anise, they eat it sweet in their candy and have that correlation that is hard to shake off. However if you are worldly to have enjoyrd Pastis or Raki or Ouzo with seafood, you my friend are in for a treat of your life! Try it and you will be at the next postcard monger, writing home about it ;) read more

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Atmosphere: 5 stars Service: 3,5 stars Food: 3 stars Overall Impression : 3,5 stars Sitting outside in the evening is a plus. But the few tables were all already taken since it was a nice summer evening. Sitting inside was not just an alternative cause the atmosphere in this restaurant is great!!.. The chairs are REALLY comfortable...The bar is cosy... The guestroom is a perfect mixture of lounge and brasserie or marchee... We ordered a bottle of wine for 27,00€. Unfortunately the expectations concerning the food where higher: It started with the free bread and olive oil that was served before we made our order. The bread was some finished product that was baked in the oven, but dont serve this to a german or french customer, that was no real bread for us. The olive oil was bitter and not smooth and tasty as you would expect it from a restaurant with this rank. The hawaiian coarse salt was all in the bottom and kind of too intense to bite on, but yeah, there were no other spices in the oil at all. I dont know a lot of restaurants where who would serve this as an amuse bouche. Lets describe the main plates: I had the grilled char which was served with some vegetables for 21,50€. My buddie had the mussle for 18,50€ and ordered some extra fries with with it. My fish was well braised and had some nice roast fragrance but beside this it was not spiced at all. The sliced potatoes aside and the vegetables underneath the fish were really boring and nothing special at all. In fact the potatoes and the vegetable were not tasty. They were even like a burden since i felt like i could not only eat the the fish out of the plate. I just expected a lot more from a specialized fish restaurant at this price level, also cause the size of my char plate was something between small and medium. The mussles missed some aroma too but at the end of the pot it begin to get salty, according to my buddy, since the spices had gone all the way down to the bottom. I didnt have a problem with it, since this stock was a welcome flavour to eat the fries and my insipid vegetable with...hahah... read more

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A very nice location if you like fish. I had a bouillabaisse as appetizer and it tasted delicious the taste was not too fishy and it contained good quality mussels. For the main course we had the fish platter containing all sorts of different mussel types, shrimps, tuna fish, crab legs and Dutch shrimps which is a small variety but very tasteful. The dish was accompanied by different dressings. I was pleasantly surprised by the freshness of the seafood. The service was perfect. read more