Oliva
Olivia You’ll feel like you’ve stepped into a genuine Italian kitchen when you enter this pleasantly decorated restaurant with its worn wooden floor and pasta wall. The chef’s menu (between three and five daily specials) is to be recommended. The à la carte menu includes delicious options like pork neck with balsamic onions, gem lettuce […]
In den Rustwat (IDRW)
In den Rustwat (IDRW) This inn, dating back to 1597, with thatched roof, original tiled floor and Delft Blue tiles on the wall, is one of the city’s most refined restaurants (it also has BIB Gourmand approval). In a beautiful location right next to the Trompenburg Arboretum, Marcel van Zomeren prepares dishes “with 100% respect […]
Huson
Huson An international kitchen with an Eastern influence. A popular haunt for business professionals, not the least for being in the Scheepvaartkwartier, where numerous monumental businesses are located, and because of which the two-course lunch arrangement is served within an hour. Signature dishes, perfect to share, are the tuna, soft-shell crab, avocado, tomato sorbet and […]
Frietboutique
Frietboutique Rotterdammers wait patiently in line for a portion of Sammy and Pebbles’ chips. These ladies source their potatoes straight from the farmers’ market so they can leave the skin on their hand-cut chips, which are fried in pure vegetable oil. The snack menu includes local specialities like croquettes made by renowned Netherlands’ butcher Piet […]
Bazar
Bazar A worldly eatery with a One Thousand and One Nights-inspired interior. Arabian lamps, tiles and colourful crockery remind you of a busy marketplace in some faraway holiday destination. If there’s one café or restaurant in Rotterdam that illustrates just how multi-cultural the city is, it’s this one. This is obvious, from the mix of […]
Metropole Café NRC
Metropole Café NRC Nieuw Rotterdams Café, aka NRC, is a café-restaurant with a huge terrace, and at the weekend a club where DJs play cool beats in different bar spaces. During the day, NRC is a popular meeting place for young and old; the latter perhaps recognising more readily the black-and-white photos of stars like […]
De Witte Aap
De Witte Aap One of the most popular cafés for young Rotterdammers in one of the city’s most popular entertainment streets. Often jam-packed inside and out on the street, this authentic brown café – traditional watering holes that are a quintessential part of Rotterdam’s culture – gets a big thumbs up for its good beer […]
Wander around ‘oud’ Rotterdam
Wander around ‘oud’ Rotterdam Rotterdam is without question a hyper-modern, hip and happening city, but don’t forget to take in its history as well. In Delfshaven you get a real sense of how things were way back in the day when the Pilgrim Fathers sailed off to the New World. Here, it is all about […]
Strange sculptures
Strange sculptures Along with the serious artworks on the city’s international sculpture walk, Rotterdam has a legion of oddball street sculptures waiting to be discovered, some of which literally drip with irony. Santa Claus The American Paul McCarthy’s controversial bronze sculpture is the most talked about supersized gnome in town. After much hoo-ha, his Santa […]
The best bistro’s in Rotterdam
The best bistro’s in Rotterdam You don’t have to travel to France to enjoy heavenly French bistro-style food. Rotterdam has a great selection of quality, affordable bistro restaurants. Mevrouw Meijer This secluded little eatery doesn’t have a website or a Facebook page, just a telephone for enquiries. The vibe at Mevrouw Meijer (Mrs Meijer) is […]