Stephen Y.

Very few places in Amsterdam open at 7am. Hidden off the main streets, we actually walked by it and had to backtrack. It’s a lovely setting, though no view outside to distract you from the detail oriented food you’re about to receive, like the little cube of coffee cake that comes on the saucer of your macchiato and the quenelle of crème fraiche with the pancakes.

The pancakes had the crispy edges, stacked tall and moist with either banana and bacon or blueberry compote (they ran out after my order for the day). Maple syrup is poured on the plate, which is what I’m going to do from now on at home.

The Eggs Benedict was so soft and felt luxurious in texture and flavor with ample amount of cured salmon and jammy poached eggs covered with a blanket of hollandaise.

Even the scrambled eggs were cooked perfectly with chives and pretty much like a French omelette that hadn’t been rolled up. Came with two artisan toast slices and good quality butter.

Top it all off with great service and reasonable prices for the same price as our hotel’s buffet (which would’ve been more quantity than quality). Hands down one of our favorite meals in Amsterdam.

I even thanked the kitchen staff on the way out. I don’t do that often (except in Japan).