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MICHELIN Guide selection
- One MICHELIN Star: High quality cooking, worth a stop!
- MICHELIN Green Star: Gastronomy and sustainability
MICHELIN Guide's Point Of View
Luc Kusters is an ambassador of Dutch cuisine who lays the focus squarely on vegetables and local produce. On a daily basis, he harvests delicious ...
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Restaurant menu
- De moestuin van de Zuidas
- Aardappel / komkommer / zeewier / bleekselderij / champignon
- Aan tafel bereiden wortel tartaar
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What diners said about this restaurant:
Otmane S. • 10 reviews
January 31, 2024
9.5/10Wonderful experience at Bolenius with a tasting menu combining incredibly cooked tasty vegetables and surprising experiences with meat. And the wine pairing was simply perfect. Thanks for the unique experience !
Jo K. • 5 reviews
October 26, 2023
10/10Many thanks to Luc and Jop for the excellent service on our long evening of over 4 hours in your restaurant! We (couple) both had the Special Michelin TheFork menu and got the Signature Dish (fish dish) in addition to our 6 courses. All courses were prepared with fresh herbs and vegetables from your own garden. Especially the Plantbased menu was exceptional in its combination. Taste-wise, everything was very well coordinated and only one course had a taste surprise with light smoke flavors and spiciness. Whether this fit into the combination of courses is a matter of individual taste. Overall, the arrangement of the dishes was very nice and appealing to look at, which definitely had a positive impact on the taste experience. There were only a few small things to criticize in the high-quality star cuisine, so the degree of cooking of the beans was not optimal and individual menu components had already been arranged for a longer time, so the molds and crackers were a little too soft and therefore no longer crispy, the espresso at the end for 9.95 € was tasty okay, but clearly too cold - but as I said, these were only small things at a very high level. The wine accompaniment and selection by Jop was very good and also the explanations of the wines were top and fit perfectly with the individual courses.
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Thuan Anh B. • 8 reviews
July 26, 2023
7/10The staff was friendly and very accommodating when I first arrived. The atmosphere was relaxing and calm. It was lovely for staff to carefully explain the ingredients for each dish. I enjoyed the appetizers at the start as well as the side dish (bread, home-made spread, olive oil and salt). I really liked the sweet wine but for €10 for each small quantity which was not even half a glass was really expensive. The second dish (tomato, rhubarb and herbs) was average because of a strange smell from the cherry tomatoes which I could not comprehend but it was just me. The fifth one (Roebuck) was not up to my liking and I felt the flavor was not well mixed. In addition, the crunchy bites were not very accurate for this dish. The dessert which I liked the ice cream mixed the waffles together with the sweet caramel but the chocolate balls were not a good addition because they were dry, which could ruin my tasting. Overall, I am satisfied with my evening but I hope this improves a bit better.
Kumar R. • 19 reviews
May 2, 2023
9.5/10Wow what a great vegetarian feast they served us. Kudos and hats off. They deserve the second star too in my opinion!
Herschel G. • 1 review
November 12, 2022
3.5/10The food is visually stunning, but not tasty. And extremely expensive. The “green” aspect seems to be: take the most humble ingredient (parsnip, beet) costing 25 cents, add nothing to it, work on it gastronomically for 10 hours, then charge a fortune for it. Our watermelon main course was literally inedible. Only bright spots: respectable service, respectable wine list. Don’t be misled by the “Dutch cuisine” hype or the eco-hype. You’ll do far more for the Earth by spending $200 for a fabulous dinner at a traditional Dutch restaurant and donating the extra $500 to an ecological organization.
Nicholas L. • 5 reviews
June 18, 2022
8/10The food was imaginative, brilliant, masterful and truly one of the most memorable meals I've had in Europe. The letdowns were the overly-casual staff, the somewhat lackadaisical placement of the silverware between courses (sometimes it was crooked, sometimes it was placed down loudly, as if the server was annoyed), and the overall ambience/decor of the restaurant being pleasant, but not especially luxe or curated. Obviously, the food is the star of the show and it excelled in that respect, but I was hoping/expecting a Michelin restaurant to show the same level of care in the front-of-house elements as well.
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Petras Li • 1 review
March 2, 2022
9.5/10vegan lovers, exceptionally good food.
Annet V. • 2 reviews
February 11, 2022
9.5/10Perfect food and a really enthousiastic staff. Nice to see the love for there products. And they had suprising good dutch wine !!! We had a perfect evening.
Huseyin D. • 1 review
October 8, 2021
10/10It is our new top Michelin star restaurant in the Netherlands. It is a truly amazing culinary food experience. It inspires and surprises over what Amsterdam can offer by using the products of Amsterdam. Each and every detail is well thought to ensure a complacent, serene and delightful lunch/ dinner. The next day, I still had the taste of langoustine muse in my taste buds. The pairing wines can be improved, with the exception of the desert wine and starting sparkling Dutch wine.
BORIS E. • 15 reviews
September 15, 2021
10/10amazing
Ben D. • 2 reviews
August 25, 2021
10/10Bolenius was a treat from start to finish. The staff was warm, welcoming, and instructive, the 6 course menu was both adventurous and delicious--and especially admirable from a local production standpoint--and the ambiance was cozy yet bright. Highly recommend.
Araceli C. • 1 review
July 30, 2021
9.5/10The menu is fabulous. We had a vegetarian and a regular one - they were surprisingly similar (only 3 dishes were different) which proves that they mean serious veggie business in the restaurant. The explanations around each dish are great, with the link to historical dishes and their moder re-interpreation as well as the local produce. Overall great experience. Location is a bit odd as this is in the business district, which doesn't have the buzzing ambiance around that you'd expect, but at any rate, inside the venue, it's very pleasant
Kareem A. • 1 review
June 25, 2021
10/10Authentic and Fantastic atmosphere ✨
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About this restaurant
Kamperlam, zeetong uit de Noordzee, kaviaar uit Eindhoven en groenten, veel groenten. Dat is Bolenius. Tuinbonen, knolselderij, liefst uit eigen tuin, pal naast het restaurant op de Amsterdamse Zuidas. En verder duurzame vis- en vleesproducten van de hoogste kwaliteit. Luc Kusters kookt er sinds 2010 mee in de keuken van Bolenius, met veel succes. Bolenius heeft sinds 2016 een Michelinster en staat in nationale én internationale lijsten hoog aangeprezen als beste groentenrestaurant. In 2021 volgde ook nog een Groene Michelinster!
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George Gershwinlaan 30, 1082 MT Amsterdam
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