Café Vader Kleinjan
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What diners said about this restaurant:
Marlene O. • 2 reviews
August 29, 2024
10/10Nice food, great service and fantastic view
cordula h. • 1 review
July 26, 2024
10/10Friendly and quick service, delicious food, nice atmosphere in the summer outside directly at the old port.
jAN G. • 1 review
May 25, 2024
8.5/10Was gezellig goede bediening eten was lekker
sydney t. • 2 reviews
April 12, 2024
10/10It’s always such a lovely experience here x the staff are so lovely and the chefs were excellent! Very good with my allergy- felt very taken care of. Excellent quality food as well! Always happy to come here for dinner.
Константин В. • 1 review
March 12, 2024
7.5/10Nice location in old harbour, cousy ambience. But beef stew is over-salted - not recomended
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João B. • 12 reviews
September 10, 2023
7.5/10Food and drinks were reasonable for Dutch standards but needed to wait about 1 hr just for sandwiches to be served. I do not think is acceptable.
Bo H. • 3 reviews
September 9, 2023
7.5/10Nice service - good view/place - food without ambition
Daryl J. • 1 review
June 20, 2023
6.5/10food and service good, tables very small, very noisy place, it was raining so everyone had to sit inside, would probably be more pleasant experience if not raining
Bruce D. • 1 review
May 11, 2023
9/10Awesome little pub with a gorgeous patio overlooking an inlet from the canal. Beautiful view - very picturesque. Definitely recommended - great neighborhood
Caroline F. • 2 reviews
April 22, 2023
9/10Lovely restaurant close to the harbour. We sat inside as it was cold and rainy and it was lovely, very dark and cosy. We had some great wine and beers with our deep fried combination platter. A good way to try some of the local cuisine.
Ryan L. • 1 review
April 18, 2023
9.5/10Everything was great. This is one of my fav places to go in Rotterdam for food and/or drink. I will be back for sure. Their beef stew is well worth the time and the money, along with the view
Andre P. • 3 reviews
December 17, 2022
10/10The Ribeye was delicious and perfectly cooked, service was attentive and friendly and the atmosphere was warm and comfortable for a cold Saturday evening. We will definitely be back!
Lisa A. • 14 reviews
October 9, 2022
9/10Found this restaurant through Tripadvisor and it did not disappoint, food was delicious, I had the crab to start and steak for main, would strongly recommend. The crew were very attentive and friendly and the atmosphere was great with great music, wonderful place
Yasmina S. • 3 reviews
September 17, 2022
10/10Excellent food and good value ! The service was also very kids friendly !
James H. • 1 review
September 9, 2022
10/10Great location, great service, lovely food, inviting ambiance. We did only have the cheese croquettes and the bitterballen, but they were the best I've had (and I've had a LOT). So good in fact that instead of ordering from the varied and inviting menu, we had a second order of them instead! Server was very attentive, responsive and very friendly. Lovely view of the White House (we were sitting outside) and being under the parasols didn't get wet when the rain hit a couple of times. Superb selection of beers, presented in their branded glasses, freshly poured and cold. A fab way to enjoy a Friday evening.
Alessandro N. • 10 reviews
September 6, 2022
9.5/10Lovely experience at Vader Kleinjan last evening. We asked for a table near the water with a great view. The food was good and to compensate for a slight delay in service due to a misunderstanding, they offered to give us a round of free drinks. In conclusion, come to Vader Kleinjan, you will not regret it!
Saskia S. • 2 reviews
September 1, 2022
6/10Dined with six colleagues. Ambiance was great, beautiful wheater, table at the waterside. Service was accurate in the beginning, later for coffee we needed to search the staff inside. Food was dissapointing, more on a snackbar level than a restaurant level. Very very salty chicken saté with cheapass salad (iceberg! snackbar!). Some had an average hamburger, nothing special. One of my colleague took the vegetarian special of the day: sponach lasagne with 3 cheeses. It arrived in a breakfast bowl looking like a burnt brick, with black sides, and nothing else on the plate. When I said it looked burnt the waitress took it back to the kitchen and it came back the same, this time with some ice berg lettuce, cherry tomatoes and some grated cheese on top. According to the chef it only looked burnt, she said, "caused by the bechamel sauce". What a complete nonsense, as a chef I know better. Cut it short: great ambiance, snackbar food, bad price-quality ratio. ps: the zeebaars looked good and tasted good, which helped make it a 6.
Julie J. • 2 reviews
July 26, 2022
10/10Food was excellent. Ambience and service excellent. Highly recommend for couples or friend gathering. Ridiculous The Form requires 120 characters!!
Emma D. • 1 review
July 22, 2022
10/10Good food quality and portion size and a lovely location on the water front. Would recommend to others and come back in the future. Good service too!
Michel t. • 1 review
June 26, 2022
10/10Very good place and amazing view. The staff very friendly, good English, confortáble attention. Service Faster, very good tasty food and quickly for prepared, certally i Will Come back again.
Michael T. • 1 review
June 18, 2022
10/10we were there for dinner. it was a very nice evening. we enjoyed it very much. Good food and drinks, nice location and a nice view an the old harbour.
Laurent C. • 7 reviews
June 13, 2022
8.5/10Good restaurant with local food
Ania B. • 2 reviews
June 1, 2022
8/10Lovely and picturesque location (even more so on a sunny day), tasty food and friendly staff.
Preben m. • 4 reviews
March 7, 2022
10/10Nice surroundings, great atmosphere. Very helpful and friendly staff, and fantastic food. Great value, we have to come back in the summer. Highly recommended.
Lucía M. • 2 reviews
February 5, 2022
8/10the food was average (not bad though!!) but they had some amazing wine and the friendliest staff who was able to put up with my 8 year old cousin AND my drunk uncle, pretty impressive.
Jade K. • 1 review
September 26, 2021
7/10Furniture and ambience is a bit outdated. Tables are very small. Surrounding is a bit dirty, no background music and mixed seating smokers/non-smokers.
Clinton L. • 3 reviews
June 12, 2021
10/10Great food, super service and worth every cent. We really enjoyed it, thank you. Easy to see why this is one of the best rated restaurants in Rotterdam! We enjoyed two starters, two main courses, cocktails and more. Impressive all round.
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Paul v. • 4 reviews
September 10, 2020
10/10Had a great night, both the vegan and beef burgers were delicous! Definitely recommended to sit ouside under the heaters????????
- -. • 1 review
August 26, 2020
9/10Very nice Place with friendly people. Drinks and Food were delicious! There were many guests which caused a longer waiting time. But this was not a problem at all as we had a beautiful view and nice drinks!
Giulio G. • 3 reviews
August 8, 2020
7.5/10The restaurant had a very nice menu and the food was very good. The staff and service was exceptional, but they got an order wrong and we paid for it anyway so I don't feel like giving 5 stars. The atmosphere was nice, but a bit too loud.
- -. • 1 review
August 8, 2020
9.5/10Great find, highly recommend!
Dorin U. • 3 reviews
February 11, 2020
10/10Food was great, I had shrimps for appetizer and the beef steak with mashed potatoes. Waitress was very kind and helpful.
Harry V. • 1 review
December 30, 2019
10/10Very nice 'brown cafe' ambience, with a top-quality service and meal with a mouth-watering steak - the best I have ever had!
Ken N. • 3 reviews
December 9, 2019
10/10Great place
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