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Reviews - El Qatarijne

Reviews

9.5/10

Excellent
2719 reviews
Food
9.5
Service
9.6
Ambience
9.3
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  • Gabi F.
    Gabi F.6 days ago

    10

    I really like the experience, the prices and plates are great, the ambient is a bit noisy, the decorations are fantastic

  • Pieter v.9 days ago

    9.0

    Great food and good service, a very enjoyable evening!

  • Bente K.
    Bente K.16 days ago

    9.5

    The personal touch.

  • Mara v.1 month ago

    10

    fantastic and surprising food, lovely service. Will absolutely again.

  • Tridib D.
    Tridib D.1 month ago

    9.5

    Fantastic food, creative plating. service was a little slow at the beginning, but very friendly. would recommend.

  • Marc B.2 months ago

    10

    excellent menu, friendly staff, nice atmosphere.

  • Shelana P.2 months ago

    10

    Excellent food, service & ambiance!

  • Simone H.5 months ago

    10

    +3

    Everything was perfect

  • Mahmoud Z.8 months ago

    7.5

    The food is good but not impressive. Ambiance is below expectations for the price you pay.

  • Seyda L.8 months ago

    10

    I love the food and the restaurant. Service was great as well. It is the best restaurant in Utrecht for sure.

  • Pat C.8 months ago

    8.5

    Great surprise menu, with nice portions. Our waiter was a great host and explained each course very well!

  • Ralf V. B.9 months ago

    10

    Creative, tasty and smart service…. as aleays!

  • Thibault m.9 months ago

    10

    Amazing food and service Thanks a lot & congrats

  • Viktoria G.
    Viktoria G.10 months ago

    10

    That was really nice

  • Zoe C.11 months ago

    10

    Very satisfied with the food! Delicious!

  • Stefan P.1 year ago

    10

    Vers good Food combined with an exzellent service

  • Anna P.
    Anna P.1 year ago

    9.0

    Staff were great and very accommodating.

  • Sabrina d.1 year ago

    10

    Amazing food, excellent wines and charming service. We had a wonderful night at this beautiful restaurant!

  • Fanny W.1 year ago

    10

    Excellent service, good food and great presentation!

  • Marianne M.1 year ago

    10

    This chef is VERY good. Each dish was made with attention to detail, taste, imagery and love. Flavors were strong but elegant, just the way food should be. Plating was carefully chosen to bring out the beauty of each dish. Highly recommended. I’ll happily be back!

  • Bruna T.1 year ago

    10

    Amazing food and service! Definitely will go there again, gourmet is always a good alternative to try something different from your usual eating behavior.

  • Daniel Y.
    Daniel Y.1 year ago

    2.0

    The surprise dinner was really a surprise! Basic supermarket food wrapped in fancy gift paper and eatable flowers on your plate. Lot of pre-cooked elements, defrosted pasta and few dog bites of chewy meat. No drink menu card available, prices will be a surprise! Lady waitress didn't smile even once, felt like she didn't even want to be there. Also a free tip, please create a separate space to collect dishes, not right behind customer's chair. Oh and spray painted ceiling and religious picturesque were cherry on the top. I can't believe where the good ratings came from. I guess if you never have experienced any better this might feel glorious dinner place. Just waited to get out there. Never again, sorry!

  • Liza C.1 year ago

    10

    Incredible surprise menu and fantastic wine pairings

  • John M.1 year ago

    9.5

    It was my birthday, everything was perfect! The only point that wasn't perfect was the uncomfortable temperature inside the restaurant. I'm not going to blame the restaurant in any way because, to be brutally honest, the Dutch don't have a clue about dealing with climate change.

  • Juan J.1 year ago

    10

    The variety of flavors and balance of each dish was excellent. Loved the quiet but modern ambiance.

  • Alan M.1 year ago

    8.0

    Different experience and lovely food. Would recommend it

  • Joëlle v.1 year ago

    10

    Everything was a wonderful experience, from how they explain the beautiful wines to the delicious food. I really love it when a restaurant can read the room, serve with grace and make you feel like the queen!

  • Andrew M.1 year ago

    10

    Fantastic food and a great welcome on a quiet Monday lunch time for a business meeting. Thank you

  • Barbara K.1 year ago

    10

    +4

    We celebrated my son’s graduation from the University of Utrecht and wanted a special place to celebrate. El Qatarijn was phenomenal! We had 13 guests and had a private table upstairs that easily accommodated our guests. We opted for the 6-course surprise menu (everyone had to have the same number of courses) and ordered bottles of wine and drinks separately, not doing the wine pairing (which is available). We had two appetizers that were provided by the restaurant along with our 6-course dinner! Every dish was scrumptious! The service was spot-on. We all appreciated the waitstaff providing explanations of every dish. New cutlery was provided with each course, and the actual plates and dishes were beautiful as they enhanced each delicious course. Water glasses never ran empty. The wine menu was quite extensive and we were able to find excellent whites and reds to go with the meal. It was a wonderful dining experience! I would highly recommend it! (Also close to the train station!)

  • Jitin G.
    Jitin G.1 year ago

    10

    +4

    Amazing food with super friendly service. We had the 6 course meal with the accompanied wine pairing and it was worth every penny. I was celebrating my wife's birthday and the team also came in with a fun sparkler during the dessert course. These extra step is that make the whole experience enjoyable. We will definitely come back 😁

  • Dh D.1 year ago

    10

    +1

    Very nice food and good wines. Service excellent.

  • Cristina O.1 year ago

    10

    Very tasty food. Timely service. Nice ambiance. We were very impressed. Even our small daughter ate all of her 5 meals.

  • Kristaps K.2 years ago

    10

    Top quality food and service. My favourite restaurant in The Netherlands.

  • Grace W.2 years ago

    3.5

    The interior is horrid. We sat right under the ‘sun’. Couldn’t understand the colour use and totally no harmony. Food matches with the decor—> messy and too pretentious. All dishes were creamy base and identical in flavour. No variety in all dishes served. All are in cheesy/ creamy and completely repetitive. Fish was not fresh. Sauce was super oily with an obvious layer of oil floating on top. We ordered the 8 dishes course, and left after the fourth or fifth— couldn’t last through the meal. And, the dishes were slow… waited for long in between dishes…. I wonder why it was rated to high, totally not worth the try.

    El Qatarijne

    Clearly not everybody has the same taste, almost always we get good reviews and of course we take less reviews serious but this one is ridiculous. There are no dishes with identical flavours here, we always get compliments about our interior aswell as our food. We are a fine dining restaurant so we take our time for presenting our dishes and i never heard that we are too slow. Maybee if you taste your food properly than the time in between the dishes are not so long, Also a tip if you dont like the food mention it to the serving staff you did not metion anything and we assumed it was fine, maybee we could have done something to make your evening better! To bad that the Fork wont take this review off

  • Mirinda I.
    Mirinda I.2 years ago

    10

    I'm a regular customer who keeps coming back. This is one of the most authentic restaurants in Utrecht.

  • Nuno C.2 years ago

    9.5

    Excellent ambiance, excellent food. The service was some how slow

  • jason w.2 years ago

    7.0

    +1

    Expect 3+ hours for a 5 course meal. No menus or prices given and it is not cheap so be careful with the drinks. It did miss the edge, which you expect at 70+ euro per head.

  • Elena C.2 years ago

    6.0

    Food and environment are overall average: intriguing taste combinations but way too many ingredients in each plate, so that nothing really standed out. the pace of the food was also quite fast, and didn't give much possibility to lasnd the flavours properly. In my opinion, atmosphere and music are inconsistent with the concept of middle east, but not annoying. the real plus of the experience is the service: the team is very friendly, very precise and attent.

  • Patrick D.2 years ago

    9.5

    High quality food and good service. The ‘surprise’ menu was simply divine. We had the five course options which was pretty much perfect (for an adult male). We spent €115 pp including wine, which isn’t cheap but totally worth it. Will definitely go again.

  • Zsofia I.2 years ago

    9.0

    The food was mind-blowing, experimental with loadsof flavour and imagination! We took the 6 course and actually it was too much food for usin the end but worth it! Service was also excellent. We will definitely return.

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