Reviews - El Qatarijne
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9.5/10
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10
I really like the experience, the prices and plates are great, the ambient is a bit noisy, the decorations are fantastic
9.0
Great food and good service, a very enjoyable evening!
9.5
The personal touch.
10
fantastic and surprising food, lovely service. Will absolutely again.
9.5
Fantastic food, creative plating. service was a little slow at the beginning, but very friendly. would recommend.
10
excellent menu, friendly staff, nice atmosphere.
10
Excellent food, service & ambiance!
10
+3Everything was perfect
7.5
The food is good but not impressive. Ambiance is below expectations for the price you pay.
10
I love the food and the restaurant. Service was great as well. It is the best restaurant in Utrecht for sure.
8.5
Great surprise menu, with nice portions. Our waiter was a great host and explained each course very well!
10
Creative, tasty and smart service…. as aleays!
10
Amazing food and service Thanks a lot & congrats
10
That was really nice
10
Very satisfied with the food! Delicious!
10
Vers good Food combined with an exzellent service
9.0
Staff were great and very accommodating.
10
Amazing food, excellent wines and charming service. We had a wonderful night at this beautiful restaurant!
10
Excellent service, good food and great presentation!
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!
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.
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!
10
Incredible surprise menu and fantastic wine pairings
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.
10
The variety of flavors and balance of each dish was excellent. Loved the quiet but modern ambiance.
8.0
Different experience and lovely food. Would recommend it
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!
10
Fantastic food and a great welcome on a quiet Monday lunch time for a business meeting. Thank you
10
+4We 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!)
10
+4Amazing 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 😁
10
+1Very nice food and good wines. Service excellent.
10
Very tasty food. Timely service. Nice ambiance. We were very impressed. Even our small daughter ate all of her 5 meals.
10
Top quality food and service. My favourite restaurant in The Netherlands.
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 QatarijneClearly 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
10
I'm a regular customer who keeps coming back. This is one of the most authentic restaurants in Utrecht.
9.5
Excellent ambiance, excellent food. The service was some how slow
7.0
+1Expect 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.
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.
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.
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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