Belqees Restaurant & Cafe — مطعم وكافيه بلقيس — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Ok lemme cook with this one. Firstly you walk in and the decor is lovely, bright and vibrant. Greeted by some absolutely lovely staff that welcomed us in even though we were close-ish to closing time.

Sat us down put the wrapping across the table (very smart) and laid out an absolute feast.

The spread was:

Tabbouleh, hummus and bread, the lamb, the chicken and the spicy sauces.

Christ on a bike it was deadly. The lamb was perfectly seasoned and was brilliant with the bread. The chicken ridiculouso- honestly I think with the bed of fragrant rice it was nestled into just added so much aroma to the dish that it couldn’t not taste nice. Hummus was fresh but I think what we’re all here for, the star of the show; THE BREAD. Oh my golly gosh. The bread here is like nothing I have ever tried. Spiralled soft and delicious covered in poppy seeds it was incredible. I even took the chunk that we couldn’t finish back with me it was that good.

For such a massive meal at an incredibly reasonable price, this was an absolutely banger meal and a great spot for a hearty and probably healthy meal!

The cup of tea at the end was also just a cherry on an exquisite cake! Thank you so much to the lovely staff too definitely made me evening! Cheers

(But make the sauce...

This is to reply to your reply to my review shown below.

Exactly the kind of reply you would expect from a well-respected establishment heh! Lashing out on people for writing an honest review about their experience instead of actually listening to their complaints and trying to improve your service. It seems like it's a theme for you to attack people who give you a one star review and accuse them of not having been to the restaurant and posting fake reviews. If you can't handld negative feedback from customers, better close the restaurant then.

I would suggest changing your restaurant's policy from getting too hung up replying to reviewers and threatening to report them to actually checking the quality of your food before you send it out to people.

If I could take back the one star review and give you a ZERO, I would because quite honestly, one star is way too much for this place.

ENJOY THE ONE...

Tasty food with a very large menu. There were two particular highlights for me. The first was the chicken soup, which was incredibly rich and well spiced. The second was the fresh bread, served with various dips. The bread is incredible, really good texture with a big swirling pattern of many layers, covered in tasty sesame seeds.

Portions are enormous! We ordered the set menu for 2 and did not have a hope of finishing everything - but the staff were very happy to pack it up to-go.

Restaurant itself is new, so it looks very good and has a lot of light from the large windows. Only issue this time of year is that the large doors let in a lot of cold air when people...