Benelux Bar — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Summary: a bar that is resting reputation of being 'cool' but is in fact giving out terrible service and bad experience.

Drinks by night I ordered a negroni. I didn't watch to see the person make the Negroni but when i tasted it was so bad I almost spat it out. I assumed something was wrong and tried to explain to the bar tender. She put the drink I had tasted BACK IN THR FRIDGE?! I then watched her remake my Negroni by literally putting the three ingredients into the glass with an ice cube and then handing it straight to me- served with a sprinkle of attitude. I am honestly shocked at this. Either the staff literally don't know how to make a cocktail or they are so audacious that they think is perfectly fine to serve an unmixed drink for 13 euros.

Venue by night The venue started charging for the music event inside- fine. But with that they also closed the smoking area and forced people to smoke inside in a little room at the back. It was unventilated and gross.

Drinks by day I waited in front of the bar for 5 mins in front of a bartender who avoided all eye contact. In the end I tried a different spot on the bar- the majority of people behind the bar also avoiding eye contact and chatting between themselves. Eventually I got service- 58 euros for wine on tap. After that I asked if we could also have some water. It took 10 mins and 3 conversations for me and my friends to get water with our wine and there was endless attitude served with the water from the staff.

Food by day I came here on a Saturday day time for what was apparently a falafel event. My friend tried to order a falafel wrap and was told they needed to be preordered the day before. That's ok but when it's the only thing the bar is selling this feels very strange. The staff didn't inform us that were any other food options either (I heard from a friend after that it's ok to order food from the pizza place next door).

All in all, the whole experience as terrible. I hope the bar can come back around from this as when I used to come here last summer the drinks were really beautifully made and the service...

Very nice stylish contemporary bar/club. Which remind me of the concrete in Berlin and the polished wood of Japanese sushi bars. Understated elegance with a hint of a 70s color palette. Me and my friends wanted to grab a pizza next door (which in the end didn’t turn out to be just an Ordinary pizza joint) but the restaurant was fully booked, we were suggested to have a drink at Benelux till there was a spot available. Even though you’re sitting on a parking lot you still have a cozy vibe between the potted olive trees. The waiter was extremely friendly and took our drinks with a smile. After having our first cocktail we could already move to eat at europizza. Afterwards we returned to Benelux just before the party started. Dj was smashing the room with some bangers, me and my friends were blown away hitting the dance floor with some moves. Nice people nice atmosphere. 10/10 would recommend this little gem tucked away (but still close to the...

We enthusiastically went to Italo disco / pasta pop up with Mattia Caso. I quite like italo disco so I invited my friends to join for the music and the culinary experience. Unfortunately, the experience was really disappointing and we had a feeling in the end of being ripped of. We were with 5 people and normal hungry, and the portions were extremely small, so we ended up with ordering 8 pasta dishes and 6 starters, and paying over 50 EUR per person. The food was not bad but portions were ridiculously small:15 to 17 EUR for one pasta dish, size of a starter. Italo disco experience was a soft playing spotify playlist. Will not go...