Café Berkhout — Restaurant in Amsterdam

I felt the waiter or bar tender was rather rude. Just cause not everyone knows the culture as a foreigner , they don't have to be rude about things.

I bought a beer there cause I went to the Heineken experience and it was my lucky day, they closed early for an emergency that night. I went across the street for a beer.

The tables are old and ratted so I don't understand the attitude problem. But when I put my beer on the table , the waiter sprinted to me with a bothered look and grabbed my beer, and slammed it down on a coaster to prove a point. To use the coasters. There was loud music playing and many many people . Maybe he was overwhelmed.

Why couldn't he just say so kindly . Use his words instead of his passive-aggressive body language. He walked away and didn't even say anything to me after doing that . Like it was my purpose to ruin his night by not knowing that they WANTED TO USE card board coasters on the old dirty tables.

It's literally run down. No new decor. I thought it was the actually vibe of the place. The wooden tables and chairs with no cloths. Barely any lighting. I chose it cause it looked less fancy than the other 20 restaurants in the area that sell Heineken.

After that interaction, I left and didn't bother ordering food. It was my first time there . No one is walking into restaurants choosing to be rude. Waiters need to stop acting like foreigners are traveling just to irk them. Get a new job then, if everything foreigners do bothers you to the point that you have to be passive aggressive instead of clearly up misunderstandings with your words as a...

It started to rain very hard, the Heineken "Experience" was turning people away if you didn't buy your entrance ticket 6 years before. We stumbled down Stadhouderskade until we stood in front of a very warn and welcoming looking cafe. We, along with a hundred other people fell in to get out of the rain. Unlike them, we got a table, ordered a beer (not Heineken) and a cider, and a delicious lunch. Rain stopped, 75% of the people left, but we stayed to enjoy our beverages and food. Staff was very friendly, food was very good, and of course, the beer was excellent (not Heineken). Busy area, but well worth the effort to find. Skip the "H Experience", Busch Gardens at least has rides. If I can, I would like to return here for a beer (not Heineken) and...

Where: Café Berkhout - Amsterdam What: A restaurant in front of Heineken How was it: It seems to be popular amongst the locals. We arrived late afternoon and it quickly filled up with people who just finished work. It was cool to see the amount of bicycles flying by in the street. It's hallucinating how many bicycles they have in the city. As for the restaurant, the drinks were good but the food was mediocre. I'm not a picky eater, but let's just say I won't have dutch sausages anymore. Grade: Eli = 4, Serge = 4 Recommend: Yes, the atmosphere is nice and great...