Café Katoen — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Excellent little place at a busy intersection where the Amstel and Rokin meet. There is outdoor seating but it was rainy, so inside was the best choice on this day. The windows in the front open, and it was nice to have some breeze and to hear the street sounds. The interior wall has a great urban mural in the style of Herge (the Tin Tin artist).

There is a local beer and some others on tap along with a full bar. The service was friendly.

I got the Katoen Burger, and wanted to try some regional appetizers so I chose the fish bites and the sausage and mustard. The fish was really excellent! The burger was a bit oversalted for my personal taste, but the toppings were...

Lovely cafe but it took so long to place our order - nearly half an hour - that the kitchen was closed by the time we tried to order food. I went to the bar to try and order at one point but was told to sit down and they would come and take our order. In the meantime a few people who arrived after us were served before us. Maybe we just hit bad luck but this was a bad experience for us. We left...

The staff is nice enough, but their Angus beef was simply inedible in mid-December 2021. I took one bite from their cheeseburger, felt like vomiting, and left everything else untouched. Finished my drink and just left. It's a cafe - sure - but they should rather take food off the menu entirely rather than serve (and charge!) for something that tastes so old and stale it makes you fear it...