Café Parlotte — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Our group enjoyed a delicious dinner at Cafe Parlotte and the staff could not have been friendlier or more helpful. Lighting and ambience were also on point. Food was very good but perhaps not quite on par for what would be expected for a €100+ per person dinner. The Côte de Boeuf with garnish was good but was slightly overcooked, and had too much gristle and fat for €85. The accompanying potatoes were perfectly crusty on the outside and soft and velvety on the interior. Perfecto. The grilled octopus with chorizo and parsley was also slightly overcooked and as a result, was a little chewy. The terrine de campagne with cornichon (a rustic French country-style pâté made with ground pork and often pork or chicken liver, baked in a loaf pan, and served cold with tiny pickled cucumbers (cornichons), crusty bread, and Dijon mustard) was very good, but not a highlight of the dinner as the clams were. The wine list was the star of the evening and included so many great wines. The weekly special of veal was perfectly cooked. The selection of cheeses was also delicious with four cheeses from various European locales. The dried tuna with almonds was very good but would have paired better with slightly salted almonds instead of the bland saltless ones (or some other item entirely). Our "fish" (skate) was cooked as well as could have been, given that it's skate, and had a very nice flavor. The clams with coriander, garlic, and piment d'espelette was especially delicious with just the right amount of heat. Be sure and get extra bread for the leftover juice at the bottom. The chocolate mousse was heaven. Thank you to Café Parlotte for a wonderful evening...

The place is very nice and cosy. Makes you feel like your part of something. Unfortunately it probably wasn’t their best night. Our waiter forgot my wine, which she compensated later but also forgot to pass on our diner to the kitchen which then took longer. My girlfriend was running on fumes by that time. We had the brandade/octopus as extra entree which was great. So was the menu when it came. The desserts unfortunately were one of the worst I’ve ever had in a restaurant. It was all sugar and no flavor. Not even the chocolate mouse was very good. And it was spoilt by the terrible caramel sauce that cane with it. The cheese platter compensated at the end. Now I hope they find a way to shun the coke sniffers that were outside on the terrace but kept coming in to ‘use’ the toilet. I’ll be back again as all in all the place is a gem in that...

I have looked forward to going here for quite a while.

Finally got a spot and have been disappointed.

The wine is great. Nice price point and nice quality.

However coming in at an 8:30 reservation and putting in our food around 9:00. We are now here at 10:00 and have only had oysters and nothing else that we ordered. Despite the fact that we also ordered bread and butter.

I appreciate the slow pace of French restaurants but this really takes the cake.

Finally food came out and it was the mains. I thought maybe they had a weird order but then after our mains we reminded of our other dishes which were on our bill but not delivered and they had in fact forgotten.

Overall the meal took 3 hours. The food was good and they did como the starters however I did not feel this made up for the mistakes and slow service.

Would not...