Café Van Daele — Restaurant in Amsterdam

This place is special. I was wandering around Amsterdam late one unseasonably cold morning in early May looking for a place to relax while I awaited a friend. Most nearby places were either closed or overpriced, but this spot was open. The interior is charming and I sat on the second floor and drank several beers and a delicious double Americano while people watching out the window. One of the nicest bar experiences I've ever had, made all the nicer by a super friendly bartender. Good prices, excellent beer selection, a great vibe, and excellent coffee too. I have nothing but good things to say about Cafe Van Daele, and if I lived nearby I'd...

I went to this Café and asked for a hot chocolate with soy milk. The waiter said: "I can't do that because we don't make the hot chocolate fresh. We just warm it up." So you are charging 3,50€ for a warmed up ready made drink, allright then. He then proceeded to say in the most rude way: "We are not a hipster vegan place"... A "we don't have that option, sorry" would have been professional and polite. There were two people sitting at the bar with who the waiter then started talking to. I think they were staff or friends. They were all three staring and laughing at me. SO RUDE. I packed my things and left....

We were looking for a place to sit down and maybe have a drink and since my partner and I were both cold we just walked into the first café we came past and this was it. It was a magical little place, we stayed there for multiple hours and had some tomato soup and cheese toastie and drinks, just what we needed. Sitting upstairs we watched people through the big window and listened to the Christmas music, sometimes the most simple things turn out to be the most wonderful. The food was just what we needed, the staff was very sweet and I would go there...