Café Keppler — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Brilliant coffee. Nice staff. Great location & vibe. Best carrot cake I've ever had. An ideal place to spend a couple of hours with a paper or to catch up with a friend. BUT so far, not impressed by the 'real' food. Went for dinner & the aquacota soup broth tasted like nothing, potatoes in potato salad undercooked to the point of being crunchy. Tortilla de patata okayish but again, not well seasoned & kinda dry. Only thing that was good when we went for dinner was the sea bass. PERFECTLY cooked & seasoned. Really delicious, but the only exciting thing on the whole table. To be fair, the lunch plates I saw going out last time I was there looked great - but I haven't tried anything from that menu. I like this place so much, we'll give it another try for dinner- perhaps it was just an off day. Or it could be that this is a great coffee & lunch spot & they're just not great at warm dinners. I guess we'll find out....

Keppler is a genuine example of the "new Noord", filled with a crowd of young adults and students that enjoy good beer and food. However, they have seemed to start an enjoyable fight with their regular crowd: laptops aren't welcome. Because of this, people mostly come here in pairs of with groups to enjoy the freshly brewed coffee and handcrafted lunch. Their bitterballen are made, just like all other products, from (semi)locally sourced product and while the combinations seem rather odd the food is quite tasty on most occassions. And quite reasonably priced considering the portions and ingrediënts. However, just don't show up with a laptop. For something like that, go to the nearby library...

I will have to be honest, it’s a very cute place and the staff are nice, but apparently the kitchen has a very strict “policy” when it comes to removing ingredients from the dishes. I have an ED (Arfid) and at every place i visit, i am able to take off what i do not want on it. Here it was different, it made me feel like the kitchen was too proud to change anything, or that things are pre-made. I don’t think it’s that hard of a task to remove a couple ingredients.

So, beware if you have an eating disorder. This place will not cater to you. If the policy would not be here, we would...