De Engelbewaarder — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Last Sunday, we stopped by around 20:40 (checked on my bank now) and ordered a bottle of Prosecco at the bar with 4 glasses. Paid 24 Euros, got it in a cooler and went out with 4 glasses, sat down, opened the bottle, poured in the first glass, it was with no colour nor bubbles. When we smelled it, shockingly it was water, definitely smelling toilet, we almost vomited. All 4 of us went back in, told the bartender about this, they took the glass and 3 bartender smelled it one after another, then do you know what they said? It is a water and smelling just fine! What??? 1st, it is not supposed to be water, its a freakin Prosecco! 2nd, it smells disgustingly shit, probably water from the toilet or whatever. Then she said she can give us a new bottle, we said no thank you, refund and we want to leave! Then she says, oh she can’t do that bla bla when we all started to talk again, she just went to cash register and brought 24 Euros cash.

We still think how the hell this could happen, worths to be investigated. Could lead to serious...

This place has a great mix of old school Dutch "café" vibe and tasteful modern decor. There are photograph prints pinned to the walls and there's a pinball machine (Elvira's House of Horros by Stern) that takes coins (€1 per credit or 5 credits for €4).

They have a bunch of taps, and I was astonished to find that two of them were non-alcoholic! They had a 0.0 Warsteiner and a 0.5 or so IPA that I really liked. Although most bars in Amsterdam have non alcoholic bottles, and a few offer Heineken zero on tap (yuck), this is the first I've seen that has two good non alcoholic draft beers!

The bartenders were really friendly and ordering a tea and "pinning" some coins for the pinball machine was no problem.

I'll be...

I had a terrible experience at this restaurant. The service was extremely poor, with the staff forgetting what was out of stock and what was still available. They even gave us incorrect information about what was available, leading to confusion and frustration.

To make matters worse, the meal I ordered - the entrecôte - was cooked to the wrong temperature. I had requested it to be medium rare, but it was served to me as medium. Additionally, the fries were so salty that my lips got dry from eating them.

To top it all off, the staff didn't even follow up on the dessert menu, leaving us feeling ignored and undervalued as customers. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone, and I will certainly not...