Dwaze zaken — Restaurant in Amsterdam

This place used to be an institute in Amsterdam; a souful, low-key, folksy place for people on the lower end of the income distribution. Being a Dutchy myself, and a resident of Amsterdam of 20 years, I finally went, for the first time - and I was so deeply disappointed. This is just a money making machine, spitting out tourists by the dozens every half hour, having shaken them from way too much money for something very plain and ordinary. My own very plain and ordinary French toast cost me the ongodly amount of €10,- The bit of yoghurt and granola of my partner in crime, a very modest bowl, costing another €10,-. Pretty standard sandwiches cost up insane amounts of €16,-.

It just pains me so much to see my city having changed into this, and I can see the transformation of the owners, in my minds eye, over the course of years: from an idealistic bunch, with a lot of soul and character, with a sensitivity for art, for reading, for counter cultutre and the poor of a city - to people who bought their third house on Ibiza, which we all contributed to by being willing to pay the world for just two pieces of white bread soaked and baked in some egg yolk.

Suffice to say - this is the reason people living in Amsterdam avoid the city center, and this is the reason I will not be going back to Dwaze Zaken ever in my life. I will do so with some sense of protest against the city-center-erroding power of money in the world, and of mourning for all the soul in my city. I strongly encourage all tourists to

1. stay at home in the first place
2. don't go to Dwaze zaken to help fund the owners' flight ticktes to their...

Good area, sat outside. Didn't seem terribly busy outside or inside (at least 2/3 of all tables empty on a Saturday night at 19:00). Drinks were taken quickly by the one waitress on duty and delivered by the bartender. Since we had just sat down when she took our order we asked for another minute to review the menu (everyone was all smiles). However she didn't stop by during her next two trips outside despite us having our menus closed and making eye contact with her. Her next trip out my wife smiled and said we were ready to order. She nodded, smiled and cleared a table but went back inside still declining to take our dinner order. It had been 25 minutes since we sat down, and I suspected we were being punished for not being ready to order since she had taken a number of other orders outside. We paid for our drinks at the bar and went down the street for dinner. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, perhaps, I misread the situation, and she was not a multi-tasker and no slight was intended. In any case, in my 5 trips to Amsterdam this restaurant interaction stood out as poor. I appreciate the response from the owner below. I suspect he will / has had words with his staff. I have owned my own business and there are times to punish rude customers, but this was not one of them :) I have raised the review to 3 stars for their...

This place has a great spot within Amsterdam. The issue lies with staffing, food turnaround was extremely slow. It took us about an hour and a half for us to get a simple omelette with ham and bacon. At the entrance the lady was a bit rude and told us to stay outside and we will be attended. I can understand there is a language barrier however, they were not aware that I could speak and understand Dutch fluently. At the time of payment the lady was not happy that we came to the cashier to pay and rudely asked my girlfriend at what table she was sitting, even though we have been literally been sitting right next to the cashier the entire time 🤷 I do hope management reach this review and address the staffing issues whereas even the employees were complaining about the scenario in Dutch. Long story short, the place has potential however they do have some kinks they need to work out. Food is standard and not...