Restaurant Visque — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Visited this place and was extremely disappointed. When I arrived, there were only two free tables. I immediately pointed to one, but the waiter, with a smug attitude, deliberately stared at the seating chart for a long time. When I said I wanted that table, he cut me off with “wait, I’m looking.” Seating was unnecessarily delayed without any visible reason.

I ordered mineral water, a ribeye steak, dessert, and tea. The serving sequence was completely wrong: first came the water, then tea (!), then the steak, and finally dessert — by which time the tea was already cold.

The ribeye steak was suspiciously thin, far from the standard cut, which resulted in mediocre doneness. The dessert was a cheap chocolate mousse with vegetable fats and a strong margarine aftertaste.

By the time I finished eating, the restaurant was almost empty — proving that in the beginning there was no objective reason for the delayed seating, other than the waiter showing off a false sense of “importance.”

Overall, the place tries to appear like a proper restaurant, but in terms of service and food quality it’s just a diner with inflated prices thanks to a...

The menu on their site isn’t up-to-date so we ended up being caught off guard by the new, higher pricing of the food. Nearly 40€ for a piece of fish and some salad? Come on.

We had the oysters & fried calamari as starters- calamari was tasty. We also ordered the vongole & felt disappointed. When you hear vongole the first thing that comes to the lay person’s mind is pasta with clams & beurre blanc. Even though the sauce was tasty, there was no pasta, but more disappointingly half the clams we were served were empty - not ok for that price. The staff were also not the most hospitable.

There are many seafood restaurants in Amsterdam that outperform this spot in terms of price-quality. Not enough flair in the food to match the price tag. I...

Some dishes can change your life. Sometimes it's the lukewarm 3am kebab that sobers you up just enough to question whether necking 6 pints on a Wednesday is really sustainable this deep into your 30s.

But other times it's the first bite of a delightfully tender tuna wellington wrapped in a light, crispy pastry that makes you realise that fish can never be your friends if they taste this good as food.

Visque takes some classics and elevates them. The scallops with rendang are perhaps the best dish this side of the Serengeti, and nothing is quite as joyful as getting a Cornetto served to you on a plate as a dessert.

5 stars, will be coming...