Rotishop Gieta Surinamese Takeaway — Restaurant in Amsterdam

After a long rainy day exploring Amsterdam, my mum and I took the long way home as we did a detour to get to this takeaway food place. We’ve never had Surinamese food before so we were intrigued. But after the meal I had, I can proudly say that the detour was worth it because the food was such a great first time experience!! It was sooo gooddd!!!

We ordered the roti oorlog (kip, lams en doks) - See the pictures to see what I ordered: it’s composed of different types of meats, potatoes and green beans as well as the roti and it was soooooo goodddddd. It has a kick to it if you like spice (plus they provide a higher level of hot sauce if you want more spice). The portion size and food content made for a hearty and filling meal. I am still resisting a food coma and I ate more than 5 hours ago. It was €16.50 and definitely worth the price. They can take my money again and they will because this is definitely one of my new favs.

The place is primarily a takeaway service so there wasn’t a lot of seating as expected. The staff were very friendly and joyous and very patient with my use of Google translate to order. It was nice seeing the interactions between a range of local customers and the staff. The place was...

To be clear this is a takeaway cafe and not a restaurant. There are 4 or 5 high stools at a window counter should you eat in. Food is served in takeaway containers. As an introduction to Surinamese cuisine, we've been schooled. :-) Food is served piping hot and we were delighted with all our dishes. Was spot on. Seasoning was delicious. Staff were extremely helpful. We ordered lamb curry with roti which came with green beans and potato. We also had a fish roti also delicious. We did want starters but to be honest the portions were very large and we might not have had...

Got a Roti, lamb number 8. Came with green runner beans and potato. Really good lamb curry. The extra yellow sauce had a great flavourful spice, quite hot. I was looking forward to trying Surinamese food and this was a great first choice. The bloke serving me was also very helpful when I asked him for a reccomendation, so run by lovely people. Would definitely...