Lungo Mare — Restaurant in Flushing

Amazing food, great service staff, lovely atmosphere. One of the better restaurants I have been to in Holland.

The reason why a star is missing - we had booked a table of 9 with a work group. 3 individuals could not make it last minute. When we arrived and explained there were less people than booked. The chef actually came out and got quite annoyed with us publicly in front of other customers, and said we were affecting his livelihood as they turned others away.

While I understand, the missing people from our group freed up one table, and this table was immediately filled with more customers.

I think the staff would have had much better tips from our group had this embarrassment in front of other customer not happened.

Our group works in a high profile service industry, so we are aware of what’s appropriate and what’s not.

Nevertheless, a great night out and really impressive...

We called for a reservation. As I was walking into the restaurant the hostess didn't welcome us, so she placed us outside without questioning. I told her that we made a reservation. After a while she comes back and lead us to the table. It was right in front of the entrance. We asked for a different table at the window but there were also two young ladies who have been waiting for a good place in the restaurant with no reservation. Also she (we think her name is Irene) should stop barking at her staff in front of customers. The young staff did an excellent job servicing our table. So now on to the food. It was OK to eat. Not that great but also not bad. We ordered some bread, vitello tonnato, pizza Quattro staggioni and pizza with prawns basil. I wouldn't eat here again mainly...

Due to the many good reviews we visited today the Lungo Mare. The waitress promised the best pizza in town. We ordered a pizza Verdure and an insalatone con Gamberi. Both looked unfortunately much better than it tasted. The salad tasted extremely bland. The pizza was wet and picky up to three inches to the rim. The heralded cook began to explain in detail ..... but STOP ..... dear cook! A pizza slice must not be soaked. This is when the vegetables are really grilled and the (frozen) spinach is well expressed. For this, the wood stove must be less hot so not the edge is almost black and the rest is still soft. Then the tomato sauce should be spiced .. BUT what do I explain ......

Pizza connoisseurs know: here is a layman...