Restaurant Vesting Lounge — Restaurant in Gooise Meren

This is a trendy and stylish restaurant on the ground floor of the legendary Vesting Hotel (translated as fortress), which is located in the heart of the beautiful walled city of Naarden. This building was built in 1913 in traditionalist forms on behalf of the municipality of Naarden and served as a police station and vocational school. The building hosted exhibitions, but also stored archives. This beautiful building with a gable roof, transverse frames with half-windows and decorative anchors is classified as Neo-Renaissance. There is a spacious terrace so you can enjoy your favorite meals with a breathtaking view of the historic center of Naarden and the large basilica cruciform church Sint-Vituskerk (or Grote Kerk 1380-1518). Restaurant Vesting Lounge is a place where creativity and culinary excellence come together. There is an incredible team of professionals working here, they are super friendly, which gives a family atmosphere to the visitors of the establishment. The owner of the establishment, Wachter Muller, greeted us in the most welcoming and friendly manner, it was very pleasant! Combined with professional service, you will receive first-class dishes with new flavors and matching wines from an extensive wine list in a relaxed atmosphere. I very liked the cocktails here, especially the classic mojito🍋🥃 Enjoying this incredibly refreshing sweet and sour taste with hints of mint🌿, I admired from the window the Mannerist facades of the Town Hall and its ancient sandstone cross windows. This cultural and historical landmark, with a double-stepped gable in the Dutch Renaissance style, was built in 1601 and is located across the street from the restaurant. The charming atmosphere, friendly staff and magnificent views of the ancient city make Vestiging a place you always want to return to. Heel...

I’ve been here twice and both times ridiculously slow service. Had a bad experience a year ago with lunch, with crazy slow service - hard to get attention of staff to order food, it taking AGES to arrive, seeing it sitting on the side waiting to be delivered until it got cold as no one was paying attention, to struggling to pay at the end. My partner nearly walked off it was so bad. A year later I thought I’d give it a second go just for coffee. My apple pie arrived, no coffee. Others who arrived well after me having theirs served around me. Took about 25 mins for a cappuccino to arrive. No apology from staff or acknowledgement that it’s not acceptable. To make it worse beyond crazy slowness of it, it’s overpriced. And the food is average. The atmosphere in the square is lovely but it’s ruined by the experience. I really would...

I ate here with a group (6 people) for dinner. It was very busy. I never understand why restaurants refuse to try to dampen the noise level at all - everything in the place was hard surfaces and it was very loud. We spent the whole night shouting at each other. Service was very slow and they ran out of a fish course so one of my tablemates was able to order it but others could not, which was unfortunate. Food was fine, but not worth coming back for. Aubergine was a bit tough/chewy which I don’t like. It is a nice space -I might have enjoyed it more if it had been a bit quieter. Despite the beautiful location in the Vesting it was a bit...