Swing Gouda — Restaurant in Gouda

I don’t write reviews very often but due to the experience we had there I felt compelled to make an exception. We visited the place with 5 people , the light should have come on when I went to the upstairs toilet . It was dirty, stank and the floor was sticky ( a dead giveaway that things are not great ) Service we had except for one person was pretty poor , they seemed more interested in getting their custom order of red bulls delivered while they were working ( weirdest thing ever) than taking care of their clients . Let’s get to the heart of my review, the food, It was truly one of the worst experiences ever and so bad we left most of our food on the table. The staff must be used to this because no one ever asked how our meal was and did not question why 75% of the meals made their way back to the trashcan. Fried finger foods were ok . Swingburger : well ,that thing needs to swing in the direction of going to the history books . An overcooked hamburger with bucket lettuce, horrible salty bacon ( if you can call It that) one tomato slice on it. God knows which person decided to top it off with mac and cheese sauce but it is pretty much inedible and please avoid it like the plague. Hard shell tacos with avocado: After one bite we could not go any further , I don’t know what’s in the avocado mush that they serve in it but it’s as close to avocado as planet mercury is to earth. As far as ever recommending it to anyone it lands in the avoid like the plague department also . The bill was close to 200 euros which made the experience even more painful.

Please do something about your hygiene and the menu, no one likes disgusting bathrooms and it makes you wonder what the hygiene in kitchen looks like. Cooking a decent burger and taco is about as basic as it comes , if you can’t even create something that simple you probably have no...

Chose to have dinner at Swing after a nice touristical walk in Gouda, because of all the restaurants located at the central square, Swing had the most colourful and cosy atmosphere, like being at a restaurant at the beach. The service was professional, energetic and quick, validating the choice that we made.

Being a group consisting of both vegan people and meat-lovers, the dinner menu was also appealing to all of us. For every course there was a vegetarian/vegan option and I was curious to try the vegan bavette main. This 3D-printed steak, which was richly garnished with a pesto from peas, rendang with yellow beetroot and twister fries was very interesting, having the same structure as a beef steak. My meat-loving parents enjoyed it too! Personally I prefer something less processed, but given the fact that we're in Gouda, I was already happy to see more vegan options on the menu. My mom tried the avocado burger (with a glutenfree bun), which was good but a little dry. All of the portions were more than enough and joyfully presented. They served even iced coffee with plantbased milk and a vegan stroopwafel. The coconut ice cream with a mousse from mango and passion fruit was a delight!

If you want a casual, but joyful dinner with lovely background music and a nice view on the historical central square then I definitely recommend Swing! Also perfect if you are with a group of people with a difference diet. Theres something...

We went for a simple lunch and just ordered toasts and soup but our orders came very late and also wrong. We were 4 people and only got 3 lunches (those also very late considering the meals) we were told something went wrong with the last order and as a solution we got an empty plate and asked if we want to share until we got the last meal. And eventually the last meal came wrong than what we ordered but at that point we just wanted to be done with it.

When we asked for a glass of water we were told they don't give tap water only sell bottled water, good to keep in mind considering you can get tap water for free at many cafes/restaurants in the Netherlands.

Food was also not tasty and quality was very low, bread they use for soup and toasts are from supermarket and cheap kind. It was the worst experience I had in The Netherlands, so sadly I would not recommend here at all and I am very surprised by good reviews. Maybe recently something changed about the place.

One good thing: since so many things went wrong, they offered us one round free drinks. But even if every other thing is fine, don't expect to have tasty...