Mr. Mofongo — Restaurant in Groningen

During our honeymoon we stayed for one night in the city center of Groningen. During our stay we visited Mr. Mofongo. We heard from Mr. Mofongo because of the dad which visit Groningen often. He told me we should visit Mr. Mofongo because of the cocktail bar. We found out that our hotel was just 100 meter away from Mr. Mofongo. We stayed at Corps de Garde Groningen.

When you walk into it look very cozy with many details referring to traveling. The tables has a glass plate with items all over the world like coins, insects (not alive) and passports. The menu is made like a passport. The dishes are very reasonably priced. The menu has a dish for everyone. I self ordered the chicken with lemon and my wife took the spare ribs. Before this we ordered the tapas plate. During our dinner we already tried some cocktails before we went to the cocktail bar.

The ground floor and the outside terrace is for dinner and a drink. The cocktail bar is on the second floor.

You can take your dinner bill upstairs. The waiter will give a voucher which looks like a plane ticket. When you take it up the waiters upstairs will scan the voucher and you can take a seat. The cocktail bar looks amazing. It has a robot arm which will take the ingredients for the bartender.

The bartenders are very skilled and also funny. The cocktails are reasonably priced and when your favorite is not on the menu you can still ask for it and they will...

I really like their cocktails and went there regularly, however, they sometimes taste very inconsistent. One time the waiter asked me and my friends how our drinks were and I mentioned that the Davies sour I ordered tasted significantly different from what I was used to. He sent the barkeeper over to our table and the barkeeper insisted that the drink tasted how it is supposed to be (after quickly trying it). He then seemed very annoyed and asked whether I insisted on getting a new one. I declined, as the drink was not horrible, and as this was not my intention, I simply wanted to answer the waiters question. It made me (and my friends) feel incredibly awkward, we did not want to be rude, and we just noticed that sometimes (probably due to different barkeepers) the drinks tasted not as good as one expects. On another evening, one of the barkeepers licked of a spoon which he then used to stir another cocktail. Probably also not the most sanitary thing to do in times of Corona (or ever)... Probably won't go there soon again, the rude reaction of the barkeeper was unprofessional and unnecessary. It's sad since I used to like the...

There are no words in my dictionary to describe this place to the fullest and hence I'm going to explain every bit of my experience along with pictures. We started with a tour of the place, which I would have never expected to see based on what the place looked like from the outside. There were such minute details that you've either heard of or seen in pictures that actually exist here. Right from the world war period newspaper on the wall to the ancient wine racks and Barrels and a fusion of these antiques with technology like the rotating wine glass rack to the arm that automatically serves 2 glasses of wine. The place even crafts it's own Gin, whisky, and other types of alcohol and soon Beer. Loved the mini distillery that dropped down from the roof to a particular table which I definitely want to try the next time I'm there. Not going to say more and ruin it for you who are reading, you need to visit to believe. The steak was amazing and everything else we ate. Would like to appreciate Nick who gave us an awesome tour, and he is definitely the man for the job. Highly recommended this place and I will...