Kweekcafé — Restaurant in Haarlem

As a local and frequent user of this cafe, I couldn't give less then 3 stars as it is a useful and well-located spot. However, I would be careful over some members of staff and their attitude towards customers and children n.b. the cafe has lots of provision for children so you assume they would be used to having them in.

Every time I take my two year old in, we buy something for both him and myself and don't take up a lot of time. However, yesterday a member of staff approached us and said, 'I have been watching you and you are not supposed to feed your child with your own food.'

For clarity, the food in question was a small pot raisins or a couple of slices of cucumber.

My child has 17 allergies, so being in charge of his food is vital. When I explained this to the member of staff, she challenged me on 'what exactly are his allergies?' with a disbelieving tone. It doesn't matter what his allergies are. He is my child, I'm a customer, you should believe me.

I was so shocked at her behaviour and attitude that it was only later that I realised I should have told her how, on several occasions, Kweekcafe fed my child their 'vegan banana cake' that contains egg. My child is allergic to egg, but thankfully not to the stage where the outcome could have been a lot worse than it was.

I would highly recommend the staff at Kweekcafe tackle their own attitudes and lack of interest in their allergen menu before their customers who just want to keep their children happy, healthy and...

Not my cup of tea.. or rather coffee. I'm a big fan of coffee but the coffee poured here was rather bland. Went for a double espresso but it was pretty tasteless. My sister picked out the place because she wanted her children to be able to play there, and that they could. It's fitted with enough toys to keep your children entertained. The food was okay though I was not blown away. The lunch platter went for 11,95 and had some vegetarian chicken with it. Hesitant as I was (I'm a big meat eater) , this was so salt that I felt kidney stones developing as i ate it. I could not finish it. The toasties were okay. Next time I'll pick a...

It was a nice place to hang out with the whole family when they were kids-friendly, I did not mind the long wait and mistakes in the order as much. But now they decided to be an anti-kids cafe (and I don’t exaggerate, you really risk being patronised if your kid dares to behave like a kid), which is weird because they are located in a park a lot of people visit with their kids. I understand if they were to change their concept and service completely, but it’s still the same simple cafe and they still forget to bring the complete order or mess up the bill etc. Completely not worth to visit for us anymore, maybe only for take...