Brownies&downieS Leiden — Restaurant in Leiden

This restaurant is staffed by people with intellectual disabilities. They work in functions with customer contact, or food handling. All under supervision of great professionals. The restaurant is too big, but there are plenty of free tables at lunchtime on a Saturday. There is plenty of seating outside for when the weather allows.

Food options aren't too unique, although their brownies look really tasty, and are apparently made in-house. The food is quite tasty and the ingredients seem fresh. Portion sizes are perfect and prepared in an open kitchen, so if you like seeing your food being prepared you can here.

Staff is also really friendly, ready to help, and our servers had knowledge of the food so my questions regarding food allergies were confidently answered.

Prices are what is to be expected, not too expensive, but also not cheap. The quality of the food lives up to the price!

All in all a definite recommendation...

The food is low standard and the service is incompetent. We ordered the kimchi burger and the tuna melt. Both were quite plain and not derserving of the price tag (i can prepare a more elaborated tastier dish at home in less than 15 monutes). We had also the famous brownies which were also bad. Probably old, hard and dry. Why to pay for that when you can make something much better at home. And the worst part is how they completely disregard potential allergies of people. We EXPLICITLY mentioned to have the tuna melt without onions, and the dish came with those still in there. We did not notice until we ate a portion of it. It is totally not recommended and will...

Super friendly. The building is beautiful, it has very comfortable seats inside but the sound quality can get annoying. I totally recommend the terrace, so when it is sunny weather, book a table outside, you won’t regret the view and peace of the hidden backyard garden. This is a great place for brunch/lunch when the city center gets busy during the market days. The menu is joyful. Plates are good in size. The kids love the kids choice of dishes and the pancake options. Salads are delicious. It is always a pleasure...