Restaurant Holle Bolle Gijs — Restaurant in Leiden

I came here for dinner with my volleyball mates and dates, so we were a big group. We were asked by the restaurant to provide our food preferences a couple of days in advance to help the kitchen in preparing for a large number of people. Despite this, the quality level of food was very low, and wine was bad (but I know how hard it is to find decent food and wine in the Netherlands). I managed to eat almost everything, even if I tasted that nothing was good enough. But the thing that I really couldn't eat was the sole fillet. It was unbelievable. It only tasted dirty water, and it was disgusting. I asked my boyfriend to try it, and after a bite, he was unable to keep eating it. This is the first time that something like this happens in my life. I left only that on my plate, almost entirely, and the waitress noticed, but of course, she never asked if everything was okay. We were a lot of people, and she went to some of us to ask, but basically, to only who finished everything on their plate (of course). Even when she took off my plate, she never asked what was wrong with it. My boyfriend had a cheese fondue (thinking that was something hard to make wrong!!) and also that was not good. It had a strong final taste of alcohol. I had fondue in France and I'm sure it shouldn't taste like that! It was very hard to finish and in the end we left a bit because we couldn't stand the taste anymore. The real problem comes a couple of hours later during the digestion of the food. Both my boyfriend and I had a kind of food poisoning. We felt really bad, with stomach aches, nausea, and a feeling of heaviness. I'm writing this review the morning after the dinner, and I can only say that I'm not going to work because of how I feel. My advice is: don't have the arrogance of pretending to be a "nice" restaurant. If you are only able to do croquettes and lekkerbek, just do that and don't poison people! Or make me pay more for decent quality food! I want to specify that I didn't choose this restaurant, my friends did, and I'm sure I'm not...

Stumbled upon this restaurant by accident. I was hungry and saw it was close on Google Maps so I just went there, and I am so glad I did. The food is priced extremely well, you get a really good value. The food is simple, but fresh. They know how to combine ingredients and have a wide variety of dishes and courses. If you like simple, but delicious food I really do recommend this restaurant. The vibes inside are also amazing, not just how warm and cozy it feels, but the employees are also very friendly. Do not expect a five star meal, because that is also not what you...

My husband and me use to go the from 2018. It was a good price for a fair food, the service was and still is from students so not so much experience. Still we use to go there. But we went from Valentines and we got super disappointed because now the prices are higher, important difference and the amount of food got reduced, for example 4 gambas with some lettuce €11 So crazy prices for a low standaard restaurant But now with lees almost of portions is super unfair. And its not so special food restaurant. That was our last time...