Rosto — Restaurant in Leiden

A memorable experience. It's been a long time since I visited a restaurant that managed to serve such an arrangement of creative dishes, with such interesting combinations of flavours, and such beautiful presentation.

The sea bass with crab cake in particular stood out for the way the various vegetables contrasted with and accentuated the fish. Quite honestly I lack the vocabulary to fully describe everything, and the menu will be different next time around anyway, so take this as a general recommendation.

I should also mention the excellently chosen wines complementing the dishes, and the extremely friendly and knowledgable staff. Their enthusiasm definitely helped elevate the experience.

Practical information: No menu, you just select a number of courses and mention dietary restrictions Vegetarian options but no vegan ones Located right in the middle of Leiden city centre, but just around the corner from the main shopping thoroughfares, for a pleasantly quiet atmosphere In easy walking distance from several parking garages and the railway station, as well as various of...

We went for a 7 course dinner. It included the following: Halibut with smoked eel & horseradish. Seabass with lardons. Lamb with baba ganoush & artichoke. Rendang stew with pumpkin chutney. Cheese course. Dessert with basil sorbet & rhubarb. The food was very nice. A bit heavy on the foam side and therefore a bit repetitive, but the taste was good. No extraordinary tastes, the most spectecular was the basil icecream. Some of us had the full wine glasses and some half. We didnt see the difference. The half was 3 small sips and so was the full. This was a bit dissapointing. The first time we notified the waiter that both were equally full so he gave 1 sip extra to the full glass people, but the next courses it was the same again. For water you had to partly pay. Also beware that bread to start with also includes 21 euro ham which we were unware of, and which we would not have ordered if we knew since some of us were vegetarian. All in all, food was nice, not overly special, but good, especially in combination with the greedy wine pouring it felt on the expensive side with +/-...

As I live in Leiden I have eaten here 3 times already, within 15 months. The restaurant has more or less the same menu for a few months, then they change the menu and the only choice you need to make is how many courses you would like to have. They offer vegetarian alternatives as well. I have had both the 7 course dinner and the 6 course dinner. It offers the most creative tasteful dishes and the wine arrangement is perfect to accompany the food. Service is excellent, relaxed in the best way, and we have had the most fantastic evenings here. The chef comes by to talk a bit and is very friendly. Also the sommelier does a great job and so so the serving people. I already am looking forward to the...