Herberg 't Plein — Restaurant in Meppel

Overall, mostly everything is average here : food, options, location, prices… worth 4 stars.

Took it down to 3 as upon asking if they would kindly charge my phone (I stopped here on a long distance road cycle - my phone is what allows me to find my way!), I was led inside and asked to pay 1€ for a charging machine. Upon returning at the end of the meal, my phone was not charged, and when I let the staff know they did not even offer to refund my money. In fact they were quite clear that they did not care at all.

Doesn’t seem like much, it’s a euro, but it made the rest of my day very uncomfortable (try cycling across the Netherlands without a phone!), and to be honest the overall interaction with the staff was really not pleasant, they were slow and seemed like they had no care whatsoever for the customer.

Pro tip : next time an exhausted cyclist asked for a little phone charge, just take it inside and plug it into a wall for 30 minutes! Every other restaurant including Michelin starred all the way down to kebab shops will do it - what makes you so special?

In summary : mediocre as a whole, but would win a point if they offered to charge...

Unfortunately the food we got was terrible. I had the Thai beef salad and I saw in another review that it comes indeed with lime and bread. Mine didn’t. It also didn’t have cilantro, mint or teriyaki sauce but instead came with a pre made sweet chili sauce. The meat was very tough. My friend had a sandwich with chicken and it was just bland. You could order sauce with it but they failed to mention that it also costs extra. Service was good and...

Fabulous lunch… although to call what I ordered a Caesar Salad is like being told you’re getting taken to Eskimo Joe and actually end up building a snowman.

Don’t get me wrong, it tasted great, but there wasn’t any cos lettuce, bacon, croutons or anchovies to be found… think of it as a chicken salad and you’ll love it.

The Thai beef salad was closer...