Ni Hao — Restaurant in Nunspeet

Mixed reviews. Some of the food was incredible. Borderline Michelin quality. The veal cheek, the seabass - exceptional. The scallops were also great, but not trimmed properly, that tough muscle needs to be removed before serving. But some of it was mass produced and bland, the fried rice, the bami, the pork belly. The service was good, friendly and professional, but it was clear we were getting different service than the locals. We did the tapas menu and other tables got several at once, while we were drip fed over 2.5 hours. If it were just the two of us, that would have been fine, but we had our 9 year old with us and it just got tedious after awhile. The Asian manager (owner) was extremely cold. She visited every other table but ours to see if things were ok. She gave us looks like we were absolute trash. I don't know if it was because we weren't Dutch or didn't confirm to some ideal she had or what, but it made for a poor experience. Thankfully our server was an absolute gentleman and made up for her hostility. So yeah... A mixed bag. Some of the dishes were truly sublime, but there's a lot of things that just don't...

Chinese Haute Cuisine: who'da thunk it in Nunspeet of all places. An 'amuse' for the Gluten-Free vegan was improvised so beautifully I wanted a whole plate of crispy, juicy, tasty tofu. My starter, iceberg salad leaf filled with a crunchy mix that was the veg version of the duck starter was a divine and perfect combination of sweet, sour, crunchy and gooey. With a definite zing from peppers that echo's the Sichuan kitchen so close to my heart and taste buds. My main, the Buddhist Holy meal was just mind blowing in its plain celebration of good vegetables, 3 or 4 kinds of mushrooms and once again beautifully cooked tofu. My carnivore was thrilled with his crunchy tiger prawns and sole in a homemade jacket and then perfectly crispy duck. We took our leftovers home and are looking forward to tomorrow's dinner. And Ni Hao is worth a drive. Not the traditional Dutch Chinese restaurant:...

We were looking for a nice evening in this restaurant for days but it was just disappointing. The service staff was so unqualified and the owner didn’t care at all. We had to wait at least 15-20 min until we got to see the menu. The restaurant was busy but there were so many people working that one hand didn’t know what the other hand was doing. Most of the times they were just standing behind the bar with 5 people. Incredible!

Anyway, we ordered 6 different kind of „tapas“. Prices are really really high for the small portions you get. The food was in general ok but nothing super fancy or outstanding. Plus the wait for the food was way too long; after 1:15h we had two portions dim sum (4 pieces each) and were hungry waiting for the next round.

The bill was 93€ for two people which is fine if the overall experience would have been worth it. Unfortunately, we do not...