If you're coming for the atmosphere and the beautiful beach, then you're in good stead with any of these bars. If you're coming for the food, probably consider elsewhere. Dutch people would probably give this 4 stars (in my humble opinion, that is). Finding good food in the Netherlands is extremely difficult, the standard is simply not that high - and I am not fussy or someone who is snooty! I'm just genuinely always surprised at the drop in even the humblest of food standards.

I had a black Angus steak that was pretty chewy. It was small, which means it should at least be as tender as any black Angus could be, but this simply was not the case. The accompanying fries were average, portion size so small that I'm still hungry, and the pepper sauce had possibly one pepper corn and was mostly a cream sauce.

The Mrs. Didn't fare much better. She had the "sliptongetjes" which is a local fish. We thought local meant probably better, but there were more bones than an ancient Indian burial ground. Should this fish be deboned? No, that's how it comes and we knew that. But when it comes so complete that a skilled vet could bring it back to life, there are definite issues - especially when it's over cooked and clings to the bones.

Beach - 5/5 stars. Food - 1.5/5 stars.

Sorry El Niño... You need to up your game. If this restaurant was not on the beach, it would have closed for good long ago.