Café DeRat — Restaurant in Utrecht

Our group had a bizarre incident with a Karen bartender there in 2020. We went to this bar and took a seat and waited to order drinks. A person from our group, who i guess smelled like marijuana, asked the bartender for the WIFI password.

The Bartender immediately started yelling at us how foreigners are ruining Utrecht, and how we just want to use their facilities for free. It was so ridiculous because we wanted to order, but we had just arrived and no one had bought drinks yet. Any normal bar would just ask 'would you like to order anything?'

I am unfortunately reading that this bartender probably WAS the owner judging by his review responses and he also has harassed other people like us. Look how combative they get when responding to one-star reviews where people call him out for making offensive comments to foreigners like going on rants about other...

As a local, this is my favourite cafe to go to. The bartender can give excellent advice if you're unsure which beer or whisky you want to drink. If you're a whisky lover, be sure to go here. Often, they allow you to smell and taste a bit of the whisky before you make your choice. They have a large number of single-cask whiskies to choose from. If you are visiting Utrecht and want to go here, my advice is to go late-afternoon on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. In the evenings it can get very crowded. If you're very allergic to cats don't go here, since they have 2 of these cute...

My favourite bar (or, in local parlance, cafe) in Utrecht. Fantastic selection of bottled beers, including some interesting draft selections from small English breweries (such as Vocation, from my home town). The atmosphere is great, with gorgeously understated wood-panelled decor and several rangy but friendly tomcats roaming round. Very cosy place to try a few local or international beers - keep an eye out for anything from De Kromme Haring (The Crooked Herring, apparently), a Utrecht brewery that specialises in modern,...