Banketbakkerij Mastenbroek — Restaurant in Waterland

Definitely not a tourist friendly place. You feel unwelcome the second you walk in, with local regulars staring at you and sniggering amongst themselves, like those saloons in western movies! Then when you go to pay, the shop owner tells you they don’t accept VISA or Mastercard, and in a tone that makes you feel like you should know this already…”this is the Netherlands, we only accept cash or local payment methods”. Which is not true btw, since this was the only place during our entire stay that did not take credit cards. We were then ‘instructed’ to go and withdraw cash from an ATM, and that two of us should stay there and wait, because she said “otherwise you will just leave without paying”. One of the locals chipped in, saying “yes this happens all the time”. Overall a very bad experience. The only positive thing to say is that, unlike the cappuccinos, the sandwiches were at...

The lady was very joyful and served us these beautiful handrolled creme in white chocolate complimentary with our coffee that melted in our mouths, we sadly couldn't buy them for our return but I still got my mouth watering when I think of them. She gave us a few very unique hand made exceptionally good quality chocolates to taste that I would 💯 ask you to take with you from Monnickandem if...

Not sure of the food/drink quality, but the service was rather rude. Showing up at 4 pm sharp, we were told that seating was not possible as they were closing in 30' (I could have been happy to walk away just before closure) and that they could not serve any hot drinks to take away because they had switched everything off. So why don't they just say they...