De Eend (The Duck) — Restaurant in Wijdemeren

Bad for vegetarians, terrible for vegans. I phoned up the restaurant 1 week before to check whether it was vegan friendly. I also wrote it in the online reservation. They reassured us, they make everything fresh and are flexible! That was not true. They only have 2 vegetarian options for the main. Only 1 can be made vegan. Their idea of a vegan option is to remove everything delicious and not replace it with anything at all, and to charge the same price. They suggested that we pick the tomato, parmesan & burrata risotto without the parmesan and burrata! Same situation with the starters, little flexibility with replacements. FYI this is not a vegan option -it's a "less-than" option. You can buy vegan parmesan in the supermarket, there is no excuse. At least be honest on the phone, we could have gone elsewhere. In addition to this, the service was unfriendly, seemed very annoyed at us when we asked about vegan options, and we received our main after a 50...

The first time we visited De Eend, we had a wonderful experience. The food was great. The second time, the food quality was below average. It seems like, that if the owner is not around, the quality of the food drops significantly.

Also on the menu card, it is mention that every main dish includes a potion of french fries. My partner and I ordered each a main dish. When the food arrived, we got only one potion of french fries. We thought the forgot it, therefore we ordered a second one. Unfortunately, we were charged for it. We then had a follow-up with the waiter, he ensured us, that the position which we received was bigger. Therefore, we quickly checked if other people on the surrounding table have bigger potion. It seems like that the potion of french fries always stays the same, does not matter if meant to be for a single person, two persons or even...

"With a pinch of duck!" ti said on the web page. This is one thing there were not honest about, this place had a lot more than a pinch of duck. This was entirely duck themed. This is kinda why we ended up here. I love ducks. They are sweet birds, and they taste good. So, we ate duck too. Roast duck and duck salad.

The food was very good, the price was not bad at all, and the staff was friendly and helpful. It had that coozy feel that so many restaurants are missing by being "trendy and cool!", but yet it was an exceptionally cool restaurant. Unique location as well, something you do not find many places...