DE BALEINE — Restaurant in Zaanstad

They might just not need customers… the one or other customer is not welcome at all. They just call it fully booked and that’s it. And this not on a busy weekend but on a not so crowded Monday. Probably their turnover is too high …so the very unfriendly lady at the entrance just said…we are filly booked…you cannot reserve for later, I don’t know when you should come back …...

I cannot emphasize enough how amazing the coffee was. We ordered a cappuccino and a macchiato. My cappuccino was the best cappuccino I've ever had in my life. It was perfectly creamy, perfectly frothy and the coffee was so full of flavour!!! Words can't do justice to the experience. My only regret is that I should have had one more cappuccino...

The stroopwafel I got was put in the microwave. It might have been homemade but it was soggy and sad. It is clearly not a real dutch homemade stroopwafel as advertised. It is also very expensive....