Pannenkoeken Restaurant Het Jagershuys Zeist — Restaurant in Zeist

If you're ever wondering what it feels like to be trapped in a time loop of disappointment, frustration, and wildly subpar pancakes, just take a trip to The Hunter’s House in Zeist. I’ve had the misfortune of dining here twice—and both times, they delivered a flawless performance in how not to run a restaurant.

This last visit? A complete farce. After driving nearly an hour (foolishly thinking, “maybe it’ll be better this time”), we waited 1.5 hours for food that NEVER CAME. We were finally told there were still two more orders ahead of us—as if that somehow justifies the wait. No apology, no effort to make it right, not even a token “your drinks are on us” for the massive waste of time. Oh, and those drinks? Took 30 minutes to arrive and then mysteriously disappeared from staff memory—no refills, no check-in, just radio silence.

What’s truly fascinating is how tables who came in after us magically got their food—somehow they cracked the secret menu code, I guess. We just got to sit there and enjoy the thrilling ambiance of neglect and growing resentment.

But let’s talk about the food—on the rare occasion it does arrive (as it did on my first terrible visit), the pancakes are aggressively average. Dry, flavorless, and utterly forgettable. The kind of food that makes you question not only the kitchen staff’s skill but the entire concept of pancakes. If this is what they proudly serve, I’d hate to see what they toss out. I should've never given them a second chance.

Management? Nonexistent. Whoever is running this place is either asleep at the wheel or just doesn’t care—probably both. You’d get faster and friendlier service at a train station vending machine.

Since then, I’ve visited other pancake houses elsewhere and much closer to home that actually know what hospitality is and serve food that doesn’t taste like disappointment. Jagershuys is a masterclass in how to ruin a simple meal.

Never again. I wish I could give 0 stars. And if you're reading this before going: congratulations—you just dodged a...

Not a regular pancake house. It looks fancy for a pancake house, we liked the atmosphere. The menu is fancy too. You have to pick a 'specialty' in the price range €16 - €20 per pancake. There are only one or two sweet options. They're big enough for a meal. You can also pick your own ingredients. If you would like a simple sweet pancake with two ingredients (apple and banana for example) it will cost you €15 per pancake at least. Maybe even more. Pretty expensive for a simple pancake and especially compared with the specialties that have 5 or 6 ingredients. If you ask for a cola zero, they won't tell you they don't serve Coca Cola. They will just serve you Pepsi. We were served by two different guys, both asked us the same questions over and over. They weren't communicating with each other. This was...

Healthy range of Dutch fusion pancakes. Meat-free friendly.

We were here for dinner on a weekday. I tried the Veluwe. Delicious. On the more savoury side, the ingredients worked brilliantly together and was well executed. Others on the table also enjoyed what they had.

Dishes are very filling and none of us were able to finish our dishes. I wonder if we could bring our own takeaway box as my partner doesn't seem to think they have any on-site. Drinks seemed a tad expensive, but that's not why one would visit. Soft drinks we had came in 200ml glass bottles, €3,10 each.

Service was reasonable.

Go here if you're looking for modern Dutch cuisine.

(As the first restaurant I visited in Utrecht, turned out it set a...