De Gillende Keukenmeiden — Restaurant in Zwolle

A quaint little space with a shabby chic exterior, we chose to grab a quick bite here on a Sunday afternoon. Overall I'd give them two stars for the following reasons:

What worked: very good quality desserts, fairly decent portion size(especially the cheesecakes), good music choice, relaxed ambiance.

What did not work: given that it's post-corona times, there were measures being taken to maintain distance. But there was a lot of hypocrisy around preferential treatment to certain guests and not others. The lady coordinating the tables was quite rude (and yes there is a difference between being straightforward/frank and rude/dismissive). And the attitude of 'you chose to come to my cafe hence I will behave the hell I want' especially in the hospitality industry is absolutely unacceptable.

We waited for over 20 mins until she asked us for our order, another 23 mins until our drinks arrived and about 30 mins until our food arrived.

The open sandwich we ordered was not edible (rubbery bread, impossible to cut through). The girl waiting our table was sweet enough to take our feedback on it and replace the food with another order (this wasn't the same lady coordinating the tables and sometimes taking food orders).

So overall, as much as it was a good 2+ hours of a sunny day spent in a quaint cafe, I don't think I will return to this place (they need to work on making people...

Great place. Has a very trendy ambiance. The food is amazing, very high quality. We had two sandwiches and one pie. It was delicious. The cappuccino's were also very very good.

They only have seats outside and there are alot of picknick benches.. but when it is crowded they only have these sitbags or little boxes to sit on. Which in not comfortable. I know it resonates with the style.. but there enough space for normal chairs.. we did have to wait quite a bit to be served aswell. And saw People who came in after us be helped before us.

Overall I do reccomend but only when it is not too busy. But A++ on the...

1- it took them long to take our order, they didn’t even apologize for being late. Ironically they took someone else order before us ALTHOUGH he arrived after us. We have been ignored several times. 2- overpriced, we ordered smashed avocado, they gave us a big thick slice of bread with smashed avocado on it and a couple of chickpeas, I was mostly eating a bread! 3- the seats outside were uncomfortable and whenever there was some wind, the dust would fly to your food/drinks. I wouldn’t return to this place anymore. You guys really need to work on your customer service and treat your...