Creative and meticulously crafted cuisine, wonderful surrounding with a mix of tranquility and occasional whispers and murmurs from passers-by, all knowing and all approving, splendid vegetable dishes is a must try, so are the fish and meat dishes, exceptional wine list too with good selection of Burgundy, ask Xavier the owner for recommendation.
Dan S.
Tu valoración: 5 Ontario, CA
Beautiful and bright interior is welcoming. Staff are amazingly attentive. Good is mouth watering with every bite. The fish with tomatoes that I had for my main was over the top delicious. Truly memorable. Highly recommended!
Jason H.
Tu valoración: 5 Northfield, OH
High end, beautiful dining. This restaurant was voted best vegetable servings of all Amsterdam restaurants last year(interesting award, but I do say, it was amazing). I’ve eaten here twice now and both times was a fantastic experience. They even served one of the courses on my own wrist… Haven’t seen that before. Quite modern Euro environment and culinary– not ultra modern– not molecular culinary but still very creative and elegant. Highly recommend.
John L.
Tu valoración: 4 New York, NY
Very nice nouveau European cuisine dinner. Excellent service. Nice wine pairings. Not too expensive for the upscale semi-formal/smart casual décor. Cool room OR peaceful outdoor seating in nice weather. Very inventive dishes and, as usual, tons of post-desert deserts.(€ 155 without tip and with 6 total glasses of wine).
Mitzi A.
Tu valoración: 4 San Francisco, CA
Very good courses! Fresh veggies from their garden. Presentation is fantastic! There are many courses… have them all!
Tobias K.
Tu valoración: 2 Willemspark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maybe it’s me. Maybe it was the weather. On a rainy Tuesday night, this was my third choice of restaurant. I was getting a little bit weary of restaurants that put more effort in how food looks than how it tastes, but based on some nice reviews decided to give it one more go. Also, the other two restaurants I had in mind were fully booked. This one had a table. Actually, there were only two other diners, so our experience can’t be caused by the restaurant being too busy… The good news: the wine is great. Excellent. The bad news: the food isn’t. There are a number of dishes that are just plain show only: a piece of vegetable/herb mix carefully crafted to look like a meadow looks fantastic, but tastes like what I imagine a meadow to taste like. The main course fish was covered in a large amount of foam that did nothing to add to the taste. There was an appetiser that really had no taste whatsoever. And then there were execution problems. The lobster-and-pumpkin had undercooked pumpkin which completely killed off the dish. All minor flaws, maybe, but at this level of ambition and attention to the visuals and price(not cheap!) this made for a thoroughly disappointing dining experience. For the foreseeable future, I’m sticking to places where the food looks like, you know, food.
Sharon H.
Tu valoración: 5 New York, NY
I ended up eating at Bolenius on the last day of a business trip to Amsterdam choosing the restaurant simply because it was the closest one to my hotel and I was hungry and tired. I can’t believe it ended up being one of the best restaurants I have ever eaten and an a superb eating experience. I was with a friend and we chose to take the tasting menu — and too this was a great choice. A full 12 course tasting menu with a few additional«treats» thrown in. The food was excellent — the taste was good, the portions good and the arrangements really creative. I should be saying a lot more about food but can’t quite figure out how to sum up a tasting menu that was just so great. The restaurant was modern and clean and the wait staff was a perfect blend of tentative, helpful yet unobtrusive. For sure this is not an inexpensive restaurant — be prepared to pay 99-Euro per person for the tasting menu with wine and coffee additional — but really worth it if you ever get the chance to be in the neighborhood.
Alan G.
Tu valoración: 5 San Diego, CA
We just got home from a four(4) hour dining experience at Bolenius. If my sister in law does not come here next month I may have to consider disowning her forever. I would say this is one of the top dining experiences ever for both of us. Anywhere. Ever. Don’t miss it. OMG! I can’t even begin to describe the genius of the food, the presentation, all organic and local. I have to stop now. I’m in gastronomical heaven. Chef Luc and partner Xavier Giesen have put together a staff of chef and wait staff that entertain as well as educate. We had so much fun.