Great food and amazing atmosphere. Very unique place. Very cozy and upscale without being stuffy it formal. Local flavor as well.
Peter W.
Tu valoración: 5 San Francisco, CA
Had a great meal here with excellent service. Sitting outside had a great atmosphere. I highly recommend this restaurant.
Nikola C.
Tu valoración: 5 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fantastic little culinary gem in Oost. Great french cuisine and wine list. Staff is also very friendly and down to earth. Good place when you want top of the bill food with a casual atmosphere.
Kien-Vu D.
Tu valoración: 5 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Excellent restaurant with delicate and fine French style food. A rather small and intimate place with a real identity. This is what I call a «reference table» in Amsterdam. + : First I often consider that a great restaurant needs to have great bread. This is the case @ Elkaar where they serve you with a crunchy and soft French style small bread cut in 4 to open up your appetite. Then you get a chance to choose within a 3-course menu(for about 36 €)… all dishes using great fresh fish or meat, seasonal vegetables with fine pairing. Well what more can you ask for? Last time I enjoyed Elkaar, I had a fantastic codfish and shrimp salad with perfect seasoning, sea bass with a tasty medley of vegetables and finished with a great sweet note: their own interpretation of a lemon pie. I also love how their portions are thoughtfully sized i.e. you really have enough to eat but it is not too much. They also have outdoor tables, so if weather allows it the great Elkaar experience can be taken outdoors — : There is really not much negative I can say about this great place. I just wished there were a few more nice wine options around 40 – 45 €. A decent burgundy bottle cost about 55 – 60 €. That’s slightly over the top for the standard of this restaurant. In conclusion : If you are asking yourself«Where are we going to eat tonight» and look for great food, nice environment, reasonable price… whether you plan a night out with your friends or a romantic 4-eye dinner, Elkaar is the place!
Nesrin E.
Tu valoración: 3 Berlijn, Germany
We went here for one of those dining week specials. We had 3 courses and everything was just very average. They did ask us what we don’t like and did a good job avoiding those items. We had one waiter who kept taking our drink orders and never bringing anything, and one waiter that was attentive. The décor inside is quite cute and romantic. I think they have some good stuff, but I wasn’t really impressed with this specific 3 course menu. if there was an occasion to go back, I would probably give it another chance.
John L.
Tu valoración: 2 London, United Kingdom
Believe me i really want ot be nice but i just cant lie — after all we are supposed to share our experiences and be honest about them Ok i really did not think great of this place and i am struggling to understand why people are so excited about it. Food wise they have a normal menu nothing exciting or original mostly a fusion cuisine between Mediterranean and french. Their wine catalog was also not exciting and i believe a bit overprecise The service was awful. They had two guys serving us of which the one would continuously ignore or «forget“my please for some extra water of another bottle of wine Finally the place itself although it looked really cosy and warm in the pics i found it a bit small and loud In any case i do believe there is room for improvement and i sure hope they do something about it
Xavier H.
Tu valoración: 5 Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
Adresse dégotée via les bonnes critiques croisées Unilocal/Michelin/lonely. La surprise était au rdv ! D’entrée de jeu la mise en bouche et les vins servis annonce une maison de goût. Craignant pour ma visa, j’accueille la carte des menus avec angoisse. Là aussi excellente nouvelle les menus vont de 36 € à 49 €, on est vraiment bien tombé. La suite a vu suivre des assiettes aussi fines que belles. Je recommande particulièrement le rouleau de poisson et la déclinaison chocolat. Le service assuré par deux jeunes tout aussi conviviaux qu’efficaces complète cette soirée impeccable dans un cadre comme il faut. Si tous les restaurants pouvait être comme celui là !
Christoph N.
Tu valoración: 5 Londres, Royaume-Uni
Pas facile de choisir un restaurant pour le weekend de ses 10 ans de couples… surtout quand on est dans une ville qu’on né connaît pas ! Enfin, ça c’était avant l’existence de Unilocal,évidemment :) Confortablement installé dans notre chambre d’hôtel, je dégaîné l’appli Unilocal et 3 clicks et un coup de fil plus tard, ma table chez Elkaar était bookée. De A jusque Z, l’expérience était vraiment superbe. L’endroit est chic sans être trop guindé. Service aux petits soins(le garçon vous paraîtra peut-être un poil nonchalant, mais pro tout de même). Cette adresse a gagné un prix décerné par Michelin, pour leur«menu gastronomique à prix modique» ! Ouaip ! 3 formules et 3 prix, de 36EUR pour 3 services, à 60EUR environs pour le menu du chef(5 ou 6 services). De la mise né bouche jusqu’au dessert, c’était délicieux. On accompagne le tout d’un petit Chardonnay et le tour est joué. Une très belle soirée, dans une très chouette adresse. Un rapport qualité/prix exemplaire. Parfait pour un rendez-vous romantique, un poil moins adapté pour«une bouffe entre potes». Perso, c’est exactement ce qu’il nous fallait ce soir-là !
Olivier P.
Tu valoración: 5 Brussels, Belgium
My wife and I had a wonderful evening at the Elkaar. We were celebrating our first anniversary. Food was really tasty and the service was wonderful. The place is cosy. They accepted our last minute reservation on a Saturday night — make sure to book. The place was full! My wife and I had the 3 services menu. Our favorite dish? The desert! They were both amazing! I would definitely recommend this place for a romantic diner.
Marta M.
Tu valoración: 3 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maybe my review will not be as relevant as the other ones as I went there for lunch during restaurant week. I am sure theres is huge potential to be an amazing place, but it wasnt so great 3 course menu was fixed: We started with an amuse bouche of a bisque(extra extra strong and salty), with a little canapé of duck liver Starter was a delicious salmon marinated in citrus with tarragon mayonnaise … very good! The salmon was super tasty and the combination was perfect Main course was a disappointing tasteless duck breast. Usually love this meat, but the texture, the taste and the colour was wrong(we suspect it wasnt the highest quality). It was a bit over cooked and served with potatoes(I had fondant potatoes), asparagus, and red onion confit(which i am not sure was homemade) Dessert was a banana parfait(not so parfait) as it was completely frozen and impossible to eat. It came with a pistachio sauce and small chocolate mousse But we didnt wait for it to melt, everything was really slow and we had to get back to work.(we arrived at 12.30 and left at 13.45!) The service was very good, the waiter explained everything and was very attentive. Unfortunately, I think its the problem with restaurant week … it doesnt always reflect what the restaurant can do(because of the super low price) I would like to try their usual food another time, but its sometime difficult to try again after a disappointment…
Mike O.
Tu valoración: 5 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5 stars as this is one of the best Amsterdam restaurants east of the River Amstel(sharing a second place with Van de Markt). Very good value for money(3 course menu for € 36) reason why it received a so called Bib Gourmand in the Michelin guide. Also a good outdoor dining spot with a beatiful view of the Muiderpoort. Key words: good inventive food, white table linnen without being too formal, value for money, informal staff and great terrace. Definitely a must visit if you live in this area.