Midtown Grill

From the moment I walked in, I was delighted. Both Claudia and Gino guided me thru the menu and answered all my questions. This was my first visit to your restaurant and I was glad I stopped in. My dinner was excellent, service great, I will return again soon!
Thank you Claudia & Gino, for a great dinner and wonderful service.

This review is for breakfast. Open early is great — 6:30am for the jetlagged and weary. And the service too is alsl kind and quiet. Perfect for 6:30am.
But the ommelette they served up was just horrible. More grease than eggs and little flavor. I got the ham and eggs. Very bad. And the hash browns had this nasty odor that had me gagging.
The coffee is pretty good. Nothing exceptional. But 8 euro for a half pot it damn well better be!

Service was very good. I had a nice wedge salad with super delicious maple smoked bacon and a blue cheese dressing that was super sharp and intense. Ordered a glass of St. Emillon red wine that was quite delicious. I ordered my steak medium-​rare and ended up with something closer to medium-​well. The steak went back and a new one came back very very rare. I sent it back again and it came back medium. I gave up.
I have yet to have a great steak anywhere out of North America, but I keep trying.

Fabulous food! Excellent service from Claudia and Gino! I am gluten and lactose intolerant and they fixed a delicious meal for me with those considerations. I had a salad with a steak add on. My husband had a steak. Both meats were tender, seasoned to perfection and my salad dressing had excellent flavor. We did not have desert but they brought out two giant marshmallows on skewers and a pot to roast them. Novel and enjoyable addition. We were both very satisfied.

The price vs quality of grilled food was not good. The appetizer was ok the main meal which was a steak and some vegetables wasn’t. Could have chewed on the steak for days. The dessert was great. I’d come there only for it. I would not go there again though… 50 euro P person (excl. the wine) for this quality was overpriced. You could find cheaper and more tasty grilled food in town (e.g The palladium makes extremely tasty grilled food for around 20 – 25 euro incl salad. I go often there when I need my doze
Of tatsy grilled food).

I am a guest at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel so I decided to come down to Midtown Grill for a late dinner. I ordered the Chef’s Special, short rib, which came with mashed potatoes and green beans. The short rib came in a cast-​iron bowl with the green beans and au jus and the mashed potatoes were in a bowl and placed on a large plate. I planned to cut off small pieces of meat and bring them over to my plate but the first two pieces I cut were ALL fat.
The waitress came over to check on me and I said everything was fine but she informed me that the chef noticed all of the fat I cut away (I was sitting in front of the grill) and he wanted to start another one for me. I wasn’t very hungry to begin with and it was already late so I declined but I was very impressed with the fact that he even noticed. He told me to let him know if I changed my mind and offered to provide an extra side if I would prefer a vegetable over more meat. I declined that was well but they just couldn’t let me leave without something! They brought me marshmallows and a small fire so I could roast them… how cute!
The food wasn’t that great (considering the amount of fat on the meat) but what it lacked in taste, they definitely made up for in service. I will definitely give them another chance the next time I am in Amsterdam.
I, too, thought the post card was a nice touch. I hope my family receives it before I get home! :)

Wow! What an awesome place. Three of us for dinner. Apps were great (crab cakes and wedge salad). All three steaks were cooked to perfection. Nice big size but left you wanting more! Great service, great atmosphere — we’ll be back. Including drinks (we had a few, including a bottle of wine) we came in at about € 100 a head. Well worth it.

I’ve been in Europe for a month, in Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland, and Amsterdam. This is BY far the best meal I’ve had while on this trip. The steaks in Europe just don’t taste the same, and this was perfect by even American Standards. The atmosphere is urban chic, with fused glass panels, black tables, crisp white linens, overlooking a typically busy Amsterdam street. We had a table next to the window, and enjoyed the people-​watching vantage point. I had the filet, and it was cooked exactly as I like it, «Pittsburgh Style», which nobody has ever gotten to my satisfaction while I’m abroad. Being from New Orleans, we love our «Wedge» Salads, and theirs could have come from any fine restaurant in New Orleans. (This is something else I don’t remember seeing anywhere else in Europe, by the way) The filet was 36 Euro, I think, not inexpensive, but it was worth twice the price. The service was perfect, very attentive and friendly. They even have the desert menu on a little post card that they will mail to someone for you. (I thought my daughter would get a kick out of that). I’m going back in two weeks, and I’m going to have the exact same thing. I can’t wait!

Bön restaurant d’Amsterdam à l’hôtel Marriott. Arrivée en famille bon accueil, qualité de la viande bonne, bon service.

One must understand that being able to order/​eat a «real» steak in The Netherlands is a hit-​or-​miss affair. Well, OK… usually a miss. So, being used to the USDA standard of prime US corn-​fed beef, the EU grass-​fed variety lacks in flavor and thus a happy face. The Marriott’s Midtown Grill, however, put a smile on this face.
The restaurant has a nice view of the busy street and pedestrian traffic. The décor is typical American lounge dining with an open kitchen. Comfortable enough for any purveyor of fine dining. When you walk in there’s a refrigerated viewing case of the nicely marbled beef. One can look and gawk at the meat like an aquarium of fish but in this case it’s slabs of meat and not guppies. *two thumbs up*
My business associate and I asked to be seated by the window… no problem. To start things off I ordered a glass of Argentinian Malbec and he ordered Makers OTR. We both ordered the 300gr Rib-​eye on the bone (medium rare). I had the roasted potatoes and roasted mushrooms as sides. They asked if we wanted sauce with our steaks. The Dutch always have some kind of sauce (pepper, stroganoff, wine, zigeuner, etc.) with their steaks because their grass-​fed beef is so damn dry and tasteless but I already mentioned that. We both said no to any sauce which produced a quizzical but indifferent frown on the Dutch waiter’s face. I mean what does he know?
Anyhow, our steaks came perfectly cooked and were delicious. Thank God for the USDA stamp of approval. A little pricey at 34 euros but that’s the price one pays in The Netherlands for a decent meal, which this was. After dinner we hit a little Belgian beer bar, which deserves a review but that’s for another time.
So, if you’re ever in Amsterdam and have a hankering for beef hit up the Midtown Grill at the Marriott’s near the Leidseplein. It’s a nice change from common Dutch fare which in itself leaves much to be desired.