Brasserie Harkema
Price guide: Mid-range
Nes 67, Amsterdam, 1012 KD
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Expert review of Brasserie Harkema
Buzzy, French-style brasserie in a former tobacco warehouse.
Harkema reminds me of all those rather exciting, see-and-be-seen, good-looking restaurants that Terence Conran opened in London back in the 1990s. Once the offices and storage building for a tobacco wholesaler, it is a large, dramatic dining space, with an open-plan kitchen one side and a wall covered with wine bottles.
Food and drink:
Expect uncomplicated but good-quality classic brasserie dishes - oysters, Caesar salad, wild boar paté, onion soup, coq au vin, grilled tuna, steak and chips, apple tart, brownies...I recently had a vast, satisfying venison stew with a baked pear and mash. The lunch menu is simpler - croque monsieur, eggs benedict, that sort of thing. House wines are cheap (2.9 euros a glass).
Ambience:
Informal and lively, with tables closely packed.
Service:
Swift. It's a well-run machine, with waiters in white T-shirts taking orders, and those in black T-shirts delivering the food.
Location:
On a narrow backstreet right in the centre of the city just off Dam Square.
Price advice:
Good value by Amsterdam's (pricey) standards, with three-course dinners costing around 25-35 euros, without drinks.
More information on Brasserie Harkema:
- Price guide:
- Type:
- Brasserie
- Food:
- French
- Address:
- Nes 67, Amsterdam, 1012 KD
- Telephone:
- 020 428 2222
- Website:
- http://www.brasserieharkema.nl
- Serves:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Opening times:
- Daily noon-4pm, 5.30pm-11pm.
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Reservations:
- Suggested
