Eetcafé van Beeren

This a solid restaurant that has a decent lunch menu. We came in during Saturday for lunch and the place was completely empty.
— Spare ribs (lunch menu): For 9 euros, you get a LOT of food for the money. The meat was falling off the bone, but the meat was only just decent. It wasn’t packed with flavor like what I had at Café Klos. Also, this place serves it with Hollandaise sauce and not BBQ sauce, which I believe is non-​existent in the Netherlands.
— Mussels: While the broth was tasty and the mussels were cleaned correctly, the mussels were WAY over cooked. Tear.
We wanted to try the rib-​eye steak as it looked delicious from all the Unilocal photos but sadly, they were out.
3 stars.

The was our first proper meal in Amsterdam and man was it amazing!!! The lamb and the ribs were great. I particularly like the mackerel salad.

Great hole in the wall find! Love the jazzy/​bluesy American music and the wonderful food and wine. The wait staff took extra care with me as an English speaking person. I loved the quaint atmosphere!

Very nice place on a quiet street to get a delicious meal for an amazing price! I got the Dorado with a lemon sauce, vegetable salad, and potatoes — it was all exquisite. My only complaint would be that the fish still had bones hidden in it. But otherwise the service was great — the waitress didn’t drink beer but she kindly inquired about what I should get to the bartender, and the service time wasn’t very slow or too fast, either. I’d recommend this for a nicer dinner in Amsterdam.

Lovely local eatery, daily specials and menu, besides a small standard menu. Freshly prepared food, excellent flavours.
We had for starters mussels and haring tartare, both lovely and generous portions. For mains the daily special Nasi Goreng and a Ribeye. Again, great flavours. For dessert the pearsorbet with vodka (ok, not as great as I had hoped), and an Irish Coffee (highly recommended!).
Staff are friendly and efficient. We sat outside in the back garden, lucky we managed to get a table without reservation (probably better to book next time!).
Total bill with a bottle of house red 75 Euro.

Very nice neighborhood feel. Not hectic. The service was outstanding and the food good. We ate in the backyard patio. Most or the customers ordered a big portion of mussels. My steak was very good but not huge. Jupiler on tap. Don’t feed the cat!

Van Beeren is a great neighborhood find with reasonable prices. It’s bustling and cozy inside, service is attentive, and they have really good bread.
We ordered the: ribs, ceviche, mozzarella/​arugula/​zucchini salad, and chocolate pie with pear sorbet.
The portions on the ribs, which were juicy and well seasoned, were HUGE, so they’re great for sharing.
I wasn’t a fan of the ceviche and wouldn’t order it again, mainly because the fish had a just-​defrosted taste. However, I enjoyed the mozzarella, arugula, and zucchini salad, which was quite fresh and tasty.
I didn’t get to try their Irish coffee because it was getting late and I wanted to be able to get to bed at a decent hour, but van Beeren makes rum whipped cream in-​house, and it is quite yummy. We saw the waitress topping off some coffees at the bar, and she let us taste some in a little glass.
For dessert, we had the chocolate pie with pear sorbet. The sorbet had little chunks of pear, and was really refreshing with the pie. Our meal, with a bottle of red wine, came out to around 65 euros, but one could eat well for 15. All in all, definitely worth coming back to.

I hate to review Eetcafe Van Beeren; I’d like to keep this «secret» to myself. Perfect in every sense of the word, beer, stake, dessert… all the food groups!

Very good food and large portions! I would definitely recommend a reservation because we came around 7pm on a Friday and had to wait at the bar for an hour. They had some great unique dishes that we really enjoyed. All and all it was a good final night dinner in Amsterdam!