Definitely not as many great options for vegetarians this year but still a really chill time. It's…read moregreat fun with friends and family, we took our one year old son with us and all three of us had a great time. We did bring in our own food for him but they're luckily cool with that and for ourselves we bought some drinks, a duck burger, veggie stew, lamb burger, twister crisp, brownie and ice cream and some take home treats from arzu bakt and madam cocos. My personal favourites: arzu's salted caramel and pecan bar and madam's ginger and chilli cocos balls. Wasn't really feeling all that hungry any more by the time we got here, otherwise I would have tried the veggie quesedilla from the tortilla truck. Might go back over the weekend just to try it, and hey, the bike ride over already justifies the eating right?? As far as the veggie stew and twister crisp: at €4,50 and €2,00 they were definitely worth the money. Delicious, somewhat nutritious and definitely not way overpriced like some other things... And as for the meat stuff, hopefully le husband will write his review soon!

That moment when you're walking through your village, your son sleeping in the pram, your entire…read morebeing about to explode due to exhaustion... A moment of panic ensues: your coffee place. They've already gone belly up! Coffee's in your head now. Like a zombie on the loose, all you can think of is cofffffeeeeeeee... Rrrggghhhh~%+%*§%*hhhhh... But then, you remember, there's another place! Your friend works there. He wouldn't deny you a latte to go would he? Even if you have to buy a freaking glass you WILL HAVE A COFFEE TO GO! You walk in, it's your friend's shift. Score. You beg him to tell you that he has a to go cup for you; HE DOES!!!!! He goes to the cellar to get them, you walk another round outside to make sure your baby stays asleep... You re-enter. See your hot, foamy (seriously gorgeous foam) milk already waiting in that cup.. More panic! The filter is borked! He fiddles the filter, you engage in your conversation of mutual morning slump and "how are you's". You understand each other, he grabs the other filter and magically (as if he knows how you feel *wink* ~he does~) he asks: "shall I make it a double?" YES!!! You exclaim. It's as if you know exactly how I feel! You share a giggle: he knows exactly how you feel. You thank your friend, your hero. You go outside again, smile and shoot your hero a text: "I'm immediately smiling again dude." Happiness is restored and all is right in the world. Love.

The exterior and interior looked amazing so we walked in with excitement…read more We were seen to our place by a woman who didn't give me the feeling that we were welcome. We ordered the veggie paddie burger (Groenteburger). She did check for my allergy, which was kind, but there wasn't any warmth to be found in the conversation. Presentation was nice, fries were good but the burger - though it looked cool - was superdry and hard to swallow. We commented this to one of the serving girls and she just responded with 'Oh!' 'Not really sure what I can do about it.' She said she'd pass it on to the chefs though. After also being treated quite aloof by the other staff, we don't think we'll be back. Maybe they disliked my love's StarWars sweater. You never know.

De Veldkeuken (literally the Fieldkitchen) is a great place near Utrecht, on the estate of…read moreAmelisweerd. Seeing the other reviews I just have to give 5 stars to balance them out. And also because they deserve those stars. Serving delicious vegetarian and vegan food, made with fresh organic veggies and other organic ingredients it's hard to beat. We ordered vegan sandwiches (broodje van de dag). They came open faced, two pieces on freshly baked bread, with a delicious spread, smoked tofu and radish(?) sprouts. Lovely combination. My husband ordered the Veldkeuken Klassieker; soup of the day, a slice of quiche and a salad. It looked delicious and tasted likewise as he said. For the little ones they have a "kabouterplankje" which consists of two slices of bread with 2 choices of toppings (chocolate sprinkles, peanut butter, jam, cheese or syrup). The quality of the food is outstanding. Service is pretty good although it tends to be very busy so sometimes you have to get someone's attention. Don't forget to pick up something from the shop; fresh bread or something else. It's worth it!

Oh Veldkeuken, I so want to give you at least four stars because I am a fan, really! But you've…read moremade it difficult for me to do so after our last visit. I understand the lunch rush and that things can easily slip up but this visit was a real testament to how patient a person I am. We came here on a Sunday afternoon around two o'clock which is an hour and a half before lunch ends for de Veldkeuken. It was busy, but we had the time and a banana to feed the baby so it was all good. We were greeted by a waiter after he had brought out an order for the table next to us before we could really decide what we wanted to drink so I asked for a latte and a menu so le husband could figure out what he wanted to drink. We then happily went on with mashing the banana for our son and fed it to him. By the time we were done with that we were already half an hour into things and my latte had arrived with a server who disappeared before we could remind them that we were waiting for a menu. So, seeing as we'd waited for half an hour I decided to walk over to our waiter and politely remind him that he promised to bring a menu. Soon after, he finally appeared with a menu, we decided quickly and I went upstairs to nurse the baby in piece and quiet. Upon our return we found le husband still waiting. We joined and waited. And waited. And waited. All attempts to flag someone down failed as they simply were not paying attention to their surroundings. In the meantime baby was growing more and more impatient so I took him outside for a short walk expecting to find lunch upon our return. Sadly, lunch still hadn't been ordered but we soon managed to finally catch a server's attention. Now it's important that you know that lunch ends at half past three and by now it was quarter to four. We asked the server if we might finally be allowed to order lunch as we'd a;ready been waiting an hour and my husband hadn't even received a drink yet. The server apologized, explained that he couldn't take orders and would send his colleague over. After five minutes he noticed us still sitting there, waiting, and thankfully decided to take matters into his own hands. He took our order, saved the day and brought the food and tea out within ten minutes. No complaints there except of course the extremely long wait that had preceded these events. Sadly baby was by now exhausted and ready to go home. What was supposed to be a nice lunch as a family turned into us taking turns with walking outside with our son and sitting inside and eating in solitude. To top all that off, the soup of the day was leek-fennel and my lunch but tasted of neither and was only very salty. Leek and fennel are both sweet vegetables but not a hint of sweetness in site. If you would have told me that it was a very simple split-pea soup I would have believed it. So, after all this, you wonder why I want to give the Veldkeuken a better review? Because I believe in them. I believe in the rustic, organic and completely vegetarian philosophy. I have tasted there delicious pastries and cakes. I love that they have a nice clean toilet conveniently located outside so walkers coming off the estate can use it too. I love everything about them, I just hate having to wait for more than an hour to order lunch.

Best apple pie ever! Cappuccino very well prepared. For sure will come back…read more Next time wanna try the Persian lunch dishes.

In Utrecht for some photoshoot…read more Found this place on Yelp. It is worth every bit of it's 5 star rating. Cool ambiance, nice seating on authentic home furniture. Great service. I had the omelet and my daughter one of the salad. Fait warning menu is in dutch nut the staff will happily explain it in english Oh and they know their coffee!

We reserved an high tea here in the beginning of this year. Staff was very nice, because I have a…read morequite difficult diet now (no meat, no nuts and no to all the things preggie women can't eat) Which left them with difficulties for high tea. Still, they were very friendly and came up with alternatives. Only didn't know I couldn't have raw salmon either, so I was stuck with the cheese sandwiches and my love had to eat all that lovely salmon (poor him). Although I was happy with young cheese, I felt they also could have used a more.. expensive.. luxurious cheese? Goat's? Or maybe Brie or Camembert? Because there was a whole pile of them, I was quite happy with the "ordinary cheese" because using richer cheeses would have also meant they would be very heavy on the stomach. But quality before quantity yes? Fewer sandwiches with more luxurious ingredients would have been lovelier! The sandwiches were simple, but tasty. We had some scones, those were also nice. A little simple, but ok! And then we got a giant desert course. Our eyes started to shine. And our bellies protested, because we just had all those sandwiches! But it all looked so good! Unfortunately.. the brownies were very dry. Not the chocolate mushiness one would expect. The petit-fours were simply cake and strawberry jam (maybe those always are, I don't eat a lot of pastry so excuse me if I am being too simple about them), the cheesecake was ok-ish and.. I don't really remember the other deserts on the plate now, but I know that we were stuck between relief (because if it truly was DELICIOUS we had to eat it all!) or sorrow that it was such a letdown. Oh well. It was just high tea. So we didn't have lunch or diner or whatever. So we still need to sample this. Still, the place it self is cute. It's near the forests of Amelisweerd and Rhijnauwen (beautiful walking areas!) so it might still be a very lovely place to sit town in between walks.

Yes! KEEK! YES!!!!…read more KEEK brings the happy like you wouldn't believe! I am definitely in love with their cheese "scone" sandwich filled with seasonal grilled vegetables and pesto, yum. By no means is it a scone my friends, but it makes one hell of a delicious sandwich! Le husband had a regular sandwich with grilled Serrano ham, mozzarella and pesto with a cup of jasmine tea and I that wonderful grilled vegetable sandwich with a glass of hot chocolate. First of all, KEEK is an organic eatery but not just any organic eatery; one that truly cares about amazing quality in their products. Their tea is top notch and their hot chocolate (which I suspect they make themselves before service) is seriously the best pre-made hot chocolate I have ever had. So good! The next thing they do to ensure they have the best product is make everything from scratch in their own kitchen. Everything. Well, besides the bread for the sandwiches, they order those daily at another favourite of mine: de Veldkeuken. Can't blame them, I wouldn't want to stay up all night just for one menu item either and Veldkeuken is really good at baking bread. Back to KEEK. About a minute's walk from this location, you have Keuken van KEEK where you can get some simpler sandwiches and all of their baked goods to go. Yum, RUN! You won't be able to get the grilled vegetable sandwich from the to-go location which is a shame, but make sure you try it. So garlicky, so sweet, so delicious! I will probably have "adult dreams" about this sandwich for the next few weeks... Sorry, tmi. As for the vibe here, the interior is really nice, especially the "tea room" in the back which is so serene and full of light. Great for a happy afternoon catching up with friends. The front room is a bit more artsy and that shows in the crowd. I tend to ignore the people around me if the food is good enough to focus on, but le husband felt a bit out of place with some of the other customers which were: hippies, old people and loudly conversing women. Of which the first two were the most bothersome, I agreed on that but like I said, if the food is great, I don't give a shit who else is there. You could have probably placed my in-laws at the table behind me and I would have never noticed. So KEEK. I highly recommend it and I will definitely be back asap!

What a cute café in one of the oldest shopping streets in Utrecht. The rooms used to be a tailor…read moreshop run by the grandmother of Maria who is now the owner of Kunst en Eerliijke Koffie. Thus not only the street but also the café is full of history. Although the athmosphere is not that stunning, the menue definately is. Selfmade cheese scones, fresh tea and a great combination of sandwich ingredients. The scone made me super full and it is definately a full meal. The coffee was good, too. I really enjoyed my breakfast and the friendly stuff who made my stay a great experience.

From the owner: Bij Indoorspeeltuin Plezier draait alles om samen genieten. Terwijl kinderen van 0 tot 10 jaar zich…read moreuitleven op de glijbanen, in de ballenbak of in de peuterzone, kunnen ouders en begeleiders ontspannen met een kop koffie of een lekkere lunch. Wij vinden het belangrijk dat elk kind kan spelen ook als dat niet vanzelf gaat. Daarom werken we samen met Mexa Zorg en bieden we mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt een kans om te leren en te werken. Zo wordt elk bezoek aan Plezier niet alleen leuk, maar ook maatschappelijk waardevol. Onze indoorspeeltuin is veilig, schoon en overzichtelijk, met aparte speelzones voor jongere en oudere kinderen. Ouders en begeleiders hebben altijd gratis entree, zodat je samen onbezorgd kunt genieten. Duurzaam genieten: we werken met zonnepanelen, een vernieuwd luchtbehandelingssysteem en drie laadpalen voor elektrische auto’s. Zo maken we plezier toekomstbestendig!