Finding a name must be one of the most exciting things when you open a cafe. I can't understand why the horeca people in Amsterdam are so uninspired recently. Examples like Dapper (which isn't even in the Dapperbuurt) and Filter make me frown. Yes, Kade West IS at a kade indeed. In west. Replacing Café Day, yay.
Btw, I never understood why they painted Café Day in a very unpretty greenish grey. They even painted the wooden tables and benches outside, in a different shade, aw! New name, same paint.
BUT, apart from my personal taste I only have to report good things about Kade West. Because it's actually a great place. It's got an ideal room size, not too big and not too small. Next to the ground level with the bar there's a lower and an upper level with tables and chairs. The latter fits around 20 people. During the day it's an eetcafé and at nighttime it's a bar. There is a terrace by the canal with space for around 30 people. The staff is very nice and attentive, I hope they keept that up!
AND, since I arrived they keep playing a lot of my favourite music so they're unfairly influencing me in my opinion. And without knowing what I'm doing here they boodled me by offering me fantastic big kalamata olives. I cannot not like this place. And you will neither.
Come here for work, coffee and a bite during the day or for borrels and true gezelligheid at night. read more