Delicious homemade food- especially love the soup! Cozy ambiance and great beer selectionread more

From the owner: Café d'Alderliefste Proeflokaal, een fijn bruin café in het hartje van bruisend kunstenaarsdorp…read moreBergen op een hoekje naast de beroemde Ruïnekerk. Vanaf 11 uur 's ochtends kun je er, onder het genot van jazzy klanken, terecht voor een goed kop koffie en de alderlekkerste cappuccino. Er is een kleine lunchkaart met bijzondere tosti's en wij hebben ouderwets lekkere borrelhapjes. In cafe d'Alderliefste is een ruime keuze aan speciaal bieren, 6 van de tap en meer dan 20 op fles. Er worden verschillende zorgvuldig gekozen wereldwijnen geschonken. Daarnaast is er natuurlijk een groot assortiment whiskey's, likeuren en cognacs. Verder bieden we regelmatig livemuziek. Voor elk wat wils!

Great menu and fantastic service. Cafe is located inside Hotel Merlet which is always convenient…read morewhen staying at the hotel. Have had bother dinner and lunch at the Cafe and have not been disappointed. The selection of single malts is also a delight. Lots of parties on Friday-Saturday night so plan to wait if you decide to dine at the Cafe :)

Definitely a fan of this location as it is between work and hotel and on a beach. Good beers on…read moretap, friendly staff, and good snack food. If you are working in Petten (for some obscure reason :)) and are looking for a place to grab a after work beverage and admire views of the north sea stop in and enjoy!

Upon arrival at this café a lot of people were sitting on the terrace outside, and still the café…read morerefused to serve outside on their own terrace! Even while there was little to no available space anymore inside the café. In my opinion this already shows the bad service this café offers, but when we were standing on a part of the terrace that the waiters considered closed one of them did bring up the energy to come outside and ask us to stand 2 meters to the left. We were just looking for a spot and were not standing in anyones way. The spot the waiter asked us to stand was actually in the middle of the path to the door! I have never been to a place that disrespected it'is costumers in this manner. As you all can imagine, I have no idea about the beer or the food, because we left.

Food didn't come for more than an hour, and the first thing the manager said to us was "you can…read morego?" ok bottle of champagne on the house, or food on the house would've helped; but all he really gave us was rudeness 10/10 bye

Terrible service. Manager is an asshole. We waited over an hour for our food, and when we…read moreconfronted the manager about, he tried to blame the delay on us. He did not even offer any compensation, he only asked if we wanted to leave. If you're looking for a good meal, you can find it in many other places with better service than here. Don't bother.

Service was friendly and very quick. Food is good but nothing spectacular. The Team managed the…read moreCorona-Situation very well.

From the owner: Bij Loetje serveren ze al 40 jaar de lekkerste ossenhaasbiefstuk. De biefstuk wordt standaard…read more'medium rare' gebakken en geserveerd in de eigen jus. Indien gewenst met witbrood erbij, om lekker in de jus de dopen. Naast deze heerlijke biefstuk staan er vele andere vis- en vleesgerechten op de menukaart.