BAR PULPO in Rotterdam Centrum

Food 3/5 Service 4/5 Price 2/5 The food is nice they have a good chef i can tell but compared to the price being paid, it doesnt match! Service is good tho Is it a repeatable experience? Answer is: No

We made a group reservation here, so they offered a group menu with many different bites to share. They also accepted our request to make an exception for one person to order from the regular menu, which we really appreciated. As a picky eater, I genuinely enjoyed my seabass with baby spinach, and the rest of the group was also happy with their meals. It was quite hot inside though—I was sweating the entire night. The service was very kind, and the interior has a nice atmosphere. Overall, it is a pleasant place to spend an evening out.

Great food, nice hostess, we will come back soon.

Absolutely fresh, delicious seafood! The design is simply incredible—it's clear everything was chosen with some eclectic design in mind, beautiful! I highly recommend the fish soup and mussels :)

Really nice place, service a little slow, but everything is delicious. Recommended!!

Highly recommend Bar Pulpo! Amazing food, great atmosphere and the service is excellent

Great seafood and really friendly service!

The food and atmosphere are absolutely wonderful, we had an incredible evening here! The staff are so kind and welcoming, and the oysters were incredibly fresh. Highly recommed!

We entered a packed, small, and noisy restaurant with terrible acoustics. It started poorly, but it got worse. The food was very mediocre. Ordinary (dry pieces of flatbread with a tomato and anchovy concoction) as a starter, followed by various dishes. A plate of mussels that tasted fine, green asparagus chopped, a kind of very finely chopped fries, squid prepared in two ways, and a sea bass fried on the skin. It was okay but nothing special. The same went for the bottle of wine: ordinary, but still €36. We spent €180 for a pub meal in a very noisy restaurant where most people come for the cocktails. The staff is extremely friendly. That's a good thing.

Food came extremely slow, 50 mins. It was good though. Ordered scallops flat bread, and meat sandwich.

Food was delicious, lots of variety of seafood! You should try the octopus and the calamari! Service was amazing! I highly recommend

Hidden Gem in the Scheepvaartkwartier 😍 Beautifully decorated, with warm colors and lovely accessories. The service was absolutely top-notch. Absolutely fantastic. They really care about the customer, we received extremely friendly service, and every dish was truly delicious. Beautifully presented and rich in flavor. On Saturday evening, the food took a little longer to arrive, but we were comfortable. We will definitely be back!

Hidden Gem in the Scheepvaartkwartier 😍 Beautifully decorated, with warm colors and lovely accessories. The service was absolutely top-notch. Absolutely fantastic. They really care about the customer, we received extremely friendly service, and every dish was truly delicious. Beautifully presented and rich in flavor. On Saturday evening, the food took a little longer to arrive, but we were comfortable. We will definitely be back!

Rotterdam has many cozy corners and delicious, unique restaurants. This is one of them. After a cool bar where you can pre-drink, you can dine upstairs. There, you'll find a special decor and a Dutch flair for "hygge." The beer comes in pleasantly cold glasses and is quickly consumed. We started with flatbread eggplant, flatbread tomato, tuna crackers, and octopus. We've tried them everywhere and they were really good. For the main course, sardines with delicious garlic, fries with little crispy "sprats" and truffle mayonnaise, and the green salad, something I've never had before. Very exotic and delicious. One more special treat for refills: the sorbet with tequila was the crowning glory. The wine selection also went well with the meal; the Chardonnay went well with the seafood. Overall, a very successful evening with very good and friendly service. Keep it up! If we're back in Rotterdam, we'll definitely try octopus again.

We sat outside on the terrace, so we didn't see much of the interior. The staff was super friendly and professional. The problem was the food... poorly prepared and without any soul. The ultra-thin fries were served with mayonnaise from a jar (not the promised roasted garlic mayo), and the eel risotto was a soggy blob without even a faint eel smell. The family bucket was dripping with butter, and there were no herbs or seaweed. The contents contained some overcooked crab claws and langoustines (used for the soup?), tasteless prawns, and only mussels as shells. We had been very excited based on older reviews, but went home disillusioned.

We thoroughly enjoyed the three-course meal and found it truly delicious. We especially enjoyed the mackerel and the octopus skewers.

Perfect for an aperitif with typical products

Lovely patio! Great spot for a summer evening; it's really nice to sit outside. The food is good, the service is okay, but that's what happens when you sit outside and it's very busy inside.

We had a wonderful meal with unique dishes and very attentive and friendly service. We'd love to come back!

One of the best seafood restaurants in the Netherlands. Enjoy comfortable seating at both the bar and the table. Surprising dishes, well-prepared, and impeccable service! Highly recommended: order the pulpo (wonderfully tender).

Found this place by chance. The terrace immediately caught my attention. Cozy. The food and drinks are amazing, the service is top notch, the guys are very attentive and friendly. Nice place, we will definitely come again. Thanks to your whole team!

A fantastic hidden gem. Delicious, inventive food. A great wine list!

Lovely place, lovely food. I came for the mussels and they were very nice.

We had a wonderful lunch for two. We had the seafood lunch. Delicious prawns, shrimp, and crab from the grill. Highly recommended in Rotterdam!

Delicious food! A super cute place with a beautiful interior. Small, intimate, and very friendly staff who provide helpful, targeted advice about the menu and drinks. The price-quality ratio is truly excellent, and even the dog was welcome at the bar.

Wonderfully seasoned and cooked seafood basket. Great atmosphere. Delectable all around.

Great atmosphere. Very friendly service. The food is fresh and very carefully presented. I recommend it.

We had a very pleasant evening here at bar pulpo. The place is tiny but full of colors and lively. The guys at the service are very nice, the menu is small but super interesting and food tastes amazing! The concept is that you share your dishes with the rest of the table, something that I noticed Dutch people really love, I'm usually not a big fun but here at bar Pulpo I really enjoyed as the portions are big enough to be shared and enjoyed and the dishes are rich and tasteful. Also price is not too bad.

A friend and I had the 5-course surprise menu. It was delicious and definitely worth repeating. The cocktail we had, of which we ended up having three, could have used a bit more prosecco. I don't remember what it's called. Something like a pink cocktail or something. Normally, I can't manage three cocktails in a row because I'm drunk after two, but this went down like lemonade.

Came here on a whim after a racist encounter at another restaurant. I am so, so, so pleased that I tried Bar Pulpo out. The staff and the food were excellent, and transformed what could have been a bad evening into a lovely one. I highly recommend their eels on toast and scallops. Definitely the highlight of the evening. We had their aubergine and anchovies flatbread - both really good. The anchovies were abundant and placed on a bed of tomato salsa - honestly, the salsa was really excellent. Their grilled octopus skewer was tasty, even though the portion was rather small. We also had the eel risotto. It was tasty but for my Italian husband, it was a bit overcooked (I thought it was fine, but I’m less qualified to judge risotto). The espressos come with a nice, warm chocolate chip cookie with sea salt (🫶) and the mango crème brûlée was great and not too sweet (the ultimate compliment to any dessert). Very nice establishment - would definitely recommend and come again!

I had quite high expectations of this restaurant, I often go to the neighbours namely la pizza. We are real fish and shellfish lovers but we found the sea bass bland and overpriced. The rest was fine but not to lick your fingers, too bad! And also quite expensive..

We paid 24 Euros for three glasses of white wine that were not worth the price.

Amazing restaurant, great service and delicious food. Recommend this place to anyone who is looking for a quality dining experience

Nice restaurant and the terrace is nice. Service is very friendly. The food is just a bit disappointing. Many of the same flavors that are quite flat. Price/quality is very out of proportion. Especially when I look at the ingredients that are used. The drinks were good, but €15.50 for a non-alcoholic cocktail is out of proportion.

Love this place! Have eaten here multiple times and will continue to do so

Absolute highlight of my trip to Rotterdam, me and my friends all got the chef's lunch with the prosecco pairing. The waitress that served us was very helpful and knew the menu very well and could answer any question we have. The attention to detail in every aspect of the restaurant from the decor, tableware glassware, even the bathroom was impeccable. The food was fresh and every single bite was a delight. When we ordered the chef's special menu, we mentioned that one of my friends specifically loved octopus, the chef made him a special starter including octopus. I would whole heartedly recommend going to this place if you enjoy seafood and are in Rotterdam.

Great Seabass, mash, grilled veggies. Could accommodate histamine intolerance after explanation.

I was really satisfied with the quality and portion of the seafood platter. I went with a friend, and we were both completely full. The octopus dishes were also delicious, and the wine pairing was perfect. Highly recommend!

Very tasty food, beautifully decorated and extensive menu. However, the staff was a bit less, poor service (ask for a menu, extra drinks, etc.). The food is definitely recommended!

Delicious food, nice decor and friendly staff

My go to order is the family bucket 😍, the broth is so good I need extra bread to soak it all up. And an order of the ultra thin fries at the end ❤️ The service is very friendly.

Really pleasant dinner experience here. We had the course meal and the flavors were both really unique and the food was also filling enough. The interior is also very nicely designed and put together. Overall a really nice seafood themed dinner experience (On the pictures 3 out of the 4 courses are shown)

The seafood was alittle dry, it didn’t taste fresh it tasted like it was reheated but not a dealbreaker. It was still delicious. The service was great, and the atmosphere was lovely as well. Great for dates

The seafood is well prepared and the ambient is cosy

Cozy restaurant with great ambiance, I really enjoyed the interior design. The food is also nice, from the fish to the vegetables and desserts. The only real minus is that the acoustic is terrible, it was too loud and difficult to talk, especially if you find yourself sitting next to some loud Dutch woman...

Friendly service and tasty food for a good price. Our friend accidentally dropped her fish while serving and immediately received a new one free of charge.

This place is now on my top places to eat here in Rotterdam. Small place right by Erasmus Bridge with such a nice atmosphere. Food and service were amazing and you can tell they are passionate in what they do.

Wonderful experience with delicious food. Cozy atmosphere. We will definitely come back.

Casual atmosphere, perfect service, surprising flavors. Delicious!

The atmosphere at Bar Publo is warm and inviting, making you feel at ease right away. The staff is friendly and attentive, adding to the relaxed atmosphere. Whether you want to enjoy a drink with friends or have a romantic dinner, this place is perfect. All in all, Bar Publo is a great choice for a night out. Delicious food, a great atmosphere, and excellent service make it a place you will definitely want to come back to!

Ordered the chefs menu and were pleasantly surprised the with variety and creative dishes. Definitely recommend!

We knew Bar Pulpo when they were still in the food halls. The food is always great. The staff is friendly and service-oriented. This remains one of our favorite restaurants in Rotterdam.

Best experience in the food industry in the whole of Netherlands. Everything was top notch, from drinks to food to service! Can’t recommend it enough!

Good seafood restaurant. We took oysters, octopus, squid and appetizers, everything was very tasty. The prices, of course, are quite high and the portions are small, but I would recommend this restaurant to lovers of seafood and good atmosphere. Good fish restaurant. We took oysters, squid, octopus and starters, everything was delicious. The prices are of course quite high and the portions are small, but I would recommend this restaurant to lovers of seafood and good atmosphere.

Excellent food. Lots of fish but the pulpo was a bit disappointing. Other dishes were delicious. Nice, casual atmosphere and worth repeating.

I liked it... Everything was great... Nice wine, excellent location, great atmosphere, employees 👌 and not to mention delicious food😃. Went last weekend... Next Saturday I'm going again with another group... Can't wait...

Fantastic! Highly recommended :)

Nice and cozy atmosphere and very good food!

Had another great evening here last night! Delicious menu with fish dishes prepared in a unique way, great service and not to forget the decor.. 😍😍 Highly recommended in beautiful Rotterdam.

Delicious, tasty food with a juicy glass of wine. Interior beautiful ambiance and decoration.

We had a great experience at this restaurant. The food was amazing (we tried 7 dishes in total and all were brilliant). The place has customized decoration and the staff was very charming and efficient. I was staying in Amsterdam and I went to Rotterdam strictly to try this place (my train got delayed by 1 hour and they managed to keep my reservation 🙏💎).

Delicious food. Nice wines. Good service. Nice street, but the terrace is on the small side. You sit quite close together, but this can also be quite cozy.

Service is zero... the food is good, but if you are not informed at all, you can only order something because the menu is confusing... if you are lucky, you get the right one...

I could not understand all the brilliant votes? The food quality is o.k, not more not less. But the service is really poor. No explanation about the small menu. Daily caught no explanation from the service. Price is not matching what you get.

Good food but price a little expensive for the quantity offered 28€ per person for 2 crab claws, a few langoustines, prawns and mussels End of meal coffee for more than €3 But decent service, restaurant which also accepts dogs

Seafood snack bar with nice sangrias. Most dishes are super tasty especially the calamaris.

Today we participated in the cherish your oyster tour. These oysters were by far the tastiest. Since we are on a day out, I thought I would also order some food, we were in a great spot there. Shouldn't. I thought this was a really strange sensation. I say if I leave now and sit down again as a guest, that's okay. No answer was given. Missed opportunity. Really a shame.

Very successful! Yesterday 2nd time and 1st visit a few weeks ago, it was confirmed: simply delicious, nice and fresh, divine oysters (Oesterij Special and Irish Mor), nice piece of fish, cocktails to kill for and what made it all a nice experience, friendly and cheerful staff, had another wonderful evening, delicious food and they will see us again! Just do it once, you will return, just like us!

The food was sooo tasty that we regret we are leaving next day. Otherwise I'd come here again. Octopus, oysters and especially eel snacks.

Had a great meal at Bar Pulpo. Surprising dishes in good portions and everything made and served with great care. The only downside was that it took a long time to get through the corridors. But the taste of the food made up for it

Great little restaurant. Best Pulpo in the Netherlands. Very good vegetable dishes as well. I am not a fan of the ultra thin fries.

Tuesday evening, 🕘 o'clock, beautiful spring evening on the outdoor terrace of Bar Pulpo Rotterdam with an ordered glass of CanXaCavaRose and a Cremebrulee while my Nicaraguan Olivaserievdoubletoro takes his last moment of rest.

Delicious pulpo skewer with eggplant, the oysters were also great and nice affordable wines by the glass. Go go go!

Excellent place, totally happy with my visit. The interiors are curated to the details, giving an high end but yet stylish and young vibe. The service is professional, polite and attentive, and the food…well, that is truly SPECIAL! Big Kudos to the chef who delivered an octopus so soft that was melting in our mouth like butter, and everything else was so, so delicious. I would recommend this place to anyone and thankfully I don’t live in Rotterdam otherwise I will be eating here the whole menu every week ;) Grazie mille 🙏🏻

The food was really good and some dishes had very unique flavors. There is a shared dining concept and the portions are not too big. The atmosphere is quite cozy.

A real gem in Rotterdam! Great food and a cozy, casual atmosphere. If you like fish and seafood you should definitely go here. Definitely recommended!

This was just fun. Delicious food, tasty wines, friendly staff and also a wonderful playlist 🎶. If I have to criticize something if you are 1.64 m and have a spot at the bar, the bar is very high😂.

Great restaurant with delicious fish dishes. If you are looking for a cozy place to spend an evening being pampered with delicious food, then this is the place for you!!

Delicious food, tasty cocktails, cozy atmosphere and lovely staff. I normally don't like fish, but here they make everything so tasty that I lick my fingers off every time! And a delicious homemade soft ice cream for dessert. I would love to take all my friends and family and would recommend it to everyone!

First time eating out with celiac disease. They took my diet very seriously. I could choose anything and all dishes were adapted to my diet and prepared in separate pans. Furthermore, the food was very tasty and the service was great!! Highly recommended!

Looking for a good restaurant? Lots of atmosphere, sweet and friendly service where you can also eat really well? This is the place. Ultimate enjoyment of various flavor explosions!

Perfect place for fish in Rotterdam

Very pleasant and delicious food. Octopus was super tender. I also had a nice seat at the bar and I must say that I found it very enjoyable. Great tent!

Everything was very tasty, oysters, mussels, lobsters…. We liked the mixed plate with a little bit of everything I can recommend it ! We'll come back here next time 😇✅

In general the food was good, the crab legs in the fruit de mer were a bit disappointing as they were small with little filling, the mussels were delicious and so were the Irish oysters.

Tasty seafood, cozy vibe, friendly service, nice ambiance and great music! I recommend.

Went here for dinner after a tip Excellent wine with very tasty food. Three course menu was great!

Delicious food, pleasant service, highly recommended

Almost a year after our visit we still keep talking about how good this place was. Incredibly tasty food. One of the best seafood restaurants we tried in central europe.

Good food, quick service, and a nice ambiance.

We had dinner at Bar Pulpo as a small group of 3 people after hearing so many good things about the place. We had their smoked eel as a starter, and we ordered the seabass and pulpo skewers as mains. The seabass was crispy, and charred in a good way. Really well-cooked, one of the better seabass I had in the Netherlands. The octopus was good too, although a bit cold. We also tried their risotto and mashed potatoes from their side dishes. The risotto was nice and creamy, well-seasoned and the mashed potatoes were served with a delicious langoustine gravy. Their dessert menu is also quite interesting with unique combinations, but my friends went for the old and trusted chocolate tart and liked it. They have a decent wine menu too, good options even per glass! We went for a catarratto blend from Sicily, a dry and crisp white wine with a nice mineral finish. We were quite happy with the service as well, the staff is helpful and kind and it was fast. They have a warm an cozy atmosphere inside, so it'd be a nice option for mid-sized groups. We really enjoyed our meal at Bar Pulpo, will visit again!

cheerful team, offer such tasty delights, even to old jaded palates. Visited two days running.

Soms loop je tegen zo'n verborgen parel aan. Ongelofelijk lekker gegeten en dito service in dit gezellige visrestaurant. De risottoballetjes en met name de mosselen waren van top kwaliteit.

One of our fav's Everything is Deli! Service is excelente! We love this place!

Greatest seafood restaurant in Rotterdam, friendly staff and unpretentious menu. Delicious octopus skewers and grilled fishes.

Sehr kleine Portionen. Schüchternes Personal

From begining to end… really amazing. The food, the service and again the food. All the dishes were really fresh. Pulpo carpaccio was out of this world. The Salmon xo was fenominal. Secret menu shortrib by it self was big enough for 2 people and one of the best shortribs we ever ate. All with all we ate 6 different dishes, had a bottle of wine and some beers and paid around 170 euro’s. More than worth it. 10/10 would recommend. Thanks and see you soon.

Heel lekker gegeten, alles vers gekookte Personeel heel vriendelijk. We komen zeker terug

Grandioos concept. Kleine gerechtjes, vol van smaak. De ene verrassing na de andere. Combinaties die heerlijk aansluiten. Een gemoedelijke sfeer, alles mag, niets moet! Mijn favoriet. Aanrader!

Super cozy restaurantje met lekkere vis gerechten!