Bistro LOF in Wijk 02 Leersum

It was a culinary feast and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves; highly recommended.

We had a delicious meal. A feast for the eyes and the stomach.

I've been 4 times now; the last time, the main course was a disappointment. The chef's special Ribeye with Hollandaise sauce is a weird, tasteless combination. It didn't come close to the taste sensation of the ravioli and the smoked sirloin.

We dined at Bistro Lof with five people. Excellent venue, including the acoustics. The dishes were top-notch, as was the service. We had a fantastic evening!

We had a delicious meal. The seasonal menu was truly top-notch with delicious dishes. And excellent accompanying wine. Very friendly staff and a cozy location. Had a great night out!

What tremendous hospitality. Everyone was so friendly. And the food was fantastic. If you love caramel, you really must try the chocolate tartlet. Irresistible. We will definitely be back.

Friendly and welcoming reception, enthusiastic explanation of the dining options, great care with the aperitif, very refined main course. We were very pleasantly surprised and will definitely return. All praise to Lof!

Fantastic, and I really mean even the wine and olives and the cured meats...

We actually ended up at LOF by chance, looking for a place with good coffee and something sweet nearby. Ralph, the manager who greeted us, was incredibly friendly and answered all our questions patiently and with a smile. On his recommendation, we ordered a dessert – and it was truly delicious, chef-level quality. The coffee was one of the best we have drunk in the entire Netherlands; it is their special blend, and for anyone who loves quality coffee, it is absolutely worth making a special trip there. I highly recommend this place: great atmosphere, friendly staff, a perfect view, and of course, the fantastic taste. We will definitely be back here😊

Honestly the best culinary experience we have ever had. My girlfriend and I dined here to celebrate our engagement. We were treated wonderfully by the friendly staff. The food was truly a work of art. We would love to come back here again.

Atmospheric restaurant with excellent food and delicious accompanying wines. Let yourself be surprised by the surprise menu; it is always tasty. Expect to pay around 100p per person.

Delicious food and incredibly friendly staff. Definitely recommended!

What a lovely place this is. Super welcoming, atmospheric, great acoustics, and good food. Flavorful, beautiful presentation, and the price is in line with the quality.

Friendly service and good atmosphere.

Good food, nice atmosphere and definitely recommended.

Very good, enough space and time to enjoy the dishes

Delicious food, unique dishes, great atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Beautiful, cozy place with delicious food and great service. See you next time!

Super nice location. The staff doesn't always know what's being served or what's available. Good food!

The quality of the food left much to be desired. The price-quality ratio is completely off. A high bill for a mediocre bistro. The wine was very expensive, not worth the price.

We had a delicious meal, every course a taste explosion, in a very atmospheric and cozy setting!! The service was also very friendly and attentive. Highly recommended!

Really love hr food and service! The owner or manager was very lovely and understanding about our dog. The food was good, my favourite was the polenta with pumpkin and the chocolate guanage desert was lovely. cute interior too.

The perfect lunch began upon arrival, with a very friendly welcome. The food, staff, and ambiance were excellent.

We had a wonderful meal, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to enjoy a truly enchanting culinary experience. It was super cozy and the service was great.🤪👍🏻

Summary: not even brasserie-level. Beautiful location, lovely interior. Money was thrown at this. Unfortunately, the food is truly subpar. How this place gets a 14 from Gault Millau is incomprehensible. Actually, the problem starts with the welcome. They ask us twice if we want water, but we have to wait a long time for a menu. Cocktails are not available for drinks, and the beer selection is extremely poor (local beer, Radler, and, oh my god, Affligem). But the biggest problem is the food. Undercooked sweetbreads (after we complained, they said they should be), pickled salmon that wasn't pickled, and a ridiculously salty tomato tartlet. Absolutely subpar.

Bistro Lof nice restaurant, but very busy on Saturday evenings, so presenting at a high level is under pressure!

We had a delicious meal yesterday. Great service, we had to leave early, and everything was perfectly timed! We'll definitely be back!

Surprise lunch, well-prepared and delicious, BUT, I was incredibly sick afterward. I called to report it, got an explanation, and that was it.

Unfortunately, Bistro LOF didn't meet our expectations. We found the dishes tasty, but not surprising or special. Furthermore, substituting a sole meuniere (sold out) for a piece of fried pike-perch and charging the same price (€38) is ridiculous. We were pleased with the quality of the wines. However, we found it rather sloppy to keep a wine list that's only two pages long up-to-date. The service was varied. From inexperienced and very clumsy in communication to correct and polite. However, it wasn't very personal. The wait times were too long. Eating three courses in three hours isn't the right pace, in our opinion. In summary: For these prices and in this segment, we expected more in all areas...

Ouch! What happened to the praise? The location and service were great again. But the restaurant? Not great. Oysters with too much on them, so the oyster flavor is gone... Watermelon with mussels and curry as an entree? Nice idea, but it really doesn't work (no mussel taste), half a sole? The plating is a mess. Too much sauce against the fish. Roasted spinach (delicious) with limp potato chunks on top. Too bad. Even the fries were less crispy than usual. The bill was hefty. So, back to the drawing board, because that won't hold. Tip! With a team, taste and observe critically. Pretentious chef with poor skills at work...

Upon arrival, the pleasant atmosphere was immediately noticeable; the ambiance is elegant and carefully created, entirely fitting for a restaurant with star-level aspirations. However, the contrast between the surroundings and the culinary execution was noticeable. The menu, while technically sound, lacked character, excitement, and refinement in its flavor development. The main course most exemplified this shortcoming. It came across as dry, accompanied by a vegetable compote that tasted more bitter than balanced. The presentation made a promise that was not fulfilled in the mouth. In contrast, the homemade fries and mayonnaise excelled in simplicity and craftsmanship, a rare highlight that could not compensate for the quality of the other dishes. The dessert was well-presented, but did not give the impression of being freshly made and therefore did not leave a convincing finale. The service also failed to impress. Main courses were served without asking if the table was ready. The fries were cleared prematurely, even though they were still practically untouched on the table. This pattern repeated itself with dessert; here too, there was no coordination with the guests. Moreover, they were never asked if they were ready for the next course, which caused the pace of the meal to be unbalanced and led to lengthy wait times. Ultimately, the dinner lasted almost two and a half hours, which was completely inconsistent with the experience the restaurant aims to convey. The service was polite, but not attentive enough or tailored to the guest. The kitchen demonstrated technical mastery but lacked intensity, finesse, and consistency. The result was an experience that failed to live up to the expectations of a Michelin-starred restaurant, leaving one more disappointed than amazed.

Our praise for Bistro LOF (Local Organic Farm) speaks volumes about the spirit of this friendly and excellent restaurant: they use local, seasonal produce. The open kitchen adds an extra dimension to dining here. Dinner was delicious, the dessert cheeses well-chosen and carefully presented. And if the ambiance is also fantastic, your evening is complete. Be sure to visit the restroom—even if you don't need to—and marvel at the beautiful way this building has been restored: the mortise and tenon joints of the enormous beams, the large copper extractor hood in the kitchen, the white pizza oven. It's a joy to look at, to be here, and, as mentioned, to dine here. And if you can even sit outside... you're surrounded by greenery!

Yesterday, we enjoyed a wonderful lunch with a group of four, enjoying the surprise menu. The ambiance on the terrace was fantastic. The food was delicious and beautifully presented, the wine list was good and well-organized, and above all, the staff were very professional and well-trained. The fresh air from the new management team is clearly noticeable compared to the times we've dined here before.

Wonderful location and nice people (especially the chef!)

Everything was great! Lovely attentive and kind staff who served us amazing food. That white chocolate icecream/sorbet was so surprisingly good!

We had a wonderful meal yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful dishes. The staff had a very relaxed atmosphere. The dishes were perfectly sized, making it easy to manage three courses (we ate à la carte). Highly recommended!

Erg fraaie setting, fijne uitstraling. Prettige en attente bediening. Zeer hoge kwaliteit, wel wat ‘magere’ porties. Eigenlijk te duur.

Update Aug 2025: The company isn't responding to emails. Disappointing. Previously, you could also order à la carte during lunch. That no longer seems possible. Such a shame. Had a lovely lunch once. Very friendly service. Nice location.

This Bistro is recommended, despite being understaffed, we were warmly welcomed, enjoyed a pleasant atmosphere, and it is worth coming back.

LOF is an attractive and spacious restaurant deep in the woods, where you can enjoy delicious and unique food. In good weather, you can dine outside. It's spacious enough for a group, for example.

Great place for lunch! Small menu with delicious dishes.

We ate here last night because we always used to go to Sal do Mar. We chose the four-course surprise menu and everything was delicious. The prawn tartare and the brook trout were especially delicious. Thank you, Zoe, Ralph, and the rest of the team!

The food was good but the quantity is too minimal. The proposed 3-course menu was unfortunately really not enough for a dinner. The service could also be better.

Lovely outside seating with a view of the beautiful garden. Fine dining with surprising elements.

Somewhat disappointing. Cheap terrace, mediocre kitchen and inexperienced (foreign) service that had no idea what they were doing. Friendly but that doesn't make up for everything. Too bad because it is a beautiful location.

Beautiful surroundings. The Bistro exudes coziness. The staff is friendly. And the food was delicious. Nothing to complain about.

Gezellig ingericht restaurant, mooi terras, in prachtige omgeving. De lunch was goed, maar niet bijzonder, en te kleine porties. Te lange wachttijd tussen gerechten door. Hier kan wel wat verbeterd worden…. De prijzen zijn echt te hoog voor wat er geboden wordt.

Beautiful dishes and nice atmosphere. Combination of classic and modern ingredients and preparation methods. Definitely recommended! For people who have difficulty walking: take your time. When the parking lot is full, you can take a (beautiful) walking route.

Zeer fraai gelegen restaurant in de natuur. Vriendelijke bediening die wel hier en daar wat steken liet vallen. Lekker eten en goede sfeer. Niet echt top maar goed.

A stopover on the sunny terrace on a Saturday afternoon in spring is no punishment.

Nice restaurant. The table layout took some getting used to, but it was nicely decorated. The building is beautiful and you park right next to it. Once inside through the large door we were kindly received. We had a delicious meal. At the end of the evening the service became a bit messier. Definitely worth enjoying here. They also have a very nice large terrace and delicious drinks and lunch dishes.

Beautiful, cosy location with delicious food and very attentive, friendly service

Delicious lunch on the beautiful terrace in beautiful surroundings. Recommended

Bistro LOF is the simpler sister of Parc Broekhuizen. But simple is not the right word: here too you can enjoy culinary delights. With a beautiful terrace with a view over the garden, or inside the beautifully decorated pavilion, you can spend an afternoon or evening here!

After we were very pleased with the perfect lunch in early spring, we now enjoyed the Christmas dinner for lunch. Beautiful matching wines. Dietary requirements are well taken into account. Service friendly and attentive. Starworthy

Voorheen al jaren vaker 3 gangen lunch of diner gedaan. Was altijd heel goed en gezellig. Maar wat een matige lunch dit keer. Het voorgerecht had geen smaak. Het hoofdgerecht, kabeljauw te lang door gegaard en daardoor droog en korrelig en gegeten met een kartel vleesmes. Bij binnenkomst bestek laten vervangen was vies. Lang met een leeg wijnglas en alles duurde veel te lang. Elk uur een gerecht. Het was maar half vol en de gezelligheid was er niet. Wat jammer, wat jammer.

Het vertrek van chef-kok Ewout is merkbaar. Prijs is gelijk gebleven, maar helaas is de kwaliteit enorm afgenomen. De verfijnde smaak van de gerechten die wij gewend waren is totaal verdwenen. Heel erg jammer.

By chance we passed Bistro LOF and decided to have a drink here. The first impression upon entering was fine, and we looked for a place to sit. Unfortunately, the atmosphere quickly changed due to a comment from the owner, who made an awkward joke. This made us not really feel welcome. It felt a bit like we weren't really supposed to be here, while we were looking for a place to quietly enjoy ourselves. The ambiance did not seem inviting for a longer stay, which was a shame as we would have liked to sit a little longer. Overall, our experience was disappointing, and we hope the hospitality improves in the future.

We zijn hier al vaak geweest en eten is altijd heerlijk maar vandaag was de bediening echt niet oké. Restaurant zat nog niet voor de helft vol. Tafels niet uitgeruimd voordat volgende gerecht kwam. Lege glazen blijven staan. Alles duurt veel te lang. Geen drankjes gevraagd. Vergeten dat we al aanbetaald hebben etc. Niet wat we gewend zijn van LOF

Delicious food and nice service!

Op 2e kerstdag luncharrangement gedaan. Heerlijk 4 gangen menu, maar op het toetje na karige porties, vlees/vis, zonder bijgerechten, behalve wat fijne smaakjes erbij op het bord.Kerstsfeer in de grote zijruimte kon ook wat meer. Prijs-kwaliteit verhouding (200€ voor 2 personen) niet echt in orde voor een lunch.

Heerlijk kerstmenu genoten als lunch met bijpassende wijnen. Fijne bediening en perfect inspelen op dieetwensen. Zeker aan te raden op mooie locatie.

What a wonderful spot! After dinner we took a walk in the neighborhood, which is highly recommended because Lof is surrounded by nature. The food? Good. Tasty. Clearly good products used. The service gets 1 star less from me, but that has more to do with 1 person who has less experience than the rest and therefore stands out a bit. Made some small mistakes. Certainly not a problem, but room for slight improvement. But above all, be surprised. Oh yes, I also thought the decor was very tasteful.

Vooraf aangegeven vanwege een speciale gelegenheid. Is totaal geen aandacht aan besteed. Jammer. De charcuterie besteld echter zonder bestek. Bestek gebruikt wat er lag maar moesten deze ook voor het hoofdgerecht gebruiken. Plateau charcuterie te laat weggehaald, we zelf voor de ruimte te zorgen. Prima gegeten, mooi opgediend. Lauwe koffie geserveerd, werd per omgaande gecorrigeerd. Aanduiding waar jassen en toilet zijn ontbreken.

Heerlijk eten, vriendelijke bediening, borden prachtig opgemaakt en de sfeer van het restaurant en de omgeving waarin het ligt zijn ook prachtig. Echt een aanrader!

Delicious food, friendly service with knowledge of the wines. Had a great afternoon. It's a pity that attention was slightly less upon departure.

Bad service. Being difficult about the disabled toilet

One of our favorite places for a delicious meal. Not disappointed once. Nice place, good wines and good staff!

Mooi restaurant, mooie ambiance en mooie kaart. Veel eigen gekweekte groente. Menu 3 gangen 57.50 euro. Ik was positief verrast over de kwaliteit en de presentatie van de gerechten. Eerder in Voltaire, het andere restaurant dat is bekroond met een ster, gegeten maar bistro Log beviel beter. Het enige punt van kritiek: het duurt eindeloos voordat je iets op je tafel hebt. Geklokt: tussen iedere gang zat een uur.

This restaurant located on a beautiful outside. Here you can enjoy above-average food (bib gourmand level) in an attractive, spacious bistro. Open kitchen where you can watch the kitchen brigade in many places. 3-course menu 57.50. Starters between 10 (soup) and 23 euros. Main courses 25-30 euros. Many wines by the glass. Carafe of water free as well as bread. Many excellent open wines, sometimes sparingly served for the price. That could be a bit more generous. Dishes beautifully presented and beautiful flavor combinations. Some Dishes positioned small. Including the Steak tartare and dessert. For some attributes, shape and color take precedence over functionality. Salt and pepper in a kind of egg cup. Nice, but how do you spread that properly? Spoon idea? Coffee cup in a kind of earthenware cup. Nice, but you'll burn your hands. Where do you put the spoon? On the table then to. Service very young. Friendly and unobtrusive presence. You can stay the night. In the main building there is a hotel and a restaurant with a Michelin star. Oh yes, also winner of the Golden Ladle! We will definitely come back again!

Had a very pleasant evening in a beautiful restaurant with very friendly and knowledgeable staff, a delicious meal of exceptionally varied and tasty delicacies.

Heerlijk gegeten en uitstekende bediening. Het was aangenaam weer dus lekker op het terras kunnen zitten. Prachtige locatie. Niets op aan te merken.

Not worthy of Gault et Millau. The food was not refined but tasted good. The service left much to be desired. Empty glasses are not taken away, you have to pour wine yourself, etc.

Enjoyed a summer BBQ. Excellent price/quality. Beautiful environment

Beautiful place. Excellent food. Friendly service. Loved it.

All praise for LOF. What a beautiful and wonderful place to enjoy the dishes that come from the beautiful open kitchen. A lot of attention is paid to the presentation and flavors that appear on your plate.

Hier eerder geweest met wisselende ervaringen. Constante is de prachtige locatie. Maar als we voor een avondvullend diner gaan, gaan we naar Voltaire (waar we overigens nooit het idee hadden dat het lang duurde, zie mijn recensies daarover). We kiezen voor het driegangen menu. Maar pas 2 uur verder komt het hoofdgerecht. Normaal zouden we daarna geen dessert meer bestellen, maar ja die zat al in het menu. Dus dit duurt echt te lang voor leuk. Helaas ook net geen weer om op terras te zitten, maar dat kunnen we uiteraard Lof niet aanrekenen. Het eten zelf was trouwens prima, al is bijna EUR60 voor een driegangen diner behoorlijk aan de prijs. Maar begrijp dat je daarvoor ook dit prachtige landgoed moet onderhouden.

Na rondleiding over het landgoed en bezichtiging van het hoofdgebouw hadden we lunch in de bistro. Goede menukaart met heerlijke gerechten. Vriendelijke bediening. Mooi uitzicht.

Lunch with my wife. The food was really tasty, well prepared and beautifully presented. Steak tartare is cut by hand and served with a subtle dressing of mustard and truffle that does not overpower the flavor of the meat. The pickled salmon is prepared just as respectfully: the taste of the fish is left intact with almost Japanese respect and in the vegetable garnish all flavors can be tasted separately. It was lunch so no main course, straight to dessert. My cheese was nice and varied. The old Gouda cheese could have had a bit more character, but the other four were surprisingly tasty and all from the Netherlands - also nice. The panna cotta was sweet and rich, and the lavender ice cream perfectly perfumed - lavender can become unpleasantly overpowering but there was just the right amount of presence. Very, very tasty. In short: at Lof they know very well how things should taste. The ambiance and friendly staff complete the picture.

Very poor service on the terrace! First we had to wait a long time until someone finally spoke to us. Then it was all very clumsy: cold cappuccino, waiting a long time for the lunch menu and then having to go back and ask which sandwiches we could order. Long wait again. Ultimately ordered a cheese sandwich, which later turned out to be very small and we dared to ask for 9.75 euros. Once, but not again. Price/quality ratio completely out of balance.

I was there having lunch with my son for Mother's Day. The weather was lovely and we could sit on the cozy terrace. We first got bread with oil and salt. Then the starter which tasted very good. Then it took a very long time before we got the main course. That's the only downside. Because the food was delicious, beautifully prepared, the service was nice and personable and the atmosphere was good. The location is very rural and the park surrounding the bistro was more than worth a visit.

Massive, grand and beautiful. Big too. Coffee a bit watery, therefore 1cster less

Delicious food in a beautifully renovated barn. Recommended!

Het was heerlijk weer dus mochten we op het terras starten. Daarna een fijne plek in de serre en heerlijk gegeten. We hadden een driegangen diner, waarbij het voorgerecht per ongeluk verkeerd was doorgekomen, maar dat hinderde niet want het was iets dat we ook lustte en het was heerlijk. We komen hier vaak en graag. Alle keren heerlijk gegeten en de bediening is altijd vriendelijk.

A world restaurant in a world location.

Very nice restaurant with nice decoration. In a beautiful location. Young but friendly staff. The food was tasty! Highly recommended to dine here

An exceptionally delicious meal at Bistro LOF. Vegetarian menu and this was delicious. Very knowledgeable service, friendly, polite, but informal and a joke without having to repeat the conversation. Beautiful interior. A tastefully decorated place.

Beautifully atmospheric interior and terrace and very good refined dishes. A bit on the pricey side.

Don't welcome, hang up your coat and be escorted out. No appetizers, or a spoon in between. And several carelessness during operation. Food quality was good. But price/quality ratio was not good, for these prices you can really expect more. We liked the location, building and atmosphere.

Our visit to this bistro was somewhat disappointing. The young staff does their best but is too inexperienced to provide service at a certain level. A more recurring problem in the Dutch catering industry. The starter was nice but the main course, the venison steak, was tough. A friendly solution was offered by offering dessert on behalf of the house, but all in all it was a disappointing dinner.

We were kindly welcomed upon arrival. Our table had plenty of space, so we could easily sit down and not notice any other guests. The 3 course menu was something to enjoy. Lots of flavors, but nothing overpowering. So absolutely fine. The seasonal mocktail is highly recommended if you have something to celebrate. In short, this restaurant is worth driving for!

Ate here on December 22. The food such as the tartare and seasonal garden were fine, otherwise really nothing special. Dutch steak was delicious, however. However, what really surprised us was the staff. We were served by a woman in skinny jeans who constantly fumbled over her words. She seemed very unsure of what she was doing and she didn't know much about the dishes. We really hope that this was a new employee because even for another restaurant that had been a more accessible catering industry, you would still have been better off putting an 18 year old girl here with a bit of enthusiasm and self-confidence than this girl. We think this is a shame because the restaurant itself is a very nice concept. By the way, we had ordered cheese boards for dessert, which were simply placed on the table by a boy without any explanation. We were still kind of waiting for something to be explained as this seemed normal to us if the cheeses are not on the menu and especially at a reasonably good and more expensive restaurant. Another thing I wanted to mention was the seasonal cocktail, we were told that this is created by the bar each time. I was expecting something kind of special since €13.50 for a mocktail is a lot (as expensive as the second most expensive cocktail) but what we got was a huge glass of apple juice with I think a little lemon juice had been thrown in it. . That's it! The interior of the restaurant itself is beautiful and the slightly older woman who received us at the door was very friendly, but in our opinion the other staff still needs a lot of work, which is a shame :(

Beautiful surroundings. Nice that the kitchen is in the restaurant. Casual atmosphere. Crockery with pieces missing. Service nice but not attentive. (We had to ask where our coats were.)

Geweldige plek, superlekker eten. Maar dat we EURO 6,00 moesten betalen voor 75 ml kraanwater dat vinden wij schandalig! We hebben wijn gedronken, gegeten en dan betalen voor water? Echt schandalig! Als je nu alleen water drinkt en verder niets bestelt, dan snap ik het nog. Maar bij het diner en wijn? Wij gaan hier nooit meer komen om deze reden.

I think it is more of an excellent restaurant than a Bistro. With beautiful and very tasty dishes for a good price. Fortunately, they also have a 3-course menu. A very extensive wine list. High prices there too. But all value for money.

A discovery, this restaurant was suggested to me by a friend. The food was beautifully presented and had a special taste. Had to get used to the atmosphere. It is a mixture of modern and chic. A wonderfully relaxing meal because you are not sitting so close together. Everything served was delicious. Main course duck and other farm chicken.

Disappointing, decent food let down by sloppy service. Was 2.5hours before we got to a main course, might have been ok if the slow wait times were acknowledged and we didn’t have to ask for literally everything - the menu, water, wine etc.

Very poor and unfriendly service. Quality of dishes not good, far too salty and not in balance. And after two hours of being told that the main course you ordered was no longer available, that's the worst! In short: both the kitchen staff and the service were severely substandard. People pretend a lot but are not realistic at all.

Heerlijke lunch op een prachtige locatie met vriendelijke bediening.

Mooie locatie, mooi ingericht. De kaart is redelijk eenvoudig met leuke gerechten. Er wordt lekker gekookt. Dus heel lekker gegeten. Jammer dat de bediening erg slecht was. Dingen vergeten, duurde lang en werden beetje lomp behandeld. Jammer van de ervaring/beleving.