Lunchroom Cafe St. Paul's in Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde

Thank you Johan and Akex! See you again 🌞🌞🌞

We were hungry. My child was hungry too, and we had to eat elsewhere after spending €100. Avoid this place, tourists only once, not suckers! ⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️ The prices aren't even correct; you're charged at least €3 more for à la carte dishes, so it's a rip-off! ⚠️⚠️⚠️

An evening with friends and kids. The Bitterballen were a hit! The kids loved them, along with the crispy, non-greasy fried chicken fillets! The owner, a Ligurian native and passionate about Italian music, welcomed us like family! A fantastic evening just steps from Daam Square!

I wouldn't recommend it. The food was good, but portion were definitely too small for the proce we paid. However the main issue was the service: the restaurant was basically empty and it took them about 40 minutes to serve even the starters. Moreover we ordered the large drinks which were significantly smaller than what was written on the menu. On top of that the staff was very rude and passive aggressive making us extremely uncomfortable. You can definitely find better options in the area!

My family and I had a very good experience in St Paul’s lounge. We received the best of service from Johan, a friendly and amusing character who does everything he can to make your experience better. The food was lovely and catered for my daughter’s gluten free needs.

Good service plus a delicious meal

The food was absolutely delicious and the owner was incredibly welcoming! They made us feel right at home. Highly recommend this place and will definitely be back!

It was very good, the food was delicious, and the atmosphere was friendly. Greetings to Orhan abi.

We had lunch here during our stay in Amsterdam. We didn't eat typical dishes, but we did have two chicken salads. They were good, and the staff were very friendly. The price was excellent, having used The Fork discount.

"My girlfriend and I wanted to thank our waitress who served us and chatted with us during our stay in Amsterdam. She is a beautiful and precious soul. We are bringing a wonderful memory of her back home to Quebec. Please let her know that we wish her nothing but the absolute best for the future 🤍"

We are very dissatisfied with our visit to St. Paules Café. It was truly worthless and absolutely not worth the effort. It is not worth the money; the dishes are far too expensive. Moreover, the dishes are bad and simply taste awful. The atmosphere is bad. That waiter acted very strangely towards us. He smiled at us in a weird way the whole time, making us feel really uncomfortable and harassed. The worst part was that I went to the toilet once and just saw a rat there. And the cook cooks on old, bad pans. Additionally, I found at least three hairs in my food. I also saw a piece of meat that had been ordered fall on the floor. The cook acted as if no one saw it and then put it back in the pan. So please: do not go to this restaurant.

The food is really low-quality. Way too expensive for what it is. Some of the drinks weren't even in stock. The person who served us was very nice, though.

Great place, definitely a big recommendation. Max service and good products

The best metal in Amsterdam!!! The waiter is really friendly and understands English. The location is accesible by bike, scooter and on foot. They have the best steak in town, not going to lie. I hope I will came here in future. 👌👌👌

Beautiful, clean place in a lovely location with a nice and (especially in summer on the terrace) entertaining "view". Very friendly and helpful service. A (quite) surprising menu, but with something for everyone, at a reasonable price. A European tour on a plate. And definitely don't forget to give the original and deliciously prepared mussels a try (well done KoK-kie). And certainly with TheFork Summer Festival offers, a "must go" if you want to enjoy a nice, extensive lunch at a pleasant location.

We were turned away at the door. Apparently, the place was full, even though several tables were free. Perhaps there was a reservation; they could have said so instead of making customers sit there, turning around, and leaving. Very unfriendly.

The pasta was good and reasonably priced in Amsterdam, and they were super fast and friendly 😊

Love the food here! Especially the ribs and fresh mussels, they’re real good and tasty. The onion soup with bread is so great especially in Amsterdam’s cool weather, it really warmed us. Highly recommended!

You'll find great service and delicious Dutch food. Highly recommended!

Overall: terrible food and NOT recommended 1. The omelet tasted horrible, with uncooked Bacon, Bacon should be crispy but NOT here 2. Toast is done years before and not freshly baked from toaster 3. Ample or vibe is weird

very good chef but frozen supermarket food, rude and drunk owner

Excellent service. Perfect, we highly recommend it.

Super friendly staff. Delicious Goulash. Recommend for a casual meal in a very relaxed atmosphere.

We arrived at 8 pm with a TheFork reservation, but were violently barred from entering the restaurant and practically assaulted. The restaurant was closing at 8 pm for a private staff birthday party, and supposedly TheFork had been informed. Such aggression! We were treated like dirt; it's unacceptable to be received like that.

Good food, good prices and friendly people. I would recommend.

Highly recommended, excellent service and delicious food

Delicious food 🤤 from omelets to cannelloni to onion soup, it's bursting with flavor, the place is super cute and the atmosphere is warm ✨ I highly recommend it

A one-hour wait for our food was far too long. There were no utensils on the table, so we had to ask for some, and no carafe of water either. The meal was overpriced and mediocre. Very disappointed!

I had an amazing experience at this restaurant! Johan, the owner, is incredibly welcoming and attentive—he truly cares about every guest who walks through the door. The food was delicious, beautifully presented, and full of authentic flavor. The atmosphere is cozy, and you can really feel the passion behind the service. Highly recommend this place to anyone looking for great food and a wonderful dining experience. Thank you, Johan, for making our visit unforgettable!

I had dinner there this evening. The welcome was excellent and the atmosphere relaxed. The owner is very friendly. I recommend the goulash.

Typical and non-typical dishes with a truly homely and authentic flavor. Simple yet welcoming atmosphere. Very kind and warm staff. Excellent prices with The Fork discount.

Away from the crowds. Nice and welcoming place. Simple and very clean food. 😉

The food is quite simple and uninspired, so a bit expensive for what it is.

A very nice place in the center of Amsterdam. We took advantage of a 50% off The Fork promotion to dine here, which also offered traditional dishes. When we arrived, a young man took care of everything, from welcoming us to taking orders and even cooking. We ordered stamppot, bitterballen, a steak with sides, beer, and water for a total of €30 for two with the discount. Excellent food, fast service, considering it's run exclusively by one young man. Highly recommended!

Excellent experience. I recommend the traditional dishes. Friendly staff.

Good goulash and the best service in town.

Very delicious food and good personal. Thanks

Peaceful atmosphere, good homemade food and excellent service from the staff.

Excellent. Friendly staff. Delicious food.

Extremely unfriendly owner with mediocre food. He tried to force drinks on us, claiming he wouldn't earn enough otherwise. I would advise everyone against going there. Anyone who behaves like that for an extra €2 profit margin should, in my opinion, close down and find help.

Amazing hospitality! Love the mussels! Highly recommend!

The owner is super friendly and outgoing. The good vibe makes the food taste even better. I ordered a lasagna, which was delicious, and my friend ordered the mussels, which simply melted in your mouth. This place is definitely recommended if you want to dine in a cozy atmosphere. Johan is a great host and also the owner of this restaurant. I can't rave enough about my experience tonight; it really felt like I was dining with family. We will definitely be back and look forward to dining with Johan again!

Delicious pasta, excellent service, a very quiet place to chat. I highly recommend it. It's iconic.

Excellent experience Visited with my family (2 adults and a child) for dinner on Monday evening - excellent food at a reasonable price and super friendly staff. Highly recommended.

The food was great and Yohan's service was excellent. I would definitely return.

The food was really, really good and the service was amazing 😁 100% recommended

Great experience! Delicious food and excellent service! Very good location too!

Tourist trap with clearly pre made heated up food. Not great...

We ordered the bitterballen to go and they didn't give us any trouble. We thought the price was quite reasonable. They were super friendly. The place looked really nice.

We ate at this restaurant and were more than delighted. Welcoming, friendly staff, not to mention the quality of the food. I highly recommend it!

Johan very friendly, highly recommend mussle dish, good quantity for 2.

I stumbled upon this place by chance, and it’s such a hidden gem! The traditional pea soup was amazing—you can really taste the love the chef put into it. A must-try! The spaghetti carbonara was super creamy and cheesy 🤤 The owner and chef were so warm and friendly. A perfect ending to my trip—I’ll definitely come back next time! ☺️ The traditional pea soup was super delicious, meticulously prepared daily by the chef. A must-try. The spaghetti carbonara, with its rich cheese, was delicious 🤤 The owner and chef were so welcoming, and the food was delicious. It was a perfect ending to my trip. I look forward to my next trip and will definitely be back ☺️

Must have try the pot baked mussels 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟and poffertjest is amazing

We were there in September. At first glance, the restaurant doesn't look bad at all, but the food is far too expensive for what you get. We had the bitterballen as an appetizer, which were then served to us from the microwave. After that, we had spaghetti carbonara for the main course, where the pasta was overcooked and everything tasted very bland. We also had the cannelloni, which was also overcooked and felt more like mashed potatoes than a spinach filling. Another big issue were the toilets, which looked like those in an airplane. The doors were difficult to open, and everything looked very run-down. The waiter was very nice, but never once asked if everything tasted good or how we generally liked it. If you want to order the "fresh" mussels for €26, I would advise you to reconsider. The table next to us ordered the mussels, which the waiter was of course very happy about, but then we saw the chef go down to the cellar and come back up with frozen mussels. (I don't know how fresh it is, but oh well), we paid €48 for everything and wouldn't recommend it again; we haven't had such a bad meal in a long time. Best regards

The service was nice, the food was very small sized for the price and not high in quality

Food delicious and kind service 👍🏻

The mussels and Dutch pancakes are delicious!!

1. Tiny portions for relatively high prices 2. carbonara with cream 3. hamburger was badly made sandwich ( bun was more like a toast, 1 piece of soggy lettuce, no sauce) 4. he wasn’t very happy to interact with us after we showed him our discounts

Service is amazing! Our waiter was super nice and the food was good. Mussels are definitely a highlight!

Excellent food,excellent service and very relax atmosphere. Chef and ŵaiter top of the range. Pedro and Bety from Melbourne.

Very cosy bar, with a very sympathetic team. Though can be a bit expensive.

A very good restaurant. I recommand you to go here.

The restaurant was nice, the service was quick and efficient, the waiter was smiley. We ate some snacking which was really correct.

Thanks for letting me charge my phone, the spaghetti was good 👍

We had dinner here. It was truly the best restaurant! It looks like an American restaurant, but the menu includes Dutch specialties and they serve teppanyaki Dutch cuisine! Of course, they also serve Heineken. The Dutch soup and hutspot were absolutely delicious. What I'm most grateful for is the owner's personality! We had just visited a souvenir shop, and the cash register had broken down, so our credit card wouldn't work. It was a machine problem, but at the time we thought there might be a problem with our credit card and, given the cash balance we had, we panicked, worrying we wouldn't be able to go to the restaurant. However, when we spoke to the owner, he cheerfully and with a laugh said, "There's a bank nearby, so you can withdraw money, so it's no problem!" This completely blew away our worries. The owner was incredibly cheerful and kept us entertained the whole time we were at the table, making us feel truly happy. At the end, we even shook hands with the chef, and our anxious feelings were almost a lie. Having entered this restaurant, we were able to end our trip to the Netherlands on a happy note. Of course, we were able to use our credit card without any problems! We were so pleased that they were so kind to us when we were in a hurry. The food was also incredibly delicious, making this an unforgettable memory of our trip to the Netherlands. When I hear the taste of kindness, I'll remember the soup at this restaurant forever. We are truly grateful. Thank you so much! I apologize for the long delay between my visit and writing this review due to issues with my internet connection. It was a fantastic restaurant and I definitely want to visit again if I ever go to the Netherlands again! Thank you so much.

Strange and amazing mood. Not what you expect but maybe much above... We choose thè mosselen, they were amazing.

Delicious food and very attentive service! We went twice during our trip 😊

Do yourself a favor and eat here! The Burratta appetizer and the pot of mussels are both incredible. We’ve been on vacation for nearly a month and this was definitely in the top 3 must eat!

We went with the 50% discount from The Fork. With the discount, the price/quality ratio is good. Without it, it was a bit pricey. Our favorites were the Dutch round steak and the Dutch hutspot. We also ordered the meatballs, sausages, and goulash, the latter being more ordinary dishes.

This is a really nice place to have lunch. Stuff was very polite and the food was amazing. Can recomment you to stay here. Great place....

Went here on our first evening in town. Food was good (pea soup, onion soup, croquettes). Yes, cooking was a little slow but that is because one guy seems to do all the cooking on his own in a rather small open kitchen. You could watch him prepare your meal if you liked.

Great foods, great service. The mussels are huge portion. We love it.

Good food. But a bit slowly cooking. Nice service.

Sausage and pea soup fantastic!. Typical dishes all excellent served by smiling, cheerful and very helpful staff.. Recommended place and experience!

Good but not special. Being a place in the center we didn't have many expectations. The appetizer was quite sad and with rather high prices but good (even though they looked like frozen croquettes. The main courses were abundant but nothing that particularly impressed us. In my opinion eating there without the fork discount is not worth it. But with the discount it was doable

Good breakfast/lunch spot to hit before exploring the city

A very good restaurant! Simple but high-quality cuisine! We also noticed that the server was extremely careful with the cleanliness of his dishes during service. Top-notch! 👌🏻

Very good food, we were accepted after closing time. Nice and good service.

We had lasagna and Bolognese, and it was absolutely amazing. The price/performance ratio was really great, especially for Amsterdam. It's also a bit hidden away, so you're spared the crowds. We highly recommend it.

Imagine traveling all the way to Amsterdam, deciding to grab some authentic food, and waiting literally half an hour for a "dutch" breakfast and it looked like what I can cook up in 2 minutes across globe:

What a great discovery, this cozy restaurant in the heart of Amsterdam. A warm welcome, fantastic service, good atmosphere and delicious food and drinks. It's also nice that it is very affordable, around 30 euros per person for dinner and wine. Where else can you find that?! I will definitely come back here!

Mega expensive for far too small a portion. Tourist trap.

A pleasant place, perfect for a team dinner. Very pleasant staff and decent food for the price. Thank you again for your kindness

Cute and cozy restaurant with great food! We had the pea soup, cheese croquettes, and beef. The waiter was so kind and even gave us a dog treat to give to the dog at the counter (owner was a friend). Highly recommend!

Rich, cheap and super friendly. Advisable

Very unpleasant atmosphere, my friend and I were refused at first to divide the bill in two... As a result we were only thrown a calculator in our face to do the calculation on our part, when we just had to divide by 2... The cook cooks with the same gloves he uses for cashiering, serving and smoking..... Food not fresh, I didn't dare finish my plate. I relied on Google notes to go to this restaurant and frankly I'm going to have a hard time digesting what happened, I've never seen that....

Very clean restaurant, the staff is friendly. There is a bit of a wait because there is only one server and one chef. The food is good, we ate well but don't expect anything exceptional. They cook in front of you. The burger was good, the pasta too and they respected my dietary restrictions.

The staff is very friendly and helpful. The variation of food is amazing! Im definitely returning and you should too!

It was such a good experience.Food was fabulous,staff was very friendly .We really enjoyed it !

Awful experience. One of us got French onion soup and noticed stacks of tins of it whilst going to the loo. The chef was on his phone whilst cooking. Phones are a huge career of germs. The actual food was dull and cheap, reminded me of a nasty cafe in England

We ate very well in this restaurant, in particular we tried an excellent goulash. Abundant quantity and fast service.

We were walking down the street, saw St. Paul's and stopped. What a pleasant surprise. We ordered typical Dutch food and loved it, but we loved the service and the friendly and fun atmosphere even more. Fair price, good food and good service. I recommend it!

Very expensive and slowly served. Additionally, the size of the meal was really small...

We had to wait over 40 minutes for the food and the portions were a disgrace.

Very good service, the place is nice, the food exquisite, we tried the cannelloni and the lasagna, we booked through an app and the reservation discount was well applied

We ate very well. We recommend this restaurant. Thank you for the welcome. The spaghetti carbonara was a delight for our taste buds. Well done to the chef!

Owner was so rude and shouted in our face just because we didn’t understand with the cash . And continued to shout at us till we left

Excellent dishes, good choice of Italian wines, good atmosphere with friendly staff, quiet little street away from the crowds

Quite a good and a very cheap place (if you order in Fork) place. The food is great, very traditional, but they also have international options.

Really great staff and great food, great music too!