Padjak De Smeltkroes 2.0 in Bijlmer Oost (E,G,K)

Back to De Smeltkroes after about 6 years. Not much has changed. The same friendly service, a nice, spacious, and clean dining area. The nasi was tasty. Unfortunately, the bakabana was inedible. The thick layer of dough was rock hard. Because of this last point, I could not award 5 stars.

Delicious Surinamese dishes in a spacious setting where you can also talk quietly.

After years, I thought I'd give Melting Pot another chance. What a regret! Nasi gets a 3 and the chicken with it a 2.

Last weekend I went out for dinner with my husband and my soup came with her on it. One of the workers said: "Yeah, not everyone sees it, some do, some don't, and they eat it too." I wonder if she is going to eat like that. Not even an apology can happen, because it can happen, but you don't have to talk back to your customers; we don't eat for free.

The restaurant is large and well-organized. Upon entering, you can order at a screen, and numerous customizations are possible for every dish. The order was ready quickly and the dishes were very tasty. The saoto was generously filled, and the satay tender and well-seasoned. Excellent!

Spacious dining area, very clean and tidy. Friendly service; tables were also cleaned immediately after you left. It is quite large and looks a bit less cozy, but the background music makes up for it! The Wall of Fame could use some photos on the wall or a nice painted background. If you sit on the other side of the window, you can watch people playing sports, and on the other side, you can look out at the cars, traffic, and people walking past. Orders are placed via a device where you can indicate whether you are eating in or taking away. Very clear and easy to operate. You then get a receipt printed out with a number, and then you can pick up your food. The food was tasty. However, besides the chicken noodles and satay noodles that we took away, there was nothing extra included—just two pieces of cucumber. But I would have liked a bit more pickles, a piece of fried banana, or strips of egg with it, just to name a few things. The Dawet was very tasty; I will definitely come back for that. The Telo with salted cod was tasty, and the bakabana was also good with peanut sauce (could have used a bit more peanut sauce though hahaha). All in all, worth a 7.

I order saoto often, but switching to preserved eggs wasn't a good idea. Nobody likes those eggs and they ruin the saoto. Otherwise, the saoto itself was tasty.

Delicious food in a beautifully renovated space. The ordering process is just like my McDonald's, which is very convenient. Please note, there is no table service, but the staff is friendly.

Last week I ate at Melting Pot. As always, I came here regularly for a saoto, telo, or bakabana. Yesterday I ordered a saoto, and the boiled egg was very sour. After dinner, I got home and immediately suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. This is not okay!!! The food wasn't fresh! Melting Pot is my last time.

After waiting an hour and 5 minutes, we finally got our food. Everything was cold, except the saoto was warm. How on earth do you even think of serving cold rice with pom? Noodles were cold and bland. The only positive is that the portions are reasonable. They're called Melting Pot 2.0, but I can't imagine this is the better version of 1.0.

Don't come here! 1) Arrogant staff 2) They work in slow motion here!! 3) Telo > The portion of salt cod is half, which is too little for the portion. 4) Soato > You're better off going to Warung Mini (Van Woudstraat). That egg from Melting Pot is so sour!! How can you not have a good egg yourself? It's soaked in vinegar or something, and the outside gets tough or something.

Short opening hours. I initially found the door closed, but they had closed a bit earlier. However, after repeatedly knocking on the door, I was told that Google (their website) indicated they should still be open, and given the opening hours, I was just passing through and therefore couldn't have known they might close earlier (if there were no customers inside). Eventually, they opened the door, and I was able to take two portions of food home with me. That's why I rated their service higher than I had previously felt at the time. The food has become somewhat less tasty recently.

After years, I went to Smeltkroes again with a friend from a different culture. She wanted to try Surinamese food and a saouto. I even ordered a saouto, a portion of bakabana, satay, and dawet. Our food was ready quite quickly. But...what a disappointment!!! The saouto wasn't as it should be. Lukewarm, and yes, my egg tasted strange/sour. The baka bananas were inedible. Rock hard and dry. OMG. The satay was okay but nothing special. The dawet wasn't good either. This was an unpleasant experience for my friend. I will never go back here again! Not worth my money!

The food here is very good and the prices are also somewhat normal.

If you want a stomach ache, eat here

The noodles were warm and cold in some places. The accompanying meat was also cold in some pieces, and lukewarm in the rest. The taste was fine, but nothing special. A shame. The preparation took a very long time, and the food wasn't served very heartily.

The noodles were warm and cold in some places. The accompanying meat was also cold in some pieces, and lukewarm in the rest. The taste was fine, but nothing special. A shame. The preparation took a very long time, and the food wasn't served very heartily.

I picked up some take-away food and enjoyed it at home with my daughter, including teloh, bakabana, and dawet.

Bakabana was really hard, I don't know if it was in the fryer twice, but that was really not possible and you don't improve it either, this has been said often enough, besides, they take really long with orders

It's not what it used to be. For the atmosphere, you shouldn't go. I went for the Tahoe long tongue. This time, I was very disappointed. The long tongue was dry and hard, the ketjap sauce was watered down, and you only got half a container. That's so disgusting. If you wanted more, you had to order more. The prawn crackers weren't crispy, and the noodles weren't lipstick noodles anymore. The service is curt during busy times. Not for me for now.

Ordered a Nasi-Bami Rames mix for 14.50. But when I got home, it was a mix of bami and nasi with two pieces of chicken. Nothing else. Disappointed again.

Last Friday, October 11, 2025, I thought about eating at Melting Pot. Well, that was a disappointment. Nasi with chicken and bami with chicken were completely flavorless and dry. Then, when you ask for ketchup without pepper, you have to pay for it, only to find out it actually contains pepper. This was a real disappointment. Let's just say it was a waste of money.

The saoto with fried telo (without cod) was truly excellent for a good price. Plenty of space to sit comfortably for a while. Unfortunately, the coffee machine has been broken for a while. The staff could make their own coffee!

Beautiful, large space. Many of the products are delicious.

The service is terrible; they're incredibly rude. You wait over an hour for your food, and if you point it out, they yell at you. Such a shame.

it’s just a great place to sit down. Eat good food and be satisfied after you leave. Neighborhood style.

Melting pot!!!! Yuck! What's going on? Nasi with satay for my daughter, satay can be psa, the rest is sugar rice, just not an authentic sweet taste!!!! And the same goes for the saoto soup. No man, is this foul-smelling dark broth serious?? Where is the scent of lemongrass and salm leaf?? Even an egg won't work, sour!! Step up your game....because this ain't it!

Food was very little and tasteless.

The food was absolutely awful. The noodles and nasi goreng were dry. The satay wasn't good either.

Worst experience ever – avoid this restaurant! I've never had such a bad experience as this one. The staff is downright rude and seems completely clueless about how to interact with customers – unless you happen to be a friend or family member, then you suddenly get attention. As a regular customer, you clearly don't feel welcome. Efficiency is non-existent. Everything takes forever. And if you politely raise an issue, your order is deliberately withheld. Truly unprofessional. It seems like this staff has never had any training in hospitality or service. A serious customer service course would be invaluable. Save yourself the frustration and skip this one.

Great food, worth it. Authentic and deliciously spicy!

A normal person would give you 0 stars if they could. You deserve 5 stars, though, since I know that dissatisfied people almost always give negative reviews, and satisfied people rarely give a positive review. But if you make people wait an hour for takeout, right outside the door, then make it worth it. I've lived in the neighborhood for 21 years, so I've known you for years. The bakabana is always good. Today's peanut sauce ruined it. But the roti is awful. This is the worst roti I've had in the Netherlands in years. The color of the curry looks awful. Potatoes shouldn't turn this brown/black. The roti is hard. The curry sauce is way too watery. I like things quickly, but this was bad. Even my 8-year-old son, with whom I just waited an hour, says the roti isn't good and is hard. The curry is also very mediocre. I'll spare everyone the photo of the roti. I hope you do something about this. You do have one of the nicest Surinamese restaurants in Amsterdam Southeast, and one of the few Javanese restaurants in the Netherlands. This could be better. I hope you address the wait times and the taste, and get back to 4 and 5 stars soon. And after years, that one Javanese woman who's been there for years is still just as grumpy behind the counter with an unfriendly face and tone of voice.

The roti is very tasty and well packed.

Saoto, worthless...it just had a soured egg in it, as I mentioned before, but unfortunately, they keep buying those disgusting ready-made eggs from wholesalers, yuck!! If you're really hungry, DO NOT COME HERE...!! You'll wait until you faint; they don't know how to speed here. The taste of the food has really deteriorated...the satay has suddenly become thinner meat. Never again for me!!!

High quality salted fish and service

Really good Surinamese cuisine, fast service and lots of space inside

Tasty food, but less in quantity.

For delicious Javanese-Surinamese food this is a big recommendation. It is also very spacious so you can easily go there with a large group. The only downside is that you have to wait quite a long time for your order to be processed. But all in all 4 out of 5 stars as far as I'm concerned.

I give 5 stars but I have decided not to come anymore from today. I think I have advised people to eat here 100 times, but since the switch to ordering machines the friendliness seems to have completely disappeared. The start is messy but I forgive them, it felt like you as a customer had done something to the people, the looks you get. For me it is the end of the story, but we all know that if it goes well you can eat well here

Ordered food, but was disappointing. We had; Roti chicken, sauto, Fish (Bang Bang) and Rice pom. I found the taste of the food, not authentic Surinamese. I expected something better. Too bad...

The location is great, big, spacious and easily accessible. Unfortunately, the rest was a disappointment. The lady behind the counter was not exactly friendly. She took my receipt without saying anything, checked it and immediately threw it away. Does food often get stolen here or something? Haha. The food was disappointing, old and too much of one particular type of herbs. Only the satay sauce was really good, it tasted Javanese and had something good. Too bad the rest was not in balance with the beautiful location.

Great restaurant first the atmosphere upon entering feels good right away. And the service is also good. And then the food OMG what did I enjoy it was soooo good that was worth the wait! (I thought while I was eating)

Used to come here when it was still good. I went there recently and it was inedible. The banana was way too greasy. After I asked for a new one, I got a big mouth. Not at all customer-friendly and not recommended.

Well to start with I give the service a 1 because there is none. I ordered a saoto with egg, when I started eating my egg I smelled something sour.. I thought that can't be it probably is a smell of something else then I ate it and within 2 minutes I had to throw up in their toilet. The egg had probably been cooked for days. Nadi was doable. Bami was dry. But luckily there was an atmosphere 😁 the food was only as good as the atmosphere

I have been coming to the Smeltkroes for twenty years. The menu has never changed and always good. The staff are very friendly and they work hard to do well for their customers.

I'm not a big fan of SK because of previous experiences, but I thought oh well, it will have improved anyway. nope- got Berkat. Before the waiting time, I could have prepared everything myself at home and I would still have finished earlier. nothing in that berkat had any taste - everything was tasteless - mostly white rice - a little yellow rice with a boiled dry piece of chicken knee - a compartment full of sambal, a scoop of gudangan on top of the white rice - a few strings of noodles - 1 stick of dry meat that looked like satay - 1 container with 2 spoons of satay sauce - 3 prawn crackers - and thick fried flour with peanut flavor that resembled pejeh - and the potatoes wow - I thought I had a Dutch dish - because they were in abundance - and they were also the only ones with a little taste of SALT - and for such a large portion that can be eaten by 3 or 4 people, there was only 1 piece of chicken carbonade - wtf wtf wtf - because I live so far away I didn't go back to throw it for them but I don't go there anymore - then I'll take my time, if necessary I'll go to the Hague to warung M my get berkat - that is food and there I get value for my money - everything with taste - you notice that you are eating Indonesian dishes. the meat is more than enough for such a large dish - no, SK's food was left standing - as a teenager, they left their favorite food - well - we are done there - and we bought food for 2 families - imagine how deep the disappointment was when they left the food -

Made another attempt yesterday after a disappointing last time. Unfortunately this time it was even worse. Let me put it this way that I didn't get around to eating. People who ordered the same dishes well after us still received them earlier. After 40 minutes I simply asked for a refund and said goodbye to a restaurant that once belonged to one of my favorites.

Surinamese Javanese eatery, order via an order lock, eat on site or pick up Friendly and hospitable staff

Delicious food next time I'm in the area. I will definitely go there again.

I've been coming here for years! Always good. Just a pity that there is no soft background music. It is difficult for people who are new to know that you can only pay by card on the left and pay in cash at the counter itself, which is why the process is a bit slow.

Had to wait half an hour (at least) for a Nasi Rames. Going very slowly.

This afternoon (15-03-25) I went with my kids for the first time. At first glance it seemed like a nice place, nicely set up until the food was brought by my daughter. Looked nice at first but...sorry I have to say it. Was nothing 3 times. We ordered 3 roties and 1 pietjel. I have quite a bit of experience with cooking, so I can safely say that almost everything was not fresh, just take it from the freezer and into the microwave. I'm really sorry, but I certainly won't be coming a second time. With comments like this, I think people should do a lot better. I think it will be tasty for bakras. Once again I'm very sorry .

Worthless, a waste of my money. Bakabana was rock hard, spring roll had a strange taste, bami chicken tasteless.. Please learn to cook, I really can't eat... So I'm going to eat bread... A terrible melting pot... Oh yeah I had to look for that banana in bakabana, so hard if you're not careful you'll break your teeth..😡😡😡😡

PEOPLE THIS IS REALLY NOT OKAY. okay so me and my family sat at the table, we got our order. It was saoto soup, bakabana and satay. That Saoto soup was inedible people!!!! The egg was sour and hard and meaty. Those soup ingredients were just spoiled! I was so disappointed! 50 euros worth of spoiled food! No, I will never come here again! And just that satay was sweet as sugar! Those bakabana were wet!! And cold!! Bean sprouts were so soft. And the people who work there have no respect as if they got out of bed on the wrong side! Except that old man. Anyways, I will never go to Smeltkroes again in my life, because this was really crying boiii. IS Just food poisoninggg!!! People don't come to this restaurant, trust me it gets worse every day, people if you want food poisoning then this is highly recommended, have a nice day.

The tastiest Bami rames in the world

Delicious food and plenty of room to sit 👍

It was made for white Dutch, not for Surinamese! Because the food doesn't taste like anything. I have been living in the Netherlands for 3 years now and I have not yet come across a restaurant where the food tastes like it does in Suriname. Cooking at home is much tastier and cleaner anyway, because you never know how they deal with hygiene in a restaurant.

Very tasty food! It has become a bit expensive.

I can eat well here. But you'll be lucky if they're once open normally...

Saoto soup has little to do with saoto, what a mess. I've been trying to figure out what it is. I can't get any further than a chicken broth with salty soy sauce. If you want to eat a sauto, skip Smeltkroes.

Nowadays you have to order via a screen. Very customer unfriendly. I had nasi rames. The nasi stuck completely together and the long beans were so soft

Food is usually tasty. Nasi is with a lot of tomato (?). Staff is not super friendly and there is no real atmosphere. Toilets are clean

Always fun, come all the way here for a delicious plate of food. Friendly people.

Good food, perfect for remote work.

Wtf is this soato soup, I've never eaten it so disgustingly, it looks like gravy from fried meat has been added

Good food. Long wait for the food.

Surinamese near Geese Hoe station, food is passable, service is mediocre, atmosphere is also mediocre

Surinamese food from the assembly line. I thought it was okay. Not "stellar". But okay.

The food is generally quite tasty, but the sambal is criminally hot. It could use a little less

It's as if they want to win the worst restaurant in the Netherlands award!!! The food is terrible! Dry, tough, and tastes old. I wouldn't be surprised if it is. Way too expensive for that price, just a scam. I wouldn't even eat it for free. The workers are very rude, is that in the contract or something? Panicked and rushed because it was a bit busy and that was taken out on me. I got a very negative vibe from those people. Furthermore, the interior is horrible. Old-fashioned, cheap-looking furniture, ceiling not finished at all... Doesn't look good. Nothing fits together, there isn't really a theme/style. All very strange. Just pure mediocrity there. Not even that. I won't spend another cent here!

Tasty and affordable food. Too bad that parking is sometimes difficult. Fast service and friendly staff.

Great food. Great prices. Might be a long wait, but the food is always tasty and fresh

I think it's such a shame why Surinamese restaurants look so old-fashioned and tired. There is no atmosphere at all inside. Maybe an idea not to give it a plaza/Mac Donald look. Food could also use an upgrade after a few years. For example, by coming up with a dish of the day. E.g. Rice with sopropo/ bakkeljauw I'm just saying something. The food is tasty, but that's not the case.

The food is good, but the waiting times for simple dishes such as a sandwich or soup are extremely long here (20-25 minutes). There is also no logical order of orders (last in first out), so organization does not run smoothly. Tip: hire interns from the Cooking School as serving helpers.

Good day, my family and I went to melting pot today and oh what a horrible experience 1. The woman at the cash register was super unfriendly and quickly became irritated. Well once we ordered we had to wait 36 ​​WHOLE minutes and it was quite quiet the staff is sitting there like Bigi Lokas doing nothing we now ask if we can have our drinks because it took way too long (3 dawets and 1 Fernandez) luckily we got them immediately and she had indicated on the receipt that she had given the Fernandez, okay we thought maybe she will only give it when the entire order is ready, well, our order is ready, she did not give us our Fernandez, I ask for it, she says that she has already given it and I say you didn't give it, it seemed as if she was forgetful and not in a good head, she sighed deeply and then later said to give the Fernandez anyway, as if it were her father's company, what kind of nonsense, dear, if you don't feel like it then you should resign. And the food was cold, the nasi was literally jollof rice. I know what Surinamese nasi tastes like and that's not it because since when is nasi with tomato sauce?

Melting pot turned out fun and beautiful. Fast service and pretty good food for nice prices. 03072024: Something needs to be done about the long waiting times around dinner time. Waiting 1 hour for telo is TOO MUCH.

Saoto's are getting smaller and smaller! Rice is also much less, but the prices are higher!

Not worthy of a star. Staff downright rude, gone to their heads, think they are fantastic. Especially Javanese older lady at checkout. And the older tall gentleman with a jampa shirt. Being polite costs nothing. I'll never come here again. And oh yes Saoto always sour aftertaste. Just as sour as that cash register lady. Didn't know about the ordering column, and was waiting. Until they shouted ORDER THERE. As if I were a dog.

Decided to have lunch here. Wasn't that busy. Upon entering you could look at the menu. But there is no one at the counter, but there is in the kitchen. From there they (sometimes) shout that if you pay by card you can use the ordering column at the end of the counter. Unfortunately, not all dishes were in stock. There were no spring rolls, rolls or telo. Saoto, Nasi satay mix, portion of satay, bakabana, dawet with mainzena and those cookies. Ate on the spot. Compliments on the layout of the tables. There is plenty of space between different tables so that you can eat more quietly and intimately. While waiting, I noticed that before pick-up, customers had many complaints about the long waiting time (there is a sign at the entrance that they have a shortage of staff) or customers who return that their order was incorrect. The head manager and her assistants also sometimes shouted at customers. Can understand because some customers did not listen to the question they were asked. After waiting about 30 minutes I was able to pick up my order. Just like with many of these types of places, you have to pick up your own order and when you have finished eating, put it in the dishwasher racks yourself. My order was packed while I wanted to eat there. I received it in the order bag and was told to unpack it at the table. I had to eat with my hands as no cutlery was available at that time. In the end, cutlery never arrived for me, but it did for others. The Saoato was manageable. The Nasi was a bit salty for me but tasty. The Satay tasted a bit raw and could have been roasted a little more. Maybe it was also the chicken. Bakabana had little satay sauce and the dawet was too sweet for me, but I concluded it would taste better without cornstarch. The cookies were decent. Because there were 4 people ahead of me in the toilet I couldn't wash my hands. I just washed my hands outside in the rain that came then.

We were immediately attacked with a poster. UNFORTUNATELY, pick-up only. Due to few staff. At the counter where I always order my menu, I was friendly? Deemed to order the dishes via the well-known McDonald column, very worthless, took even longer in the background, a lot of noise due to poor preparation of the not difficult dishes, they know how many guests they expect. Take a good conventional oven or traditional bain marie and the dishes are served in such a way, it's a pity that now with the emerging competition we will do our best, including normal ordering, the speed of the kitchen flow and a good large written menu and a bit of storm music, some plants and a decent opening hours sign and hire someone to set the lines here, hope for our next visit this will be different

I bought satay on Friday at almost closing time at Smeltkroes. A few hours after eating I immediately had a stomach flu. I just throw up foam and no medication helps. At 3:00 am I had to run to the emergency room. Because of everything I said and photos I showed to the doctors of what I vomited, they came to the conclusion that I have stomach flu with a severe fever. No more melting pot!!!!

If you want to wait a long time for your food then you should go to this place. We drove a long way to have something to eat here, only to find out that you can only pick up. You could take a seat in the attractive room with your plastic container. Had to wait at least 1 hour for two meals!! There is no further “work” in the kitchen. Everything in perfect order. Too bad, because the food tastes good ;)

I recently ordered roti chicken fillet. Farm-fresh vegetables, fresh roti plate, tasty pieces of chicken fillet. The chicken satay with ketjap gravy is also delicious. Bami or nasi again fresh and delicious!

Not tasty... I had eaten a nice nasi once, but that was only once. Time and time again the flavors disappoint me

Soato very bad no taste at all only but bean sprouts telo also very bad just not fresh always came here when I was in the area but next time I will go shopping with my grandma and cook together worthless

I have to wait a SUPER long time for my food, really 30-40 minutes, really not normal

Melting pot has gone backwards. I got some food yesterday and my stomach hurts. The noodles were greasy and you get small portions. Little tempeh and vegetables. Baka bana is expensive and they give you little sauce. I don't come here anymore.

I always think it's a shame that Surinamese places in the Netherlands sell such bad food. Spring roll is full of cabbage, dawet is simply dissolved dawet syrup from a bottle. I didn't get any peanut sauce with my Baka bana... I could go on. Shame!

Unfortunately less than expected. The staff also does not explain how it works

Delicious Surinamese food, nice staff. Also a suitable place for large groups with children. Good price-quality ratio.

Not what I'm used to. But yes, tastes differ. The fried banana was still tasty.

The rice with hot fish and vegetables is my favorite.

Bami soup very bad old hard chicken (teeth breaker) and strange taste! Chicken satay hard chicken very bad! Bakabana very bad! It is an expensive and bad restaurant, you would not expect from Javanese that it could be so bad! It looks more like a tourist trap like you often find in the center of the city! You can also see from the public that comes here that they are generally office people and not the residents, who have long since said goodbye to this store!

I really wonder when these people are going to do something about the waiting time. I don't come here often but ONCE I come here I wait 1 hour or more. It's really incredible. I think people would come more often if this was resolved. There are more people waiting than there are people in that room. And if you “know” the people who work here, you will get your food faster. Just wait a little while and it will arrive. Nonsense

Bami and nasi chicken really worthless... blocks of chicken and not tasty. sauto is okay to some extent, sate is tasty, telo too... if you make that bad too... you can better close your tent... nice open space... the only reason why I'm still going is because I can clear it out there for a while can sit...

Good food. Good service. Restaurant is clean but quite simple.

Tasty food, very friendly staff

Excellent prices, but the chicken was clearly from the day before yesterday, the noodles were tasteless and the beef was impossible to remove. Has seen better days and it is certainly worth eating elsewhere.

If you pick up, you will wait here for at least 30 minutes. Make sure you've eaten before picking up food so you don't pass out.

Personeel is ongastvrij en jaagt zijn klanten die nog bezig zijn te eten de tent uit omdat het 20:30 uur is . Ook het eten is matig . Een kleine soep is zo klein dat zelf een normale eetlepel er nauwelijks inpast .