Restaurant De Hoofdtoren in Wijk 10 Binnenstad

I ordered small plaice and received three pieces. They were very well fried and delicious. Highly recommended.

Terrible onion soup. This was a bowl of tough, shredded meat with the occasional onion. Not what you should expect from a tasty onion soup. The staff did absolutely nothing about my complaint. I didn't eat, but I was charged for it anyway.

The place was completely empty (our table and one more) and the waitress still forgot our mayo. We asked the mayo, our fries got freezing cold and no mayo. Very poor menu. Burger was raw, vegetables tasted like nothing.. I don't recommend.

With a large group, I would definitely make a reservation! There were 14 of us, and we are a bit older. Several of us had difficulty walking. The dining location is situated in a monumental building, and there is little that can be changed about that. If you are not very mobile, having a bite to eat in the upstairs area is not immediately recommended. On the ground floor, there is a large bar and a large table in a sunken area. We chose satay and fish. Nicely presented and plentiful.

I wanted to have a cup of tea with my sisters. For years, we had walked past De Hoofdtoren during our walks and kept saying to each other: "I wonder if this is a nice little café." Today, we finally decided to go inside. Unfortunately, our experience was very disappointing. Upon entering, we were not greeted. Instead, we were immediately asked what we wanted. When we indicated that we wanted something to drink, an employee simply pointed to a table. After about five minutes, a blonde employee with curly hair came up to us. In an irritated and unfriendly tone, she said: "You want a drink, don't you!" There was no hello to be had, and there was absolutely no sign of hospitality. We felt anything but welcome. Because of this rude and disrespectful treatment, we immediately got up and left. It is a shame that a place we have been curious about for years has left such a negative impression. For us, this was the first and last time. When you go somewhere for a drink, you expect to be treated in a normal, friendly, and hospitable manner. Based on our experience, I unfortunately cannot recommend this place.

Last Sunday, we thoroughly enjoyed the High Wine. We were served 4 courses with a matching wine and an amuse-bouche. The dishes were very flavorful and plentiful. Definitely worth repeating.

Nice place, welcoming service, really nice. Unfortunately, the cook has never seen a cookbook. Really terrible.

We had a wonderful meal and a lovely time! We had a beautiful bisque; my husband had the foie gras. The fish of the day was one of the tastiest dishes I have ever had. Beautiful flavor combinations, surprising. Generous portions... we were completely full! Polite service that is attentive and super friendly. This is hospitality as it should be. Regards, Le Beret Medemblik!

Lovely atmosphere. The carpaccio was very smooth and tasteful. The tea assortment was interesting and tasty. The kids were pleased with the pancakes

Had delicious asparagus, you eat upstairs, the bar is downstairs and the terrace is super cozy.

The asparagus soup wasn't okay. Otherwise a nice place, just too windy occasionally.

Tasty and fast, beautiful place.

The food was excellent and the service was very friendly.

Very delicious food, reasonable prices. Service was good. It's a really unique round shaped historic building in the center of the city in the harbour area. There's outdoor seating but if you want to eat inside, you have to climb the steps of the spiral staircase. We had lunch here on a Friday around noon, so it wasn't crowded.

Just popping in for a coffee and a treat. We were on a flotilla and were well served with a delicious cup of coffee, just the way it should be.

We had a wonderful, spontaneous meal at De Hoofdtoren. I do recommend making a reservation. We were lucky that a table just opened up. It has a lovely atmosphere, and the food was truly delicious. There was even too much to eat. We'll definitely be back when we're in the area again.

The food was delicious! The girls were nice and hardworking. We'll definitely be back!

Delicious food, great service and a fantastic location.

We enjoyed our Christmas dinner here. Beautiful, atmospheric restaurant. The menu was delicious, and the wines were very tasty. The service was smooth and friendly, young people. We had a lovely evening with our family. Thank you.

It was a great place to eat. Lovely atmosphere. Delicious food. The service was also excellent. And the prices are very reasonable. Highly recommended!

Hospitable and delicious dishes

A lovely, cozy dining location. The menu offers plenty of variety. Even if you're on a diet, this is a great place to dine.

Excellent restaurant in a historic 17th-century building. Excellent cuisine with delicious dishes. The location creates a wonderful dining experience. The evening menu is also available for lunch. Guests with disabilities can request to dine downstairs, as the stairs leading upstairs are steep and quite dark. A rotating vegetarian menu is available, as well as a soup and a fish of the day. Excellent, friendly service!

Fantastic historic tower with great views

Lovely traditional dutch restaurant in the castle turret with lovely atmosphere. Unique place and well worth on a visit to Hoorn

Nice restaurant, unfortunately not many seats with a view of the IJsselmeer. It was also a bit drafty with the door open downstairs, so we were in a bit of a draft when the door opened. Regarding the food, I had a Serrano Ham and Onion Soup sandwich. I couldn't taste any Serrano ham in the sandwich; there was too much truffle on it and it tasted too much like a strong cheese. Furthermore, the bottom of the bread was just a bit too dark, almost burnt. This made me wonder if the chef ever tastes his food, because a Serrano ham sandwich that doesn't taste like Serrano ham...well, yeah. The onion soup was good, except for the Gruyère. It was grilled quite crispy and didn't really go well with the soup. All in all, the dishes were disappointing.

Nice atmosphere, medieval. The food is decent, but the side dishes for four people are very minimal.

Unique location for an affordable and cozy evening!

I had a reservation with you on September 13th, but unfortunately, my visit was very disappointing. Upon arrival, we received a very unwelcoming welcome. There was no table available, despite our reservation, and we were asked to wait downstairs at the bar. However, upon arrival, there was no room there either. When I kindly asked a host to get my coat for me, I was told to do so myself. This is absolutely unacceptable for a restaurant that accepts reservations. Perhaps this could be seen as an isolated incident, but I felt it was a lack of respect and hospitality. I saw no initiative to effectively resolve the problem, nor an apology from the staff. This is not a matter of taking anything personally, but a clear shortcoming in the way guests are received. Due to this course of events, we left the restaurant without dining. I would like to express my deep disappointment and let you know that this has completely destroyed my confidence in your restaurant. I strongly recommend that you urgently improve your internal organization and level of hospitality so that future guests don't have to endure the same experience!

The waiters are very rude. Treated me and my friend awfully.

A reservation for Saturday evening was confirmed at short notice. The location is good—right on the harbor and centrally located. The terrace is attractive, and the staff very friendly. There's a separate menu in German. The selection of dishes is small but excellent! That's a positive thing. The quality is very good, and the taste is absolutely recommendable. There's a large selection of specialty beers and wines. The prices are reasonable and even quite affordable. The restaurant is highly recommended for anyone visiting Hoorn. Dogs are welcome. We'd be happy to come back.

I haven't had such a good meal in a long time, and I'm used to a lot of restaurants, but absolutely everything was perfect! The friendly service and cozy atmosphere were also a plus. In short, a successful evening and therefore 100% recommended :)

Stopped for lunch with my wife and son. Loved it. We all loved it. The food and atmosphere were fantasitic. We had two weeks in Netherlands and Belgium and this is the restaurant I remember most fondly.

And I really enjoyed it here! The food was high-quality and delicious, the service was attentive, and sitting at the foot of the Hoofdtoren was also a nice touch. I definitely recommend it!

It was scandalous that as a paying customer on the terrace my wife was referred to the public toilet, we will never come here again!

There are interesting choices on the menu. On the top floor beautiful window view on the port of Hoorn. Cool historical building. Not very cheap

The high wine is really great! Not only the wines, but also the atmosphere, experience and the food is great. The food you get with it is really a whole meal, a pleasant surprise we found. Also non-alcoholic wines were available and it was also no problem to take a soft drink instead of a wine.

Small but noisy restaurant, friendly staff and tasty food

We had received a high beer as a gift. We got a great spot on the terrace (the weather was perfect for it). Delicious beers and super tasty food. Good service: friendly and we received good explanations. In short: highly recommended!

A wonderful old place by the water. Good lunch.

Service was excellent. Starters were up to par. Main dishes we decided for meat which was both very good. We finished it of with a cheese platter.

Tonight we went to eat at De Hoofdtoren in Hoorn. The friendly service, the delicious food, and the historical ambiance made it a pleasant evening. Thanks for the great experience.

Great experience with delicious food and nice ambiance

We had lunch here. There was really nothing wrong with that, large portions too. Unique place to eat, especially if you like history. See photo for impression. You go up a spiral staircase and can then look out over the harbor or city from the window. Very friendly service, food was served quickly.

Small restaurant, relaxed atmosphere, excellent food and quite affordable. Buratta with duxelles was a pleasant taste sensation. Slip soles cooked just right. Operation perfectly fine.

Klein restaurant, relaxte sfeer, prima eten en best betaalbaar. Buratta met duxelles was een aangename smaaksensatie. Sliptongen precies goed gaar. Bediening dik in orde.

Great atmosphere, old tower room. Food was good, had a burger. Service was top, thank you for the great hospitality

Reserved for 8 people on Sunday afternoon, so late lunch on the 1st floor. Welcoming reception, everything was ready. Very attentive service. Something for everyone on the lunch menu, also some vegetarian options available. Everyone ate with taste. Excellent price quality. We would love to come back again.

Everything was simply okay. My cappuccino was bad and lukewarm, my girlfriend's was okay but very hot. My pancake was okay. Service was okay. Simply nothing else to say about it, everything was just okay. Not worth repeating, but if I ever really needed coffee, it would be okay...

Very good cuisine in a great maritime atmosphere.

Lovely place to eat in Hoorn. We had dinner and the service was attentive and careful. The restaurant is located in an old tower, on the second floor, so the access is through a spiral stone stair. A lot of the lights come from candles and it makes it very cozy. The food is not fancy, it is regular but served in good portions. They offered a small kit of activities to keep my toddle busy (crayons, stickers, colouring, sudoku) and it was lovely. Very nice evening there!

Nice cozy place, delicious food. A medieval atmosphere, not for weak knees, because of the stairs you have to climb.

A super nice place. Great service, highly recommended.

Hele mooie locatie, pal aan de haven. Je kan beneden (gezellig) en boven (mooi uitzicht) eten. De kaart is eenvoudig maar goed. De prijs/kwaliteit verhouding is goed.

Nice place! We were able to go even without a reservation. Delicious onion soup!

Delicious food, great service, the oysters were super, highly recommended

Polite but very inhospitable reception... Our question; We would like something to eat, can we take a look upstairs... srry but this is not a museum and toilet use costs 50 cents. Shame! We went here specifically because we often came here 30 years ago with fond memories. So now we had a delicious lunch at the neighbors... missed opportunity!

Great place with excellent food. It is difficult that you cannot park nearby (10 minutes walk).

We had a delicious meal in this special location. The narrow stairs to the top immediately indicate that it is a location with a lot of history. We started with a bread board, which is a full borel board. Be careful because this is almost a meal in itself. The spare ribs are very tender and again this was a substantial amount. For dessert the lemon cake, also very tasty. We did have to wait a relatively long time for the main course, perhaps this was because there were more large groups. A message that it may take a little longer would have been appropriate. Furthermore, the service was good.

Very nice and traditional place close to the sea! Nice experience to get in What we taste was really well done!

Delicious food. Large portions and nice service!

Very nice location and excellent service. delicious meal

We have a young, smiling, professional waitress, a magnificent setting and very good food.

Enjoyed a delicious meal on the terrace outside, under the beautiful Hoofdtoren. The service is fast and the food was very tasty. The burger had really good meat and came with multiple garnishes in addition to fries. The bread board beforehand was also very nice and extensive and it is very nice located in the harbor of Hoorn.

Rutger, the best chef in the Netherlands, works here.

Beautiful monumental building, cozy atmosphere

The food was delicious and the decoration was beautiful and appropriate for the monumental building. The staff was not paying close attention; With a more active attitude, this restaurant can run better and earn more by asking more often if visitors want something to drink. Unfortunately, things went wrong for us after the starter; There was 1 hour between clearing the starter and serving the main course! We left dessert alone.

I would like to rate the food, but unfortunately we didn't get anything. After waiting for over an hour, it turned out that our order had not arrived in the kitchen. It can happen, but the staff handled the situation so unfriendly and incompetently that it can only be one star.

Not recommended! Tourist trap. Very unfriendly staff. We had to remind ourselves again and again that we wanted to order. Despite empty glasses on our table, we were never asked if we wanted to order anything else. After waiting 1.5 hours we asked when our food would come. They had forgotten to pass our order on to the kitchen. We paid for our drinks and left the restaurant. What was disappointing was that they didn't even apologize or try to resolve the situation in a customer-friendly way. The service doesn't even deserve one star.

Came here unexpectedly and had a delicious meal.

Lovely location so decided to stop in for a coffee. It was busy but not overwhelming - easily got a table outside. Waitress was lacking any interest - we never got a smile. We were left waiting for a long time before being served, after asking for a drinks menu. In the meantime another family were unattended for so long that they just walked out. They never brought us an ashtray which was requested either. Another waitress brought another person's order to our table. No fresh milk available for coffee. All in all it's a shame such a stunning location and building was spoiled by disinterested staff. I don't particularly savour going to work either - but you need to go through the motions, especially in this environment. A bit later in the day we went to another place off the main drag and were met with a contrastingly different service.

After a nice walk in the pittoresk harbor of Hoorn we treated ourselves with a traditional onion soup while seated outside on the terrace. It was a delicious onion soup, which contained not only onions, cheese and some bread, but also some beef meat. Very delicious soup. Very quick and friendly service.

Nice meal. Pleasant ambience. Perfect operation.

It's got okayish food, kinda overpriced for what it's worth, but maybe I'm paying for the location more than anything. Wouldn't go here again unless I just go just for a drink.

Awful attention to the client, they mistreated my family and me for being tourists, also speaking to us in a very aggressive tone and attitude. Never coming again

Was a disappointment. We had reserved a table well in advance, at the top of the window, with a view over the water. Yes, no problem, we will do that in a moment. It was not stated that there may not be service upstairs when the weather is nice because then only the terrace is open. If I had known this in advance, we would have eaten somewhere else because the terrace is not special and also drafty in the shade. Too bad, the reservation was for my 50th birthday. I deliberately asked for that spot by the window because it has meaning for us. The food was ok, nothing special, the guys in the service were very friendly.

Spare ribs were very fatty, the rest was vegetables??, strange fries

Very tasty food, would love to come back

Delicious food, very nice young waiter, we will definitely come back if we are ever in this area again. Best regards 😀

We managed to get a table during a busy weekend which was really lucky. The setting is the ancient tower in the old port area which is stunning. Climbing the narrow winding staircase to the restaurant was brilliant and the circular seating area is not a letdown! The menu is somewhat small but variety is great. The staff helped with understanding the Dutch menu and ordering for gluten free which is no issue! I had the steak which was perfectly cooked and delicious.

Very good, beautiful view from the window of the IJsselmeer. Go there people great food

Great restaurant with amazing views of the harbour. Food great and not over priced. Staff friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend but be sure to book as busy

Very original setting! Very good cuisine!! Friendly staff.

Top tent. Excellent food, good service, cozy atmosphere.

Had dinner here with my friend last night. Nice atmosphere, incredibly friendly and attentive service, wide selection, etc. In addition, a beautiful location. Very satisfied and definitely recommended!

It's nice to sit outside in front of the old building, but unfortunately it's right on the street. Food is a bit more expensive but very tasty. Small menu but also something vegetarian. Large wine selection.

We sat downstairs, which is slightly closed (few windows, but that makes sense), but cozy. There is more light and space upstairs.

With our main dishes we must have side dishes (fries, salad, etc.). received. But when we asked, we had to pay extra for everything. Portions were generally very small.

Couldn't get rid of a 'good afternoon' or a friendliness from the service. Nice location.

Excellent food, friendly and good service

In Hoorn, with the harbor in sight, we arrived at restaurant "de Hoofdtoren", despite the beautiful weather, we found a quiet spot inside. After looking at the menu, my choice for my dinner was "fish of the day". After my order I already received a small taste of bread with "Olive tapenade". The dinner was great. The staff is super friendly, nice and helpful. Definitely a location I can recommend.

We had drinks and snacks and it was the King’s Day… great service and their WC was super clean and hygiene.

We waren hier met ons bedrijf om hier te dineren. We zaten boven, wat een geweldige ambiance. We hadden een arrangement afgesproken wat helemaal volgens afspraak ging. Het eten was heerlijk en de gastvrijheid top.

Great historical location with great food.

Had a lovely lunch on the outdoor terrace. Friendly staff, good and fast service. And excellent price-quality ratio.

Small and cozy restaurant. The service was okay, but the food was not good. The spareribs sometimes had large pieces of fat on them and the burger was also very red on the inside. If you leave the burger as raw, red, tell them this and ask if that is okay. There were also other people who had their food cold. It's a shame the food wasn't good, because the location is great.

Nice, beautiful old building. great lunch. Steep spiral staircase, so if you have difficulty walking it will be difficult.

Beautiful location, tasty, affordable lunch menu and friendly service.

What a good restaurant with top service and super tasty food. Have a nice drink in the bar, then eat upstairs and then have a nice drink downstairs in the bar. Will definitely come back from Almelo again..

Very beautiful view around: the harbour, ancient and modern ships, the outskirts of Julianapark. The restaurant has delicious pancakes. I also really liked the unobtrusive service; you can sit quietly at the outside tables without making an order (outside of rush hour).