Restaurant 't Veerhuis Opheusden in Wijk 00 Kesteren

Beautiful and wonderfully situated restaurant

Cozy terrace in a beautiful location. The staff is very friendly. Food tastes great, very good price quality ratio.

An absolute disgrace – what a disappointment! What a shameful display our visit to Restaurant 't Veerhuis was. From the moment we sat down on the terrace the misery started. With a two-year-old toddler with us, we had to ask for a high chair ourselves — and then drag it out of the restaurant ourselves. Service? Nowhere to be found. Waiting for drinks took forever, and all that while the staff calmly walked past without any eye for their guests. Even an upturned water bottle in the cooler was no hint to them. As if we were invisible. The courses were served in random order, as if darts were being thrown in the kitchen. And then the 'counter steak': perhaps the animal had once seen the Indian Ocean, but oriental? Not a single herb in sight. Ordered medium-rare, received well done. Sent back, and then a cold, bloody piece of meat came back. The chef lacks the basic skills – preparing a steak seems too much to ask. The height of unprofessionalism? Six times — six! — waiters bumped into our child’s chair without an apology or even a glance. The so-called half portions of the tasting menu were shameless mini-versions. One third, at most. And as if it couldn’t get any worse: the waiter who brought our drinks was sitting at a table among the guests smoking five minutes later. A waiter who also barely spoke Dutch. Uncomfortable, ill-mannered, unacceptable. What makes the disappointment complete are the owner’s reactions to negative reviews. Instead of listening, learning and improving, there is defensiveness or denial. That says it all. A good entrepreneur sees criticism as an opportunity, not an attack. This restaurant may have a beautiful location, but that is the only positive thing. The owner should be deeply ashamed. We will — of course — never come back here again.

After years of being loyal customers, we as a family have decided never to go again. The customer friendliness is very hard to find. Also from the owner.

Another nice visit to the Veerhuis. Too bad for us that the terrace was full. Inside was too big and too empty. Lunch was perfect as well as the fantastic service. Until next time.

Went for dinner often, always excellent!!!

Price quality of the menu is really not right in this restaurant. €33 for a steak of less than 150gr. and overcooked. Salad without dressing and side dishes that were served much later because the fries still had to be fried? We expressed our dissatisfaction but unfortunately no response. A waste of money, we won't be coming back here again.

The service is, to say the least, slow, slow and very forgetful! When the doors open you almost fall out of your seat. Only order food there if you have a lot of time!

Beautiful location on the Rhine with a cozy atmosphere. Very friendly service and excellent food. Especially the ice cream! We will visit you again soon! A tip, make sure that the side dishes are served at the same time as the main course, small effort and more satisfied customers!

Quality of food was fine, but €4.00 extra for a tiny bowl of vegetables. And unfortunately here too, fake whipped cream for dessert, why?

Op 1e paasdag waren we daar voor de borrel, voor het overige was er veel horeca dicht . Nee, vanavond zitten we vol! Jammer. Even later bleek er toch nog een plek vrij te zijn en dat was een uitstekende keuze. Dit gezellige familierestaurant bleek een dubbele kaart te hebben, voor kleine eters en grote. De gerechten waren lekker, zoals verwacht en de hele schare obers zorgden ervoor dat het aan niks ontbrak. Gracias!

Good was not nice and very overpriced.

We went to eat here on the recommendation of a good friend from the area. We will definitely come back and the food was just as tasty as the beautiful ambiance of the location itself!

Great restaurant for a nice lunch on the terrace. Friendly service, good location and a simple but very varied menu. Free parking in the parking lot in front of the door. Would love to come back here.

Delicious lunch...friendly service

We had a party here last week. With cold and warm buffet. It was fine. Most of our guests had never been here before. We have only received compliments from them about this location. Atmospheric authentic building and excellent food. The buffet was also well stocked.

Enjoyed lunch outside in the sun.

Went for dinner recently but to be honest the service has deteriorated considerably since Jan no longer works there. Having to make do with 1 glass of wine all evening! And I think paying €34.50 for a normal steak is really overpriced.

Very bad restaurant, quality of the food was very poor. However, the staff certainly did not make this better, very antisocial way of approaching someone and very unfriendly answers. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants to have a nice evening out.

Very nice to have lunch here. Beautifully laid out plates. Taste is excellent. Not too chic, but just very cozy and neat. Price/quality is excellent. Too bad you can't look out onto the water.

Delicious dinner and well served by prompt and friendly staff. Definitely come back. Delicious dinner, really great.

We found it disappointing. For a main course of 33 euros (rib-eye) that was too greasy and tasteless, you can expect some vegetables or salad to be included, only 2 small bowls of fries / fried potatoes for 4 people. The food is not in proportion to the large bill.

Delicious food parade of starters...... on the terrace overlooking the Rhine. Pleasant staff. Everything according to your wishes. Recommended tasting for 2. Recently also a small menu with dishes for smaller portions.

As always a wonderful experience. The friendly, helpful and efficient staff and the delicious dishes are always recommended. Even in 2025

It was very mediocre, the service was poor. We were seated in a separate small room next to the cafe, I suspect it is better in the large room. When ordering something, they canceled it, but you didn't get it.

Here you can enjoy a really delicious meal in a nice atmosphere and beautiful ambiance. Very friendly staff and a nice varied menu. I recommend it.

Super cozy and good coffee and the staff was very friendly, greetings Chrisbrachtthuis

We come here often and enjoy it, but today was really terrible and I feel the need to write a review in the hope that something can be done to regain our previous experiences. We arrived for lunch around 1200. My wife and I both ordered a brown sandwich. After 5 minutes the waitress came back saying there was no brown bread. Decaf coffee is also not available. Then a white sandwich, the tuna salad was delicious and the sandwich was also fine. Ordered a freshest mint tea as a second drink. Again, after 5 minutes the waitress came back and said there was no coin.. For dessert we both wanted to eat an ice cream sundae. But you guessed it: after 5 minutes the waitress came back that our ice cream sundae could not be made today either. If literally everything is gone/cannot be delivered on Monday, my advice is not to open. Then as an additional note: The toilets are really out of order! These have not been updated since 1930, nor have they been cleaned for women. Glasses were dirty, toilet paper had run out, soap had run out and it all just looked old and dirty. We really hope that the food will return to what we were used to, then we would love to come back. When we complained that everything was gone, the response was laconic and that we should not come on a Monday. Very strange. Edit: good professional response too! We reported our complaint to the female clerk, who responded laconically, just like you are now. So it's not anonymous and my name is there too, what more could you want? Maybe another course in dealing with feedback?

Ik ging gisteren naar ’t Veerhuis in Opheusden. Voor koffie met gebak. Voor ik kon gaan zitten ontstond er een akkefietje met een mevrouw in de bediening. Ze was wat ouder. Ze liep langs mij heen, in gewone kleren en ze leek op een gast. Ze liep ook met de snelheid van een gast, langzaam dus. Ze vond dat ik haar had moeten begroeten. Dat zei ze op zo’n heel beledigend toontje, echt uit de hoogte. Ik zei dat ik aan niets kon zien dat ze in het café werkte. En ik had al de ober achter de tap begroet. Ze zei dat dit er niet toe deed. Ik had haar moeten groeten. En weer dat beledigende toontje. Ik had opeens geen zin meer in de koffie. Ik naar de liep naar de tap. Ik zei dat ik niet van deze toon gediend was, en zei nog een keer dat ik aan niets kon zien dat zei daar werkte. Ze zei voor de derde keer dat dit er niet toe deed. De sfeer werd nog meer onprettig. Ze zei zoiets van: “dan heb ik iets voor u, en ze wees mij op de deur naar de toiletten. Kennelijk was ze hier een baas, of zo. Ik wist niet dat langs de toiletten ook een uitgang was. Ik was door een andere ingang gekomen. Ik dacht: “gaat ze nou door met beledigen en stuurt mij naar de toiletten?”. Maar ik wilde weg. Weg van dat toontje, de botheid en het conflict. Dus ik liep naar de ingang waar ik was binnengekomen. En ik zei dat ik wegging. Toen kwam er een ober door de deur en blokkeerde mij de weg. Ze had hem een seintje gegeven, of hij deed dit uit eigen overweging. Opeens kon ik niet meer weg uit dat conflict. Ik zei tegen de ober: “Ga je mij werkelijk in de weg staan?” Toen schoof die beetje naar links en ik kon er langs. Ik heb alles goed gedaan. Ik heb gezegd wat ik vond. Ik ben heel rustig gebleven. En ik heb geprobeerd om uit het conflict weg te gaan. Ik heb nog nooit meegemaakt dat er dan geprobeerd werd om mij tegen te houden. Wat de ober gedaan heeft, mag zo echt niet. Ik heb niets gedaan dat zijn gedrag kan rechtvaardigen. Buiten ben ik aan de overkant van de weg op een bankje gaan zitten. Ik moest even bijkomen. Toen heb ik de politie gebeld en het verhaal verteld. Ik heb vooral verteld dat de ober mij wilde tegenhouden toen ik uit het conflict weg wilde. Die hebben de melding geregistreerd. Dat zegt op zich niet zoveel. Maar dan staat het tenminste ergens dat die lui in dat café zich raar gedragen. In de commentaren hier op Tripadvisor staat op verderop nog een geval van bedreiging. In ’T Veerhuis in Opheusden is het soms niet veilig.

At exactly 3 o'clock I take a seat on the terrace at a table with used crockery still on it. After 10 minutes I actively try to get the attention of the waiter. 10 minutes later I place my order, hot chocolate with whipped cream. Please also indicate my seat. "Coming soon sir." Just after half past four (!!!) I see waiters walking around with my chocolate milk, but I don't know where it should be delivered. I wave to the boy and get my order. He leaves the used crockery behind. Under the imitation whipped cream there is something that tastes vaguely like chocolate milk, but mainly like water. I'm done with it and pay for the whipped cream that I ate and let them know that the chocolate milk tastes mainly like water. Why doesn't the owner of such a large business bother to properly train and instruct his staff? And why doesn't he know what his customers are being served. Pure contempt.

Unfortunately, we did not have a good feeling about our visit last night. It took a very long time before we got the attention of the waiter and after about 45 minutes we had to ask for the menu ourselves. As for the food; fish tasting good, sea bass also good, but meat trio, two of three unfortunately dry and tough.

Located on the Rhine the ferry and the building historically and behind it had been the animal stable. Space is large and very rustic. It's a must to be here and the food is very good

Delicious food! Friendly staff.

Had a small reception, excellent service, beautiful, really old location with a beautiful view!

Very cozy, very tasty food and more than enough. Friendly service and a nice day. We will definitely go back on a less busy day. Top

A pleasant and delicious lunch.

Just had a drink. Neat service.

Kwamen binnen voor een bakje koffie. Aan de bediening gevraagd of dit kon en na even denken en navragen bij de baas was dit mogelijk. Was al vreemd, want veel tafeltjes waren gewoon vrij. Na een half uur genegeerd te zijn door de ruim aanwezige bediening besloten weer te gaan zonder bakje koffie gekregen te hebben. Vreemde ervaring, maar gezien de recensies een ervaring die zich vaker voordoet hier.

Nice place with good lunch. Quick And friendly employees

Delicious food and top service!

This beautiful building is located on the banks of the Lower Rhine, where you can relax on the terrace! The interior also still exudes the atmosphere of yesteryear. Unique places that we can all be very careful with!

Quite a nice meal with pleasant service, although the language could have been a bit neater for this level.

Enjoy lunch there after a week away! Nice affordable dishes in a beautiful setting! Pleasant stay there!

Sat outside on the terrace. Large group without reservation. Wasn't a problem. Being able to eat a la carte (great with such a group). And then serve all the food at the same time 👌! Well-prepared dishes. Good price-quality ratio. The small menu with the same dishes, but smaller portions is perfect. Highly recommended. These portions are still large enough for many people. Very friendly staff. Ample parking space, located slightly lower. Next to the restaurant there are some places for the disabled.

Yesterday we visited this beautiful location with a group of 18 motorcyclists. It was easy to make clear agreements in advance. Upon arrival, the welcome was extremely friendly and the meal was well prepared. Definitely recommended. We had a delicious lunch!

Delicious lunch, the noon hour is highly recommended. Good food and a nice terrace on the water.

Great stop for coffee, lunch or dinner. Gluten-free bread available, so we ate a delicious Egg Benedict with a view of the water with passing boats and an active ferry.

Had a very extensive meal here yesterday. And the food here is really high class! Beautiful location and beautiful terrace, it is also very attractive inside. Service does its best, but not tailor-made. There is nothing you can do about this, because regular people cannot be found. Have been coming here for years.❤️

On a very warm afternoon, we sat on a terrace with snacks and drinks. What a beautiful view and super friendly service. We certainly hope to come back again someday.

After waiting more than half an hour for our lunch. We asked the waitresses where our lunch was. This was followed by a heated discussion in the kitchen, which we were able to enjoy. This is because we were quite close to the kitchen. Fortunately, our lunch followed quite quickly. But we still ate this one with an aftertaste. The discussion continued during dinner. Our order was also incomplete. We indicated to the waitress that we no longer wanted to receive the rest.

Cozy restaurant with friendly staff. The bouncer was delicious

A minus. We did have to wait a long time for the main menu, as it was much faster at others.

Great location and very tasty food. Very attractive restaurant in a beautiful location. We will definitely come back again.

We arrived unexpected and the owner did everithing she could to give us a table. We had the most delicious food and the Rosé was lovely too. The atmosphere was perfect and at the end of the evening we had so much fun with 3 other tables. Perfect all over. We will be back.

The food and atmosphere are good, but if you have to ask for your refund after paying and, after a long wait, also have to calculate how much money I will get in return from a very grumpy young and rather stupid employee, then I'm done.

It is nice to look out over the Rhine in the evening, see Rhenen and drink a beer.

Good experience! Our waiter is a young man but he is very professional, calm and friendly. (like the whole team) Food is well presented. Price-quality ratio is also good. Had a nice afternoon here.

Actually a 3.5, but that's not possible... excellent price-quality ratio, just good...

Had a delicious meal at the Veerhuis Opheusden, highly recommended

I only leave reviews when places really deserve it, or places really don't. If I could leave zero stars I would. The location is beautiful, the terrace lovely with a gorgeous view of the river. We went for a few glasses of wine and some bites. We were greeted by a rather brash waitress and ordered a glass of wine and a plank of bites. We were informed it was large, but not that it was for four to six people. But nevermind. Suffice to say we didn't finish it. A few replacement glasses of wine were ordered, each time with zero eye contact and barely a word. I watched one waitress plonk plates down on an adjacent table with little care in the world. I had a glass of wine with five dead fruit flies in it. I was looked at like I was an idiot or causing a problem. The wine was replaced with no apology. Upon paying, I only had cash on me in the form of €50 notes. I was never going to tip after my experience, but to make things easier, I rounded it up from 56 to 60. The waitress was so annoyed with this that she grumbled many times. I then offered to go to the car to see if I had more money there. I went back to my partner first at the table, but she said we only had a few coins in the centre console. So I went back and explained, the waitress looked like she'd been shot - before opening a wallet stuffed with small notes. She then grumbled some more as she handed me my change. No gratitude, no thank you. Nothing. I will never, ever visit this place ever again and I will spread the details of my awful experience here. The proprietors have to be either more present, train their staff appropriately, or simply find better, more switched-on and friendly staff. In short. The level of service was outright disgusting. All of them didn't give a single hoot.

Beautiful location. Delicious food that looks neat. Very nice staff with good service. Worth repeating!!

Was only there for a coffee stop but it looks very nice.

Food was fantastic, well served and friendly service

Very nice location, on the water. Fair price. Free parking.

It is a pity that if you are with a large group and the reservation is for the large room, you are kindly requested not to take a seat on the terrace with a lot of shade at the front or on the terrace at the back. There were two small parasols there, there was absolutely no way to fit a third parasol, even though there was a hole in the ground for it. It was so hot there and within half an hour in the blazing sun, you could burn. When asked by an irritated waiter at the bar, it was REALLY NOT POSSIBLE to create more shade. The ladies walking around were very friendly and helpful. But the terrace at the back is where you can sit in the sun. Strange reaction from the owner, the guests from the main hall were sent away, even though there were plenty of empty chairs in front of them.

It is a nice restaurant, authentic and beautifully located near the ferry. However, it was a pity about the reception, it was clumsy and I thought the hostess was a bit ugly. Furthermore, the food was delicious, took a long time and the croquettes were served frozen. Salad a bit small for 17.50 euros. And strange reaction?🤔

Great restaurant with terrace on the water. Friendly staff and above all a great menu. I can recommend the ice cream.

Coffee stop here with the MTC Zevenbergen...nice terrace and plenty of room to park...

Good service, delicious food, and a pleasant seat on the terrace. Been here before, really nice.

Here you can have an exceptionally good dinner and lunch. Nice terrace but inside it also looks very nice. The food is very tasty and I like to take my guests out to eat at this restaurant located on the Rhine near the ferry. They now also have a new menu that is very extensive. It's a taste feast. Worth the detour.

Very tasty food, and not expensive. Friendly service, worth repeating, really great.

Well-kept reception, friendly staff, beautiful location.

Enjoy watching boats low down on the shore and have something to eat afterwards. Great schnitzel. It was tasty but really a lot

Wij reden er langs en dachten laten we het eens proberen. Niet onvriendelijk ontvangen maar ze moest wel diep nadenken omdat we niet hadden gereserveerd. Terwijl er zat lege tafels waren. Wat ik erg leuk vond was het aparte kaartje met gerechten van de kaart maar dan in het klein. Aangezien ik geen grote eter ben kon ik nu toch een klein voorgerecht en een klein hoofdgerecht bestellen. Voorgerecht kwam vlot en was heerlijk. Lekker vers stokbrood. Carpaccio iets te koud maar zeker een dikke 8. Boven verwachting. Hoofdgerecht duurde een eeuwigheid. Na 2x vragen kwam het toch na ruim 3 kwartier. Was prima. Malse varkenshaas pindasaus beetje waterig. Kalfs sucade was lekker. Werd geserveerd met een bakje heerlijke frietjes en een bakje wat mindere gebakken aardappeltjes (te lang onder lamp gelegen) Hoofdgerechten een 7. Helaas geen dessert kunnen bestellen omdat we al te laat waren voor onze afspraak. Personeel niet onvriendelijk maar absoluut niet oplettend. Je moet echt je best doen de aandacht te krijgen om nog wat drinken te bestellen terwijl er al 10 minuten een leeg flesje op tafel staat. Ze stonden meer achter de bar met hun rug naar de gasten dan dat ze oplettend om hun heen keken of ze nog wat konden betekenen.

Not trendy..🙏🙏 Nostalgia...hopefully they NEVER modernize this!!! Fantastic location...couldn't be more beautiful.

Food and wine excellent price quality. Had to wait a long time due to staff shortage with the nice weather. No problem top view

The waiters walk away with their legs under their butts Atmosphere is the old part is nice. The new part has nothing to offer and is boring. the old building keeps its age

We enjoyed the asparagus menu. You can make asparagus soup (with ham) in three ways: too thin, too thick or good. So it was the last. Fine. As a main course the asparagus with salmon. Beautifully served. A tip for the chef: top it off with potatoes instead of fries and baked potatoes and run the peeler along the root of the asparagus again. The Dame Blanche was a winner: finally a restaurant that makes the chocolate sauce itself so that it solidifies on the ice instead of slop from a bottle. We would love to come back here again!

Beautiful ride through the Betuwe. Take the ferry to 't Veerhuis

You can have coffee with apple pie... delicious.

Lunch board, great value for money. Still a shame about the canned soup. Beautiful location, nice terrace, beautiful inside. Thanks for your response. We were with you on Sunday, April 14, and I and the chef in our party maintain that it was not homemade tomato soup.

Took too long when people came to ask what we wanted to order

Delicious food, a mistake was made, immediate apologies and a drink from the company, well organised

We had a party here last Saturday with 25 people. Everyone complimented the delicious food, the nice portions, the friendly service and the cozy and casual atmosphere. We sat in the front room, what a nice room. When we arrived the fireplace was lit. We had a wonderful evening. Thank you and we will definitely come back, even if only for dessert, how delicious!!

Had dinner here on the way home. Haven't regretted it for a moment. Nice manageress was able to assign me a place. Very tasty meal 👌. The (young) service is also extremely friendly and does their job neatly 👌. I will definitely come back here 🥳

Wonderful place to enjoy the river

A little more options for children would be nice, especially outside to play.

Heerlijk gegeten. Super gerechten van het proefmenu gehad, en heel vriendelijke bediening. Echt voor herhaling vatbaar

Nice and old and small. Staff not very active. In the half hour that we were there, at least 11 potential customers were turned away because there would be no room available. Get creative and use other space quickly.

Didn't eat but the coffee was fine

Terrace very difficult to reach with a wheelchair, rude employee with a bad mood. Immediately left again, never experienced that before.

Food is very tasty. Took a while.

A group came in and it was very noisy, maybe hanging curtains would dampen the sound a bit more.

Recently ate there again. Food was fine, service was worthless. When we arrived we were asked if we wanted something to drink and we didn't have a chance to order a bottle. The main course was served quickly and the waiting staff were gone. No more chance to order extra potatoes or fries or mayonnaise or something like that. to order. Missed opportunities. I almost had to call someone from the kitchen to pay.

Informal and delicious food in a beautiful place on the Lower Rhine

Lovely place with history and in the old laughter room beautiful authentic items almost as needed 200 years ago, price-quality ratio is well balanced, a beautiful place on the Rhine to have lunch and enjoy. Teus and Maria van Beek

Beautiful ambiance in an old ferry house, beautifully decorated with an eye for detail Teus and Maria van Beek

We regularly come here as a stopover for lunch Top location Good food Friendly service

Businessly we needed a space to quickly invite a number of customers. Called in the morning and kindly arranged everything for that day. We were able to use a quiet spot in a room heated for us. Now that's service. Normally we would have arranged the appointment with Van der Valk. That is now a thing of the past. The atmosphere and service is so much better. In addition, it is a gift that the restaurant is located in a beautiful landscape. Betuwe you are so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

Delicious food! The menu is very extensive and it is also great that you can order small variations of the dishes, so you can taste more tasty things. Nice atmosphere and nice service, friendly and attentive :) good well-filled glasses of wine! Definitely recommended