Stadscafé Het Refter in Wijk 10 Binnenstad

Had a lovely time having drinks on the terrace in the sun. Lots of choice for 0.0 beer, great! And very good snacks (nachos with plenty of cheese, bitterballen, and mozzarella sticks). Top spot for drinks!

Excellent beer selection. Very good service in a pleasant setting and atmosphere.

My favorite cafe in Zwolle, because of the historic building and the beer menu with 150 (or was it 250?) beers. Fun fact: located on Herman Brood Alley.

Nice cafe, but the staff aren't really paying attention. Taking half orders or just walking away in the middle of your order. Peculiar….

Great place to have a drink. Extensive menu, also a wide selection of beers.

4 stars for the food, purely because we can. It tasted delicious! Very friendly service.

Delicious nachos and so many beers! We were in the beer garden and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Incredibly wide selection of beers. Cozy atmosphere and fast service. Although the charcuterie board consisted of tasty items, the composition felt a bit strange.

Charming old building in the center of Zwolle. Huge selection of craft beer.

The weather was hot so I opted for the Bailey's iced coffee. Delicious! Great outdoor cafe.

Absolutely beautiful location and cafe, but there is far too little staff to serve all the customers. These people work incredibly hard, but there is simply a shortage of staff.

This place has a great variety of beers that takes you on a wild game of choice on what to try. Unfortunately the service was not great, we were ignored for a long time and yet we were seated in plain sight. Other than that, beer and atmosphere was great. I will deecome back.

We had a nice beer tasting. You were allowed to choose 4 beers from any of the menu. With one waitress, we were only allowed to choose from the tap, while with the other, suddenly, we could choose bottles as well. However, this only became clear by round 4. That was a bit of a shame. It comes with an extensive selection of snacks. No nachos or bitterballen, but flamkuchen, satay skewers, a sausage and cheese platter, and sandwiches with salmon and smoked ham. A surprising choice of snacks, but very tasty. And very affordable!

Fine place to sit, good food and drinks. Making a mistake is possible, but how you resolve it is what makes the difference. So in our case, argument won, customer lost. So if the white wine runs out, that’s understandable—though it was poorly sourced when you expect a busy weekend with King's Day still to come—but pour a decent glass when you serve something, not just a pathetic sliver. Especially when a customer is flexible enough to drink a different beer than ordered… In short, poorly resolved.

Nice place to have a drink, but it remains a pub and is not a restaurant.

The whole place is empty but the wait staff does NOT come to the table; if you raise your hand you get ignored; the three wait staff are just standing at the bar chatting. If you walk over, you get eye-rolling from the girl with long brown hair. NOT recommended, never coming here again.

Ended up at Het Refter during an unexpected stop in Zwolle. Nice atmosphere and a lovely terrace. The food and drinks weren't amazing, except for the crispy chicken! Beers lukewarm and half a cup of tea. Nice service though, and a good price!

Really enjoyed the many types of beer they have here. The food was a bit disappointing, but the atmosphere is good.

If you want a delicious pint of beer, you’ve come to the right place. And yes, as far as Roderick is concerned, the atmosphere is more than excellent. I hear you thinking: why only two balls?! The food. In Budapest, you would be lined up against the wall for this vegetarian goulash. Roderick stared piercingly at the bowl of mush, with raw carrots and overcooked potatoes. This is not a 'main course', but a minuscule portion of brown sludge. The dessert, by the way, was very appetizing, thank goodness. The bottom line was not a culinary experience, but more like a dive into a bath of pig dung.

It is always good to go for a drink at the Refter; thanks to the wide selection, you never get bored sitting here. Inside, there is a great atmosphere due to the choice of building where the cafe is located, and outside it is a fantastic spot when the weather is a bit warmer. The staff are always super friendly and very quick.

Okay for a drink outside, but I've been there twice now for dinner. Disappointing food and service. I will be skipping this restaurant in the future.

Awesome meal. Came here on a rainy day and they let us bring our dogs in for a quick meal. The place looks amazing inside with a massove bar and wine racks. The staff was friendly and promptly brought 2 water bowls for the dogs. We only had drinks and sandwiches but they were delicious and well made. Looking forward to going back to Zwolle and going to this cafe again

Beautiful building, nice for drinks, less so for food...the chicken was pink..

Perfect place for a drink. Both inside and outside, there's a great atmosphere and fast service. The prices are reasonable.

Great place, friendly and helpful staff. Delicious drinks.

Why does 11 beers cost 140 euros? It was great fun until I saw the receipt :( - all jokes aside, super cozy place with friendly staff :)

The atmosphere and service were very good. Unfortunately, the food was rather simple and not good.

Simply excellent. The food isn't anything special, but it is delicious. I recently sat in the cocktail lounge, which is very cozy and decorated. And the cocktails are delicious! I highly recommend it :)

I've been to the Refter many times, as it's my favorite place for drinks, but I recently had dinner there for the first time. I ordered the spareribs, which came with a large portion of fries and some salad. The spareribs were mostly tender, but some parts were very dry. I personally found that a bit disappointing. I did, however, enjoy the accompanying sauces. The Refter is also housed in a beautiful three-story building. There's a nice cocktail bar in the attic, and there's plenty of seating. The atmosphere is great. The Refter has an extensive beer menu, so it's definitely recommended for craft beer fans. There are also plenty of other delicious drinks. I especially recommend the Refter for a casual evening of drinks, but it's also a great place for dinner.

Another meal in Zwolle 🇳🇱 We'd already had dinner, but wanted to have a few more drinks. This place was super lively, with a huge selection of beers – perfect for us! They also had cocktails; I ordered a Long Pornstar, which was refreshing. Then I wanted something else, so I ordered spareribs. It was a huge portion, served with fries and salad. The ribs were tender and delicious. The staff were great, attentive and caring. The atmosphere was lively, and it got even busier as it got later. Getting a table was really lucky! #zwolle #drinks #restaurant

I love coming here! Delicious beers on tap and tons of them in the bottle! They also have delicious appetizer platters, or just a light snack or a tasty burger! The staff is friendly and welcoming! Highly recommended!

It was all fine, just expensive

Took the shared platter, super nice service that thinks along with us about the portion of vegetarian dishes and regular dishes

I love the atmosphere of this place! Serafien is an amazing waitress and makes everyone feel so welcome and special

Yesterday we dined with a group of (former) colleagues at Stadscafé Het Refter and had a wonderful evening. The building is beautiful and provides a lovely setting for a pleasant evening. We started with bread, snacks, and a few delicious beers on tap. This immediately made for a relaxed start to our evening. The staff was friendly and helpful. As the evening progressed and it got busier (partly due to guests just stopping in for a drink), it was sometimes difficult to reach the waitstaff. We opted for the hamburger, chicken satay, and rendang. The person in our party who had the rendang was only served a bowl of rendang. When we asked if rice was included, we were told that rendang is usually served with fries and mayonnaise. We found this a strange combination. We also noticed that the kitchen and staff didn't really anticipate this. Even when this feedback was shared at the end, there was only a limited response. All in all, we had a pleasant evening at this beautiful location, although the person who ordered the rendang is still trying to come to terms with that disappointment.

We arrived a bit early, and this beautiful, large place seemed quite empty. But as it got later and busier, the place came alive! Beautiful.

Cocktails are delicious. The lighting is poor, not Instagrammable. The spotlights are annoying.

I started the year off right by strolling through beautiful Zwolle for an afternoon, where I stumbled upon a wonderful city café. When buildings like this are transformed into a tasting room like this, you've got me! Plenty of choices with delicious beers—they even have their own beer—and comfortable seating. A wonderful atmosphere to enjoy a few craft beers. Highly recommended!

Historically, it's a beautiful place to be, and the ambiance is also wonderful. We had a few drinks here with friends. 24 beers on tap!

The meat was dry. The fries weren't crispy. The cappuccino was (too) lukewarm. The halved Bastogne biscuit with the coffee was nice, though. The salad with the main course was meager.

Yesterday we thought we'd have a nice drink at the refectory. Well, we didn't. Open until 2:00 AM on Saturday evening. Well, at 12:45 AM we were already being asked to order our last drink, and at 1:15 AM, a military woman asked us to leave because the doors close at 1:30 AM and the building had to be evacuated, as she explained. Less than 10 minutes later, she was yelling at everyone to leave again and started taking all the glasses off the tables. This is absolutely not what I'm used to at the refectory. When we got downstairs, everyone was still happily sitting there. It was clear that the woman upstairs just wanted to go home but wasn't passionate about the business.

A really nice café with a very extensive beer menu, a charming decor in a historic building, and friendly and attentive staff. The drinks platter is also more than adequate, especially for the low price. Definitely worth the detour, and I'll definitely go back to try the dinner menu.

Always cozy in the beautiful historic building and wide selection of special beers

This was really a perfect spot for a bite to eat and a drink.

The food was good, but not fantastic. It lacked a bit more flavor. The service was good; we were constantly offered drinks. It's a large and dark restaurant, and that diminished the atmosphere somewhat for my taste.

The food was mediocre. It's a very nice restaurant, though. I wouldn't go there for the food, but I would go for drinks.

I'm writing this review more than a year after the fact, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. That damned Thursday evening, I was looking for a place to eat where we could enjoy a drink. Het Refter caught our attention because of its location in the historic building. After arriving, we took a seat at the long table on the first floor. We started by ordering some drinks and two appetizer platters. The composition of the platter was a bit unusual, but the flavors weren't bad. The first problem arose when I ordered my first beer. It was served without a glass. I told the server I'd like a glass to drink it from. No problem, a glass was provided. After 10 minutes, no glass had been brought to me. I decided to walk to the bar to check with another server again. I was then told arrogantly that not every beer should be drunk from a glass. That was new information for me, and immediately contradicted my own policy, as a colleague had ordered the same beer and received a glass with it. After insisting again that I really preferred a 7-euro beer from a glass, it finally happened. After fifteen minutes, a glass was on the table. The beer they serve is, of course, excellent, and the prices are what you'd expect from such a place. The beer menu is also quite extensive. The food, on the other hand, was anything but excellent that evening. The beef stew was tasteless and runny. Unfortunately, that beef stew was also served that same evening. It turns out I wasn't unique in this regard, as three other colleagues suffered the same fate, despite two of them having ordered different dishes. In retrospect, that wasn't so surprising, considering we saw a mouse running around on the first floor that same evening. In short, the only person I would recommend a visit to Het Refter to is Mr. Rob Geus.

Beautiful building and good staff. The food was a bit subpar.

Coffee and cheesecake per person €12.00. The cheesecake wasn't good/wasn't a success? I reported it to the staff, but they said there was nothing wrong with it. The interior was also filthy.

Nice place with a great selection of beers. Cozy indoor atmosphere. Spare ribs came in a big portion, sauce could be better but overall a good experience.

The food was sparse and bland, and then we weren't served again even though we weren't bothering anyone. Such a shame. We planned to have a nice evening there, but we ended up being thrown out.

Extremely expensive, glasses aren't full. Service is very clumsy. Such a shame; it used to be a good place. Avoid now.

What a disappointment. For a tasty salad for 15 euros, you literally get a piece of smoked chicken, sliced ​​into slices, I think from the supermarket, on a bit of lettuce with a few slivers of cucumber and fennel. Really cheap lettuce, not crispy at all. Sorry, but I won't be back. It's a shame, because it's a nice place. But charging so much for such a simple plate when a sandwich is half the price is just not right. Or maybe make it something really nice with a bit more substance, like tomatoes or corn or whatever.

Nice atmosphere, friendly staff, always busy, finding a spot (especially outside when the weather is nice) is almost impossible

Plenty of beer selection, but the food is a bit too average. The high ceiling echoes. Especially when it's crowded, it's almost impossible to make yourself heard in a group.

Fantastic place, both inside and out, with a huge and extensive beer menu. The food is also excellent. Unfortunately, the service is a bit lackluster; I've often gotten the wrong orders, and they rarely seem genuinely interested. It's noisy inside, making it difficult to hear each other. Fortunately, the atmosphere makes up for it.

Delicious food and friendly service! Clean restrooms!

Extreme nice selection of beers. Nice venue, very pittoresk.

We had to wait over 1 hour till we thought the food was coming, but then the staff told us there was a problem in the kitchen and it would take less than 10 minutes. After 20 minutes we got our food and the chicken burger was awful, as they put a sauce in it that made it taste like mint toothpaste, and the rest of the food was a little cold. Overall, I don’t recommend eating at this place, as even if you don’t have a long wait, the food is still not the best.

Beautiful place! A must for craft beer lovers. We received excellent service, and the staff clearly enjoys helping us. We'd love to come back!

For the good service and Suze and Sofia!! Grazie had a very good evening.

A must-see and do when in Zwolle! A cozy terrace shared on the square with Dublin House, among others. An impressive two-story cafe with countless specialty beers. And don't forget the delicious cocktail bar in the attic.

As a conclusion of a team outing ended with an unlimited drinks buffet together with ham sandwiches, in short excellent! The ratio of sandwiches to ham was perhaps not entirely correct, I would therefore advise to fill the sandwiches well. Furthermore a rich assortment of beers with bartenders who can also tell something about it

Special beer on tap "Upside Down Henry" with bitterballen

Great place to drink lots of different beers. Eaten there several times, but that's really not special. Tip: enjoy the specialty beer with a bitterbal or a snack platter

Very nice place in a beautiful building, many types of (special) beer. The cocktail area on the second floor is beautiful, but not always open. The acoustics in this building are hopeless, but that is part of the experience.

Great terrace with the best beers in Zwolle. Great location!

Brugse Zot + very friendly staff = 5 stars

My salade nicoise was meager and cold. Too few ingredients. Not as I know and am used to

Cozy cafe, nice staff. They chat with you. Recommend

We were helped by a very friendly waiter named Falko, was very spontaneous and could also chat nicely. Made a lot of nice jokes and made the good atmosphere we already had even better

Great Café for a good beer, wide choice. A bit noisy, but that is to be expected in a large café like this.

Very nice place in the center of Zwolle. You can sit inside and outside very comfortably. For a drink or a dinner, it's all possible. Very relaxed place.

Super cozy place. Varied menu with a huge amount of choice. Staff is always super friendly and cheerful. Sit there with friends or on my own with a book and a beer.

Heerlijk op zolder gezeten genoten van de hapjes en de drankjes. Wat een toffe cocktail maker en de cocktails smaakten Heerlijk. Bediening chagrijnig en geen uitstraling. Geen enthousiasme jammer van zo'n mooie tent. Voor ons als grote groep toch een reden om de volgende keer verder te kijken.

Beautiful local, beautiful building, very extensive beer list, food is mediocre in quality, acoustics are quite dramatic. Great for having a drink with a group, but for dinner I would look elsewhere.

Cosy, wide choice of drinks and especially beers. Excellent service. Especially suitable for a drink. In terms of food, the quality is not good. Cold bitterballen, drink chat is quite simple and a varying quality of chicken satay. One piece was tender and juicy, the other did not taste fresh and dry.

Good beer, good service and the sun, what more could you want?

I love old buildings, and there is no better place to stay than in this beautiful historic building! The food is delicious and the service is good, definitely recommended. Especially for the beer tasting, because I think they have 99 types of beer!

Have had a drink here before. Cozy place. The only disadvantage is that the acoustics are very poor. Maybe do something with wall panels or rugs? I would leave it at a drink and a snack. I wouldn't recommend eating here.

Cozy place with tasty bitterballen!

Niet oplettend personeel. Drankjes duurde lang, bierfusten moesten open gemaakt worden en ergens anders vandaan komen. Helft van de (drank)- bestelling werd geserveerd. Buiten stond de jongeman achter de bbq grill met een sigaret. En het eten was matig van smaak. Weinig friet, 1 bakje met 4 personen.

Beautiful location. Very noisy though. Some more soundproofing measures or the tables further apart would improve the atmosphere. Nice beers, also non-alcoholic. The food is below average. The sweet potato curry with matching vegetables consists of sweet potato with a lot of garam masala and a hidden sliver of matching vegetables. The tempura starter was a lump of fried vegetables stuck together. Whereby the celery stalk was poorly cleaned. The rendang was tasty. The accompanying fries were not cooked through enough. In addition, it all took a very long time. We did not dare to have dessert and we drink the coffee at home.

I came there for the drinks, so I can't rate the food. According to the menu, more than 200 types of beer. Plus there is a cocktail bar. What more could you want? It's in an old church, so the space of it makes it very noisy acoustically. But you just have to take that for granted. It is very pleasant there.

A quaint restaurant in Zwolle's city center. It offers a wide selection of beers and hearty food. Fast and friendly service also deserves a positive mention, despite the restaurant's busy schedule.

Amazing bar for specialty beers. Service is excellent and some tasty/simple food. Recommended!

The acoustics are terrible inside. Even if you didn't know you could get overstimulated, you will after an hour inside. The food is far from adequate. Clearly people in the kitchen who don't know what they are doing or don't care. Dried out and dry stuff that is (literally) no longer edible. The staff is friendly, that's true. But they should work for one of the neighbors. It looks like a business run by a run-of-the-mill entrepreneur without much eye for quality. The terrace is full anyway, so why would you care... That level.

8 euros for a panini with fries, mayo and salad is amazing. And the location is a 10/10.

A very wide range of specialty beers. Location, building and service are top notch

Gisteren gegeten met vrienden, porties leken wel gehalveerd. De spareribs waren meer bot dan vlees. Was waarschijnlijk de laatste keer dat we daar gaan eten. Ook aangegeven bij de bediening, werd niks mee gedaan helaas.

Beautiful café with a wide selection from the tap (28 pieces)

Nice location, good, friendly and competent staff. Mega tasty range of special beers. With a delicious lunch!

nice employee, just a little extra attention, had a great evening, location looks cool

Good variety of beers for a reasonable price. Unfortunately, dinner was disappointing: the spare ribs were barely seasoned and/or marinated and were too tough. One of the burgers was also almost cold, which was a shame.

Zeer uitgebreide bierkaart voor de echte bierliefhebber. Goed advies aan tafel en helemaal compleet met een enorme borrelplank!

I cant.say about food, but it's a good place for grab a drink or a coffee. Armosphere is so so, but good coctails :)

A classic among Zwolle cafés. An enormous number of choices in terms of beer, including a wide range of 0.0 beers. Drink boards also great. Large café but enough corners and alcoves to make it cozy and not too big.

Beautiful location with incredibly friendly staff who care about their customers. Had a nice lunch here. Tastes differ and I would go for a different pesto for the panini, but otherwise it tasted good with a fresh salad and a nice glass of wine.

A beautiful building with a relaxing atmosphere, interesting wine list and efficient service. A nice place to chill out on a lazy Sunday.

Nice place to eat , the food was tasty and good price. Staff were also helpful and friendly