Do you eat ice cream 🍨 in winter ☃️?
You know I do. 😋 But, for some reason, there are so many people who don't 🤷. In fact, most 🇮🇹 Italian gelato parlors close during the coldest months (which can last as long as 8 months, apparently 😅).
In Amsterdam 🇳🇱, one of our friends took us to a parlor he used to go to when he was a child. On our way there, he told us he didn't know if the place was open because the owners tend to close in winter... or when they feel like doing it! 🤣
The place is called Venetië Ijs and... it was open! 🥳
Apparently the place is quite famous cause we had to queue. It looks almost vintage. And the ice cream itself is vintage... I can understand why somebody who ate there as a child likes it. But I've tried so much better ice cream in Amsterdam... sorry, I've liked better other ice creams: in the end, it's all a matter of taste. 😇
I had hazelnut, which was pretty good, and pistachio, which I didn't like much cause it tasted a lot like cream and not so much like pistachio. 😔
And the pistachio cream melted quite fast. 👎 The cone was good though.
The service was ok and the prices were reasonable for today's standards and the quantities (which were ok, sufficient): €3.25 for 2 scoops, €4.9 for 3 (and they offer a 1-scoop kid format 👏). Another good thing is that you can sit inside and outside: I always find it better when I can relax and enjoy my cream instead of just standing outside or walking. 👍
I wouldn't mind having ice cream there again, but I wouldn't go there on purpose. 🤷
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Quality & taste: 5/10
Quantities: 7/10
Atmosphere: 6/10
Originality: 6/10
Ratio price / quality: 8/10
Service: 9/10
How I felt afterwards: 6/10
Very decent fast food - at affordable prices (which is a tall order in Amsterdam), and plenty of vegetarian options. Sometimes nothing satisfies more than a cheesy been burrito or a chalupa supreme!
Na avond uit met ADE vlak voor 12 uur maaltijd besteld, beveiliging voor balie loopt onrustig rondjes tussen klanten en gebaart naar de keuken het friet mandje eruit te halen.
Resultaat is ongebakken friet en koude burger, nog nooit zo slecht gegeten bij MC en slechte sfeer dankzij beveiliger.
Vergeet tegenwoordig niet een kartonnen beker van 10 cent te selecteren anders ben je €1 kwijt aangezien je de beker bij de balie terug kan geven voor het statiegeld.
Gebruik de app om altijd een menu te kunnen bestellen voor €9 en spaar tegelijk punten voor gratis items, bespaart bij elk bezoek zo’n €5!
Food was extremely cold when it arrived, and I haven't even mentioned how disgusting it was. They gave me the wrong thing, which is why I called the company. I got a response saying "sort it out at thuisbezorgd" Antisocial, bad, cold, in short I'd rather get ebola than order from here again.