What's on the menu right now

Chef's menu

• Three-course menu with amuse-bouche 32,50

  The chef chooses, you sit down. Ask about today's courses.

To start

• Bread with a selection of spreads 6,50
• Soup of the day 8,50

Specialities

• Dutch lunch platter 14,50

  Croquette on bread, a small soup and salad.

• Duck liver terrine 18,50

  With fruit compote and toasted sugar loaf.

• Fines de Claires oysters 3,00 · 15,00 · 29,00

  Each, half a dozen or a dozen.

Sandwiches

• Croque monsieur 11,00

  Gruyère, béchamel sauce and ham.

• Croque madame 12,50

  Gruyère, béchamel sauce, ham and a fried egg.

• Steak tartare 14,20

  With mustard mayonnaise and pickled vegetables.

• Smoked salmon 12,50

  With beetroot and sea vegetables.

• Baba ganoush v 12,50

Classic lunch dishes

• Two beef croquettes on bread 12,50
• Fried eggs on bread 13,50

  With roast beef, Parmesan and cherry tomatoes.

• Burger De Vriend 16,50

  With fries.

• Frog legs 14,50

  In garlic cream, with bread.

• Fish trio 24,50

  House-smoked salmon, smoked eel from Eveleens and Dutch shrimp cocktail, with toast.

Salads

• Salad with smoked duck breast 19,50
• Goat's cheese salad v 19,50

  With hawthorn blossom.

• Salad with marinated beef tenderloin tips 19,50
• Prawn salad 19,50

Steak frites

• Steak with fries and pepper sauce 19,50

On the side

• Fresh fries v 5,75
• Mixed salad v 6,75

Desserts

• Pandan crème brûlée v 10,50

  With coconut shavings and pineapple ice cream.

• Kniepertje (thin Dutch wafer) with raspberry mousse v 10,50

  Grilled peach, white chocolate crumble and yoghurt ice cream.

• Red fruit with yoghurt panna cotta vegan 10,50

  And raspberry sauce.

• Cheese board 9,50 · 15,00

  Three or six different cheeses.

• Espresso martini 11,00
• Leonidas chocolate 2,75
• Ice cream from Luciano 3,00

  Various flavours, per scoop.

To share

• Mixed Dutch fried snacks, 15 pieces 14,50

  Five bitterballen, five cheese sticks, five spicy mini spring rolls.

• De Vriend sharing board 27,50

  Generously filled board, warm and cold, to share.

Cold bites

• Bread with spreads v 6,50
• Marinated olives vegan 5,00
• Luxury roasted nut mix vegan 5,50
• Italian sausage 9,00
• Aged Dutch cheese (Oude Rotterdammer), cubes v 9,00

Warm bites

• Bitterballen (Dutch beef croquette balls), 8 pieces 9,80
• Vegetarian bitterballen, 8 pieces v 10,80
• Cheese sticks, 8 pieces v 9,80
• Spicy mini spring rolls, 8 pieces 9,80
• Crispy chicken thighs 10,00
• Calamari rings 10,00

Classics

• Duck liver terrine 18,50

  With fruit compote and toasted sugar loaf.

• Frog legs in garlic cream 14,50

  With bread.

• Ibérico ham 16,50
• Oven-baked camembert v 14,50

  With bread.

Fines de Claires oysters

Number 3.

• Each 3,00
• Half a dozen 15,00
• A dozen 29,00

Chef's menu

• Four-course menu with amuse-bouche 42,50

  Add cheese as a fifth course for 49.50.

To start

• Bread with spreads v 6,50
• Fines de Claires oysters 3,00 · 15,00 · 29,00

  Each, half a dozen or a dozen.

• Pata negra ham 16,50
• Tin of caviar, 10 grams daily price

  With blinis, egg and crème fraîche.

Starters

• Smoked salmon 15,50

  Ponzu foam, dill cream, green apple and lemon crumble.

• Sea bream ceviche 16,50

  Papadum, red chilli, puffed quinoa and green curry.

• Steak tartare 16,50

  Toasted brioche, egg yolk, Parmesan and chive emulsion.

• Duck breast 14,50

  Crispy panforte, blackcurrant jelly and pistachio.

• Duck liver terrine 18,50

  With fruit compote and toasted sugar loaf.

• Gazpacho verde vegan 9,50

  With croutons and olive oil.

• Caprese salad v 12,50

  Buffalo mozzarella, semi-dried tomatoes and roasted peach.

• Soup of the day 8,50

Intermediate courses

• Piri piri prawns 12,50
• Frog legs in garlic butter 14,50

  With bread.

• Smoked baba ganoush v 12,50

  With goat's cheese and a honey and thyme dressing.

Main courses

• BBQ ribeye 24,50

  Caramelised onions and garlic jus.

• Tournedos 28,50

  Risotto, tenderstem broccoli and pepper sauce.

• Secreto ibérico 26,50

  Sweet potato, spring onion and romesco.

• Sea bream fillet 24,50

  Antiboise sauce, spinach and tabbouleh.

• Fish of the day daily price

  Whatever the fishmonger had this morning.

• Saffron risotto v 21,50

  Spinach, taleggio and hazelnut.

• Tempura vegetables vegan 21,00

  With romesco and sweet potato.

• Dry aged côte de boeuf 87,50

  For two.

• Meal salad 21,50

  Changing options, just ask.

Side dishes

• Fresh fries v 5,75
• Mixed salad v 6,75

Desserts

• Pandan crème brûlée v 10,50

  With coconut shavings and pineapple ice cream.

• Kniepertje (thin Dutch wafer) with raspberry mousse v 10,50

  Grilled peach, white chocolate crumble and yoghurt ice cream.

• Red fruit with yoghurt panna cotta vegan 10,50

  And raspberry sauce.

• Cheese board 9,50 · 15,00

  Three or six different cheeses.

• Espresso martini 11,00
• Leonidas chocolate 2,75
• Ice cream from Luciano 3,00

  Various flavours, per scoop.