Guidebook for Rotterdam
Food Scene
La Zia Maria
222A Nieuwe BinnenwegGreat Italian trattoria - sandwiches and take away.
Great for a (sunday) breakfast - read a paper, enjoy a freshly squeezed orange juice and have a complete breakfast. Try the 'wentelteefjes'!
40 locals recommend
Grand Café Wester Paviljoen
157 MathenesserlaanGreat for a (sunday) breakfast - read a paper, enjoy a freshly squeezed orange juice and have a complete breakfast. Try the 'wentelteefjes'!
Great place for lunch or dinner. Restaurant in the old terminal of the Holland America Line. Take the watertaxi (very fast boats) here after a visit to Euromast for example.
245 locals recommend
Hotel New York
1 KoninginnenhoofdGreat place for lunch or dinner. Restaurant in the old terminal of the Holland America Line. Take the watertaxi (very fast boats) here after a visit to Euromast for example.
Won the best Dutch hamburger 2014 award! Butcher since 1890 in this same location, now the best place in town to enjoy a lovely hamburger - nice place and nice people too. No reservations.
324 locals recommend
Witte de Withstraat
Witte de WithstraatWon the best Dutch hamburger 2014 award! Butcher since 1890 in this same location, now the best place in town to enjoy a lovely hamburger - nice place and nice people too. No reservations.
Take away fresh wok meals. Don't want to cook? Let them do it, for 6-7 euro's a large box with fresh wok meal, ready in 5 minutes. When you're not very hungry, one meal is enough for two people.
Nieuwe Binnenweg 277A
Take away fresh wok meals. Don't want to cook? Let them do it, for 6-7 euro's a large box with fresh wok meal, ready in 5 minutes. When you're not very hungry, one meal is enough for two people.
Chili Time Centrum
27 WestblaakNice Thai restaurant.
Top 3 Thai restaurants in Rotterdam. Not fancy, it's about the food. 3 minutes walk from Metro Blaak, nearby cube houses.
My Thai Son
74A MarinierswegTop 3 Thai restaurants in Rotterdam. Not fancy, it's about the food. 3 minutes walk from Metro Blaak, nearby cube houses.
Jazzcafé Dizzy
127 's-GravendijkwalJazz cafe, live jazz some nights, fine place for easy dinner.
Best sandwiches ever! Italian style. Enjoy a lunch with a glass of prosecco here. Also for take away, but take a seat.
19 locals recommend
Lunchrestaurant Guliano
31A MeentBest sandwiches ever! Italian style. Enjoy a lunch with a glass of prosecco here. Also for take away, but take a seat.
Nice street to have dinner. Try Kip, La Stanza. Or enjoy eastern kitchen (Indain, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai, Chinese - variety of small meals) at Lulu's.
Van Vollenhovenstraat
Nice street to have dinner. Try Kip, La Stanza. Or enjoy eastern kitchen (Indain, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai, Chinese - variety of small meals) at Lulu's.
Essentials
Ekoplaza
236-242 Nieuwe BinnenwegEcological/bio supermarket
Delicasies such as cheeses, great wines and port, chocolates. And stop by for a coffee and a sandwich.
20 locals recommend
Vermeyden Delicatessen
335A Nieuwe BinnenwegDelicasies such as cheeses, great wines and port, chocolates. And stop by for a coffee and a sandwich.
Albert Heijn
342 KeizerstraatNearest grocery store.
Marqt
77 BinnenrotteEcological / biological supermartket. Not cheap, but very nice.
Arts & Culture
Art museum. The Kunsthal has no permanent collection, but organises a wide range of temporary exhibits. Designed by architect Rem Koolhaas.
255 locals recommend
Kunsthal Rotterdam
341 WestzeedijkArt museum. The Kunsthal has no permanent collection, but organises a wide range of temporary exhibits. Designed by architect Rem Koolhaas.
Tower with great view (185 mtrs.), restaurant half way for lunch, dinner or a drink. Here you can get into a water taxi at the water taxi sign - to visit Hotel New York for example.
352 locals recommend
Euromast
20 ParkhavenTower with great view (185 mtrs.), restaurant half way for lunch, dinner or a drink. Here you can get into a water taxi at the water taxi sign - to visit Hotel New York for example.
Everything Else
Rotterdam Centraal Station
2 StationspleinCentral station
JC HAIR
162 Nieuwe BinnenwegGreat place for a good quality haircut.
Shopping
Beurstraverse
Shopping area
Drinks & Nightlife
Best street to go out if you like cosy bars and a lot of restaurants. A short walk from 'your home'..
324 locals recommend
Witte de Withstraat
Witte de WithstraatBest street to go out if you like cosy bars and a lot of restaurants. A short walk from 'your home'..
Great wine bar, lovely wines (glass or bottle), professional advise and great snacks. Great place for an afternoon drink or dinner.
19 locals recommend
Wijnbar Het Eigendom
45-B Witte de WithstraatGreat wine bar, lovely wines (glass or bottle), professional advise and great snacks. Great place for an afternoon drink or dinner.
Great place for a drink, lunch, dinner and at night to drink and dance.
51 locals recommend
Nieuw Rotterdams Café
63 Witte de WithstraatGreat place for a drink, lunch, dinner and at night to drink and dance.
Nice place for a drink, and try 'flammkuchen', a kind of easy snack pizza.
15 locals recommend
Café Van Zanten
44 MeentNice place for a drink, and try 'flammkuchen', a kind of easy snack pizza.
Nice for a friday/saturday night drink. No dancing, not fancy, just a nice bar with nice people.
14 locals recommend
Pol Rotterdam
46-48 MeentNice for a friday/saturday night drink. No dancing, not fancy, just a nice bar with nice people.
Sightseeing
West-Kruiskade
West-KruiskadeMulticultural street, nice walk from your apartment to city centre.
Beautiful street with lots of classic offices, nice way to walk from the Euromastpark to Erasmusbrug/van Vollenhovenstraat.
6 locals recommend
Parklaan
ParklaanBeautiful street with lots of classic offices, nice way to walk from the Euromastpark to Erasmusbrug/van Vollenhovenstraat.