Het Melkmeisje

Walked by and thought this would be a romantic place to dine. As we walked in, we were greeted by the one waitress who was working tonight. Given that she was the only waitstaff there, she was accommodating — when we asked for things. However, the service lacked attention to detail overall. Starting off, there was a long wait to order our food, and when it arrived, the waitress forgot to bring out the silverware and napkins prior to our meal. We had to specifically request both.
The selection was limited. We ordered the pan-​fried pork and grilled tuna along with the house wines. The food was decent.
All in all, the ambience is ok for a date night as the place has great romantic playlist and great lighting.

excellent French food and good house wine list. I had the tenderloin with duck liver mousse for dinner, and my wife had the venison with cranberry sauce. Both were delicious. It is definitely a pretty short menu.

I’ve lived in Amsterdam for a long enough time, and walked down Zeedijk more times that I can count. However, I’ve never, ever, noticed this restaurant there until a business partner suggested having dinner there. Never even heard of it till then.
Did a google search and found the website. The few photos on the site showed a nice and charming looking restaurant — like a old Dutch home, and the ‘reviews’ on their site were good. There will be decent food at least, I thought…
I arrived at 8pm to find the place totally empty, and as my dinner companion was late, began to wonder whether we will be the only diners there. I need not worry, shortly after, came a group of tourists, and subsequently the other tables filled up too. Perhaps I should have worried, at least about the quality of the food. The menu was short, offering the typical ‘eetcafe’ style menu. As such I didn’t have much expectations, which was a good thing, because it wasn’t up to any expectations. Their saving grace is their wine list. With a selection of pretty decent wines on offer at good prices. Just wish the quality of the wines are matched by the cooking.
Service is very friendly though, but not enough for a return visit.