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Location: Lange Smeestraat 37, 3511 PT Utrecht
Venue Type: Neighbourhood Pub / Brown Café / Beer Specialists
Year of Inscription: 2022
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| EBG Rating: | 9.1/10 |
| Choice/ Quality of Drinks | ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ High quality tap and bottle selection with local beers, craft beer from different corners of Europe and Belgian/Dutch classics. Well stocked back bar too. |
| Style/ Décor | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Corner bar on a quiet street, some attractive brown café features. Ornate bar area with classical hanging lamps, large windows and old staircase with plenty of ephemera from times past, including the old Rat signage. |
| Atmosphere/ Character | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Neighbourly, local but relevant. Cosmopolitan and international but unpretentious and friendly with that classic appealing Dutch mix. |
| Amenities/ Events | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Pub snacks, limited outdoor seating, community events, chess, board games. |
| Value For Money | ❤️❤️❤️ Fair considering the going rate. |
| Description | One of the Netherlands classic café bars, a corner pub that makes everything that other bars make look difficult feel so simple. Typical trad corner neighbourhood location with some preserved interior features with wooden cabinets and a cellar accessed underneath one of the very pub tables. Characterful and quirky without being off-putting in any way. Friendly service and customers that are both cosmopolitan, international and relaxed, unpretentious and welcoming. The beers are superb covering local breweries, contemporary craft and classic Belgian/Dutch favourites. There’s plenty to do whether you’re stroking the cat, chatting to the bar staff or playing board games. It’s simply a brilliant social pub that should be on the corner of every street. |
