Rotterdam cafes & restaurants
One of 69 Rotterdam Cafe & Restaurant reviews.
Cambrinus, Blaak 4, tel. 4146702
Recommendation: go to Locus Publicus for beer instead.
Good for: beer, drinking, beer, drinking beer
This Oude Haven bar has an excellent selection of beers, eight of which are on draught. They also serve cafe food, which I do not normally associate with a busy pub atmosphere. Cambrinus is certainly more popular than most of the other local bars, probably because its cosy interior is better suited to the dark winter evenings.
Cambrinus is also good in the summer, when the bar moves to its terrace out the back in the corner of Oude Haven. Cambrinus' terrace beats the others on account of its decent furniture and better selection of draught beers
The menu used to be better several years ago, but now the food really lacks the originality it used to have and the quality to justify its above-average prices: you can get a better €15 steak and chips elsewhere.
Last visit: 23 July 2010.