Rotterdam cafes & restaurants
One of 69 Rotterdam Cafe & Restaurant reviews.
CoffeeStudio, Binnenrotte 77, tel. 2400088
Recommendation: fish club sandwich for lunch.
Coffee Studio is a great improvement on the previous cafes that have occupied this location. The cafe's bright colourful interior, the collection of pictures on the wall and the eclectic mix of cafe furniture are all much more cool than the previous interiors. What has not changed, of course, is that this side street of the busy Meent is just far enough around the corner to slightly less crowded than all of the other nearby cafes, which makes for a welcome escape from the weekend shopping frenzy.
On our first lunchtime visit we had sandwiches - the Spanish Serrano ham and the smoked trout were both excellent. Having also heard good reports from other people we went back to try the vegetarian quiche and a club sandwich, which were both impressively creative and tasty, and featured a generous side salad.
The best thing on the manu is probably the outrageously large and delicious fish club sandwich (€10.90), which is so well-filled that it is well worth the meal-sized price, unlike the comparatively meager offering for the same money at Hoofdstuk II. Needless to say, we have been back for the club sandwich several times, and have also enjoyed the excellent salads.
As well as the decent decor and food, the above-average service makes a great change from the competition, and seems to have largely survived Coffee Studio's rise to the popularity level of Urban Espresso Bar and Cappucino.
Last visit: 4 April 2009