Mata Hari

I had a very disappointing experience here. I ordered the beef tartare, the fish of the day, and a cheese platter, along with a Madrid Smoke cocktail (which was actually quite good). To be fair, the beef tartare was delicious and the only highlight of the meal. However, the fish of the day was cod, and it was plain, tasteless, and below average at best. The biggest issue was the service; I waited forever for the cheese platter. Even after reminding the staff, it never arrived. By that point, I had finished my drink and had no interest in waiting any longer, so I just asked for the check. I’m not sure why a cheese platter—which requires no actual cooking—was so difficult to serve. I won’t be coming back.

Food was on point, wines good, the portions of the côte de Boef and sea bass are not really enough for 2 I'd say. We can starters and desserts as well and ordered extra fries so satisfied in the end. Both the Sancerre and the Valpolicella were great matches with our steak tartare, bone marrow and the main courses. Services in Dutch (rare in 020) and very friendly. Due to a big party downstairs a bit of patience needed sometimes

Good food, very nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Irish coffee comes, as it’s supposed to come, with clotted cream instead of whipped cream 🤗

How soon do you get a service in very touristic city like Amesterdom. Longer than expected and with a unpleasant surprise. We were a group of four, we stumbled to this place during our walking in one of the city's imfamous corners. One of the group member had bought a snack from an outlet near by when we decided to sit for some drinks @ Mata Hari. Yes duly valid we were not supposed to bring food and consume in another establishment. But how does a server should communicate that. We were not greeted, nor asked if we have placed our orders, even though enough time has gone by and more than one waiter had already noticed us. We were told like school children we can not consume here. Interestingly, the waiter after instructing us, still did not bother to ask if we have been already served. We acknowledged the remark and continued to wait for service, yet again the same waiter returned and made the same remarks, still no enquiry whether we need something from the menu or anything. At this point I had to wake her attention to the fact that how she conducted herself, supposedly active duty was not only unwelcoming but out of line. What happened warranted a proper apology and accompanied with deciplined and more friendly service which is expected in this business. But none was rendered. In the end we got our drinks for the record, the aim of this review is not to generalized the service of this establishment based on a few unprofessional servers, rather hoping it could lead to improvement to it's services.

The food was super good and very tasty, cocktails where amazing and the staff was super friendly and helpfull.