The best of Haarlem

Karin
The best of Haarlem

Favorite restaurants

Some of the best restaurants for breakfast, lunch or dinner in Haarlem.
Van de Sande is the best option for a good and affordable meal, just around the corner of our home. This would probably be the most Dutch meal you can find in a restaurant. It is family friendly and has a small but frequently changing menu with meat, fish and vegetarian options. They have a great terrace if you want to enjoy a glass of wine in the afternoon or evening sun. It can be busy in the weekend so be sure to make a reservation.
15 locals recommend
Vandesande
1 Santpoorterplein
15 locals recommend
Van de Sande is the best option for a good and affordable meal, just around the corner of our home. This would probably be the most Dutch meal you can find in a restaurant. It is family friendly and has a small but frequently changing menu with meat, fish and vegetarian options. They have a great terrace if you want to enjoy a glass of wine in the afternoon or evening sun. It can be busy in the weekend so be sure to make a reservation.
In the Netherlands we have a lot of Indonesian restaurants, this one is the best in Haarlem. Definitely try the traditional 'rijsttafel'. The place is quite big, but recommendable to make reservations on the weekend.
23 locals recommend
De Lachende Javaan
25 Frankestraat
23 locals recommend
In the Netherlands we have a lot of Indonesian restaurants, this one is the best in Haarlem. Definitely try the traditional 'rijsttafel'. The place is quite big, but recommendable to make reservations on the weekend.
This 1 star Michelin restaurant servers not the most experimental food but it does servers the perfect dishes. Balanced and exploding with flavour. Their signature dish (of course) is Ratatouille and it is absolutely one of my favourite dishes I have ever tasted. They have some good lunch deals which you usually can make a last minute reservation for, just check their website. Mmmmm!
39 locals recommend
Ratatouille Food & Wine
96 Spaarne
39 locals recommend
This 1 star Michelin restaurant servers not the most experimental food but it does servers the perfect dishes. Balanced and exploding with flavour. Their signature dish (of course) is Ratatouille and it is absolutely one of my favourite dishes I have ever tasted. They have some good lunch deals which you usually can make a last minute reservation for, just check their website. Mmmmm!
If you enjoy fish it is worth checking out this restaurant. It is low profile with dishes to share. Just good food.
35 locals recommend
Fishbar Monk
20 Turfmarkt
35 locals recommend
If you enjoy fish it is worth checking out this restaurant. It is low profile with dishes to share. Just good food.
The name says it all. It is a Chicken Bar and they server good chicken. It is family friendly and affordable. Good value for money.
37 locals recommend
Roast Chicken Bar
26 Turfmarkt
37 locals recommend
The name says it all. It is a Chicken Bar and they server good chicken. It is family friendly and affordable. Good value for money.
Yummie! A cosy Ramen place where they serve good food for a good price. A healthy but quick meal without the feeling of it being fast food. Family friendly.
Ramen Brothers Noodle Bar Haarlem
13 zwart Nassaustraat
Yummie! A cosy Ramen place where they serve good food for a good price. A healthy but quick meal without the feeling of it being fast food. Family friendly.
The best pizza in town! Unfortunately they do not deliver :( They have the classics but also more modern pizza's and a crust to die for. Think of Napels meets Haarlem!
26 locals recommend
De Pizzabakkers Haarlem
70D Kruisweg
26 locals recommend
The best pizza in town! Unfortunately they do not deliver :( They have the classics but also more modern pizza's and a crust to die for. Think of Napels meets Haarlem!
Good French food for a good price. The classics. It is one of the few restaurants which serve dinner until late. Most restaurants in the Netherlands close their kitchen at 21:30.
88 locals recommend
Café Colette
22 Oude Groenmarkt
88 locals recommend
Good French food for a good price. The classics. It is one of the few restaurants which serve dinner until late. Most restaurants in the Netherlands close their kitchen at 21:30.
The first time we went here the combination of Peruvian and Japanese cuisine sounded very strange, but we were very pleasantly surprised! Wauw, what a taste.
7 locals recommend
Maita
45 Lange Veerstraat
7 locals recommend
The first time we went here the combination of Peruvian and Japanese cuisine sounded very strange, but we were very pleasantly surprised! Wauw, what a taste.
This is the best Dutch fries you can get anywhere in the Netherlands. It is biological and home made. There can be a small que but it is worth the wait. Just walk with your fries to the square at central station or the park behind it sit down and enjoy your very Dutch fries.
18 locals recommend
Friethoes
43 Kruisweg
18 locals recommend
This is the best Dutch fries you can get anywhere in the Netherlands. It is biological and home made. There can be a small que but it is worth the wait. Just walk with your fries to the square at central station or the park behind it sit down and enjoy your very Dutch fries.
One of many beachclubs at Bloemendaal beach. Very relaxt. As all beachclubs it can be busy during summer on weekends.
63 locals recommend
Rapa Nui
27 Boulevard Barnaart
63 locals recommend
One of many beachclubs at Bloemendaal beach. Very relaxt. As all beachclubs it can be busy during summer on weekends.

Breakfast, lunch, coffee

The best in Haarlem
If you want the best breakfast, lunch, coffee or cake in the neighbourhood. This is the place to be! I can highly recommend the salad which they customise to your taste. But basically everything on the menu is yummy!
32 locals recommend
Cleeff
13 Kleverparkweg
32 locals recommend
If you want the best breakfast, lunch, coffee or cake in the neighbourhood. This is the place to be! I can highly recommend the salad which they customise to your taste. But basically everything on the menu is yummy!
This is a special place just around the corner. But it can be a bit hard to find since it is located in the middle of public park and vegetable garden. In the café they serve all kinds of delicious sandwiches, salads, coffee and juices. There is a more quiet part in the café, but also a larger area where there is plenty of space for kids to run around. Outside there is also a natural playground.
19 locals recommend
Kweekcafé
9 Kleverlaan
19 locals recommend
This is a special place just around the corner. But it can be a bit hard to find since it is located in the middle of public park and vegetable garden. In the café they serve all kinds of delicious sandwiches, salads, coffee and juices. There is a more quiet part in the café, but also a larger area where there is plenty of space for kids to run around. Outside there is also a natural playground.
Just delicious! Unfortunately this is such a populair place that it is usually fully booked. But not to worry Anne & Max is a good alternative and this is just opposite Lima.
42 locals recommend
by LIMA
65 Zijlstraat
42 locals recommend
Just delicious! Unfortunately this is such a populair place that it is usually fully booked. But not to worry Anne & Max is a good alternative and this is just opposite Lima.
This is a little gem for breakfast or lunch. They have super healthy stuff with plenty of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options.
32 locals recommend
Blender
138 Kleine Houtstraat
32 locals recommend
This is a little gem for breakfast or lunch. They have super healthy stuff with plenty of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options.
This is just one of the best places for lunch. After lunch visit the beautiful courtyard of the Proveniershof original almshouse.
43 locals recommend
Hofje Zonder Zorgen
142A Grote Houtstraat
43 locals recommend
This is just one of the best places for lunch. After lunch visit the beautiful courtyard of the Proveniershof original almshouse.

Shopping

Some of the nicest places to shop for groceries or some fun shopping. Clothing will speak for itself, there a so many shops in Haarlem, it is hard to miss. But definitely check out the Kleine Houtstraat, Schagchelstraat, de Koningstraat en de Gierstraat.
This is our favourite market to go grocery shopping on Saturday, on Friday there is a biological farmers market. You can buy good Dutch cheese, fish and vegetables. Don't forget to have a coffee at Mogador, go to the smallest but best stocked mini supermarket Mabrouk (it is an experience) and the oldest pharmacist in Haarlem van der Pigge. Walk from here into the Gierstraat where you can find small speciality shop for everything you could probably (n)ever need.
50 locals recommend
Botermarkt
Botermarkt
50 locals recommend
This is our favourite market to go grocery shopping on Saturday, on Friday there is a biological farmers market. You can buy good Dutch cheese, fish and vegetables. Don't forget to have a coffee at Mogador, go to the smallest but best stocked mini supermarket Mabrouk (it is an experience) and the oldest pharmacist in Haarlem van der Pigge. Walk from here into the Gierstraat where you can find small speciality shop for everything you could probably (n)ever need.
On friday there is the organics farmers market on the Botermarkt.
7 locals recommend
Organic Farmers Haarlem
13 Botermarkt
7 locals recommend
On friday there is the organics farmers market on the Botermarkt.
The oldest and most beautiful pharmacist in Haarlem, just worth checking out the decor.
11 locals recommend
Van der Pigge
3 Gierstraat
11 locals recommend
The oldest and most beautiful pharmacist in Haarlem, just worth checking out the decor.
If you are fan of cooking, check out this store. It is a dream!
Bijde Heren
54 Gierstraat
If you are fan of cooking, check out this store. It is a dream!
There is so much to see here, just fun to go in. It is a toystore but upstairs there is also some vintage clothing.
47 locals recommend
Meneer Paprika
19 Koningstraat
47 locals recommend
There is so much to see here, just fun to go in. It is a toystore but upstairs there is also some vintage clothing.
If you like good wines just go here. They have an amazing cellar, I'm sure you can find what you've been looking for.
6 locals recommend
Wijnwinkel Okhuysen
34 Gierstraat
6 locals recommend
If you like good wines just go here. They have an amazing cellar, I'm sure you can find what you've been looking for.
A great tea and cofffee speciality store with the largest stock.
The art of tea.
153 Grote Houtstraat
A great tea and cofffee speciality store with the largest stock.
This is the largest market square in Haarlem, it is hard to miss.
250 locals recommend
Grote Markt
Grote Markt
250 locals recommend
This is the largest market square in Haarlem, it is hard to miss.
This biological grocery store is just around the corner.
8 locals recommend
De Groene Juffers
44 Meester Cornelisstraat
8 locals recommend
This biological grocery store is just around the corner.
Our local bakery with delicious fresh bread and open on sunday mornings.
55 locals recommend
Bakker van Vessem
10 Kleverparkweg
55 locals recommend
Our local bakery with delicious fresh bread and open on sunday mornings.
Our favourite local Cheese shop, be sure to taste the cheese called Windkracht. Which means the force of the wind, it is a biological cheese made on one of our islands Terschelling. The best!
11 locals recommend
Het Oude Zuivelhuis
2 Kleverparkweg
11 locals recommend
Our favourite local Cheese shop, be sure to taste the cheese called Windkracht. Which means the force of the wind, it is a biological cheese made on one of our islands Terschelling. The best!
One of the supermarkets around the corner, this is the cheapest in our neighbourhood.
74 locals recommend
DekaMarkt
52-56 Meester Cornelisstraat
74 locals recommend
One of the supermarkets around the corner, this is the cheapest in our neighbourhood.
One of the supermarkets around the corner, it is small but with a bit more luxury items than the Dekamarkt.
AH Santpoorterstraat
41 Santpoorterstraat
One of the supermarkets around the corner, it is small but with a bit more luxury items than the Dekamarkt.

Musea and place of interest

These places are worth a visit
Gallery in a 17th-century building dedicated to portrait painter Frans Hals & the Dutch Old Masters. The building and street itself is worth making a detour.
330 locals recommend
Frans Hals Museum - Hof
62 Groot Heiligland
330 locals recommend
Gallery in a 17th-century building dedicated to portrait painter Frans Hals & the Dutch Old Masters. The building and street itself is worth making a detour.
One of the larger original almshouses, these historical brick residences surround a scenic courtyard. Beautiful and typical Dutch architecture.
8 locals recommend
Proveniershuis
142D Grote Houtstraat
8 locals recommend
One of the larger original almshouses, these historical brick residences surround a scenic courtyard. Beautiful and typical Dutch architecture.
Also a old courtyard which Haarlem is famous for.
Brouwershofje
8 Tuchthuisstraat
Also a old courtyard which Haarlem is famous for.
This is the museum on art & science, it shows paintings and prints to fossils & scientific instruments.
370 locals recommend
Teylers Museum
16 Spaarne
370 locals recommend
This is the museum on art & science, it shows paintings and prints to fossils & scientific instruments.
Museum with guided tours of a onetime family home used to hide Jews during World War II.
54 locals recommend
Ten Boom Museum
19 Barteljorisstraat
54 locals recommend
Museum with guided tours of a onetime family home used to hide Jews during World War II.
18th-century riverside windmill with scenic views, an educational museum & guided tours.
104 locals recommend
Windmill De Adriaan (1779)
1A Papentorenvest
104 locals recommend
18th-century riverside windmill with scenic views, an educational museum & guided tours.
Haarlem has two breweries, het Uiltje and Jopenkerk. Both are open for visits and have a tasting room.
Uiltje Brewery & Taproom
25 Bingerweg
Haarlem has two breweries, het Uiltje and Jopenkerk. Both are open for visits and have a tasting room.
Haarlem has two breweries, het Uiltje and Jopenkerk. Both are open for visits and have a tasting room.
Jopen Proeflokaal Waarderpolder
21 Emrikweg
Haarlem has two breweries, het Uiltje and Jopenkerk. Both are open for visits and have a tasting room.
An open air theatre in the middle of the woods. Check the website for the programme.
44 locals recommend
Caprera Open Air Theatre
2 Hoge Duin en Daalseweg
44 locals recommend
An open air theatre in the middle of the woods. Check the website for the programme.

Things to do with kids

Close by there is the climbing wall, just a fun challenge for the kids when it rains.
climbing wall Haarlem
120-B Spaarndamseweg
Close by there is the climbing wall, just a fun challenge for the kids when it rains.
The biggest cinema in Haarlem
133 locals recommend
Pathé Haarlem
41-43 Zijlvest
133 locals recommend
The biggest cinema in Haarlem
An indoor playground with just trampolines, guaranteed happy faces for at least 2 hours. Suitable for older children.
7 locals recommend
Street Jump Haarlem | indoor trampoline park
15d Tetterodeweg
7 locals recommend
An indoor playground with just trampolines, guaranteed happy faces for at least 2 hours. Suitable for older children.
There are plenty of surfschools along the beach, this is just one of them. But a nice relaxed and friendly one.
8 locals recommend
First Wave Surfschool
8 locals recommend
There are plenty of surfschools along the beach, this is just one of them. But a nice relaxed and friendly one.
When you need an extra bike you can always rent one here.
61 locals recommend
Rent a Bike Haarlem
36 Lange Herenstraat
61 locals recommend
When you need an extra bike you can always rent one here.
Europe largest outdoor playground. https://www.linnaeushof.nl
71 locals recommend
Linnaeushof
71 locals recommend
Europe largest outdoor playground. https://www.linnaeushof.nl
What can I say, kids and pancakes...
9 locals recommend
Restaurant Peper's Pannekoekenhuis
5 Hoge Duin en Daalseweg
9 locals recommend
What can I say, kids and pancakes...

Nature

Fortunately there is plenty of nature around Haarlem
Just a beautiful lake, great for a picknick or a walk around it.
20 locals recommend
Oosterplas, Bloemendaal
20 locals recommend
Just a beautiful lake, great for a picknick or a walk around it.
A beautiful estate it is worth walking in the forest and dunes finishing of with lunch at the estate. The restaurant is fancy and expensive, the lunchroom is lowkey and affordable.
19 locals recommend
Duin & Kruidberg Country Estate
60 Duin- en Kruidbergerweg
19 locals recommend
A beautiful estate it is worth walking in the forest and dunes finishing of with lunch at the estate. The restaurant is fancy and expensive, the lunchroom is lowkey and affordable.
Here you will find the more quiet beach and still you can enjoy a coffee after a long beach walk.
45 locals recommend
Parnassia by the Sea
1 Parnassiaweg
45 locals recommend
Here you will find the more quiet beach and still you can enjoy a coffee after a long beach walk.