Café de Klepel
All-French wine café where the daily bistro menu keeps pace with 300 bottles.
A brown café that quietly became one of the best French bistros in town. The deal: a daily-changing three- or four-course menu (€54.50 or €64.50), cooked from whatever came in that morning, and a wine list that is France or nothing, more than 300 bottles in stock, around 25 poured by the glass on any given night, rotating constantly. The room is dark wood, candlelight and murmur; tables max out at eight people, so leave the stag do at home. No vegan menu, no apologies. Can't get a table? Walk in early or late for the grignoter card, a small plate, a glass of Chenin, done. Reservations open two months out via the widget on their site, and the neighbourhood books them, because everyone on the Prinsenstraat knows exactly what this place is.
Take the cheese course instead of dessert, it's chosen to serve the wine list.
What to order
- Daily three-course menu€54.50
The whole format: one daily-changing French menu, ten tables, book a month out
- Charcuterie to start
The recurring pre-menu move in reviews, built for the Burgundy-heavy glass list
- Hen with crayfish sauce
The kind of bistro classic the kitchen nails, food designed to flatter the wine
- Panna cotta
Reviewers single it out among the desserts; cheese course is the other correct answer
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