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Javastraat's cosiest mezze room, vegetable-first and quietly serious about it.
A small, warm slot on the Javastraat with cushioned benches, greenery up the walls, and a mezze menu that treats vegetables as the main event and meat as the guest. The list skews long on veg, charred greens, house flatbreads still puffed from the oven, hummus that hasn't seen a supermarket tub in its life, with a short, confident meat section for the carnivores in your party. Around 85% of the kitchen is certified organic, which they mention once and then let the food argue for. Order too much; the plates are built for it, and the kitchen paces them so your table never turns into a traffic jam. It's the kind of neighbourhood restaurant the Indische Buurt deserves: cheaper than it tastes, friendlier than it needs to be, and busy with people who live three streets away.
Get the flatbread the second you sit down and drag everything through it.
What to order
Full menu- Crispy Herbed Falafel€9.50
The house classic, herb-green inside, lemon tahini, pickled onions.
- Baba Ganoush€9.80
Properly smoky aubergine; reviewers name it in the same breath as the falafel.
- Oyster Mushrooms from the fire€22.50
Smoke, pomegranate and hummus, the mezze critics single out.
- Lamb & Beef Kofta€24.50
Char-grilled, tangy tomato sauce and zhug yogurt; the carnivore's move here.
- Handmade hot pita€2.25
Baked to order, get one per person, minimum, for mopping.
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