Mendini Restaurant

Love it

Absolutely dreadful This placed typified everything that drives me crazy about this country and its version of service Very nice placement over the water, the café is part of the iconic Groninger museum building. Inside leads directly into the museum with a sunny terrace outside. The terrace doesn't have enough chairs! Two chairs per table is not enough. We spent the time we were there after we'd finally got somewhere to sit with all seven of us watching people play musical chairs without the music. to add insult to injury - if you moved you were as near as damn it insulted and then humiliated by the waitress for messing up their ordering system. Which was also dreadful an average of 15 minutes to get a drink which is ridiculous especially when it was one beer which by the time it arrived had no head and was flat. We arrived at 13.15 on a Saturday and ordered gin and tonics from someone who had no qualms making it non verbally very clear that she did not approve of the order! When the drinks arrived 20 minutes later there was no ice. I asked for ice, the (different waitress to bring the drinks) avoided answering until the third request and finally as she was leaving she tossed over her shoulder that 'we don't have ice". We dribbled out of the exhibition slowly and went back to the café - no new chairs, even more people standing around tables, waiting for others to leave to be able to use them and many people sitting around the big concrete placements for the umbrellas. We ordered a fish and chips to stave of the hunger while everyone came back. It looked fantastic. the batter was way to thick and only just cooked in the middle and very sweet, the fish was in tiny blocks in the batter chewy and over cooked. The tartar/remoulade was way too sweet, too much dill, not enough gherkins and not enough for the fish and the chips. The chips were good - very small portion! Ordered a second round of g&t's and asked about the ice again to be told directly "we do not have or serve ice" I was gobsmacked and asked why - which was ignored. When the drinks came they had no lemon - which I found really too much. I asked for some lemon and for some reason also ice. Everyone reminded me that the head waitress had already told us they didn't have it. At which point the (third) waitress came back with two glasses of ice with lemon in them! So on top of being unfriendly, judgemental, rude, incompetent and surly they are also liars!

Super cafe in a top location. The staff is very friendly, has been working there for years ..... The menu is okay, but the same for years and therefore no alternative to milk, so no soy or oat milk. Guys that is not possible nowadays! Is this beyond Grun? In Utrecht, I can even choose from oat milk, soy milk and coconut milk. City frills? No, just go with the times .... They did have a 0 percent beer.

Quite tasty machine coffee and fine pastries on a nice outdoor terrace with a beautiful view.

Good food a cozy atmosphere!