The Hague Restaurant Tips by Nathalie_B Top 5 Page for this destination

Patisserie Babylon: Coffee and cake before you start the city tour

The Babylon shopping center has more restuarants and cafes than one can imagine, some of them I already visited, some are still waiting for me ;-)
The "Patisserie Babylon" is a very nice bakery that serves coffee, snadviches, cakes and other bakery products. Apple pie and coffee was a perfect choice to strat my day before I went to show the city to a friend.
The Babylon Center is attached to the The Hague Centraal train station, if you arrived to the city by train then "Patisserie Babylon"is a must!

Address: Babylon Shopping Center

Comparison: about average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Scallywags: What a place!!!!!

City Mondial has so many wondeful places - shops, museums, cafes, restaurants... you name it. The "Scallywags" is another place that was introduced by Sandra (Mique). It is a very tiny English tearoom that serves, probably, the best breakfasts in town!
Didn't try the scones myself, but by if you see the faces of people that eat them, you'll realize that they taste really good.
The specialty of Scallywags is definitely the ommlettes, my choice was with spinach, cheddar cheese and herbs, if you're there give it a try!!!
If you happened to be at Scallywags during the Spring/Summer time then you'll have the opportunity to enjoy the home made ice tea. We tried two, kiwi and srawberry, it was really good.
Service is good, the personnel is very friendly and helpfull and the nice decirations add to the wonderful atmosphere as well.

Address: Scallywags, Wagenstr 117, Den Haag

Comparison: more expensive than average

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 5

Theme: Other

Tin Long: Good quality chinese food

I found this place thanks to VT member Mique, she definitely has a very good taste in restaurants. This is a very small neighborhood Chinese restaurant that serves really good food.
For about 6 Euro you can get a very big meal which is big enough for 2-3 people(Lunch special) and if you're interested in some chef's specials the price will be 9-12 Euro. The portions are huge!!!

Address: Fahrenheitstraat 618, 2561 DK Den Haag

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: Take tram #3 to the Fahrenheitstraat.

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 5

Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum

New York Diner: Cheese cake and coffee

It became my "hobby" to search for cheese cake in The Netherlands. Another place that serves my favorite cake is located in The Hague.
New York Diner serves muffins, bagels, hamburgers, even eggs benedict for breakfast... well, simply imagine typical diner in the US just a bit smaller.

Address: Inside the Babylon Shopping Center

Comparison: about average

Directions: Den Haag Centraal Train Station

Rating: 4

Theme: American

Klein Seinpost: Pancakes

This cafe is located on the Kijkduin promenade and serves pancakes and poffertjes (mini-pankcakes). The food is great, the only problem is service. I've been to this place several times and noticed that service is very slow there.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, it is a normal thing in the Netherlands to wait a long time to be served in a cafe or restaurant. The best thing to do is try to adapt to the slow service and to enjoy the food.

Favorite Dish: It's a pancake house, so be ready to find a long list of pancakes and poffertjes

Address: Kijkduin promenade, The Hague

Comparison: about average

Phone: 070- 368-1388

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 3

Theme: Local

Harvest: Great Chinese restaurant

Located in the middle of the Chinatown, this resturant serves very good food and the service is great. Wish I knew the names of all these dishes we had there, it tasted great and this was the most important thing.

Address: Sint Jacobsstraat 1

Comparison: about average

Phone: 070 363 14 91

Price: US$21-30

Rating: 5

Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum

De Catacomben: Good food and terrible service!!!

During the one of my visits to The Hague, I found myself in this restaurant with Sandra (Mique), who invited me for a dinner to celebrate my B-Day.
The decorations inside are beautiful. The restaurant itself has about 4 or 5 dining rooms and has a menu where you can find pretty much every kind of food. Mainly Carribean, Asian, and African. And the food is good!! But.....the service was terrible and so slow. Although the restaurant wasn't fool Sandra and I had to , literally, chase our waiter to place an order. And I'm not talking about extras, like asking for salt or ketchup, these arrived after we finished the dinner! :-)

Address: Grote Halstraat 3

Comparison: more expensive than average

Phone: 070- 302-3060

Price: US$21-30

Rating: 2

Theme: Other

Website: http://www.catacomben.nl