Holland America Grand Dutch Café Food & Menus (4K)

[@VomBethel]

It's refreshing to see a cruise ship with a complimentary food area with an emphasis on its country's food/beverage delicacies. Everything looks delicious especially the pea soup and fried (late in the day) food.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Yeah the Grand Dutch Café was definitely a pleasant surprise- we wished we found out about it earlier in the cruise. Thanks for the comment! 🙂

[@TravelTouristVideos]

It certainly is complimentary, though they have some items that do cost extra like wrapped Dutch snacks, beer, liquor, specialty coffee & tea.

[@dorianlaumann2049]

I love the giant cream puff moments, such indulgent treats!

[@TravelTouristVideos]

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[@HJ-vj3uv]

Your videos are informative and enjoyable. We can't wait to visit the Dutch Cafe next month on the Koningsdam. Many of these items we tried for the first time in Amsterdam last summer.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you very much! Have a wonderful cruise on the Koningsdam- going to be a lot of good food! 😋

[@NYnative61]

Such a wonderfully delicious and civilized place for lunch or snack. She's not kidding about the huge cream puff. Could easily be dry and flavorless, but it's NOT. And they have to-go coffee cups!

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Agree 100%. That cream puff was crazy! Thanks for watching & commenting!

[@l.a.rivasesq.8841]

I’m about to board the Koningsdam for the third time this year and frankly one of the biggest reasons is this cafe. Best cappuccino on the ship! The ham and cheese sandwich is one of my favorite sandwiches on board. The chocolate puff pastries are very rich and delicious. I try to have only one per cruise. But, I get about three chocolate chip cookies per cruise! I’m sad that my last two cruises will be on the Zuiderdam and Westerdam because they don’t have this cafe!

[@TravelTouristVideos]

We'll have to try the cappuccino next time 😋. Thanks for sharing your experience with the café- definitely one of the culinary highlights of the ship!

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@TravelTouristVideos steals the giant cream puff 😂😂😂😂

[@bluebird2833]

I’d love to try that enormous Chantilly cream lol The food at that Dutch Cafe look pretty good- really like the classic cheese sandwich with crispy bread and full of cheese oozing out….yum! Thanks for another excellent food review of the cruise food!💕💕💕

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Our pleasure- there were some tasty food there 😋 Thanks for watching & commenting as always! 😊

[@bradh3139]

Thanks so much for this video. I will be on the Rotterdam in October on a Trans Atlantic cruise. Will absolutely be visiting this cafe.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Our pleasure! We came by this cafe daily but kind of regret not checking it out earlier in the cruise. Rotterdam the newest ship- nice! Thanks for the comment!

[@jlawrence0181]

Another great video. Looking at cruise on the Koningstam in early December.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@suzieq5259]

I loved your buffet tour also.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@maddy01010]

Omg you are eating my childhood! i love how they have a pretty good bossche bol, only about 4 times bigger :)

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Lol that was silly big but good 😋

[@christophercoupland5235]

My wife's Dutch. Needless to say, she loved this place. It was just like home.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Nice. Good to know that we ate some authentic Dutch food- thanks for the comment!

[@laurieleonard8209]

I’m now really lactose intolerant but thank you l can fantasy eat all the cheese and creamy food❤️

[@TravelTouristVideos]

There were some good eats there! 😋 Thanks for the comment!

[@hawaiianrays913]

Hello, love your videos about any particular cruise lines. I have watched your NCL ones and now have a HAL on Koningsdam booked for summer. I understand the ship is pretty full booked. Your video of Nieuw Statendam is interesting since it is about the same size as Koningsdam. Can you tell me how busy it was and especially the buffet at Lido Market? Since you do not serve yourself, it it tend to get busier and longer waits? We also don't have the dining seating times set. Is there a long wait at the dining room if you just show up without reservations?

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you! 🙂 The buffet can get busy, but usually you don't have to wait a long time to get the food. Not much of a difference in terms of wait vs self-serve. Some stations you might see a line but you can always go get food at other stations first and then come back. For the main dining room, we've only had anytime dining on HAL. But we always go 5 minutes before opening which helps a lot in getting faster service.

[@hawaiianrays913]

@@TravelTouristVideos Thanks for your information. I'm so looking forward to this Alaska cruise on the Koningsdam in June. Another input I'd love from you is how the check in and embarkation process is? Are there any tricks to avoid the long lines that we've experienced at other cruises? Mahalo!

[@TravelTouristVideos]

You're very welcome! We've boarded all our HAL cruises in Fort Lauderdale, and they were all very quick. But for Seattle or Vancouver it could take a little longer. If you show up by 10 AM which is what we'd recommend, there's a good chance you'll be eating lunch by 11:30 AM.

[@jimcanto3399]

what’s your favorite cruise line? Love your UTube reviews. Great descriptions and you are very lovely. Bringing wife on HA next year.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thanks so much! 😊 Holland America is certainly one of our favorites for great food & service. We also enjoy pretty much all other cruise lines as well. It's great for cruisers that there's a lot of competition.

[@jimcanto3399]

Konigsdam was a big bust for us. Nov 19, 7 day Mexican Riviera. No such desserts, very poor service, mediocre food.

[@monkeyb1820]

we just got off rotterdam. That tall apple pie at GDC is excellent. The marble cake looked very good but we did not try it. Surprisingly we (and others based on some hollowed out carcasses I saw on a couple of random plates) thought that the bossche bol (big chocolate puff) was just so-so. The chocolate was sort of bitter-sweet, but not overly bitter. I thought the dough would be more like an eclair or doughnut, but it was a bit tougher (and not sweet). And the cream was not a custard, but just plain whipped cream, not really very sweet. We did get two of them to confirm ;-). Not bad at all, it just didn't wow us. But the apple pie is excellent. In general, the croissants, fruit pies, breads were all excellent. Mousse/'cream' based things were more like 'good' but nothing earth shattering to us. But the food quality overall was way above our recent Mardi Gras sailing. I'd definitely do Rotterdam again. I really have no burning desire to do Mardi Gras again (although we'll probably do more Carnival out of convenience). Rotterdam had some excellent tenderloin, prime rib, lamb chops, shrimp (larger and more available than MG), scallop entree, crabcake entree. These were more upscale than what Mardi Gras had to offer. I also like smoked salmon, which Rotterdam has on the breakfast buffet, but carnival does not. The lido coffee on Rotterdam is not good at all; I let them know in my post cruise survey--but overall it was a good time, great food, I really like the pinnacle class.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the food from your Rotterdam cruise! Too bad about the buffet coffee, but sounds like a lot of tasty food which is what one would expect from HAL. We'll have to try that apple pie next time 😋

[@MeowMeow-vo9cj]

I find free coffee is often weak so you get incentives to pay for their specialty coffee.

[@MeowMeow-vo9cj]

I was on this same ship a month ago. Never tried the Bossche-Bol ‘cuz they only make 150 a day I heard 😢 Hopefully get to try next time as HAL is my favorite cruise liner. The apple pie and particularly the Almond cookie were very good. ❤😊

[@monkeyb1820]

@@MeowMeow-vo9cj definitely, but the Hal coffee was actually much weaker than what the machines on Mardi Gras were putting out. The MG coffee was a solid 'average', the Rotterdam coffee was basically just brown water...

[@monkeyb1820]

@@MeowMeow-vo9cj I really like Hal, I hope and pray they don't institute drastic food cutbacks. IMO, cruiselines that did not waste millions of dollars on gokarts and roller coasters are in the best position to keep things at a good level.

[@JoleneWILLIAMSON-c2p]

Are the coffees at the GDC covered in a drink package? TIA

[@TravelTouristVideos]

If the drinks package includes specialty coffee then yup

[@melodykidwell4671]

I love your videos !

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@luciennedamen8779]

All those Dutch snacks are delicious. But she must have been quite nauseous after eating all those goodies. hahaha

[@TravelTouristVideos]

It's a tough job lol. Yes those Dutch treats were yum! 😋

[@williamstewart4666]

Can you compare dining in Princess vs. Holland America? Which do you prefer and why?

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Both are very good actually. Buffet closes later for Princess at night, but HAL has slightly better quality IMO for the buffet & the main dining room. We enjoy both just as much actually.

[@amossutandi]

the vlammetjes, cheese soufles and bitterballen, are called borrelhapjes, cause you usually eat them while socialising and drinking beer.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thanks for the info! Yeah this cafe had people doing some socializing & drinking for sure.

[@prickles666]

oh I love you facial expressions, you are brave, I would not of even try to eat heron

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you so much 😊

[@jlawrence0181]

On the Koningsdam, while we liked the Grand Dutch Cafe, we thought that the soup and the quiche were really lacking salt. Both the veal dishes were really bizarre - the texture was very similar to the Gerber's baby veal that you feed babies. It was rather offputting.

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Good to know- we'll have to avoid that veal dish in the future lol

[@camilledextraze7104]

I’m wondering if you did a video on the high tea served on board?

[@TravelTouristVideos]

We sure did! Take a look here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/np-xaXSqjLKhfMU

[@camilledextraze7104]

Thank you!

[@MARIE19986]

The Dessert's, 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@TravelTouristVideos]

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[@michaelvoisey8458]

I have subscribed now

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thank you! 🙂

[@Energoscels]

isa nanaman pong kababayan natin ang naka ahon sa kahir ........

[@vandsoncriadordevideo760]

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[@TravelTouristVideos]

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[@michaelvoisey8458]

Newcastle Brown Ale that well known Dutch beer apart from that and Heineken the rest are Belgian beers and I have not heard of Affligem and the prices look a bit expensive with the present $ £ rate

[@TravelTouristVideos]

That's nice to know- thanks! Yeah we thought they had some interesting selection there. Those would be "included" if you bought the drinks package.

[@gmbh8443]

Omg.. as soon I see it.. 00:00 I said" I KNOW THAT SHIP!!!!!!!!" IT WAS MY LAST CRUISE SHIP I SAW SAIL AWAY.. BEFORE CORONA!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Btw I have video of it

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Nice I'll have to check it out. That's the ship we were on- the Holland America Nieuw Statedam. When you saw it it was brand new and was probably sailing from Europe to the USA.

[@gmbh8443]

@@TravelTouristVideos I didnt know that 😳😳😳 Edit: wait huh. Brand new? 🤔 And I didnt check where it sailed 😔

[@danielburns7519]

Uitsmijter with split pea soup please.

[@gmbh8443]

3:00 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@TravelTouristVideos]

That is a big one!

[@amossutandi]

cookie is actually a dutch word.)))

[@gmbh8443]

First!

[@TravelTouristVideos]

Thanks!!