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Rembrandtpark · Netherlands · €€€€

Bolenius Restaurant

4 · Recognised
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The essentials, at a glance

MenuPlant-forward tasting menus
Vegetarian optionsVegan-friendlyGluten-free optionsCoeliac requests, ask ahead
AllergiesHighly attentiveCoeliac guidance available
SettingGlass pavilion overlooking park

Documented practices

  • Local sourcing
  • Seasonal
  • Low waste
  • Responsible meat and fish
  • Social impact
  • Plant-forward

Style, cuisine and good to know

Style

  • Fine-dining

Cuisine

  • Dutch

Good to know

  • Terrace
  • Terrace reservable
  • Garden

In the kitchen’s own words

“

We are here to revolutionise Dutch Cuisine and celebrate the movement.

—Luc Kusters, Chef and owner

Recognised by

  • We're Smart Green GuideWe're Smart Green Guide
  • Dutch CuisineDutch Cuisine

The delicious details

Bolenius brings Dutch produce to the centre of the plate, with a kitchen garden and greenhouse at the edge of Rembrandtpark supplying much of what reaches the table. The restaurant is built around the idea that vegetables, herbs and seasonal ingredients deserve the leading role, while fish and meat play a supporting part. Glass walls open onto the park, blurring the line between garden and dining room.

Chef Luc Kusters, a founding figure of the Dutch Cuisine movement, has shaped a menu where roughly 80 per cent of each plate is plant based. Weekly rotations follow the micro seasons, and dishes are built around what the garden and local producers can offer at that moment. A botanical cocktail bar draws on the same herbs growing outside the window.

A word from…

The people behind the plates

We are here to revolutionise Dutch Cuisine and celebrate the movement. As chef and owner, I am one of the founders of this new gastronomy: a way of cooking that brings how we eat and how we consume to a different level, in harmony with the land and in balance with nature.

At Bolenius Rembrandtpark, that philosophy is not abstract. Our kitchen garden in the park supplies the table directly, and the menu follows what is local, seasonal, and honest. Alongside the Dutch Cuisine menu, we serve a fully PurePlant menu of equal standing, because plants belong at the centre of the plate, not at its edge.

Our goal is simple: to serve honest, impressive and healthy food, cooked with love and respect for every ingredient, at the highest gastronomical level.

Luc Kusters, Chef and owner

Menu

What is on the table

Two tasting menus, one with fish and meat, one entirely plant-based, are shaped by the on-site garden and greenhouse. Bread is baked in house from Dutch grains; fermentation runs from sourdough to sauces made from leftover bread. Vegan and dietary requirements are fully accommodated.

The kitchen runs two parallel tasting menus: a Dutch Cuisine sequence that includes fish and meat in measured portions, and a PurePlant sequence that is entirely plant based. Both are shaped by the garden and greenhouse at Rembrandtpark, where vegetables, herbs and edible flowers grow steps from the kitchen.

Dishes feature North Sea fish such as pike perch and red gurnard alongside Dutch Kamper lamb, always as accent rather than centrepiece. Bread is baked in house from Dutch grains milled at De Groene Lantaarn, served with herb oil, garden herb butter and samphire salt. Fermentation runs through the kitchen's repertoire, from sourdough to sauces made from dried and fermented leftover bread. Vegan guests have a full tasting menu at their disposal, and the restaurant invites dietary requirements to be shared at the time of booking.

Cuisine

  • Dutch

Dietary options

  • Vegetarian options
  • Vegan-friendly
  • Gluten-free options
  • Coeliac requests, ask ahead
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Allergies & intolerances

Self-declared

How this kitchen handles the EU-14 allergens

Highly attentiveThe restaurant reports attentive allergen handling: an allergen list, trained staff, or accommodation across several allergens. Declare your allergy when booking.

Allergens the kitchen handles

Cereals (gluten)

Ask about any allergen not shown. Kitchen separation isn't published. Ask directly if you need a trace-free dish.

The kitchen accommodates all allergies and intolerances on the spot when ordering, with no advance notice required.

Coeliac accommodation is available when ordering with no advance notice required.

Declared by the restaurant · April 2026 · not independently verified

This reflects the kitchen’s own declaration or public information; it is not independently verified and can change. Always confirm your needs with the restaurant before you visit.

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Visit & practical info

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Rembrandtpark · Netherlands · €€€€

Opening hours

Wednesday
12:00–14:3018:30–21:00
Thursday
12:00–14:3018:30–21:00
Friday
12:00–14:3018:30–21:00
Saturday
12:30–14:3019:00–21:00

Contact

Nachtwachtlaan 20B, Amsterdam+31 20 404 4411bolenius-restaurant.nl

Reviews

Reviewed by My TreatsLast reviewed 26 Apr 2026

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