3 Best Restaurants in Rotterdam, Netherlands

This large self-serve café at the heart of Rotterdam's main shopping precinct offers everything from simple rolls to grilled meats at reasonable prices. There are plenty of delicious pastries to accompany your morning coffee, and good lunch options including fresh-made rolls.

In the grand style of Rotterdam's cafés, Loos—in business since 1988—has a range of international magazines and newspapers on reading racks, and in a fun gesture, six clocks with different time zones decorate one wall. As for the food, steak tartare and Breton oysters are perennial favorites.

This stylish grand café on a busy shopping street is worth a look simply for its lovely Art Deco interior, which spreads over several levels including a mezzanine. It's often packed, as people drop in for a quick lunch, a full fish dinner, or simply to sip an aperitif at the bar before heading on to a show.