Dutch Pub Guide
Zuid Holland - beer bars, pubs and brewpubs

Introduction
This page lists beer pubs in the Dutch province of Zuid Holland (South Holland). Index
Alphen a/d Rijn
Bodegraven
Brielle
Delft
Dordrecht
Gorinchem
Gouda
Den Haag (The Hague)
Leiden
Maassluis
Noordwijk
Oud-Beijerland
Rotterdam
Sassenheim
Schiedam
Spijkenisse
Vlaardingen


Drenthe
Flevoland
Friesland
Gelderland
Groningen
Limburg
Noord Brabant
Noord Holland
Overijssel
Utrecht
Zeeland
Zuid Holland
Breweries in Zuid Holland

Brewery location type
Bierbrouwerij Hoeksche Waard Oud Beijerland contract brewer
Brouwerij de Drie Kruizen Westmaas contract brewer
Brouwerij De Molen Bodegraven microbrewery
Brouwers aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn contract brewer
de Haagse Bierbrouwerij Den Haag brewpub
EleganT Brouwerij Leiderdorp microbrewery
Heineken Brouwerij Zoeterwoude Heineken
Het Brouwcafé Scheveningen brewpub
Klein Duimpje Huisbrouwerij Hillegom contract brewer
Leidsche Bierbrouwerij "De Wijde Wereld" Leiden contract brewer
Pelgrim Brouwerij Rotterdam brewpub

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Map Index


 




Dutch Pub Guide
Alphen a/d Rijn

Natte
Julianastraat 19,
2405 CG Alphen a/d Rijn.
Tel. 0172 - 426 193
 
Opening hours: Mon: 20:00-???
Tue - Sun: 16:00-???
Number of draught beers: 10
Number of bottled beers: +-150
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Prices:
draught beer €1.50-2.00 (pils), €3 (La Chouffe).
I need say only one word: Westvleteren. That should be enough to get you all buying train tickets to Alphen. Especially if I tell you that they still have some of the Red.

But let's back up a second and go through some introductory details. Alphen is a typical smallish Dutch town (60,000 or so inhabitants). Large anonymous postwar suburbs surround a relatively small core, that straggles along both banks of the Oude Rijn. But don't expect any mass of historic buildings. The town centre is dominated by clumsy 70's and 80's developments with all the charm of a concrete lamppost.

Julianastraat is a pedestrianised shopping street on the "Hoge Zijde" or "high side" of the river. Just where the shops peter out is Natte, in a buidling lower than its neighbours (a sort of Dutch bungalow). I would include a photo of the setting, but I forgot my bloody camera that day. On entering, we find a typical brown café - lots of blackened wood fittings and general old-looking stuff. Gosh, I'm so eloquent this morning. I'll rush on while the prose is flowing. It's a very long and thin pub. It adds greatly to the effect of the light that floods in from a leaded glass window at the rear.

If you look up, you will notice that for most of it's length there is but one storey. With the exception of the very front, where a small balcony nestles up against the rafters. Everywhere else, theres nothing betwween your head and the roof beams.

But let's not talk about me. Let's get back to Westvleteren. With prices of €4, €4.50 and €5 for the Green, Blue and Yellow I don't think anyone can complain. I did notice that they sell quite a few other beers too. Not that I tried any of them. Would you, with all that Westvleteren just sitting there? They also sell the products of local contract brewer Brouwers aan den Rijn.
Rating: ***** Public transport:


Querelle
Julianastraat 32,
Alphen a/d Rijn.
Tel. 0172-476 723
info@querelle.nl
http://www.querelle.nl/
 
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-???
Closed Monday
Number of draught beers: 2
Number of bottled beers: +-10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Querelle hasn't been included for its great beer selection. It hasn't even been included for its great atmosphere. It's in because it opens before Natte, which is just over the road.

A trendy bar/café, Querelle has a dance floor and late bar upstairs. Downstairs is the bar, a bit bland but I've seen far worse. The best feature is undoubtedly the seating along the Oude Rijn at the rear.
Rating: * Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Bodegraven

Brouwerij De Molen
Overtocht 43,
2411 BS Bodegraven.
Tel. 0172 - 610 848
http://www.brouwerijdemolen.nl/
Brouwerij De Molen, Bodegraven
Opening hours: Tue 12: - 17:00,
Wed - Thur 12:00 - 22:00,
Fri 10:00 - 22:00,
Sat 12:00 - 22:00,
Sun 10:00 - 20:00,
Monday closed.
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 2
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-6. Beer €2-3.
Brouwerij De Molen, Bodegraven interiorDe Molen is a brewery very much in the tradition of Het Ij - under a windmill and charmingly basic. Though finding the bar is a challenge, as it's located at the rear and accessed through a maze of passageways. Not to worry. You'll hav an opportumnity to sneak a look and the brewing equipment on your way through.

A stove and a pile of logs in one corner add a rustic touch. The only other decoration are various paintings of windmills (for sale, if you're interested). In addition to standard board games, they also have traditional Dutch wooden games. My kids recognised them and were soon suffuciently enthrawled for me to have a long, uniterrupted chat with the brewer.

But I'm not here for the décor. De Molen has quickly gained a reputation as one of Holland's best micros. Well deserved, I can assure you. They brew a wide range of styles, from Stout to Saison, Bitter to Bock. Pretty good they are, too. There are usually 6 beers on draught. What they arevaries with the season.

The gents are the only ones I've seen to include a bath. I'll note that, in case I'm ever in need of a soak and a drink simultaneously.

The brewery is adjacent to the bar and is visible through a window in the door. You can marvel at the only cask washer in Low Countries. There's also a small shop, selling around a dozen of their beers.

(Photographs courtesy of Sarah & Mark Terry.)
Rating: ***** Public transport: Bodegraven train station then a 10 minute walk.



Dutch Pub Guide
Brielle

Het Kont van het Paard
Kaatsbaan 1-3,
3231 XL Brielle.
Tel: 0181 - 416 161
Fax: 0181 - 418 683
 
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 16:30 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 16:30 - 02:30
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food:
Beer pub with the amusing name "The Horse's Arse".
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Delft


Café´t Klooster
Vlamingstraat 2,
2611 KW Delft.
Tel. 015 - 212 1013
 
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 16:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 16:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Small, brown beer café.
Rating: Public transport:


Locus Publicus
Brabantse Turfmarkt 67,
2611 CM Delft.
Tel. 015 - 213 4632
EMail: Info@LocusPublicus.nl
http://www.locus-publicus.nl/
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 11:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 11:00 - 02:00,
Sun 12:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 9
Number of bottled beers: +-150
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks. Duvel €3.40, Pils €1.80-3.50.
The centre of Delft is interwoven with canals. I know that because there's a map of 17th century Delft pinned to the door of the brutal black cupboard 3 metres behind my head. Part of one has been filled in to allow room for a street market. Rather unexpectedly, hidden behind the market stalls, is Locus Publicus.

The beer list isn't just large, it also has some unusual items - 30 lambieks and even 20 Dutch beers.

And Westvleteren - all three. At least when I was there. No-one can guarantee this stuff. You just have to be lucky. I hate to be too blindingly obvious, but do you seriously think that I'm going to drink anything else, if Westvleteren 12 is Available? (Not unless I got access to a time machine. Then I could travel back to Old London Town and sup Barclay Perkin's Double Brown Stout or Truman's Entire. We must have dreams. Mine all involve porters.)
Rating: ***** Public transport: Walk from Delft station.


't Proeflokaal
Gasthuislaan 36-38,
2611 RB Delft.
Tel: 015 - 212 4922
http://www.proeflokaal-delft.nl
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 12:00 - 01:00,
Fri-Sat 12:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 14
Number of bottled beers: 300
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.(PIES)
One of very few regular outlets for British cask-conditioned beers in the Netherlands.

And also one of few outlets for good old-fashioned, British pies. I know they aren't healthy, but I get to Delft so rarely that the risk to my health is minimal.

There's plenty of interesting stuff to drink. Alt is sadly rare here nowadays. Judging from the fancy ceramic branded tap, I guess the Frankenheim is intended to be on draught permanently. It's always pleasing to see Beamish Stout (even if they insist on calling it "Beamish Black" - silly and inaccurate, as theirs is the least opaque of the Irish stouts).

Despite being in a bland, modern building, the intrerior is about as brown as the country's famous brown cafes can get. I much prefer the Dutch approach to pub design. Really crap pubs are surprisingly rare. It's like being back in Brno1985, just with much crappier draught lager. I won't go on, in case I bore you. But it is a sort of paradise, living in a city where a decent boozer is rarely more than 200 metres away.
Rating: **** Public transport: Walk from Delft station.



Dutch Pub Guide
Dordrecht

Café de Vrijheid
Noordendijk 12,
3312 RP Dordrecht.
Tel.: 078 - 613 3635
Email: info@cafedevrijheid.nl
http://www.cafedevrijheid.nl/
 
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 20:00 - 02:00,
Fri - Sat 20:00 - 03:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: +-75
Regular draught beers:
Food:
Vrijheid is a brown café with some rather nice leaded glasswork.

As well as the usual Belgian subjects, the beer list includes examples from Dutch micros Het Ij and Maasland.
Rating: Public transport:


De Tijd
Voorstraat 170,
3311 ES Dordrecht.
Tel: 078 - 613 3997
 
Opening hours: Tue - Thur 15:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 14:00 - 02:00,
Sun 15:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 8
Number of bottled beers: +-100
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Brown beer café in a 17th century building.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Gorinchem

Café de Keizer
Keizerstraat 14,
4201 XP Gorinchem.
Tel.: 0183 - 634 4661
info@cafedekeizer.nl
http://www.cafedekeizer.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 16:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 8
Number of bottled beers: +-150
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Brown beer café.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Gouda

Stadscafé-Restaurant De Zalm
Markt 34,
2801 JJ Gouda.
Tel: 0182 - 686 976
Fax:
Email: info@dezalm.com
http://www.dezalm.com
 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 09:00 - 01:00,
Sun 11:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 14
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €4.50-10, meals €13-20. Pils €1.80, Duvel €3.50.
A cafe/restaurant that is modern and minimalist in style. It´s located on the town´s main square.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Den Haag (The Hague)


I have a detailed pub guide to Den Haag here.



Dutch Pub Guide
Leiden

Café Barrera
Rapenburg 56,
2311 EX Leiden.
Tel. 071 - 5146631
Fax 071 - 5133245
Email info@cafebarrera.nl
http://www.cafebarrera.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 10:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 10:00 - 02:00,
Sun 11:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 7
Regular draught beers:
Food: Duvel €2.65, pils €1.70..
A corner brown café in the centre of Leiden.
Rating: Public transport:


Lemmy's Biercafé
Morsstraat 24,
2312 BM Leiden.
Tel. 071 - 512 6402
Email: lemmys@biercafe.nl
http://www.biercafe.nl/
Lemmy's Biercafe Leiden
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 17:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 17:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.Duvel €3.10.
Lemmy's Biercafe Leiden interior"What do you want?"
"A bacon and egg sandwich."
"A restraining order."
"A pint of Mild."

They didn't have any of these. But the orders did range from the unrealistic to the fantastic.

I'm sitting on a separate table to the kids. It works better that way if I want to write. I would complain of the kids spoiling the day with their antics. In reality, they've given loads of material. What's more important - fun or good material? You know the answer.

You want a description? Alright, brown café, corner location, some sort of music theme. They're playing - and have photos of - early 70's music stars. Is this life on Mars? Musically, yes. Brown wood, board floor. I'm bored. Chairman of the bored. There's a noticeable lack of Iggy here.

"I told you we'd have fun." I always say that. Luckily, today it was true. The kids love the idea of somewhere that invites mess. You're expected to thorw your peanut shells onn the floor. It's a big hit. I'm as happy as a porcine animal in excrement. They shut up and are just are revelling in litter. Perfect. Whisky time for dad.

The location on the station side of the town centre is handy. For the alcoholically-challenged, they also have more than 30 malt whiskies.

You can't help but wonder if you'll find a long-haired biker sleeping face-down in a curry. (Lemmy story courtesy of Little Dave.)
Rating: **** Public transport:


De Kroeg
Kort Rapenburg 4,
2311 GC Leiden.
Tel. 071-5130152
De Kroeg, Leiden
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 14:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 12:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 12
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
De Kroeg, Leiden interiorThe kids are going crazy so I've taken refuge in the nearest decent-looking pub. How can they be so psychopatheic without psychedelics? No wonder everyone thinks my parenting skills are between Homer Simpson's and Stalin's.

Lexie just tried eating his glass . . . Excuse me if this review seems hurried. We may be off to casualty soon.

Brown cafe. Henry VIII pub sign. Views of windmill. Next to a canal.

"Spit out the crunchy bits." That's my advice to Lexie. Though he's been annoying enough in the last 15 minutes for me to not be [before you start accusing me of sloppy grammar, I'll point out that I don't believe in square-peg-hammered-into-round-hole pseudo-Latin rules like split infinitives] that bothered.

Why would a pub sell 3 different Pils [what is the plural of Pils? Pilss. With a silent "l"?]? Probably for the same reason that UK piubs sell 4 or 5 Bitters of pretty much the same strength. Why does the world so often choose to be dull rather than interesting? When I go out by myself I have to invent the craziness (sometimes). With the kids along, it's always there.

"The good boys get a bag of chips."
"I don't need chips, dad." [Andrew]
"That's OK, you're behaving yourself anyway."

"Can I get a court order to keep Alexei 5 metres away from me?" [Andrew]
"Yes."

"Can I drink your beer dad?" [Alexei]
"Yes."

I'm such a good dad.

I was getting onto the Inspiral Carpets on the stereo. "Dad, there's room to dance out there." Andrew pointed to the main road outside. Good to know that my kids love me. "Kids. Did we come out to have a good time, a bad time or a mediocre time?" "A mediocre time" answered Lexie firmly. "What does mediocre mean?"
Rating: ** Public transport:


North End
Noordeinde 55,
2311 CB Leiden.
Tel.: 071 - 512 1541
Email: northend@xs4all.nl
http://www.north-end.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon 16:00 - 24:00,
Tue - Thur 11:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 11:00 - 02:00,
Sun 11:00 -24:00
Number of draught beers: 12
Number of bottled beers: 6
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals. Pils €1.70, Duvel €3.
Fake English pub in the centre of Leiden.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Maassluis

Biercafé Oporto
Govert van Wijnkade 12,
3144 ED Maassluis.
Tel.: 010 - 592 8906
 
Opening hours: Tue - Thur 20:00 - 01:00,
Fri 15:00 - 04:00,
Sat 16:00 - 04:00,
Sun (in June, July and August) 16:00 - 22:00
Number of draught beers: 10
Number of bottled beers: +-60
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Light brown beer café.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Noordwijk

The harbourlights
Koninging Wilhelmina Boulevard 9,
2202 GT Noordwijk.
Tel.: 071 - 361 7705
Email: info@harbourlights.nl
http://www.harbourlights.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 12:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 11
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-8, meals €8-15. Duvel €3.30, Pils €1.70 - 3.40.
A seafront café whose orientation lies somewhere between fake Irish and genuine beer pub.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Oud-Beijerland

de Heeren van Beijerland
Marktplein 2,
3261 BZ Oud Beijerland.
Tel.: 0186 - 640 740
Fax: 0186 - 640 741
E-mail: post@heerenvanbeijerland.nl
http://www.heerenvanbeijerland.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 9:30 - 24:00,
Fri - Sat 9:30 - 02:00,
Sun 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €4-7, meals €8-18.
A large corner pub in the centre of Oud-Beijerland.

An outlet for the beers of the local Hoeksche Waard brewery.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Rotterdam


I have a detailed pub guide to Rotterdam here.



Dutch Pub Guide
Sassenheim

Café De Twee Wezen
Oude Haven 2-4,
2171 GG Sassenheim.
Tel: 0252 - 216 560
Fax: 0252 - 215 509
 
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 15:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 13:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: +-60
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Light brown beer café.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Schiedam

Tapperij Het Weeshuis
Hoogstraat 76,
3111 HL Schiedam.
Tel. 010 - 426 1657
http://www.biertapperij.nl/weeshuis/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 12:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 12:00 - 02:00,
Sun 14:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 12
Number of bottled beers: +-40
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals
Brown café in a low, narrow house in the old part of Schiedam.
Rating: Public transport: Tram number 1 to Koemarkt.



Dutch Pub Guide
Spijkenisse

Spijs- en Bierlokaal Het Gebeuren
Voorstraat 13,
3201 BA Spijkenisse.
Tel.: 0181 - 624 220
Fax: 0181 - 624 237
Email: info@cafedekeijzer.nl
http://www.cafedekeijzer.nl/gebeuren.html
 
Opening hours: Sun, Wed, Thur 16:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 16:00 - 03:00,
Monday and Tuesday closed.
Number of draught beers: 9
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-7, meals €8-19 .Duvel €3.15, pils €1.80-3.40.
Pub and restaurant under the same ownership as De Keijzer.
Rating: Public transport:


De Keijzer
Voorstraat 15,
3201 BA Spijkenisse.
Tel.: 0181 - 616 645
Fax: 0181 - 624 237
Email: info@cafedekeijzer.nl
http://www.cafedekeijzer.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon 16:00 - 01:00,
Tue - Thur 14:00 - 01:00,
Fri 14:00 - 03:00,
Sat 11:00 - 03:00,
Sun 14:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 9
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-7, meals €8-19 .Duvel €3.15, pils €1.80-3.40.
Pub restaurant on a pedestrianised street in the centre of Spijkenisse.
Rating: Public transport:



Dutch Pub Guide
Vlaardingen

Bierlokaal Petrus
Westhavenkade 31,
3131 AD Vlaardingen.
Tel: 010 - 460 0626
 
Opening hours: Sun, Wed, Thur 16:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 14:00 - 02:00,
Monday and Tuesday closed.
Number of draught beers: 8
Number of bottled beers: +-100
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Beer pub on a riverbank.

ABT member.
Rating: Public transport:


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