5x New November

5x new hotspots in November (2025)

1. Café Su Café Su by day, sushi by night. On Valkenboskade, where we have known the Sushi Girls for ten years, one of the newest hotspots opened in early November: Café Su. In the same premises where Lisa Sassen and Nicole Dessing roll sushi in the evening, you can...

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Kwast Wine sellers Impero Romano

The shared philosophy of Impero Romano and Gaja

"It's your birthday today, isn't it? Congratulations!", Umberto de Giuseppe says cheerfully and with many hand gestures to one of the staff as he walks into his restaurant on the corner of Kazernestraat and Denneweg. However early in the morning it is, the 62-year-old co-owner...

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Hops & Stork

Hop & Stork tastes like more

For Anil Soekhoe (49), it is the smells and colours of opportunity. Ten years ago, the former international banker with a lifelong love for brown gold threw in the towel. After training in patisserie and as a barista, he opened here, at...

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Brasserie Runners

5x new hotspots in September (2025)

1. Hito New on the North Beach: Hito. This permanent hotspot is all about Basque flavours. Chef Rogier Trip, known from Caron in Amsterdam, serves small dishes such as grilled artichoke and seared prawns, but his perfect hamburger with Morbier cheese is also...

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Vinostra

A visit to Vinostra feels like a holiday

"It all started in corona time," Cor Roeleveld quips in the cosy establishment, where, thanks to the styling of his girlfriend Ghislaine Derks, natural wood and navy blue have a starring role. "We started delivery back then, and that was such a great success that we...

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Cafe Three

5x new Hague hotspots in June (2025)

1. La Patrona Natalia Garcia and John Gulay are both from Mexico and previously ran restaurant Popocatepetl on Buitenhof together. Now they are opening La Patrona: a Mexican cantina in the premises next to O'Casey's on Noordeinde, the pub John owns. At...

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Kasteel de Wittenburg

De Wittenburg most versatile castle in the Netherlands

The memo board in his office does not leave a millimetre of blank space. The number of thank-you cards hanging from the clips is seemingly endless. Jim Boctor (30) removes the kraft paper around a porcelain plate painted with a chef who could have been Auguste Gusteau from 'Ratatouille'....

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Five Points Bar

6 x drinking cocktails in The Hague

#1 VaVoom Tiki Room At VaVoom Tiki Room on the Grote Markt, it's all about tropical vibes, colourful cocktails and relaxed conviviality. As the first and only tiki bar in The Hague, they have been shaking and serving since 2007. With more than 60 cocktail recipes, there is always...

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Restobar Harvey

5 new hotspots in The Hague – May 2025

1. Hop & Stork on the Fred You probably know Hop & Stork from the Passage, but now a second shop has also opened on Frederik Hendriklaan in Statenkwartier! Anil Soekhoe, who traded in his career as an international banker a decade ago,...

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La Maison Guilhem

'Hague' patissier now produces its own champagne

French-British Marinette Diafouka, now based in The Hague and owner of La Maison Guilhem, worked as an interior designer in London. In 2011, she decided to take a break after the birth of her second child. A year later, she immersed herself in French haute...

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