Noel Shannon

February 2014. Warning to diners; do not eat here!

After a few days mini-break at the nearby Landal, my wife and I along with her parents chose to eat at the Zeebinkie restaurant, a short walk from our holiday home.This restaurant is reccommended by the Landal and boasts to have 20 main courses for only €10 euro... What a mistake.

We went to dine at 18.30 in the evening on a thursday.The first thing we noticed was the strange smell of fat from the kitchen, in spite of this we decided it was more convienient to eat anyway rather than look for another restaurant. Staff were very unfriendly, we had the feeling of being rushed as if they wanted us to vacate the table as quickly as possible.

When my father - in - law had a complaint about the 'biefstuk', the waiter only entered into a discussion with him about the complaint. I myself had to rush to the bathroom in the course of my meal, due to nearly chocking on a piece of meat, to the amusement of the restaurant staff. No one felt it necessary to enquire if I was ok, or of everything was in order. This was only the beginning of our troubles.

No one from the Zeebinkie felt the need to contact us to enquire as to our health or to offer any kind of apology whatsoever. I myself contacted the restaurant by phone on sunday. Again, no apology, no enquiry as to if I was now feeling better, no customer appreciation, and no consideration in regard to our very bad expierence.

To sum up, my wife and I strongly reccommend that you do not eat here, but rather as diner look for another alternative for example in the village of Burgh Haamstede itself, 5 minutes by car further along the road.