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“What a surprise!”

Eeterij Ongder de Kukel
Cuisines: European
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Description: The restaurant is a family run business. In the middle of a small village in Northern Holland, it served the best European food I've had.
Reviewed 2 November 2016

We went to Hippolytushoef for the Halloween market (which is something to see as well). The Italian restaurant was fully booked so we ended up at Ongder de Kukel. Not only a lovely place (you'll be amazed as soon as you enter the door, also the food was just amazing!!!! My friend had a pork loin and I had perfect steak. Everything was served with two types of potatoes, salad, rhubarb and green beans. Also very nice people working there. We'll be back!

Date of visit: October 2016
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Thank Mignon B
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Reviewed 14 April 2015

Very cosy restaurant in an old fashioned style. Homely. The service is very friendly and they want you to feel at home. The food however, which is really why I go to a restaurant, is quite average. I have probably high standards, admitted. But I cannot rate the food here more than average, at the most. Otherwise how will I rate the restaurants that make really good food. A steak that wasn't cooked as I asked. I know it is common to just shut up and eat it anyway. But I simply can't eat raw meat. No problem however and it came back as I wanted it. But the accessories to the meal were really boring and without any imagination.

Date of visit: April 2015
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Thank Tartiflette0450
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Reviewed 25 June 2013

This restaurant is located in a small village in the middle of nowhere in the Dutch countryside. Tourists will pass by Hippolytushoef on their way to the island of Texel (between motorway exit Den Oever and the ferry in Den Helder) and unless you know it is there, you wouldn't exit the A-road. The restaurant is located in the centre of the village, just opposite of the church.

The interior is quite quirky, with lots of 1950s memorabilia.

The food here is very good and given that most of the restaurants in the vicinity of about 40 kilometres (including Den Helder) aren't all that, it's well worth the short stop here. Steak is what they do best here though there are also some nice fish starters. Portion sizes are huge.

Date of visit: April 2013
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Reviewed 7 January 2024
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Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 6 May 2023 via mobile
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Date of visit: May 2023
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