Haring & Zo

runnerandfoodie★★★★★★★★★★5.06 months ago

What's your favorite 🇳🇱 Dutch food? Mine is... not Dutch food! 🤣 More seriously, Dutch cuisine is not especially notorious. What people know about it are cheese 🧀, stroopwafels 🧇 and maybe poffertjies 🥞? In fact, I watched Netflix' Somebody Feed Phil's episode about Amsterdam and Phil Rosenthal mainly ate foreign cuisine there. There's one local thing that he ate there, and that I love too: herrings 😍. In fact, when my Dutch friends come to visit me, they always bring me herrings 🐟 (sometimes too many and I can't even finish them 😅). I could eat them all day, every day when I'm in Amsterdam, and I would stop by all the herring booths I find in the streets. 😋 But I'm the only one who'd do that in the family so, on our last visit, I only had 1️⃣ herring 🥺, at a booth called Haring & Zo in Binnenstad aka Amsterdam's main touristic area... 🫤 I paid the price you pay in a touristic area (€3.6 for 1️⃣ herring) but I knew that upfront. I was scared it wouldn't be good though but, fortunately, that wasn't the case. In fact I found it great, with the right balance of fat: I didn't feel sick afterwards as I sometimes do when I eat a herring or something that's too fat, in general. 👍 There was a good quantity of onion 🧅 and pickle 🥒 and the onion wasn't too strong (sometimes it covers the flavor of the herring). 👏 The clerk was very nice and laid back, and he kept joking with every customer. That was cool. 👍 What was less cool was that I couldn't pay by card 💳... Well, I could but I had to pay extra. And in 2025, that's not ok. 😤 This place is just a booth, there are no tables, no sitting area, so you just take your herring and eat it on the go.... It would be nice to sit to really focus on what you eat. Herrings can be considered fast food but IMO they're a true delicacy. 🤩 . . . Quality & taste: 9/10 Quantities: 7/10 Atmosphere: n/a Originality: 6/10 Ratio price / quality: 7/10 Service: 9/10 How I felt afterwards: 9/10

E Scott Parks★★★★★★★★★★5.012 months ago

Absolutely worth seeking out! Haring & Zo serves up Dutch herring the way it’s meant to be. fresh, clean, flavorful, and absolutely loaded with onions and pickles just like it should be. The stand may be small, but the quality is big. I stopped for the classic herring and left wondering why I hadn’t tried it sooner. It’s simple, traditional, and absolutely delicious. Super friendly service and plenty of options if you want something fried or smoked too. Don’t skip this if you’re curious about authentic local eats in Amsterdam.

SS Y★★★★★★★★★★4.0a year ago

Here, you can taste Amsterdam's very authentic pickled herring sandwich and fish and chips. It's a small shop, but the food is incredibly delicious. Be aware that if you're paying by card, there might be an additional fee. If you're passing by, it's definitely worth a try!

Happee Aquino★★★★★★★★★★5.02 years ago

Went here to taste herring before leaving amsterdam. We arrived at around 10 am but they didn't have bread yet so we had to wait about 15 mins. While waiting, we tried the raw fish with pickles and onions and it was very tasty and soft (and suprisingly easy on the stomach). We also tried the salmon sandwich which was also very good. I'd definitely recommend.

Youngmahn Moon★★★★★★★★★★5.02 years ago

So simple and delicious. The herring is so delicious, it's soft and mild, so it definitely needs the onion and the pickles. The crab salad was not that great, though.