Deutsche Abend Elite Event @ Cafe Marie

German night in Amsterdam doesn’t happen every week, but when it does, don’t miss it.
The event was really fun — I got smoked in the nail game and got a chance to meet some cool new people. There was more than enough Jäger and beer to go around that night!
The food at Café Marie was decent. The schnitzel and fondue was okay — nothing killer, but it did the trick. The desserts were not good — avoid — they need to re-​tool those, thanks Maarten for the reminder :).
Café Marie seemed like a fine place — the service was okay and they handled our large group pretty well.

Had a great time! Loved nail game en Paulaner beers! Staff was sometimes hard to find but always friendly. Schnitzels were nice although a bit cold. The group of people was amazing, had a great time and will surely visit again!!!

Thank you strawberry blonde unicorn for a lovely evening, yet again! I wouldn’t have expected anything less from an event organized by our Flip, who looked like a hot Pippi Longstocking that evening. All braids aside, the evening was great. Great setting, good service, fine company and nice food. I enjoyed the «nailing» game as well! I love me some friendly competition! Thanks a bunch Flip and Café Marie for this awesome event.
A little bit more about Café Marie; I like the interior. It’s really nice, cozy and comfortable. The service was surprisingly good for a Dutch business so I hope they can keep that up. Although the presentation of the food was nice, I didn’t feel much for the schnitzels and here’s why:
The schnitzels were bland, very bland, which is surprising because the mini pork schnitzel appetizer was quite good! Crispy, juicy and tender with nice flavors! But the stack of turkey, pork and veal schnitzels that we received later on were just very bland. The veal was the funkiest because it was also overcooked but they were all a bit too soggy and there was just a huge contrast between those and the appetizer schnitzels in terms of presence of flavor alone. They were stacked up when we received them, so that might have contributed to the sogginess.
We also received fondue later which was quite nice because the cheese was very pungent and sharp! That accompanied by an array of sides such as raw vegetable strips, tempura style fried vegetables, crispy french fries with skin and probably some more yummies I forgot about.
Putting the entrée schnitzels aside, I very much enjoyed myself! I would definitely go back to Café Marie.

This was my first ever Unilocal event I was able to attend. On my way over I was a little bit apprehensive as I’m not so fond of being in a group of people I have never met before.
However, when I arrived at Café Marie I was immediately greeted, by name, by Philippine and she introduced me to other Unilocalers. This was very nice as it broke the ice for me and made it easy to connect. Extra star for that!
Truth be said two shots of Apfelkorn also helped a bit (-:
The event was very easily recognisable. Impossible to miss even for some one who would get lost in his own bathroom lol.
The set up was simple yet effective. One long pick nick table adorned with and abundance of German flags.
Between the three courses we had to switch seats so as to meet new people throughout the event. Good idea.
The event was well organised and Philippine is very good ad making sure everybody gets some attention and the event runs smoothly. She also knew everybody by name!
The food was all sample size but gave a good impression about what the restaurant serves although a main dish will most likely look different from the samples.
Quality (and the quantity!) of the food was nice. The veal schnitzel tasted like a proper schnitzel. The turkey schnitzel was also nice, I didn’t taste the chicken one.
Sausages on sauerkraut with mustard, yummi! And the cheese fondue was also very nice.
The Jaegermeister and other shots kept on flowing as did the Almdudler and the Paulaner beer.
The décor of Café Marie was not very German in my opinion but quirky enough to be nice.
Tip for the owners would be to serve Preiselberen with the veal schnitzel, the menu indicated it is served with lemon.
Philippine did a great job and good to know there’s a schnitzel place my hubby and I can go to when we’re not in Munich.
All in all very nice event! Thanks Philippine!

yum yum yum and fun fun fun! i must bike by this restaurant a dozen times a week and had no idea there was german food in the Heineken plein. The place is super cozy with a few tables that have sofas pulled up right to the table. i mean can you get more cozy than that! the wallpaper also adds a perfect quirky touch to the coziness. i’ve only had german food once before so i can’t really judge how authentically german the food is BUT i can say it was very good! we had an abundant amount of variety to oink out on, from sausage to fondue to schnitzel. I also learned a new german game, Nagelen. Simple and super fun! And as usual i had a GREAT time with all of my Unilocaling friends :)
Thanks Flip for letting me know there’s a great german joint in Amsterdam!!!

Can someone get me a god dammed wiener for my schnitzel!!!
Thank the Unilocal gods that my favorite unicorn Amsterdam CM Flippie came to my rescue!
When you walk into a Unilocal event and are greeted by Flippie in a short dirndl and a shot of Jäger, you KNOW it’s going to be a good night! What a frickin gezellig time sitting at a huge picnic table drinking inappropriate amounts of beer while stuffing our face with sausages and fondue! All the while, playing nail and hammer games while getting hammered (with booze) was also a highlight of the night! Best of all, sharing all these fantastic things with new and familiar Unilocalers was SEHRGUT!!!
When’s the next event!!! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Had a really good time last night. While the «German» food was definitely Dutchified it was still pretty good and am glad I got to meet some new Unilocalers. I liked the idea of having to switch seats as well, made it easier to get to talk to more people.