From 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoons, Spring Cafe Brasserie turns into a place where the cava keeps flowing as long as you stay seated. For 25 euros per person, they serve unlimited bubbly, and if you’re in the mood for something savory to go with it, you can order oysters for 4 euros each. It’s not a complicated concept—just a regular weekly event on the terrace by Oosterpark.
Behind the menu at Spring Cafe Brasserie is Chef Luigi di Benedetto, who has given the restaurant a Mediterranean-inspired signature style. His focaccia has become a menu staple, as has the truffle spaghetti that’s meant to be shared at the table. On Sunday afternoons, it’s all about something else: pouring bubbly and serving oysters, at a pace that suits a terrace where no one is in a hurry.
For 25 euros per person, they serve unlimited sparkling wine, and if you’re in the mood for something savory to go with it, you can order oysters for 4 euros each.
The oysters come from the Oesterij and are normally sold by the piece (three, six, or nine), but during the “bottomless bubbles & oysters” session, you can just help yourself to them alongside your glass of cava. The brasserie’s terrace is located right next to Oosterpark, part of the Pillows Maurits at the Park hotel on Mauritskade. Misset Horeca’s “Top 100 Terraces” list named this terrace the best in the city, and on a Sunday afternoon with a glass of cava in hand, you’ll understand why.
Meanwhile, the rest of the menu remains unchanged. In addition to the focaccia and truffle spaghetti, there’s steak tartare with a crispy egg yolk, which you can order with caviar if you’d like. To round out the afternoon, there’s classic tiramisu or crème brûlée with a scoop of salted caramel ice cream. It’s not a separate menu for the “bubbles and oysters” hour, but rather an extension of what the kitchen has been serving all day: Mediterranean dishes meant to be shared.
On Sunday afternoons, Oosterpark is already a place where people like to relax, and Spring Cafe Brasserie capitalizes on that perfectly. No strict schedule, no line to wait in: you pull up a chair on the patio, order your first glass of cava, and see how long you can hold out before the oysters arrive. For those who’d rather not spend their Sunday afternoon indoors, this has become a regular stop on the edge of the park.