The stylish eatery Wijmpje Beukers manages to combine a dynamic menu with a relaxed, welcoming ambiance. Whether you come for a sumptuous dinner or settle down for a drink, everything feels well-matched. The kitchen offers a varied selection, caring for fish, meat and vegetarian dishes alike. The braised lamb neck with celeriac mousseline, pickled onion and vadouvan is a great example.
Wijmpje Beukers is all about that typical neighborhood feel: you pop in for a drink, look at the menu and before you know it you're sitting down to a sumptuous meal. It's officially an eatery, but with cuisine that clearly goes a step beyond standard daytime snacks. The style: creative European bistro cuisine, with seasonal dishes that change regularly. Don't think of an overcrowded menu, but a compact selection that's well thought out, with room for vegetarian and a few vegan options.
The business is run by Maarten and Jordy. Their names keep popping up when it comes to inclusive catering in Zuid. They steer the course: stay informal, accessible to the neighborhood, but serve food that you really come back for. You notice that in everything from the way the service lets you in to the choice to take cocktails as seriously as the cuisine.
The setting feels like a cross between café and restaurant: cozy, approachable, but clearly set up for dining. No lunch, no daytime programming; it's all about the evening here. From Tuesday through Saturday, everything revolves around dinner. That gives the whole thing an almost living room-like rhythm: the case opens, the first local residents join in, later in the evening the more spontaneous guests trickle in.
The setting feels like a cross between café and restaurant: cozy, approachable, but clearly set up for dining.
Through the combination of neighborhood feeling, creative seasonal cuisine and a distinctly inclusive attitude, Wijmpje Beukers has become a fixture in De Pijp. A place where you can settle down with a date just as well as with a few good friends, without fuss, but with clear attention to what goes on the table and in the glass.