Best restaurants in The Hague
From the Plaats and the Denneweg to Scheveningen harbour. The places in The Hague where you actually eat well, without the chains and tourist menus.
All spots in The Hague
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Brasserie Runners
€€Revamped, with banquettes in cognac leather and a compact menu for sharing. Coffee through to dinner in Benoordenhout.
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hito
Chef Rogier Trip cooks Southern European food from breakfast to dinner. The beach house on the north beach stays all year, with the sea on the doorstep.
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Onda
€€€Weekend DJs play vinyl through a serious hi-fi while the natural wine and Mediterranean plates go round. Named best new restobar in the Netherlands at the end of 2025.
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The Hague Social Club
€€You pour your own from more than a hundred open bottles. A 1913 printing works done up like a 1920s Manhattan hangout.
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AREIA
€€Around 50 wines by the glass, with fish and sushi to go with them. Right next to Lemongrass on the harbour.
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Basaal
€€A short menu that moves with the market. Modern Dutch cooking on the Dunne Bierkade, with plenty of biodynamic wine, much of it by the glass.
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Bowie
€€Oysters or roast chicken on a corner of the Regentessekwartier, with a wine list you can get lost in. Walter Benedict's sister.
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Café Brasserie Nationaal
For when a drink turns into dinner. Belgian-inspired food and French wine in a listed building.
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Café Franklin
€€Same stable as Walter Benedict and Bowie, but a neighbourhood café with a big beer list. Small plates and a few hearty mains on the Valkenbosplein.
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Callao
€€Ceviche and causa nikkei from chef Jaime Pesaque, under timber beams on the harbour.
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Catch by Simonis
€€€Lobster and seafood platters, French with an Asian touch, and the boats right in front of you. It's on the pricier side.
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Cottontree City
€€No set courses, just individual dishes from 21 euros. Chef Dimitri Heinrichs cooks with regional seasonal produce on the Lange Voorhout.
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De Basiliek
€€The changing three-course chef's menu is €39.75. Otherwise it's Mediterranean food with an Asian edge, just off the Plein.
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De Coterie
€€You come in for a glass of wine and stay for the food. Southern European cooking with Dutch produce on the Theresiastraat, listed in the Michelin Guide.
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Dekxels
€€€Book well ahead, as it's often full. Mediterranean and Asian small plates in a green room that feels like a conservatory.
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Dr. Wines
€€More than 150 wines and French-Asian food, from gyoza to haddock. The high wine, three wines with matching bites, is a good way in.
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El Mercat
€€€Build your own spread of jamón and anchovies, or let the team pick. Spanish, on the Hooikade just round the corner from the Denneweg.
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Gallery 61
One of the oldest buildings in De Passage, with art all over the walls. Every so often there's live music.
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Garoeda
Five floors of Balinese woodcarving with a cocktail bar at the top. The Indonesian restaurant on the Kneuterdijk is back, with everything from street food to rijsttafel.
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Giorgio Rosa
€€Pasta from their own pasta lab, in a room designed by Rein Rambaldo. You can park across the street.
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Glaswerk
A big terrace on the Trekvliet by the Fokkerhaven. Small plates heavy on fish, with wine by the glass.
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Harper
The building dates from 1731, with a fireplace and a bar with real glamour. Smart, but you feel at home straight away.
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Harpoon
Quieter than the Plaats, from the owner of beach pavilion De Staat. Seafood and wine for sharing, and there's an indoor garden.
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Het Gouden Kalf
€€The menu changes every month. Fresh North Sea fish, meat off the barbecue, and the boats in the harbour outside the window.
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Il Peperoncino
€€Family photos on the walls and house-made pinsa on the table. Exactly the homely bustle you want from a good Italian on the Frederik Hendriklaan.
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Jamey Bennett
The international living room of the Plaats, all Chesterfields and proper G&Ts. The sharing plates come out of a Mibrasa charcoal oven.
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Kamer le Deux
Where Bistrot de la Place used to be, round the corner from the Denneweg. Now an intimate bistro and cocktail bar, Mediterranean with a French touch.
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Kantoor 1643
A 17th-century house on the Prinsegracht with French-Japanese sharing plates and a long cocktail list. Vinyl DJs at weekends.
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Le Café
Small and French, like a Paris side street. The menu's on a chalkboard and you can only book by phone.
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Le Quartier
Green velvet and steak tartare on the Van Hoytemastraat, plus a three-course menu every week.
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Lemongrass
€€€Sole Monday and Lobster Thursday are fixtures every week. A harbour classic with French bistro cooking and more than 700 wines on the list.
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Marius Wijncafé
€€Any bottle from the wine shop next door can be opened at your table. There's a serious sake list too, and the menu changes monthly.
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Moose
€€Almost everything comes out of the wood-fired oven. Small plates from 14 euros, on a quiet street near the Denneweg.
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Oker
€€Walter Benedict's next-door neighbour. Good cocktails and French-Asian food in small portions for sharing, from brunch until late.
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Palmette
€€The one with the famous wall of colour on the Plaats. Breakfast boards in the morning, a French-leaning menu at night.
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Pan
€€A striking corner building near the Beatrixkwartier, with a big terrace. In the evening it's à la carte or the chef's sharing menu.
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Pastis
€€Classic French food cooked to order, on the car-free Oude Molstraat. The wine list is solid and French as well.
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Publique
€€A corner spot with stained-glass windows. The kitchen cooks from fresh market produce, heavy on vegetables, with a Mediterranean lean.
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Restaurant ñ
€€Boquerones and ibérico to start, then small plates of fish or game. A historic building on the Nobelstraat, with tightly packed tables.
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Restaurant Suus
You eat in the former KLM headquarters, under the pavilion's copper roof. Over 120 wines, and the Albert Bar is right next door.
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Resumé by 6&24
€€Twelve champagnes and 25 wines by the glass, with a few bites or a full dinner. The less formal sibling of 6&24, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026.
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Schlemmer
From April to October you can sit out in the city garden, with its fountain and outdoor bar. A classic café restaurant close to the Plein.
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Suzie Q
€€Botanical inside, the second harbour outside. Small plates to share, ranging from Mediterranean to Asian and Latin.
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Tapisco
€€A bar crammed with hams and bottles. Spanish tapas and Portuguese petiscos to share, and a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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The Old Jazz
Dark wood and low light in an art deco room just off the Frederik Hendriklaan. Sushi and good cocktails for nights that run long.
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Walter Benedict
€€The wine list is one of the strongest in town. You sit among brick walls on a Persian rug, any time from breakfast to dinner.
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Yuzu Dining
€€Small plates off the robata charcoal grill with sake, in a former garage on the Bierkade. Or leave it to the kitchen and go omakase.
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