Vaca Negra Steak & Grill - Melkmarkt 18

Come for the steak Stay for desert ( brownies?)

Yesterday was the first day for restaurants to reopen and it was a bank holiday. Surprisingly though the terasse was completely empty at lunchtime even though it was a glorious sunny day. You'd think they would therefore be very accomodating to their only customer at that time. I understand that their lunch menu had to be small, it is difficult to restock and predict how many people you'd serve on that day and the burger that was the most expensive thing on the menu was indeed gigantic so the price was correct. However, if they wanted a good review to attract customers, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint. It's s all in the details but still I left feeling something had gone wrong with that whole experience. We are invited to sit down not having been asked if we had any symptoms. We then order drinks and that took a while to come. I was given the choice between a cola light and a cola zero, I chose light, I got a cola zero, no explantions..Then we order our food and again that took a while and even though I like the fact that they gave us the medium option for the burger and the wait generally reflects the freshness of the cooking. BUT we were, again, the only customers there. I then was asked if I wanted anything else, I asked for mustard, to my surprise and WITHOUT any prewarning they charged us for the mustard with a 'mayo' option written on the bill (1.5 euros if I remember, some pricey mustard and this was not even written on the menu). All in all I cannot recommend this place.

The food was delicious. If you love meat you will love this place. There was some mistake with our order so we waited quite a while (but that is not the case usually I guess). They did handle the situation professionally and apologized and offered some free drinks. It was worth the wait.

Pro: The meat was amazing, the service personal kind and attentive, awesome dessert, clean bathroom, nice atmosphere, tapwater for free, good price-quality ratio (for NL anyways) Contra: In a steakhouse of this quality and price range, I would expect a fresh grilled corn cob and not the precooked ones you can also buy in the supermarket - especially for 4 Euro!

Best steakhouse every tried back in 2018 summer. I miss the food so much.... Mixed Grill is fantastic and the portion is large for an Asian like me.

We celebrated my brother's graduation here. Amazing food, great service. (Especially the meat was very high quality and cooked perfectly) The staff was extremely friendly and professional.

Simply outstanding! I had dinner with my family here, we all appreciated the extremely friendly environment and the amazing taste of each dish. The staff is really welcoming and they really care of the customer wellbeing! Just try it, you won't regret the experience!

One word: amazing! When entering the restaurant your are immediately greated with a cosy, warm environment. As starter we had some bread. This bread was warm, nice and crunchy and delicious that together with the butter that was served with it, made a perfect combination. After the bread me and my girlfriend both had the mixed grill, with some fries. The mixed grill was oh so perfect and the fries were just delicious. Not just any kind of fries but like the really good ones. We booth had a great time and a very well prepared meal. Definitively 5 stars.