TRAVEL - You have to eat in this restaurant The Oriënt Express

The Orient Express? Isn't that a train? Yes it is but this Oriënt Express is a restaurant at in Almelo in the near of the border with Germany. Amidst the great shops on Woonboulevard in Almelo you find in front of the McDonald a great restaurant that is always busy during the weekends. And the famous soccersclub (football) Heracles with his big Stadium around you is always full house before and after football matches. Why is it always busy there? I was curious and wanted to know it.

The Orient Express wikipedia

The Orient Express was a famous luxury train of the Belgian Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) who drove from Paris (with connection from London) to Istanbul. The train ran as scheduled, with interruptions and via different routes under different names between 1883 and 1977. Until December 13, 2009, the train still drove like a regular international train between Strasbourg and Vienna. Also organized special nostalgic rides under the name of Orient-Express. Nowadays a stopover in Munich or Frankfurt required for a train journey between Paris and Vienna.

Restaurant The Orient Express

Since 2010, The Orient Express serves the best regional specialties. Visit the restaurant in Almelo and experience the delectable journey from Paris to Istanbul. We stop at impressive towns and picturesque villages with delicious dishes.
So you can enjoy the stopover in Paris realm of sandwiches and delicious salads. And in Milan, you can try our freshly made pizzas. All ingredients are fresh daily. After a short trip, you may get to the place where the first coffee house in the world opened its doors: Venice. Let yourself be carried away by the aromatic blend of lightly roasted arabica and robusta beans and enjoy your cup of coffee. Our trip ends again in Istanbul. This city literally builds a gourmet bridge between Europe and Asia. That taste back in one of the many tasty meat dishes from The Oriënt Express.

My experience in this restaurant?

 In one word...DELICIOUS. I've got to be impressed by the flavors and scents from the food, so first I've ordered only appetizers. Our food was prepared by Jordi who has made quite a party from the dishes. Chapeau Jordi ... you let us feast.

The Starters

Potatoes de la tapas (Topped with garlic and spicy sauce)

Baked mushrooms

Bruschetta (with tomatoes, onions, aioli and grated cheese)

Delicious toasted bread with olive oil and sprinkled with herbs

The menu

Consists of six categories: small dishes, appetizers, salads, entrees, pizzas and lunch. For me it's too much on dishes. You could separate the lunch menu of the dinner menu. I would rearrange the menu for example seperate the lunch until 16:00 from the diner dishes with the starters, main courses and desserts for the evening event. Anyway, that's my opinion. There are too many choices. I would be pleased to have 6 choices per session. No more and no less. If you start to look at the menu card, then you can get a headache. Too many choices. On the other hand the food is very tasty and delicious but whit to much dishes the staff has to hurry up if the restaurant is totally full.

Personnel

Very friendly and very polite. Anything is possible and if not they will tell it you very kindly. We did not have to wait long for our food or drinks. The waitress was always asked if the food tasted well and if we missed something by our dishes. It's just what a client wanted in a restaurant...the attention. This experience is not always in all restaurants and especially in Amsterdam it's terrible. That's why I'm not always eat in a restaurant in town. At The Orient Express I experience the elegance and kindness of the personell. That's the way it should be. I couldn't ask everybody to make a picture because the restaurant started to get full for diner.

Facilities

Disabled access, an outdoor terrace with opportunities for children to enjoy themselves here (wooden houses involved), a large terrace with lounge type couches and comfortable seating. Beautiful decorations for decoration.

Conclusion

Good food for lowbudget prices. Staff are friendly and welcoming. Not too stirs to do things for you or to arrange. Anyway we went home with a doggy bag. The Oriënt Express is a restaurant where I will come back again and even though the kunefe they make it very well ... obviously the best is in Gaziantep (Turkey)... but the Orient Express could get closer. They also deliver, do catering, have children's menus and business lunches. One thing I don't like is the several dishes on the menu which takes a long time before you can make a choice. I would keep it on a number of dishes (not 20 untill 30 dishes on the menu for the main course)

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Greetings,

paula