Vegetarian options
Vegan-friendly
The delicious details
A Beautiful Mess sits on the ground floor of the Booking.com headquarters at Oosterdokseiland, looking out over the IJ river and the Nemo Science Museum. The kitchen draws on the home cuisines of its chefs, producing a sharing menu of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean mezze: hummus, muhammara, Iraqi chicken and freshly baked flatbreads.
The restaurant is an initiative of Refugee Company, a social enterprise that provides people who have fled to the Netherlands with a 12 week professional hospitality training programme. Recipes reflect the traditions and techniques that staff bring from their home countries, spanning the Middle East, North Africa and further afield.
The dining room is bright and relaxed, with floor to ceiling windows and an outdoor terrace on the waterfront. All dishes are halal, and the menu offers generous space for vegan and vegetarian eating.
