De Hems Dutch Cafe

I lived in amsterdam for a decade before I moved back to london. de hems is the place to go when I eat freche dutch bar. they all make classics. leverworst (sweden by hard pork pate served without brot), vlammetjes (very spicy Indonesian style deep roasted early rolls) and my favorite bitter bales (balls of cold, chilled, then baked and roasted deep). bitter bales (similar to croquettes, but liquid when biting them) were a little smaller than those they get in the normal in the lowlands. this indicates that they are actually homemade by scratches instead of imported via the freezer section. the other bar snacks are absolutely authentic...read more

A stalwart pub that has been around since the end of the century. a good pub to meet with friends or a after work drink. near chinatown.

Nice pub for after work drinks, and you eat is actually quite good! my colleague and I enjoyed pints in the upper floor, and the proximity to China city means that a cater cure is close.

De hems, the uncongruente Dutch pub in chinatown, is not much better, but at least they do not make much of their menu. here it is played down how the Dutch would do, fat little tasty to hold them longer on the bar. the bitter bales are certainly authentic, they remind me of the fat dripping vomiting gobstoppers i (drunkenly) in amsterdam cheered. half an hour after eating and they have a light curry message and the occasional gaseous impact of fat mingling with their exotic pint. because this has not only to do with eating, it is practically medieval. don't get me wrong, fried is after all one of my favorite food groups, but if you want to go down the line,...read more

Reliable old pub in the heart of the West End, De Hems has been around since when it was bought by a Dutch sailor of the same name It is the only Dutch cafe bar in the UK, although it is for all shapes and purposes very much a British pub in style, albeit with a selection of real Dutch ales. It's principal lager at the taps is the Dutch drop Orangeboom, a crisp tasting pale continental pilsener. And you may feel some of the refinement of European cafes while drinking one of their sweet cherry beers, but the floorboards by the end of the evening are always just as sticky and beer-sodden as any other pub in the area You can also get a glass of the Belgian amber ale Pauwel Kwak...read more