Many restaurants can be found in the city center. Especially near the canals there is a huge choice of places to eat, each with their own style of kitchen, like Italian, Thai, American, etc. Ask the locals for which places are recommended as not every restaurant offers the same quality.
Cafe 't College, Mariastraat (Close to the dom), ☎ 030 2319136, . mo: 10am-7pm,tu-th:10am-01am,fr-sa: 10am-2pm,su 12am-7pm. Cozy jazz-blues restaurant with good simple food: steaks, salads, sate. The kitchen closes at 9pm, but you can get bitterballen, spring rolls, etc. after that.main: €14. �
Stadskasteel Oudaen , at Oudegracht 99, is a 13th century city castle turned restaurant.
There are several Flemish snack bars outside of Hoog Catharijne that sell wonderful thick fries with mayonnaise. Try it; it’s not as bad as John Travolta’s character seems to think in Pulp Fiction.
Bigoli, Schoutenstraat 12. Serves delicious italian sandwiches. Be prepared to wait in line at lunch time though.€3-5. �
Broadway, Oudegracht aan de werf 139, ☎ +31 30 2312643, . is an excellent spare ribs restaurant.mains €15–20. �
Luce, Visschersplein 75, ☎ +31 30 2333008, . is a hip and trendy restaurant. Very trendy atmosphere with exclusive and delicious food. mains €–. �
For cheap tapas go to El Mundo at Voorstraat or Mimadre at Oudkerkhof.
To try something dutch visit one of the snackbars and order a Kroket. A good one is behind City Hall, it is called Broodje Plof. A lot of Dutch people visit this place after a good night of binge drinking.
For a more multi-ethnic view of Utrecht, walk away from the old city from the bus station/central station, walk under the train tracks, and follow the bus route (straight ahead) about 200 meters. Try some affordable rotisserie style chicken on the left side of the Kanaalstraat, get a Moroccan style bagel across the street at one of the many middle eastern bakeries, and stock up on way-affordable (the cheapest in Utrecht) fruit and veggies at one of the many produce markets.
ACU, Voorstraat 71, . In this squatters cafe cheap vegan food is served on tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays and sundays. �
El Greco, Ganzenmarkt 28. This greek snackbar serves some of the best pita gyros sandwiches in Utrecht.(52.092442,5.119937)�
Mr. Jack's, Voorstraat 61, . This Greek/Italian restaurant is one of the cheapest places to eat in Utrecht. Pizzas are €5–9, and a full plate of gyros is €10. �
Mario, Oudegracht 130-132. This place sells Italian rolls in Utrecht, simply called Broodje Mario. They are famous among people from Utrecht; there's even a rap song about it by the local band Stropstrikkers.€3. �
De Oude Muntkelder, Oude Gracht a/d Werf 112, ☎ +31 30 231-6773, . 12:00-21:00 daily. Traditional Dutch pancake restaurant. They have a lovely setting beside the small canal. They have a wide varieties of pancakes, even quirky ones like the Norwegian pancake. On Mondays and Tuesdays all-you-can-eat pancakes for students for only €9.75.€10-15. �
Indonesia Asli, Biltstraat 56-58. mo-sa 12-20. Authentic (ie, spicy) Indonesian restaurant and take-away.€7-11. �
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