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In Den Rustwat interior with timber beams, a birch trunk and pendant lights

Getting here

Roadworks: please note the route

Until 3 October, the city is working on the Abram van Rijckevorselweg. We are open as usual. Please allow extra travel time.

From exit 25: follow signs E, then Trompenburg.

From exit 26: follow signs C, then Trompenburg.

The route is marked with yellow signs.

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In Den Rustwat
The thatched roof and historic façade of In Den Rustwat

About In Den Rustwat

Hospitable for more than four centuries

The chef

Meet Marcel

I am Marcel van Zomeren, proud owner and chef of In Den Rustwat in Rotterdam-Kralingen. The most valuable ingredients in my kitchen are love, time and the exceptional quality of the produce we use — carefully selected from organic and local growers such as Voedselbos de Biesbosch and Landzicht Biologisch.

Our dishes are rooted in French cuisine, enriched with worldly influences. My curiosity keeps driving me to discover new flavours and combinations.

My mission? Together with my fantastic kitchen and service brigade, to surprise and spoil our guests anew every single day!

Portrait of chef-owner Marcel van Zomeren

The team behind your visit

Chef Marcel van Zomeren and a host on the restaurant's front steps
Chef Marcel van Zomeren with his kitchen team at the restaurant entrance
Chef Marcel van Zomeren and a host looking over the menu together

Since 1597

The story of the refreshment room

  1. 1597

    An inn on the Honingerdijk

    The inn In Den Rustwat opens its doors — a resting point for travellers, affectionately called the 'verversingslokaaltje'.

  2. 1959

    Relocated, stone by stone

    The building moves from the top of the Honingerdijk to its current location, next to the Trompenburg Gardens & Arboretum.

  3. 18 May 1960

    Festive reopening

    Mayor Van Walsum reopens the premises. The tiled floor, the Delft blue wall tiles and the 'sagging' thatched roof are preserved.

  4. Today

    Fine dining in heritage

    With a 15/20 in Gault&Millau and membership of Alliance Gastronomique, the refreshment room ranks among Rotterdam's most valued culinary destinations.

Restaurant interior with historic details
Dining room with dark timber beams, a tiled wall and laid tables

The building

Authenticity in every detail

Many original elements have been preserved: the characteristic tiled floor, the Delft blue wall tiles and the unique thatched roof. Within those centuries-old walls you taste a kitchen of today — that contrast is what makes an evening with us so special.

Alliance Gastronomique

Member of Alliance Gastronomique

In Den Rustwat is a member of Alliance Gastronomique, the partnership of leading gastronomic restaurants in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Alliance menus on our card and the Alliance gift voucher stem from this partnership.

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