Rotterdam · Netherlands
The Rotterdam food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
A soft, flaky flatbread with chicken curry, potatoes, long beans and a boiled egg, eaten by tearing the roti and scooping.
Best at Roopram Roti, Mathenesserplein, Delfshaven. Get: Roti kip (chicken) with egg, potato and kousenband, plus pepper sauce
Five places, and what to order
- Fenix Food Factorymarket · KatendrechtGet: Cheese, bread, craft beer
- Foodhallen Rotterdammarket · WilhelminakadeGet: Indonesian, seafood, Chinese, Italian stalls
- Vismarktmarket · city centreGet: Herring, mackerel, shrimp, oysters
- Ashafor surinamese roti · Bergweg, Rotterdam-NoordGet: Roti kip, and a bara or pom on the side
- Rotilandfor surinamese roti · Gerrit Jan Mulderstraat, Rotterdam-WestGet: Roti kip or roti met schaap (lamb), to take away
The market
Market hall. Dutch cheese, international food stalls
How it works here
Tip: Service is included; round up or leave 5-10% for a great meal.
Book: Book dinner a few days out; brown cafes and herring stands are walk-in.
When locals eat: Lunch noon-2pm is light; dinner 6-9pm, kitchens close by 10.