Puur

Puur in Leiden, the Netherlands, a beautiful western restaurant, Dutch flavor, good environment, warm service, good business, every dish is beautiful patterns, the taste is also very good!

The environment is good, I like the food and wine here, very good store.

The environment is very good, a very distinctive place.

My wife and I day tripped to Leiden from Amsterdam. Passing down the narrow alley Pieterskerk-Choorsteeg between Pieterskerk and the Stadhuis plaza we noticed the restaurant Puur, and decided to stay in Leiden for dinner there. The restaurant opens at 5 p.m. and we were the first guests, although many others soon followed. Our hostess, Virginia, was delightful and most accommodating. She gave us a window table on the alley and took our drink and dinner orders, despite her cast on a broken right arm from a recent accident. She recommended a Romanian white wine (described both as Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc) which was perfect with our meal. My wife started with a scallops dish which had a heavenly sauce with traces of vanilla. I had a large smoked salmon sushi (with an incredibly seasoned rice base) and with a mild wasabi sauce that was perfect. Both dishes were delivered to our table by the Chef, Cooke, who attended to us through out the meal. For main dishes, my wife had halibut, again in a very delicious sauce, and I had risotto with vegetables and prawns. The risotto sauce was like no other I have had. Together with bread, water, mint tea and Remy Martin cognac, the bill was 127 euro, a real bargain. After returning to Amsterdam I looked at the reviews for the restaurant on Trip Advisor. I cannot understand the couple of recent negative reviews— unless they were malicious feints. Puur is a gem of a restaurant which I will recommend unreservedly.

This is our fifth dinner at Puur. Food quality is amazing, great ambience and location. Only one disappointing point that our favourite dish coquilles were excluded from Fork discount without any warning on the website. We always order this starter and it felt like it was excluded from the promotion only for us. Despite that it's definitely our favourite restaurant in the old city of Leiden. We will be back!