Grand Café Victoria

Thanks ratebeer app for losing my review, grrr. Nice big place with terrace seating on the square. Free wifi. Friendly service. Their beer selection seems to have gone downhill with 4 guest taps and 7 guest can beers. Not cheap at 5.50 for a 33cl glass. If I was coming to the Hague for the 1st time, this wouldn't be my first port of call for a craft beer

Not much to add here. Service was a bit shaky, forgetting orders etc, but the owner was very enthusiastic, especially about his beer connection with Free Beer Co. One of the Free Beer guys is now working here as well. The beer list is interesting enough to find a good brew. Besides the obvious Belgian classics (Duvel, Westmalle), they have a selection of Dutch craft beers from various sources (Eeuwige Jeugd, Kompaan, Kaapse Brouwers, Bird, Uiltje) which could definitely be worse. The beers from Free Beer are actually the big plus. On tap a special (in this case Heathen from Northern Monk) and 4-5 cans (at my visit: Whiplash Body Riddle, Kinnegar Black Bucket, Walhalla Elixir NEIPA and a Northern Monk's Northern Star). All but one (Walhalla) hard to come by in The Hague beer bars. Of course, Roots and Paas have more beers on display, but when it comes to getting a tick or 4, visit this one. We didn't try the food but what we saw looked great and we will certainly go here again.

Nice big place with modern interior. It doesn't look too big from outside, but the place widens up towards the back. In the back there's even a little fire. Lots of seating here, it's definately a place geared towards eating, which is also why there's lots of staff.

All the staff asking us the same questions three times in two minutes was a little uncomfortable, but then again we were sitting next to the kitchen doors and they were passing us every minute. But yeah, just assign one waiter to a table and all should be well.

Anyway, this place has recenly started a collaboration with local bottle/growler shop Free Beer, so they have the latest cans and one dedicated tap of Free Beer stuff which I guess will mean plenty of solid craft beer, in this case a new Cloudwater pale ale. Also some Dutch bottles and 9 other taps of which two are brewed especially for this bar (one was out though when we visited).

Overall I quite liked it, it looks nice, they have a solid selection of beers and it's nice to see a place attempt to stay in the loop with local collaborations. I wouldn't go out of my way for it, but when in the area I'd be very happy to have a beer here again.

This place looks nice. At our entree we were invited to order beers from can so we could hang our tins in the Christmas tree. What an entree. I hate waiters, or people in general. So please give me my space. They swarm like flies in this place. We came for the special Free Beer cloudwater tap today and found 9 more taps. We also tried the place’s dedicated seasonal beer from HBM. They were trying hard to look super busy, quite some staff running around, asking everything is ok every time they pass, but it was in fact a relatively quiet place with lots of couples/dates sharing small tables. I'd visit again, but wasn't super impressed.