Bierencafé de Heks

We visited Bierencafé de Heks on Wednesday 26th September 2018. It was a lovely day weather wise, we had sat out at another café in the main square and had something to eat earlier as this was yet to open. When we did eventually arrive here Loz had Uiltje El Patron, I forget what I had but we sat outside in the early autumn sunshine. Bierencafé de Heks is in the centre of Deventer located just past the bottom end of the main square in town. It is a nice place inside, quite traditional bar straight ahead, with a large beer list off to the side. The young female serving us may have been having an off day as she seemed quite unhelpful and indifferent towards us, it wasn't as if she was unfriendly it's as though we were a chore and she wanted to get back to chatting with her regulars. Back to the bar inside, there was seating in here,it looked quite traditional but nice appearance, however as already mentioned we chose to sit outside.

A couple of retired looking chaps and the bar lady also came outside as they all wanted a cigarette, one of them then proceeded to sound like he was trying to hack his lungs up in between drags of his cigarette throughout the entire time it took us to finish our drinks. I suspect that if we'd have come on a different day we may well have got a much better impression of the place. Perhaps it hadn't long opened when we'd arrived, perhaps the young bar lady had been a bit rushed, I could put out all manner of suggestions as to a reason our experience was as it was, but whatever excuses there may be, sadly this was how it was for us today. If truth be told we much preferred the place we'd eaten lunch at despite its much more than limited beer choice of mostly Brand beers.

Visited on a friday evening, packed to the max, music levels where louder than your average music concert. Staff was friendly, selection of beer is good, prices are ok to a bit higher. If the music wasnt as loud, and if it wasnt as packed i would have stayed longer... but i want to be able to talk to my friends when im somwehere....

Finally made it to this bar. Full of beer what can I say, small and on this Thursday afternoon not very busy. Had a local DAVO beer. Nice.

Pretty, small to medium-sized bar close to the market square. Rather crowded on a Saturday afternoon/early evening with a very mixed but younger audience. More than a dozen taps with Dutch and Belgian standards and a few micros as well plus one real house beer and quite a nice bottle selection mainly from smaller Dutch breweries. Nothing spectacular but very solid. Average prices and attentive staff. Nice bar!

Nice bar at the centre of the city. Lots of taps, good atmosphere, nice barkeepers. They serve a small glas as taster if you’re interested in one og the tap beers. Also good music, a bit alternative.

Cozy atmospheric bar in the beautiful town of Deventer. Selection is decent, with a number of Dutch beers on tap and a collection of mostly Belgian bottled beers. Unfortunately, a couple of interesting beers on their board were no longer available. They should take the effort to update it. Staff was friendly enough. Be sure to try their house beer, which is pretty good. Update january 2016: Pleased to find an expanded tap and bottle menu, including some Mikkeller and US beers.

Nice brown beer bar with okay selection on its 18 taps and there also enough diverse bottles too. Nice bar in the center of Deventer near the terraces of the other cafés.

Cozy and small pub in Deventer. When we got there on wednesday 6.30 pm, we didn’t get anything like the almost empty pub as we expected. Instead, the place was packed with young and beautiful women. Interns from the local hospital the bartender later told me. They left at 8 and left an almost empty pub. Taps include some beers from dutch microbreweries as well as a lot of belgians. Their own beer Pyromaan is well worth trying. Bottles aren’t very interesting, mostly common belgians and only a few rarer beers. Nice music and not very expensive.

Exceptional beerpub in the beautiful old town of Deventer. They serve their own beer, which is easy but good. Ask for the bottled selection, the lists on the wall are no longer up to date. Good service, nice and open atmosphere, well priced. I love this place.