The Happy Pig Pancake Shop Amsterdam
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Hours
Sun
9:00 - 18:00
Mon
9:30 - 18:00
Tue
9:30 - 18:00
Wed
9:30 - 18:00
Thu
9:30 - 18:00
Fri
9:00 - 18:00
Sat
9:00 - 18:00
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CUISINES
Dutch, Cafe, European
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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About
The Happy Pig Pancake Shop is a unique little shop, located in the heart of historic Amsterdam. We sell authentic Dutch pancakes and Belgian waffles with delicious fillings and toppings, made from high quality certified organic ingredients. Your pancakes are freshly made on the spot, you can watch the cook make them! We also serve great organic coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chai latte, fresh orange juice and premium cold drinks. We have an eating bar, and if the weather is good, you can sit on one of our benches outside. Or you can take your pancake and eat it while shopping. We sell Fritz-Kola en other cool drinks, and great gifts like stroopwafels en Tony Chocolonely bars.
CUISINES
Dutch, Cafe, European
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Mastercard, Visa, Digital Payments, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards
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4.5
1,245 reviews
Excellent
830
Very good
254
Average
86
Poor
40
Terrible
35
Abbey R
6 contributions
Favourite Review
Dec 2022 • friends
Reasonable priced, small but cute. Vegan options and great with allergy concerns! Oh, and of course very yummy!
Written 28 December 2022
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Styleguru
235 contributions
Jan 2020 • none
Pancakes are served in a rolled form , like Japanese sushi. You choose your own fillings. Savoury or sweet. Waffles are also served here. They also served an unique organic soft serve ice cream. Good for dessert. Seating capacity are like bar stools, only about 10. Pancakes are pretty satisfying. This is not a restaurant, good for takeaways, or stand to eat. Prices are reasonable.
Written 10 January 2020
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BigTool
455 contributions
Jul 2019 • none
What a great way to start each morning in Amsterdam! And the potential combinations is, well I'm not certain, but I'm fairly certain that its a really big number. But you can eat here every morning and have a different type of"rolled"pancake each day. I really liked the Dutch Delight (gouda & fig jam) while The Wife had strawberries & hazelnut. The Happy Pig is located in a small alleyway and has a storefront about 3 meters wide. There will be very limited seating and usually seems busy, so be forewarned. Cheerful staff, too. If you take the food to go, you're about 1 block from a park (Begijnhof), and a canal, and maybe an available bench.
Written 22 June 2020
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Skye G
Eastbourne141 contributions
Jan 2020 • couples
lovely pancakes!!! also do vegan pancakes too which is AWESOME. we waited about 20 mins, but its okay since it's all freshly made! however it is a little pricey since its €5.95 BEFORE adding any toppings... each are €1+ per item. could also do with more toppings (we had lemon & sugar) as they only gave us a thin slice of lemon so it wasn't very lemony!!!
Written 14 January 2020
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Elena
2 contributions
Jun 2021 • couples
We went to get some good Dutch waffles, but they were burned, thin and tasted like nothing. The waiter were unfriendly and not complying with any corona respect - no mask, used gloves but touched everything else with those as well (dried off his drink with the gloves etc). He also spoke to a co-worker about how they shouldn’t drink that much before work etc., as if we didn’t understand Dutch. Considering all this; it is very overpriced and not worth a visit.
Written 13 June 2021
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Audrey
1 contribution
Jul 2022 • friends
Clearly unacceptable, the staff was really unpleasant.
I was brushing my hair after a day in the wind when the waitress told me to do that outside.
Then one of my friend noticed on the receipt that she paid for a traditional pancake instead of the vegan she ordered. When she asked if the pancake was going to be vegan, the same waitress told her that she was wrong and to lose the worried face.
Too bad cause the food was good.
Written 28 July 2022
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Keely Q
London49 contributions
Mar 2020 • friends
Travelling with a friend who eats a vegan diet we hunted for places that served vegan options. This place is tiny but the food is amazing!! We had the vegan pancake and a non vegan waffle which was great. About €15 total but seems standard Amsterdam prices.
Written 8 March 2020
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HBe
6 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
The Happy Pig offers an array of toppings for a vegan pancake. The most delicious dessert I have enjoyed during my trip was the vegan pancake with fresh strawberry and the chocolate-hazelnut sauce.
Come early to skip the long line ;)
Written 9 March 2020
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noreen145A
Ramsey5 contributions
Jun 2022 • family
This is breakfast / lunch you don’t want to miss. Options for vegan (dairy free if needed) and fresh fruit specials daily. Waffles available all can have a wide variety of toppings to meet everyone needs. Made to order, polite, and the facility is clean. Eco friendly. Coffee products are excellent!
Written 30 June 2022
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Andrea S
❤️👍❤️
Written 10 July 2022
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helenlerelere L
Angers141 contributions
Aug 2022 • family
We went here with our 5 year old coeliac daughter after reading online (and checking their menu) that they did GF pancakes.
On asking, they don’t as they can’t guarantee preparation, so as we were leaving I asked one of
The chefs - can you recommend anywhere with gluten free pancakes?
Practically shouting he said “if anyone tells you there are serving you GF pancakes, they are lying. There are no GF kitchens”… I tried to make a joke and say “mine at home is” which seemed to make him worse and he carried on being ridiculous. I wasn’t listening, just more concerned my little girl was listening to this Person.
This was all in front of my little girl who is highly aware of her disease and then was hugely upset by this person basically saying there was no safe place for her to eat. She proceeded to cry outside saying “why do I have to be coeliac” etc.We had been prepared for the visit and checked everything, even tried calling with no answer, to
Try and make
Sure we didn’t make her walk across
Amsterdam for nothing.
I am glad they were honest about not being able to guarantee GF, so for that they deserve the one star, but there was no need to put it across this way, and no need to do that in front of my daughter.
We went to lots of places That have separate gluten free areas to their kitchens and who could prepare food. Happy pig isn’t one of them.
Please don’t go here if you are coeliac.
Written 31 July 2022
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Lauren J
43 contributions
Jul 2020 • couples
This place is a hidden GEM! If you blinked you might walk past it, but DONT! The pancakes are made fresh and hot, loads of sauce and toppings.. and the ice cream is just amazing, especially with the salted caramel sauce on top.. just wow. We went back twice! Also don’t think they’re ‘small’ - they are sooo filling!
Written 18 July 2020
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deana marie
New Jersey121 contributions
Nov 2022 • none
I ordered the vegan rolled pancake with strawberries, bananas, chocolate sauce and powdered sugar.
I tend to have a sweet tooth in the morning, so this was the perfect breakfast! I love how they make the pancakes right in front of you. The fruit tasted super fresh and they were not stingy! The rolled pancake was slightly difficult to eat, but that made it fun! The employees were kind, the space was cute, and it was in a central location! Overall, the pancakes were a great snack, and a sweet experience.
Written 24 January 2023
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Marco
Dubai3 contributions
Nov 2021 • couples
This used to be my favorite place to visit in Amsterdam, but after this visit, never again. Never had such rude service by the OWNER/CHEF from any establishment before. They DO NOT have gluten free options anymore, they should be removed from their menu & when our order of waffles was incorrect, the blame was put on us. Pancakes were ok.
Written 5 November 2021
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Megan C
Barnsley37 contributions
Jan 2023 • couples
We popped by and grabbed some of the vegan pancakes with lemon and sugar, fab for those with allergy concerns like myself. Good portions - myself and my partner shared it for a dessert and it was perfect. Only thing is everything is made to order so the wait was quite long but definitely worth it if you have a sweet tooth.
Written 27 January 2023
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ABB_Lon
London996 contributions
Sept 2023 • solo
I visited the cafe about 4pm and it was really quiet with lots of tables free. The lady who made my pancake was lovely! There is something on the menu for everyone - vegan, non vegan, gluten free, sweet or savoury. I went for a vegan pancake with apple filling and lemon and sugar topping. It was so delicious (you would never know it’s vegan!) and huge! Looking forward to returning and trying some more flavours!
Written 20 September 2023
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