Warung Spang Makandra

Mark Lungre★★★★★★★★★★5.02 months ago

My first time eating Surinamese food was amazing! I had the Spang Makandra Special and love it. My favorite was the chicken satay. My wife had the chicken in soy sauce and my son had the chicken roti.

Mikaela Millan★★★★★★★★★★5.08 months ago

Great atmosphere and vibes. Staff are friendly and accommodating. We had the chicken satay and Spang Makandra special. Both dishes were really good. Peanuts were not as finely chopped but the texture was actually okay. The ginger and passionfruit juices were delicious. Servings were decent. All in all, great value for money. Lots of tables to accommodate groups of all sizes. We came during lunch without a reservation and did not have to wait long to be seated. We would happily eat here again and recommend this to others.

Snem★★★★★★★★★★4.07 months ago

I would have given 5, but the fact that they do not give tap water only to charge people an extra 3 euros for bottled water is unaccaptable and very unsustainable as well. Water is a human right. How can you say you do not have tap water when someone is asking for water? You do have a tap and it has water running. Everything is great other than that but i am not okay with this nonsense policy. The staff at the welcome desk was the kindest person with a sense of humor.

Vivian Anne★★★★★★★★★★4.08 months ago

I had dinner reservations at Warung Spang Makandra in a Friday night for 7:30 PM and the restaurant was incredibly busy and crowded. After we checked in, I think we wait about 10 minutes before being seated. Bakabana (fried plantain) - I loved plantains and peanuts so a fried plantain with a savory peanut sauce was right up my alley and it was delicious. The plantain was crispy on the outside but soft in the inside. One thing to note is that one order is an entire plantain so just something to keep in mind. Teloah (fried cassava with salt cod) - this was also delicious. It's like a French fry but different. We got it with the salt cod but I ended up dipping it in the peanut sauce from the fried plantain Spang Makandra Special (fried rice - noodles, chicken filet, chickens satay, long beans, egg, potato sambal and perkedel (fried potato)) - a really good entree for someone who wants to try a little bit of everything. The chicken satay was great Mixed Meat (chicken & lamb) Roti - this entree was huge and full of meat. You can pick which cuts of meat you want (ex. chicken filet vs chicken on the bone). Lots of different things to try with the curry and roti. Very delicious and filling A really fun and new experience with Suriname food. Definitely recommend trying if you haven't had this cuisine before.

runnerandfoodie★★★★★★★★★★5.06 months ago

What's your favorite...❓ No matter how you finish this question, I'll have a hard time answering it. 🤔 Unless you're asking about a ⚽ soccer club, I don't think best or worst are realistic concepts. There's another exception (besides soccer): restaurants. I have a favorite restaurant in the world 🌍, and it's in Amsterdam 🇳🇱. I love it so much that for my b'day in 2020, my mom gave me a 🎟️ voucher for a meal there and my wife a voucher for ✈️ plane tickets to get there. 😍 Unfortunately, as you know because of the year I mentioned, that could not happen. 😭 And I never went back there until this year. At last! 🤩 It has changed a lot since my last visit, maybe 15 years ago. It's bigger now. It's fancier also. It was already a favorite of Ajax players' but it used to be more simple. Now it looks more like a 🍸 cocktail bar. But.. the menu hasn't changed. Or at least, what I used to love is still there. Spang Makandra is a restaurant specialised in 🇸🇷 Surinam cuisine. And I'm not a specialist in Surinam cuisine, as you can imagine. But that's not an issue because they offer a special combo of what's best in that cuisine. Well, I almost hope it's the best cause it's so good! 😅 OK, there's something missing in that plate: the plantain 🍌. But don't worry, I fixed that. That plantain is so, so amazing. 😋 The staff was as nice as usual and the price... Well, the first time I went there, I paid €10 for a full gargantuan meal (no wine, no dessert). This time I paid almost twice that price. But it was still worth it, and it's still affordable given nowadays standards. 👍 If I visited Spang Makandra for the first time today, would I think it's my favorite restaurant? If I'm honest, maybe not. But that's not the case: I've known this place for years, I always loved it and it remains, as of today, my favorite venue in the world. 👏 And I objectively believe it's a top-notch restaurant and a place you MUST visit when you're in Amsterdam. . . . Quality & taste: 10/10 Quantities: 10/10 Atmosphere: 7/10 Originality: 10/10 Ratio price / quality: 10/10 Service: 8/10 How I felt afterwards: 10/10