Matties

Beautiful little restaurant in Delft. My husband and I came here a few days after New Years and the restaurant was empty, we had a private restaurant, waiter and chef. I think this is incredibly rare as typically you need to book a reservation weeks in advance — usually they cannot accommodate walk ins.
A cool little fact about Mattie’s is they buy all their groceries from local establishments. They get the fish from the fish market down the street, the bread from the bakery down the street and their cheese from the cheese store in the main square. And all their ingredients are incredibly fresh!
The bread — they get it half baked from the local bakery, so when you order it, it is hot and fresh out of the oven. There is a charge for the bread, but it’s totally worth it if you like delicious fresh bread! They also make a two different house spreads (butter with something), I forget exactly what they were, but both were delicious.
I ordered off the prix fixe menu while my husband ordered off the regular menu. Since Delft is known for how incredibly fresh their fish and seafood is, we got several seafood dishes.
Prawns Aioli € 9.90 — amazing! Perfectly cooked, great flavors, very fresh and delicious.
Crab appetizer — very generous portion of crab, has some kind of sauce as well. A cold dish, but very flavorful and LOTs of tender, fresh crab.
Fresh Dover Sole € 36.95 — apparently this is a relatively rare type of fish, the restaurant gets it fresh from the market daily, if they do not sell the fish, they return to market as they only use the freshest fish. You get an entire white fish (pretty meaty), as well as a few sides. The flavor and preparation of this was absolutely perfect! It’s a little on the pricier side, but we did not regret trying it!
They gave in between course palate cleansers which were incredibly delicious!
Dessert is a MUST try, their apple pie is very unique and unlike any apple pie I’ve ever had before. I don’t typically like or eat apple pie, but this one was so good. We also got the Dutch cookies — amazing texture of Bitter cookies, presentation was beautiful and everything on the plate tasted delicious!
Overall, my husband and I LOVED Matties, the service was great! The food was superb! We were not disappointed by any dish we received. Would definitely come back here again and recommend this place to others!