Watch my video here: Unlimited Dutch pancakes on the Pancake Boat.
Do you love pancakes? Would you also like to eat as many pancakes as you want, while enjoying the beautiful skyline of Rotterdam? Then sail with the Pancake Boat Rotterdam, a pleasant cruise on the Nieuwe Maas where you can eat unlimited Dutch pancakes to your heart’s content.
The Pancake Boat is a fun outing for young and old. For the little ones among us there is a super fun ball pool in the ship’s hold. I also made the boat tour and in my blog I tell you about my experiences on the Pancake Boat. You can also see this in my video above.
The Pancake Boat departs several times a day from the Parkhaven opposite the Euromast. We had booked the tickets online and that was very handy, because while waiting at the departure point, everyone was assigned a table number by name. That saves searching for a table when you go inside.
Boarding is fifteen minutes before departure, so it is wise to arrive fifteen minutes earlier. The Pancake Boat departs on time and you don’t want to miss the boat!
Everyone has a table at the window, which is very nice, because while eating your pancakes you can enjoy the great view of the Rotterdam skyline. We were above deck, the kitchen where the pancakes are baked and where you can get the pancakes is below deck.
You can choose from three types of pancakes; the natural pancake, the pancake with apple and the pancake with bacon. There is also a table with different toppings that you can put on your pancake, such as caster sugar, marshmallows and colored candies, but also grated cheese, pieces of brie and boiled eggs.
The first round, an employee will visit everyone at the table as soon as it is your turn to get pancakes. That way everyone gets the opportunity to start eating pancakes, because in a full boat the queues to the kitchen are very long. The people on the upper deck are the last to act.
Space is also quite tight, so you have to be patient in line. At the toppings you can have about three people at the table if you want to put toppings on your pancake, so before you have your pancake, you will lose some time. After the first round you are free to go get pancakes whenever you feel like it. Within seventy five minutes you can eat as many pancakes as you want.
You can eat unlimited pancakes and the record number of pancakes anyone has eaten to date is seventeen pancakes! In the end I didn’t get any further than two pancakes. The pancakes are light in taste and they are not thick. I liked them, but they filled me up pretty quickly.
Time flies by and before you know it you’ll be back in the harbour. I would have liked to sit on the boat for an hour longer to relax and enjoy. Keep in mind that it can be quite noisy on the Pancake Boat. You can also get a breath of fresh air on the deck and take pictures of Rotterdam.
It was a nice experience and I would do it again. Next time I will eat pancakes on the Pancake Boat Nijmegen. Are you coming too?
