
Vinkeles is a one star restaurant in the boutique Dylan hotel. The hotel faces a canal but you can’t see it from the restaurant. The small indoor dining room has an enclosed patio with closely set 2-top tables in it. The glass roof is shaded by trees and buildings and some kind of garden area is behind it. Music is in the background but it might have bled in from the bar area you walk though to get to the restaurant. There also happened to be a wedding there in the large center court of the hotel. It’s noise level permeated the patio space but I’m guessing they seated most of the guests there as the inside dining room was even more affected. However it was a warm night and we asked twice to have some more air conditioning which had the slightest affect. Being hot, cramped with a thumping background noise did not seem to be the experience they were going for but hopefully it didn’t color my impressions of the food that seemed to decline in flavor as the evening went on. Continue reading