# Vleminckx de Sausmeester

> Vlaams Friteshuis Vleminckx de Sausmeester: homemade Belgian fries in a paper cone, crowned by a wall of more than twenty sauces. Voetboogstraat 33, Amsterdam. Family business anno 1887, on this spot since 1957.

## Facts

- Address: Voetboogstraat 33, 1012 XK Amsterdam, a side street between Spui and Kalverstraat
- Opening hours: Monday 11:00 - 19:00; Tuesday 11:00 - 19:00; Wednesday 11:00 - 19:00; Thursday 11:00 - 20:00; Friday 11:00 - 19:00; Saturday 11:00 - 19:00; Sunday 11:00 - 19:00
- A takeaway counter: no seats, no reservations, no online ordering. Card and cash.
- Vleminckx fries at a table, with online booking or delivered: The Chicken Bar, Voetboogstraat 6-8 (same family). With fried cod: Fish & Fries, Muntplein 1 (same family).
- Rating: 4.5 out of 5 on Google, 5,774 reviews
- Press: Condé Nast Traveler (https://www.cntraveler.com/restaurants/amsterdam/vlaams-friteshuis-vleminckx); Time Out Amsterdam (https://www.timeout.com/amsterdam/restaurants/cheap-eats-in-amsterdam); Het Parool; Lonely Planet (https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/best-places-to-eat-in-amsterdam)

## Sauces (board numbers)

- 1. Fries sauce
- 2. Mayonnaise (the classic)
- 3. Tomato ketchup
- 4. Curry ketchup
- 5. Satay sauce (warm peanut sauce)
- 6. Sambal sauce (hot)
- 7. Joppie sauce (the Dutch cult favourite)
- 8. Piccalilly
- 9. Apple sauce
- 10. Special mix curry ketchup (with mayonnaise + onions)
- 11. Special mix tomato ketchup (with mayonnaise + onions)
- 12. Oorlog mix (with mayonnaise + satay sauce + onions)
- 13. Belgian mayonnaise
- 14. Samurai sauce (spicy and creamy)
- 15. American sauce
- 16. Tartar sauce
- 17. Andalouse sauce
- 18. Hannibal sauce (lightly spicy, praised by Het Parool)
- 19. Cocktail sauce
- 20. Garlic sauce
- 21. Mustard sauce
- 22. Spicy ketchup
- 23. Barbecue sauce

## Questions and answers

- What are the opening hours? Vleminckx is open seven days a week: Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00, Thursday from 11:00 to 20:00. The freshest tip: come outside the lunch and dinner peaks and the queue is at its shortest.
- Where exactly is Vleminckx? Voetboogstraat 33, a small side street between Spui and Heiligeweg, one minute from Kalverstraat. Look for the cream awning, the red lettering and, most days, the line of happy people.
- Do you pay by card or cash? Both. Card and cash are taken at the window, and most people tap. Order, pay, sauce, done: the queue moves fast either way.
- Can I order online or book a table? Not here: Vleminckx is a hatch in the wall, you order and pay at the window and there are no tables to book. If you want Vleminckx fries with a seat, table service and online ordering, walk fifty metres to The Chicken Bar at Voetboogstraat 6-8 (same family, rotisserie chicken with our fries), thechickenbar.nl.
- Which sizes can I order? Three sizes: small, medium and large, always fried to order and served in the classic paper cone. Sauce is charged separately, exactly as the sign above the counter has said for decades: price not includes saus.
- Which sauce should I choose? The house classic is the oorlog mix: mayonnaise, warm satay sauce and chopped onions. Joppie sauce is the Dutch cult favourite, and the Belgian wall runs from samurai to andalouse. Our sauce guide walks you through all of them.
- What is a patatje oorlog? The most Dutch way to eat fries: mayonnaise, warm satay (peanut) sauce and raw chopped onions on top. The name literally means war, because of how the cone looks. One reviewer put it best: it is the sauce that wins the war.
- Are the fries vegetarian? Yes. It says so on the facade in capital letters: the fries are prepared vegetarian, in vegetable oil. Most sauces are vegetarian too; ask at the counter if you want to be sure about a specific one.
- Are there vegan options? The fries are vegan: potato, vegetable oil, salt, and fried in oil that only ever sees fries. Tomato ketchup, curry ketchup and sambal contain no egg or dairy; every mayonnaise-based sauce does. Ask at the window if you want to be certain about a specific board.
- Are the fries gluten-free? Yes. Fries are the only thing we make, so nothing breaded ever goes into our fryers and there is no cross-contact with snacks. Potato, vegetable oil, salt. Among the sauces, mayonnaise, ketchup, curry ketchup and satay are the safe classics; ask at the counter about a specific Belgian sauce if gluten is a medical matter for you.
- Which allergens should I know about? The fries themselves are potato, vegetable oil and salt: none of the fourteen listed allergens. The sauces are where you look: the mayonnaise family (mayonnaise, fries sauce, oorlog, joppie, samurai, andalouse, cocktail, tartar, garlic) contains egg and mustard, satay sauce contains peanuts, and a few Belgian sauces carry soy or gluten. Name your allergy at the window and we point you to the safe boards.
- Are the fries halal? There is no meat, no animal fat and no alcohol at this counter: fries in vegetable oil and a wall of sauces, that is the whole menu. We are not certified, so if certification matters to you, treat this as vegetarian fries in vegetable oil and choose your sauce accordingly.
- Is the queue long? There is a line most days, and it is part of the experience: fries are cut and fried in small batches, all day long. It moves quickly. Reviewers keep writing the same two things: worth the wait, and it went faster than expected.
- Can I sit down somewhere? Vleminckx is a true hole-in-the-wall: no tables, no chairs, just the counter and the street. Eat them the Amsterdam way, walking towards Spui or the flower market, or find a bench around the Begijnhof. Want to sit down with the same fries? The Chicken Bar at Voetboogstraat 6-8, fifty metres away and family, serves them at the table.
- Are there more places like this from the same family? Yes: The Chicken Bar at Voetboogstraat 6-8 (rotisserie chicken with Vleminckx fries), Fish & Fries on Muntplein (fried cod with Vleminckx fries) and The Dutch Chocolate Bar at Heiligeweg 20. All within two hundred metres of the cone that started it.

## Guides

- [The best fries in Amsterdam](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/best-fries-amsterdam/): Ask an Amsterdammer where to find the best fries in the city and you will hear one street name more than any other: Voetboogstraat. This is why the little counter at number 33 earned that reputation, and how to make the most of your visit.
- [The Vleminckx sauce guide: all 20+ sauces explained](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/sauce-guide/): They do not call this shop the Sausmeester for nothing. Two boards hang above the counter: the regular wall and the Belgian wall. Here is every sauce on them, what it tastes like, and how the regulars combine them.
- [Where to eat Vleminckx fries: at the counter, with fish, or at a table](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/where-to-eat-vleminckx-fries/): Vleminckx fries come from one famous counter on Voetboogstraat, but the family serves them in three places within two hundred metres. Here is which one to pick when you want to queue, want fish with your fries, want to sit down, or want them delivered.
- [What is a patatje oorlog?](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/patatje-oorlog/): Patatje oorlog, literally "fries at war", is the most Dutch thing you can order at a fries counter: mayonnaise, warm satay sauce and raw chopped onions piled on hot fries. At Vleminckx it has been the house classic for generations.
- [What is joppie sauce?](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/joppie-sauce/): Yellow, creamy, faintly curried, studded with onion: joppie sauce is the Netherlands' cult fries sauce, and the question every visitor asks at the counter. Here is what it is, how it tastes, and why a Tripadvisor review here is titled simply "Joppie sauce for the win".
- [Fries near Spui, Kalverstraat and the flower market](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/fries-near-spui/): Shopping the Kalverstraat, browsing the book market on Spui, or walking the flower market? The best food stop in the quarter is a two-minute detour into a small side street: Voetboogstraat 33.
- [Vegetarian fries in Amsterdam](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/vegetarian-fries-amsterdam/): It is painted on the facade in capital letters: VEGETARIAN. At Vleminckx the fries are prepared vegetarian, fried in vegetable oil, which makes this one of the easiest and best meat-free bites in the centre of Amsterdam.
- [Anno 1887: the story of the Sausmeesters](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/history/): The sign above the counter carries two dates. Anno 1887, when the Vleminckx family story in fries begins, and 1957, when the little shop on Voetboogstraat opened its hatch. Amsterdam has been queueing here ever since.
- [How to order fries like a local](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/en/how-to-order/): No menus to study, no table to book. Ordering at Vleminckx takes fifteen seconds if you know the ritual. Here is the local script, from joining the queue to the last fry in the cone.
- [The family: fries, fish and chicken](https://vleminckxdesausmeester.nl/family/)

## The family

- Fish & Fries, Muntplein 1: https://fishfries.nl
- The Chicken Bar, Voetboogstraat 6-8: https://www.thechickenbar.nl
- The Dutch Chocolate Bar, Heiligeweg 20: https://thedutchchocolatebar.nl

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