A prominent appearance

Ever since its opening in 2003 the national press has noticed that something was going on in Volendam. Some things in life just sells itself. To us this is saying something about our quality, something which we are quite proud of and where we do it all for.

Authentic local dishes served and eaten in the way it has been for many generations of real Volendammers, varied with some special meat or fish dishes, all of top quality.

Our menu offers it all.

The real connoisseurs have discovered us years ago, which means we have a very loyal group of returning visitors from all across the country (and even from other countries!).

You cannot pass the opportunity to have a taste of the world's most famous smoked eel. Smit-Bokkum is the smokehouse where this renowned delicacy has been coming from for the past 150 years. Will you miss this chance?

Try next to the traditional dishes like ‘straight up in the pan', ‘a mess' and ‘butter-and-eek', the many other delicacies from Volendam, which you should have tasted at least once in your life and you will be convinced: For tasteful food you'll be in the right place at Smit-Bokkum.  

The smokehouse

The heart of our pavilion is shaped around our smokehouse, where for 5 generations long the eel is smoked in a traditional way. The eel smokehouse of Smit-Bokkum is worldwide renowned. Thanks to the smoked eels of Smit-Bokkum, the ‘Volendammers' earned their nickname of ‘eel-farmers' and anyone who tastes our eels can understand why....

Smit-Bokkum is registered in the list of best restaurants of Northern-Holland

With fitting pride we'd like to announce that our famous casserole-eel and other delicious dishes of Smit-Bokkum hasn't gone unnoticed by the gastronomic readers of ‘Elsevier'. On the website of ‘Elsevier', Smit-Bokkum has been added to the list of best restaurants of Northern-Holland!

Dining in Smit-Bokkum
Dining in this famous restaurant is possible starting at prices from € 24,50 for a three-course dinner. Do you want some more menu-suggestions? Call or mail us.