Bikini Bikini
Leiden, Netherlands
The read// why locals go
Bikini Bikini is a café-restaurant at Haven 1, on the water at the edge of Leiden's old harbour. It runs from mid-morning until late, which makes it coffee, lunch, dinner and the drink afterwards without ever changing character. Six independent local sources list it as a neighbourhood favourite — a fair signal in a student city with no shortage of options. There is a terrace for harbourside weather, a vegetarian selection worth ordering from, and mains around €16. The appeal is the format as much as the food: somewhere you can arrive at any hour and never feel you have come at the wrong one.
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Haven 1 — Leiden
The read// why locals go
Bikini Bikini is a café-restaurant at Haven 1, on the water at the edge of Leiden's old harbour. It runs from mid-morning until late, which makes it coffee, lunch, dinner and the drink afterwards without ever changing character. Six independent local sources list it as a neighbourhood favourite — a fair signal in a student city with no shortage of options. There is a terrace for harbourside weather, a vegetarian selection worth ordering from, and mains around €16. The appeal is the format as much as the food: somewhere you can arrive at any hour and never feel you have come at the wrong one.