Nela is one of those restaurants with a very clear ethos established right from the offset. Hari Shetty and Ori Geller have set out to build an eating experience based around live-fire cooking techniques, allowing the ‘purity’ of the ingredients to shine. A beautiful spot to chat an evening away, the setting is stunning and refined and in places the food is genius. In some others though, it feels overcomplicated for overcomplicated’s sake.
Expectations are set from the get go with the restaurant located inside a striking skyscraper in the business district of the Dutch capital. The design is quite remarkable and the heated drinks terrace is somewhere I could easily chat away for hours.