The story
Restaurant 1857 is a French fine dining restaurant at Molenstraat 18 in Roosendaal, and it holds one Michelin star (2026). Joey and Joke van Heesbeen run the room in a former coach house dating from 1857, with the kitchen on show and the dining room set up for long, unhurried evenings.
Joey van Heesbeen cooks a refined, unconventional fine dining menu and likes to add surprising elements to the plate. Vegetables and herbs, some from the restaurant's own garden, play a large part in his cooking. Joke van Heesbeen hosts the room and pours the wines. Gault&Millau awarded the restaurant 15.5 points in 2026.
A starter of new herring comes with cucumber, sansho pepper and verbena, and reviewers found it salty, tingling and fresh. Langoustine is pan-seared and glazed, served with a shellfish XO sauce, langoustine mayonnaise, yuzu gel and caviar. The veal tongue, with eel, kalamansi, green cabbage and koji, was singled out as the highlight of one recent visit.
The old bread oven and the stone horse trough are still in place, next to a contemporary interior. The open kitchen sits beside a chef's table bar, where guests can watch the team plate each course and ask questions. Diners can choose a multi-course menu, a vegetable menu, or à la carte.
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