Lola's

What Lola's does

Lola's is a privately held, single-location café-restaurant operating at Herman Broodhof 103 in the Holland Park Diemen district of Diemen, Netherlands, near Amsterdam. The venue operates as a full-day neighborhood hospitality concept, offering breakfast (from June 2026 on weekdays), lunch, shared-dining dinner, an extensive wine and cocktail list, and bar bites, with a daily fresh-preparation open kitchen and a sun-facing park terrace. It is owner-operated by a team led by Leslie, Robbert, Julius, Jop, and Catherina, with a total headcount of approximately 16 staff.

The product portfolio is built around shared dining as the core dinner concept, complemented by a separate lunch menu, an extensive wine list curated across French, Italian, Spanish, and German regions, and a dedicated drinks and bar-bites menu. Supplementary revenue streams include group reservations for celebrations, corporate meetings and borrels held in the private sub-brand "Bar Beppie" (up to 35 persons for borrels, 24 for meetings), gift vouchers, recurring live entertainment and sports-viewing programming, themed dining nights, and seasonal holiday menus (Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day). Distribution is direct-to-consumer through walk-in service, Zenchef-powered online reservations, and email-based group and event bookings; a seasonal IJsboutique ice cream cart operates outside the restaurant from 1 June to 12 September 2026.

The business model is transaction-based across all revenue streams, with no membership, subscription, or institutional anchor clients. Pricing is per-cover, ranging from €3.70 for a draft beer to €140 for premium champagne, with lunch items from €8.50 to €24.50, shared-dining dinner dishes from €4.75 to €64.00, and special event menus (e.g., €59.90–€64.90 for Christmas multi-course, €135 for a dinner show). The customer base is diversified across local residents, social groups, families, and corporate bookers drawn from Diemen and the broader Amsterdam metropolitan area. There is no disclosed funding, no parent company, no API or app product, and no institutional ownership.

Name

Lola's

Legal name

Lola's (Café - Restaurant)

Website

https://lola-s.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lola's is a single-location, owner-operated café-restaurant in Diemen, Netherlands, serving breakfast (from June 2026), lunch, shared-dining dinner, drinks, and private events including corporate meetings in its Bar Beppie sub-brand, catering to local residents and surrounding Amsterdam neighborhoods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Café-Restaurant Hospitality

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cocktail Bars & Lounges (CRANACAD)

Keywords

• Café restaurant service
• Shared dining concept
• Private event venue
• High tea service
• Hospitality dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Diemen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food & Beverage Sales: Revenue from serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks including coffee, cocktails, wine, beer, and special beverages. Menu includes shared dining, à la carte items, and special event menus.
2. Gift Cards (Cadeaubonnen): Custom-value gift cards that customers purchase and redeem in-person at the restaurant
3. Event Hosting: Revenue from hosting special events, private parties, business gatherings, and celebrations with custom catering arrangements

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lola's operates a café-restaurant in Diemen, Netherlands, offering a shared dining menu, à la carte lunch service, drinks and wine selections, high tea, and live entertainment evenings. The venue also provides the private Bar Beppie space for groups and events, business dining arrangements, and gift vouchers for resale. All dishes are prepared fresh daily in an open kitchen for transparency and quality.

Product overview

Lola's is a café-restaurant in Diemen, Netherlands operating as a single unified hospitality venue. The core offering centers on shared dining (dinner) and lunch services, supported by an extensive wine card and drinks/bar bites menu. Additional revenue streams include group reservations, business event arrangements, gift vouchers, and private event space 'Bar Beppie'. The restaurant also hosts regular events including live music, DJ nights, game evenings, and seasonal celebrations. A kids menu and breakfast service (starting June 2026) cater to families. The establishment features an open kitchen, terrace with park views, and operates as a neighborhood 'huiskamer' (living room) concept.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bar Beppie: A private room within Lola's, suitable for watching sports (Ajax, Formula 1), private dinners, borrels, and meetings. Accommodates up to 24 persons for meetings or 35 for borrels.

Products and services

• Café-Restaurant Lola's Dining Experience

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IJsboutiqueminorOthers · 1 June 2026IJsboutique provides artisanal ice cream for Lola's ice cream cart stationed outside the restaurant during spring and summer months (June 1 - September 12, 2026). Ice cream is freshly prepared daily in Amsterdam, known for pure ingredients and rich flavors including hazelnut, coffee, salted caramel, pistachio, mango sorbet, strawberry sorbet, vanilla, chocolate, yoghurt amarena, and stracciatella. The ice cream cart operates during regular restaurant hours.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• De Plantage: Amsterdam all-day café-restaurant with terrace, classic menu and bar — directly comparable operating model to Lola's in the broader Amsterdam dining market.
• Bakers & Roasters: Popular Amsterdam all-day café-restaurant known for breakfast, lunch and brunch — overlaps with Lola's expansion into breakfast and casual all-day dining.
• Brasserie Ambassade: Amsterdam brasserie-style full-service restaurant with classic European menu and bar — comparable premium-casual Dutch operator with similar group and event positioning.
• Café Brecht: Amsterdam café-restaurant offering all-day dining, shared plates and a strong drinks program in a casual neighborhood setting — directly comparable concept and catchment.
• Cannibale Royale: Amsterdam casual full-service restaurant with cocktails and a strong bar program — comparable neighborhood casual-dining-and-drinks operator in the same Dutch market.
• Café-Restaurant De Klos: Long-standing Amsterdam café-restaurant with meat-focused menu and bar — comparable neighborhood casual full-service operator with similar pricing architecture.
• The Seafood Bar: Amsterdam-based casual full-service restaurant with bar and shared dining elements — directly comparable Dutch casual dining operator with similar daypart coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Happy Italy: Dutch casual full-service restaurant chain — larger established competitor serving similar all-day casual dining occasions across the Netherlands.
• La Place: Established Dutch full-service restaurant chain with all-day menus and multiple locations — broader incumbent that competes with Lola's across dayparts and formats.
• Van der Valk Restaurants: Dutch hospitality group operating restaurants within hotel estates — broader incumbent with overlapping casual dining, event and group booking offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/lolas_diemen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lola-s-diemen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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