Café-Restaurant Vogelhuis Oranjerie

What Café-Restaurant Vogelhuis Oranjerie does

Café-Restaurant Vogelhuis Oranjerie is a family-owned, single-location restaurant situated on Dorpsstraat in De Koog, the principal beach resort of Texel island in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland. Operating continuously since 1934 — originally as a 13-room hotel built by Sijbrand van der Vis and converted to a pure restaurant in 1992 — the business is now run by third-generation owners Anton van der Vis and Chéra Grootjen alongside a small kitchen and front-of-house leadership team. The offering centers on full-service dine-in lunch and dinner, with an extensive menu spanning light lunches, coffee tables, simple meals and elaborate dinners, complemented by Texel regional dishes such as Jutterschnitzel, lamb duo, and crispy cod in Texel beer batter, plus dedicated children's, vegetarian, gluten-free, and group menus.

The physical platform comprises a main restaurant with fireplace, two wintergardens (orangeries), and a south-facing terrace accommodating roughly 150 guests (65 covered plus 72 parasol seats), supported by a fully renovated 2018 electric kitchen, 48 rooftop solar panels (installed 2023, supplying 10% of annual energy consumption), three EV charging stations, and on-site staff housing for approximately 17 seasonal workers. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via walk-in service, an online reservation system for indoor dining, and an e-commerce channel for gift certificates; the restaurant also retails branded merchandise through shop.texel.net. Primary customer segments are Texel tourists (with documented repeat-visit rates up to 10 of 14 vacation days), local Texelaars, day-trippers, and families — all served through a single physical site that generates revenue entirely from on-premises food and beverage sales, gift certificates, and ancillary merchandise.

Name

Café-Restaurant Vogelhuis Oranjerie

Legal name

Restaurant Vogelhuis-Oranjerie

Website

https://restaurantvogelhuistexel.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Café-Restaurant Vogelhuis Oranjerie is a family-owned, single-location full-service restaurant in De Koog on Texel island, Netherlands, serving Texel tourists, day-trippers, locals, and families with lunch and dinner daily since 1934.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Dining Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

Keywords

• Restaurant dining services
• Family restaurant operations
• Terrace outdoor dining
• Group dining hospitality
• Texel regional cuisine

Headquarters

HQ city

De Koog

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Food and Beverage Sales: Core revenue from serving meals including lunch, dinner, snacks, and beverages. Menu includes light lunches, elaborate coffee service, simple tasty meals, and luxury dinners. Wide variety including meat, fish, vegetarian dishes, children's meals, and special diet options.
2. Gift Certificates: Sale of gift certificates (cadeaubonnen) for restaurant meals and experiences

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Restaurant Vogelhuis-Oranjerie operates a full-service, single-location restaurant on Texel island serving lunch, dinner, snacks and beverages from an extensive and varied menu that includes meat, fish, vegetarian, children’s and special-diet options. The business is complemented by a large south-facing terrace accommodating 150 guests, indoor dining in wintergardens and a fireplace room, gift certificates, group dining packages and Texel-branded merchandise, all delivered as a traditional hospitality experience to individual guests.

Product overview

Restaurant Oranjerie 't Vogelhuis is a single-location, family-run restaurant establishment founded in 1934, operated by the third generation of the Van der Vis family (Anton and Chéra). The offering centers on full-service dining with an extensive menu spanning lunch, dinner, and beverages, complemented by a large terrace seating area, children's facilities, and special dietary options. The restaurant also offers gift certificates and branded merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Dining (Lunch & Dinner) Full-service restaurant offering a varied menu including light lunches, extensive coffee tables, simple meals and luxurious dinners for individual guests. Menu features Texel regional classics such as lamb duo, Jutterschnitzel and crispy cod fillet in Texel beer batter, with meat, fish, vegetarian, children’s and special-diet options.
• Terrace / Patio Seating South-facing outdoor terrace accommodating up to 150 guests, featuring louvered-roof covered seating and parasol-covered seating, with outdoor heaters for cooler weather. Operated on a walk-in basis (no reservations).
• Group Dining Packages

Quantifiable outcome

• Many guests return regularly - tourists visit 10 out of 14 vacation days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN)minorOthersRestaurant Vogelhuis-Oranjerie uses the general terms (algemene voorwaarden) of Koninklijke Horeca Nederland. These are the Uniforme Voorwaarden Horeca (UVH) - standard terms for Dutch hospitality businesses.
• Zilte ZakenminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWebsite design by Zilte Zaken - responsible for concept and design of the restaurant website
• shop.texel.netminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Texel island shop for merchandise - sells Vogelhuis branded bath towels (100% cotton, 70x140cm) through the island's online store

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Hotel Op Duyn Texel: Texel hotel with restaurant operations targeting the same leisure-travel segment in De Koog. Functions as an alternative dining-and-stay option for tourists who choose bundled accommodation over independent restaurant visits, creating adjacent — not direct — competitive pressure.
• Strandhotel Seeduyn: Hotel with on-site dining located on Texel near the beach. Overlaps with Vogelhuis in serving Texel vacationers but delivers food through a hotel-restaurant format rather than standalone full-service — competes for the same guest nights but with structured meal-plan pricing.

Emerging players

• De Librije: Long-established Dutch family-origin fine-dining restaurant operating for decades. While not Texel-based, it represents a comparable multi-generational independent Dutch restaurant brand operating at a higher price point, useful as a peer benchmark for heritage-driven Dutch hospitality economics.

Direct peers

• Bij Jef: Fine-dining destination restaurant on Texel serving the same island tourist and local customer base. Both compete for the premium dining occasion on Texel, though Bij Jef operates at the high-end tasting-menu segment versus Vogelhuis's broader full-service menu.
• Strandpaviljoen Paal 17: Beach pavilion restaurant on Texel serving tourists during summer with terrace seating and casual menus. Directly competes for the same Texel beach-resort dining occasions, though structurally more seasonal and beach-focused than Vogelhuis's year-round full-service format.

Others

• De Texelse Bierbrouwerij: Texel-based craft brewery offering food pairings and on-site hospitality. Not a direct competitor but part of the Texel food-and-beverage ecosystem that drives tourist dwell time and food-tourism brand affinity, of which Vogelhuis also benefits.
• Ecomare: Major Texel nature center and tourism attraction driving significant visitor flow to the island. An ecosystem partner rather than competitor — Vogelhuis captures dining spend from Ecomare's tourist traffic as part of the broader Texel destination value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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