The Beacon Restaurant

What The Beacon Restaurant does

The Beacon is a single-location restaurant operating in the Comfortparc harbor in Wessem, Limburg, Netherlands, founded in 2025. Its primary commercial offering is a fixed-price All You Can Eat (AYCE) concept: a 2-hour lunch at €27.95 per adult (Wednesday through Sunday) and a 3-hour dinner priced at €37.50 (Wednesday-Thursday) or €39.50 (Friday-Sunday), with tiered children's pricing. Guests order one dish per person per round from a rotating menu, with the company stating typical covers of 5-7 dishes at dinner and 4-6 at lunch. A secondary à la carte menu covers individual lunch items (brioche sandwiches, salads, soups from €6.50-€20.95) and dinner items (burgers, schnitzel, fish from €19.50-€23.50), plus seasonal items such as mussels at €24.50/kg and summer slushy cocktails. The restaurant positions itself as the only AYCE operator in the surrounding area, with scenic harbor views and a terrace as a differentiator.

The business operates as a direct-to-consumer physical venue with 12 employees, using a Guestplan online reservation system and a JouwWeb website as its digital infrastructure. Distribution is exclusively local: walk-ins, phone bookings, Guestplan reservations, and Social Deal deal-driven bookings, the last of which must be transacted through Social Deal's site. Revenue is generated per cover through fixed-price AYCE seating and unit-priced à la carte items, with a stated customer mix of families, couples, and business diners. The company is privately held, with no disclosed ownership, investors, funding rounds, or parent entity, and there are no additional locations, subsidiaries, or franchise operations. The technology stack contains no proprietary features, patents, trademarks, AI/ML components, or API integrations beyond the third-party reservation and website platforms.

Name

The Beacon Restaurant

Legal name

The Beacon

Website

https://the-beacon.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Beacon is a single-location All You Can Eat restaurant in Wessem harbor, Netherlands, serving fixed-price lunch (€27.95) and dinner (€37.50-€39.50) to walk-in diners, families, couples, and business guests, with à la carte and seasonal items as supplementary revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Food Services and Drinking Places (722)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

Keywords

• All you can eat
• Restaurant dining
• Event hosting
• Harbor restaurant
• Seasonal seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Wessem

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. All You Can Eat Dining: Fixed-price dining concept where guests pay a set amount for unlimited dishes during a 2-hour lunch or 3-hour dinner service. Revenue is generated per cover/customer with tiered pricing for adults and children.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Beacon is a single-location restaurant in the Comfortparc harbor of Wessem, Netherlands, offering an All You Can Eat concept for lunch (2 hours at €27.95) and dinner (3 hours at €37.50-€39.50), alongside an à la carte menu, seasonal mussels specialties, summer slushy cocktails, and private event hosting on its upper-floor terrace.

Product overview

The Beacon is a restaurant located in the harbor of Comfortparc Wessem, Netherlands, offering two distinct dining concepts: an All You Can Eat program (3-hour dinner at €37.50-€39.50 or 2-hour lunch at €27.95) where guests order rotating courses at a fixed price, and an à la carte menu featuring lunch items (brioche sandwiches, salads, soups from €6.50-€20.95) and dinner items (burgers, schnitzel, fish dishes from €19.50-€23.50). Seasonal specialties include mussels (€24.50/kg) and slushy cocktails. The venue also provides event hosting services for private occasions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• All You Can Eat Dinner A 3-hour all-you-can-eat dinner experience where guests choose and share rotating courses at a fixed price. Adults €37.50 on Wed-Thu and €39.50 on Fri-Sun; children priced at €12.50-€20.50 by age.
• All You Can Eat Lunch A 2-hour all-you-can-eat lunch experience at a fixed price of €27.95 per adult, available Wednesday through Sunday, with age-based children's pricing.
• À la Carte Lunch & Dinner Menu Individual dishes ordered from a curated menu featuring lunch items such as brioche sandwiches, salads, soups, and croquettes (€6.50-€20.95) and dinner items such as Angus burgers, spareribs, schnitzel, and fish dishes (€19.50-€23.50).
• Mussels Specialties Fresh 1kg mussels served with bread and fries for €24.50, available in creamy garlic with parmesan, oriental, Mediterranean, and Cajun sauce variations. Reservation required.
• Event Hosting Private event hosting services including birthdays, training sessions, and meetings at the upper-floor terrace with scenic water views at Comfortparc harbor in Wessem.
• Slushy Cocktails Frozen cocktail beverages offered as a seasonal summer offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• Guests typically order 5-7 dishes during dinner and 4-6 dishes during lunch

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Social DealminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSocial Deal is a reservation platform through which customers can book The Beacon. Reservations via Social Deal must be made exclusively through the Social Deal website, not through the restaurant's regular website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Loetje: Established Dutch full-service casual dining chain with multiple locations. Comparable on full-service restaurant operations and Dutch casual dining market, though not AYCE-specific.
• Bagels & Beans: Dutch casual dining chain with cafés across the country. Comparable as a Dutch casual dining operator serving lunch and light meals, similar to The Beacon's à la carte lunch offerings.
• New York Pizza: Largest Dutch pizza delivery and dine-in chain. Comparable as a Dutch casual dining operator with multiple revenue formats, though its model is fast-casual rather than full-service AYCE.
• Van der Valk: Large Dutch hospitality group combining hotels, restaurants, and event venues. Comparable on the combination of restaurant operations and event hosting, which is also part of The Beacon's offering.

Regional players

• Fletcher Hotels: Dutch hospitality group operating hotels with integrated restaurants and event facilities, particularly in regional locations. Comparable on the combination of dining and event hosting in non-metropolitan Dutch markets.

Direct peers

• De Beren: Dutch restaurant chain operating an All You Can Eat concept across multiple locations. Directly comparable to The Beacon on AYCE fixed-price dining model, though at much larger scale.
• Sumo Sushi & Grill: Dutch All You Can Eat sushi and grill restaurant chain. Closely comparable AYCE concept with fixed pricing per cover, similar to The Beacon's fixed-price lunch and dinner model.
• Gio's Italian: Dutch Italian restaurant chain with AYCE-style menu offerings. Comparable on the fixed-price unlimited-dishes concept aimed at families and groups, similar to The Beacon's target audience.
• Mizu Sushi: Dutch All You Can Eat sushi restaurant concept. Comparable on the AYCE fixed-price model and customer expectation of unlimited dishes per sitting.

Others

• Brownies&downieS: Dutch casual lunch and coffee concept with multiple locations, often in regional towns. Comparable on the small-town Dutch casual dining footprint and family-friendly positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/restaurantthebeacon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/restaurantthebeacon

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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