ZEEZICHT. Breda

What ZEEZICHT. Breda does

Eetcafé Zeezicht is a privately held eat-café and restaurant operating since 1995 from a two-floor venue at the corner of Ridderstraat and Grote Markt in the historic center of Breda, Netherlands. The business serves lunch, drinks (borrel), and dinner to local residents and city visitors, with seating distributed across a ground-floor café, first-floor restaurant, bar area, and covered front and side terraces plus a large market square terrace. Its operating hours run seven days a week, with extended late hours Thursday through Saturday.

The core offering combines a modern-classics food menu — including the 12 uurtje Zeezicht, club sandwich, an "award-winning" tomato soup, salads, steaks, and vegetarian options — with a signature craft beer program of 30 self-selected and self-imported draft beers sourced from Arcen to America, served across 20 tap lines. Ingredients are sourced from named local farmers, with an explicit emphasis on sustainable and circular procurement for the evening service. The food, beverage, and venue-space products are produced and consumed on-premises; there is no proprietary technology, no app, and no digital delivery channel beyond an online reservation widget and PDF menus.

Revenue is generated almost entirely from on-premises food and beverage sales to walk-in and reservation-based individual consumers, with a small extension into off-premise beer retail via the sibling business Beer Republic in Berkel-Enschot. The related sibling venue Samsam at Grote Markt 2 supports an adjacent dining presence. No public revenue figures, funding rounds, parent company, or investor involvement are disclosed. Current leadership visible on the team page includes Chef de Cuisine Matteo Capon and Pastry Chef Angie Walsh.

Name

ZEEZICHT. Breda

Legal name

Eetcafé ZEEZICHT. Breda

Website

https://zeezichtbreda.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eetcafé Zeezicht is a privately held Dutch eat-café in central Breda, founded in 1995, serving lunch, dinner, and drinks to local residents and city visitors. It operates a two-floor venue on the Grote Markt with a signature 30-tap self-imported craft beer program and locally sourced modern-classics menu.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurant and Bar

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Casual dining restaurant
• Specialty draft beer
• Eetcafe hospitality
• Lunch dinner service
• Neighborhood bar bistro

Headquarters

HQ city

Breda

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: The primary revenue stream comes from selling food (lunch and dinner menu items including the 12 uurtje Zeezicht, club sandwich, tomato soup, salads, steaks, and vegetarian options) and beverages (30 draft beers, wines, whiskeys, and other drinks). The business also has merchandise/beer to-go available through its sibling company Beer Republic.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Eetcafé Zeezicht is a dine-in restaurant and bar operating from a multi-floor venue at Ridderstraat 1 / Grote Markt in Breda, serving lunch and dinner menus featuring modern classics, hearty plates, locally sourced ingredients, and an award-winning tomato soup. The bar operates 30 draft beers self-selected and self-imported from around the world, alongside wines, whiskeys, and other spirits. Tables can be reserved by phone, email, or an online widget, and the venue includes covered terraces fronting the Grote Markt.

Product overview

ZEEZICHT. Breda is an eat café (eetcafé) in Breda, Netherlands, that has operated for 30 years. The venue operates as a unified hospitality establishment offering food service (lunch and dinner menus) through its ground floor café and first-floor restaurant, combined with an extensive draft beer selection featuring 30 beers on tap. The venue also includes bar seating, indoor and outdoor terrace areas, and is connected to sister brands Samsam (dining) and Beer Republic (home beer products). The company imports and serves specialty beers from around the world, positioning craft beer as central to its identity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Eetcafé Zeezicht Food Service (lunch and dinner) Full dine-in lunch and dinner service at the Ridderstraat 1 venue featuring modern classics, hearty plates, salads, steaks, vegetarian options, and an award-winning tomato soup, using ingredients from local farmers where possible. Open to walk-in and reservation guests.
• Specialty Draft Beer Program (30 beers on tap) On-premise bar service offering 30 draft beers self-selected, self-imported, and tapped with care, featuring selections from Dutch breweries such as Arcen through international craft producers including American breweries. Positioned as the venue's signature differentiator.
• Multi-area Venue Hire (café, restaurant, bar, terraces)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• SamsamminorOthersDescribed as 'ons broertje' (our little brother), another hospitality venue located at Grote Markt 2 in Breda. Listed alongside Zeezicht as a related but distinct establishment with a slightly different character.
• Beer RepublicminorOthersA beer-focused establishment in Berkel-Enschot (Ordelven 15, 5056DC) for 'het betere bierwerk maar dan thuis' (the better beer experience but at home). This is a related business for when customers want to purchase beer to enjoy at home.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• De Beren: De Beren is an established Dutch casual full-service restaurant chain offering accessible meals and drinks. It competes for the same everyday dining and group occasions as Zeezicht, with a substantially larger operating footprint.
• La Place: La Place operates an established all-day dining and beverage concept with broad menu coverage and extended service hours. It is comparable to Zeezicht's lunch, dinner, and drinks proposition, but serves customers at a larger chain scale.
• De Beyerd: De Beyerd is a hospitality and hotel venue in Breda with café, bar, and restaurant facilities. It serves a similar local dining and drinks market but operates as part of a wider hospitality property.
• DUDOK: DUDOK operates Dutch grand cafés and related hospitality concepts combining table service, all-day food, drinks, and casual social occasions. Its format overlaps materially with Zeezicht, but DUDOK is a larger multi-location brand.

Direct peers

• Café de Zaak: Café de Zaak is a Breda café and nightlife business serving food and drinks to a similar local customer base. Its physical, walk-in and evening-oriented format is closely comparable to Zeezicht's eat-café model.
• Brown Café: Brown Café is a Dutch pub chain centered on on-premises beverage service, with food as an important supporting offer. It is comparable to Zeezicht's beer-led café proposition, although it has a broader branch network.
• De Captain: De Captain is a restaurant and bar operating in central Breda. Its combination of prepared food, alcoholic beverages, and city-center footfall closely overlaps with Zeezicht's core offering.

Others

• Beer Republic: Beer Republic is a related business specializing in premium beer products for home consumption. It does not compete directly with Zeezicht, but it is relevant to the supplied beer range and possible retail cross-promotion.
• Samsam: Samsam is a sibling dining and drinks venue on Grote Markt in Breda. It is not a direct competitor, but its food-led hospitality format and shared customer geography make it an adjacent operating benchmark.

Regional players

• Café Gollem: Café Gollem is a Dutch specialty-beer pub focused on curated on-premises beer experiences. Its craft-beer positioning and social setting are comparable to Zeezicht's beer program, although its primary operations are in Amsterdam.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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