My Trip!

[FerryLoki]

Hi all!.

I am new to this site but a seasoned smoker without doubt

I just returned from a flash 1 night visit to Dam, and if youre wondering..... TOTALLY WORTH IT!.

I went this time with "Target" Coffeeshops in mind... I recommend you all do this as much as you can.

The list below has 4 categories on it, followed by a short written review of each. The 4 categories are: A) Quality of weed on the menu. B) Price of weed on the menu, C) Quality of service and D) Drink prices. Rating is 1-10 in each category. Enjoy!

My top 3 (confirmed by visit 13/08/2011):

Dampkring - A) 9 B) 9 C) 8 D) 8 - Overall: 34/40

Grey Area - A) 9 B) 8 C) 8 D) 8 - Overall: 33/40

Barney's - A) 9 B) 6 C) 9 D) 7 - Overall: 31/40

Reviews

Dampkring

What can I say, this place was wonderful. I went with high expectations and was not disappointed.
Although I have to say, it was PACKED!... (I inadvertently sat myself in the corner on the CATS chair and was promptly asked to stand instead (which is fair enough)).

On checking the weed/hashish menu, I was in awe. Super Silver Haze at 11€/g (Strong Sativa) and Power Plant at 8€/g (One of strongest Indicas around), in 2011, you cant beat that. I got a bag of each of these as I knew I was going for 1 Indica and 1 Sativa.... but something made me buy a third bag..... RIFFMAN HABIBI!. This was the finest hashish I have smoked, it was 14€/g but I purchased a €10 bag to go with my greenery. I then rolled a three way mix!!.... Indica, Sativa and Hashish... quite an experience and proved almost too much for the guy I was with. We ordered a coke at €2 which is the standard price you should expect everywhere almost.


Grey Area

This was our first stop in the city, It was absolutely chucking it down with rain and so the search for this wonderful, tiny coffeeshop was not a comfortable one!... I got DRENCHED!.

We headed here first as I knew it closed at 20:00pm and we were arriving at 18:35 or so!. Once inside I was shocked at just HOW small this place is. There are 2 tables just inside the door and a ledge to the right with stalls along it, leading to the counter which was only 1.5 / 2m from the door!.

I came here for one reason and one reason only.... CHOCOLOPE! (Strong Sativa), I was assured before going that Chocolope was not only very hard to find but also a VERY well cured strain with taste, strength and smell all encountered for... It did not disappoint. Price was a very reasonable €12/g and they did have several other products for around the same money, the drawback was its size as both tables were full so we ended up "perching" which is never fun!... Still 1 spliff and onto the next!... The one great feature here that I loved.... You can write on the wall!, I grabbed a pen and left my mark along with all the other visitors from around the world.


Barneys Coffeeshop

Ok so the final review of the three... Now, normally I would stay away from a shop like this. It was not one of my targets but I found it rather by accident in my quest to go to Popeye (rumoured incorrectly to open at 7am).... Luckily although popeye was not open at 7am - Barneys WAS!. The guy (very british), turned up at 6.50am, started opening up, rolled himself a joint and then let us in. He was VERY hospitable and even more so when he found out I was from Ipswich (15 miles from his hometown).

He checked for weed requirements first to get everyone smoking and happy (there were about 4 tables being used within 15 mins of opening), I already had 6 bags of the most primo weed in 'Dam so I had no requirements and also the prices in here were the "Tourist Rates" that I kinda expected (14-17€/g) - saying that, he had "Dr Greenspoon" which I have heard is the bomb, just not appealing to me at 17€/g with what I already had on me.

Anyway I sat with my coffee and rolled a blunt, followed by a Tulip. The tulip came out VERY well and the bartender even commented on the style and general rolling quality of such a difficult roll to get right. His attitude towards non english speakers was in some eyes "not great", but to me, it was pure comedy genius... He wassnt repeating things they didnt understand and was kinda using their lack of linguistic skills to mock them and make us English clientelle laugh!... I was in stitches.

Overall a really good place and as far as I know... THE ONLY coffeeshop in Dam that is open at 7am (but this may be inaccurate).

Well thats it... Any questions, please ask me and look out for more reviews from me, if you want to meet in dam anytime, read my introduction in that section and maybe we can chat.

Thanks all, peace & legalization.

Graham

[Willjay]

sounded like a nice way to spend a rainy day

[geekymonkey]

Thanks for sharing. I wasn't clear- did you actually smoke any of barney's weed?

[xxbkrawkxx]

dude Central opens at 6

[moogle]

Cant say I'd be too impressed with the budtender's attitude, taking the piss out of people just because their English is poor?...funny man I'm sure.... You were probably right to turn down the Grinspoon for €17..very pricey, from what I can remember Voyagers do Grinspoon for €13/14... this was back in April so it might have changed since... Enjoyed the report, make sure to put Voyagers on your list of 'target' coffeeshop' s next time...you will not be disappointed. Did you try anything off the Barneys menu??

[FerryLoki]

Cant say I'd be too impressed with the budtender's attitude, taking the piss out of people just because their English is poor?...funny man I'm sure.... You were probably right to turn down the Grinspoon for €17..very pricey, from what I can remember Voyagers do Grinspoon for €13/14... this was back in April so it might have changed since... Enjoyed the report, make sure to put Voyagers on your list of 'target' coffeeshop' s next time...you will not be disappointed. Did you try anything off the Barneys menu??

No it was just an early morning stop before the train back to the ferry port. He really knew his stuff though although was gutted that my tulip turned out perfect as he didnt think I could pull it off!.

Barneys menu was top stuff potentially but at those prices I am really glad I took weed bought elsewhere and smoked it there. Nothing bought from Barneys.

I will definetly try voyagers as a target next time, and thanks!. Really glad you enjoyed my log, I would love to befriend all of you lovely cannibis connoiseurs and become a valued forum member.

Like I said, when I can get to Amsterdam for £10 return on the ferry (Including Train Fare), its a no brainer!.

Loki

[FerryLoki]

dude Central opens at 6

Where is this please

And is this even on a Sunday?

Thanks for this info, will make my sleep much better knowing I can begin toking at 6am!.

Loki

[xxbkrawkxx]

Right across the street from Centraal Station.

See op top of this page , there is a button called Amsterdam Map..CHECKIT !

[Ghost]

nice 1 cheers

[geekymonkey]

Seems weird that you gave a shop a quality of weed score when you didn't even try their weed.

[Roccy Tittzenbeer]

When you say Top 3 do you mean the only 3 of which you bought herb from 2 ?
As in you bought stock from 2 shops and smoked in 3 yet rated Barney's 'herb' without buying any ?
Have I misunderstood your report or have you missed something out ?
Cheeeeers

[FerryLoki]

When you say Top 3 do you mean the only 3 of which you bought herb from 2 ?
As in you bought stock from 2 shops and smoked in 3 yet rated Barney's 'herb' without buying any ?
Have I misunderstood your report or have you missed something out ?
Cheeeeers

Nothing missed my friend.

I didnt buy from Barneys but I dont always need to

I can confidently look at and rate 2 or 3 different bud strains of both indica and sativa.... quality or disappointment are generally fairly obvious.... so my rating was based on the Grinspoon buds he had and also the Laughing Buddha, some very nicely cured, solid buds but a little overpriced - hence, no purchase.

What would be the point in buying bud at those prices... just to rate whether they are any good or not?.... I dont appreciate €17/g of standard "good" bud because the same quality is available elsewhere at 13/14€/g.