Re: Greenhouse Lounge (formerly Blue Velvet)
Posted: Fri 2nd Jul 2021 04:03 pm
This place is now Cookies Amsterdam, although still owned by the Greenhouse guys.
The menu is a mix of your standard fare and buds that are supposedly grown by Cookies and then flown here from California. As standard, all of the American imported stuff is eyewateringly expensive.
They didn't actually seem to have that much stock of this stuff, so it must be popular. All they had left were two Cookies strains, and even then it was a small amount. The Animal Mints was small buds, but the Gary Payton was just the dust at the bottom of the box, so I stumped up the 28 euro for a gram of the former.
28 euro is the most I've ever spent on a gram of weed, and probably will be for some time. I managed to convince myself that it's less of a rip off because Cookies is pretty expensive weed even in California. The things we tell ourselves, eh?
In fairness, the weed was pretty good. Tasted delicious and the effects were very good. It's the type of indica dominant hybrid I really like. Not too soporific, but not anxiety triggering either. Was it the best weed I've ever smoked to match the record price tag? Nah, but it was pretty typical for the type of thing you'd get in a California dispensary.
Whether it's the real thing from California is anyone's guess. The poor selection and unappealing little buds suggests to me it probably is. If you're going to mug people off with Dutch/Spanish grown weed and say it's Californian, wouldn't you at least choose some bigger buds and keep everything in stock? Again though, who knows? Three cheers to whatever ruthless capitalist realised people would pay double for the weed if you claim it's from California though. American weed tends to be better than the stuff in Europe, and you can get some really good shit over there, but it's not twice as good, is it?
Cookies branding is everywhere, including a large neon light in the shape of the Cookies logo on the ceiling. The smoking area is full of silent TVs playing clips of Berner (the rapper who owns Cookies) and the Greenhouse guys sniffing jars of weed and smiling approvingly. The music was chilled out hip hop, although thankfully not Berner's music...which is shit and pretty one dimensional.
The atmosphere and service wasn't bad at all. The waitress was friendly and the budtender was nice enough too. Who doesn't prefer to get robbed with a smile? Despite that, I doubt I'll be back. It's kind of a one off. A novelty. I think I prefer to smoke European weed in Europe and Californian weed in California.
The menu is a mix of your standard fare and buds that are supposedly grown by Cookies and then flown here from California. As standard, all of the American imported stuff is eyewateringly expensive.
They didn't actually seem to have that much stock of this stuff, so it must be popular. All they had left were two Cookies strains, and even then it was a small amount. The Animal Mints was small buds, but the Gary Payton was just the dust at the bottom of the box, so I stumped up the 28 euro for a gram of the former.
28 euro is the most I've ever spent on a gram of weed, and probably will be for some time. I managed to convince myself that it's less of a rip off because Cookies is pretty expensive weed even in California. The things we tell ourselves, eh?
In fairness, the weed was pretty good. Tasted delicious and the effects were very good. It's the type of indica dominant hybrid I really like. Not too soporific, but not anxiety triggering either. Was it the best weed I've ever smoked to match the record price tag? Nah, but it was pretty typical for the type of thing you'd get in a California dispensary.
Whether it's the real thing from California is anyone's guess. The poor selection and unappealing little buds suggests to me it probably is. If you're going to mug people off with Dutch/Spanish grown weed and say it's Californian, wouldn't you at least choose some bigger buds and keep everything in stock? Again though, who knows? Three cheers to whatever ruthless capitalist realised people would pay double for the weed if you claim it's from California though. American weed tends to be better than the stuff in Europe, and you can get some really good shit over there, but it's not twice as good, is it?
Cookies branding is everywhere, including a large neon light in the shape of the Cookies logo on the ceiling. The smoking area is full of silent TVs playing clips of Berner (the rapper who owns Cookies) and the Greenhouse guys sniffing jars of weed and smiling approvingly. The music was chilled out hip hop, although thankfully not Berner's music...which is shit and pretty one dimensional.
The atmosphere and service wasn't bad at all. The waitress was friendly and the budtender was nice enough too. Who doesn't prefer to get robbed with a smile? Despite that, I doubt I'll be back. It's kind of a one off. A novelty. I think I prefer to smoke European weed in Europe and Californian weed in California.
