[logic]

this was posted on a uk weed forum last week thought id let you know about it

if any of you are going amsterdam, whatever you do DO NOT GO TO THE PARADISE COFFEE SHOP (its off dam square, and is the bob marley coffeshop).
picture the scene. we arrived at the hotel at 8 in the morning, left our bags and started walking towards the city centre (our hotel was at the top of the vondelpark). every coffeeshop we passed was closed and it was a good 1 1/2 hours before we found an open one, paradise coffeeshop. walked to the counter, i asked to see some weed (cant remember the name), but it looked dark and horrible so i bought some hash instead, which was just ok. my mate bought some "super silver haze". we sat down and started skinning up and my mate passed his bag to me. i smelled the bud and immediatley realised that something wasnt right. dipped my finger in, and sure enough it snapped crakled and popped in my mouth. walked back to the counter and tried to explain it to the guy behind the counter. he proceeded to tell me that i could only get shit weed in the UK, and in dam the weed was so strong that the crystals crunched in your mouth. i started laughing at the guy telling him there was no way he was going to peddle me his bags of sand, but he refused to give the money back. so we threw the weed around the shop, knocked all our drinks over and walked out.
paradise coffeeshop, more like paradise lost

that little shit hole was right across from my hotel (the doria), I knew not to go there for two reasons 1) not on any coffee shop map 2) it has "the best" in its sign which usually means it sucks.

[Puffin13]

Coffeeshop Paradise is a well known rip off place. Avoid at all cost! You would be better off smoking some swag or dirt weed than smoking anything that comes from Paradise. Sorry you had to experience it first hand, logic. Live n learn I guess. Peace.

Is that the place with those Indian looking blokes? We went in a few years ago and he was in some sort of rush and threw menus at us soon as we sat down made us order a drink quick. had a nice menu but the 3 differerent weeds we ordered were all the same! some wierd mediciney horibble tasting shite, at least it wasn't grit weed though.
only went in there because we thought it was related to paradise seeds.

[Harry Gypsna]

ive heard about a lot of that attitude from coffeshops in general towards brits thinking we all only have shit weed and therefore dont know the good stuff from the bad.... heard it lot from loads of ppl....
not gonna put me off my 1st visit to be this year though... if they wont let me have a good look, i simply wont buy. but then im going for hash really anyway

[SlyCrayon]

Thanks for sharing! Knowing where not to go may be just as important as knowing the good places.

Harry Gypsna, don't worry about the bad image of the Brits; their drinking habits and smoking of poor quality.

I have surprised a few Dutch by turning my nose up at their wares, and I'm not talking about the garbage in A'dam, the last time was in Eindhoven when I was offered some subpar wares: the coffeeshop girl said "it's good quality", and I said "no thanks, I don't want that", and she said "well that's what we smoke in the Netherlands", and I said "well I don't, I smoke better quality than that", lol, much to her surprise with me being English and to the surprise of a number of others locals crowding around the dealers booth!


Peace

[ripOG]

I wonder if they intentionally peddle crappy weed to the Brits?

Couldn't be that hard to find smokeable weed to sell, in Amsterdam.

[Asanoha]

It seems to me that you would like to know where the dutch are doing their shoppings?
Then you should give these places a try. I hope you feel welcome over there, and
that you like their products.
"de Kabouter" has got the best hash in town.


Coffeeshop Bullwackie
Woestduinstraat 76
Amsterdam, 1058TJ

Coffeeshop de Kabouter
Ruysdaelkade 145
Amsterdam, 1072AR

Lunchroom Paradox
coffeeshop, restaurant
Eerste Bloemdwarsstraat 2
Amsterdam, 1016KS

Coffeeshop Jabba
Achillesstraat 104
Amsterdam, 1076RH

Katsu
café, coffeeshop
Eerste van der Helststr 70
Amsterdam, 1072NZ

[biteme]

listen to asanoha who posted right before me and go to those coffee shops that are full of locals, this is the rule even though katsu is the only one i frequented on his list. there was a place with good sound called prix dam right around the corner from our hotel that i liked. only place i knew of where you could buy grams of weed and they sold beer. all other coffee shops sell a bigger, more expensive package.

paradise does not rip off only the brits. it is a known tourist trap and anyone who walks through the door gets bent over. haven't been to the dam since fall/2004 but the dump looks exactly the same as the first year i saw it (1996) and it was empty all of the time then. always appeared they had something going on other than the regular coffee shop stuff. and kids, amsterdam is pretty safe for a big city, but stay in well lit areas as you roll around at night. and please don't think me a degenerate just cause i am so well informed on my favorite holiday spot.

peace-
biteme