Sarasani Oudegracht 327 a/d werf, Utrecht

Town	Utrecht
Province	Utrecht
Postcode	3511 PC
Telephone	(unknown)
Open	Sun-Thu 19:00-23:30; Fri-Sat 19:00-00:30
Map	Map of Utrecht province Maporama for 3511 PC (external link)

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Amaury from France. Sent 2 Nov 2005.
Sarasani for me is completely and without a doubt the best coffeeshop of the city. The location is really nice (you have a nice little bar to wait opening hour, and there are two music bars 100m away, the Pothuys -www.pothuys.nl- and Cees's place -www.ceesplace.nl-). Recently, (last week), they removed the turtle bowl in the first part of the "cave". In the main part, everybody is sitting on "floor sofas" or on the floor in rush hours. There is a giant screen on the wall with music videos (Bob Marley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Cypress Hill, Rage Against the Machine, Pink Floyd and a lot of others). The sound is also really good. I think it's one of the main good point of Sarasani. In some other coffeeshops the music is just radio or bad sound. Here you have great quality of sound and image for good music. The coffee, milk and sugar are free and the coffee machine is working non-stop so that there is always coffee. While you are smoking with your friends and enjoying music, someone regularly pass between people to empty ashtrays and take empty cups. The quality of weed is also very good. Especially the "Sweet Dreams" (15€ for 3 gramms) I discovered there, the "Amnesia" (same price) and the "Gruis" (12€ for 3,5g) a kind of mixed weed. The service is really nice. Most of the time they offer you tips and paper for normal buying (not 2,5€!).

Raoul from France. Sent 2 Feb 2005.
They really have the best weed of the city, free coffee and tea is only 50 cents. It opens at 19h so hurry up if you wanna have a sit! This is awesome place, I really love it!

Prashant from England. Sent 2 Oct 2003.
Oudegracht 327 a/d werf (means ON the actual canal side, NOT the straat called Oudegracht)- really nice smoke, est. in 1968, two big spaces, good prices - really good smoke, friendly and chilled. Only open in the evenings at weekends (well worth the effort to find!). It had the same kind of vibe as Kashmir Lounge in A'dam- really really good place.

The Edinburgensians from Scotland. Sent 24 Sep 2003.
Though we didn't visit this shop (well, not when it was open, anyway! D'OH!) , it's worth mentioning that it is at canal level, hence you need to go down the nearby steps from street level to get to it. There's a street-level sign by the steps you need to use.

Jonathan from Netherlands. Sent 22 Jun 2003.
Sarasani is one of the oldest, best coffee shops in the Netherlands. Great staff, great selection of weed, great atmosphere, great prices. What else can you ask for? Sarasani is very dark, with mostly U.V lights. That is because at the end of the coffee shop there's a big screen, where they play DVD's of live performances. Their favorite one at the moment is the Bob Marley tribute concert, but they also show Joe Cocker quite often, and Santana. If you're lucky, you might come in a night when they're showing the best of Tom & Jerry, or even other random cartoons. You can also ask for a chess set, which you get for free. Free coffee is also available. Their only problem is their opening hours, usually being 7PM to 12:00, 12:30 if you're lucky. It still is definitely one of the best in Holland. One more thing, don't forget to try the space cake. Superb.

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