• No booking for the baking bar, just walk in; birthday parties need a reservation by phone, email or at the bar
• Busiest on weekends, when regular visitors and birthday parties fill the room, so weekday mornings are calmer
• Birthday cooking parties for ages 2 to 12, from a toddler help-yourself party to a pizza party with De Pizzabakkers

At the west end of the Vondelpark, Het Kinderkookkafé has let children do the cooking since 1981. At the Help-jezelf-Bar, a self-serve counter at kid height, young kids follow photo cards to bake cookies, decorate cakes, build a pizza or cut vegetable shapes, then eat at the family table. Staff handle the oven. Parents get coffee, toasties and homemade cake. Older siblings join in too.