Zalmhuis is a waterside restaurant and event venue at Schaardijk 396 in Capelle aan den IJssel, on the edge of Rotterdam. It offers a private room, a garden room, a rooftop room, a grand café and a garden for business meetings, presentations, dinners, drinks and weddings. The two rooms with published figures hold 30 to 100 guests.
Seminars and company events
The official site lists a business offer alongside groups, private events, weddings and condolence gatherings. Meetings and presentations are suited to the Private Room, the Garden Room and the Rooftop Room. Dinners, drinks and parties can use any of the spaces. The rooms have modern sound systems and can be arranged as you wish.
One rule matters when you plan. Zalmhuis does not rent rooms on their own. It only sells complete packages that include catering, and it invites you to get in touch for anything unusual. There is also a quote tool on the site.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings have their own section on the site, and the venue presents itself as a place to marry. The Garden Room, with its domed ceiling and adjoining terrace, and the Garden outdoors are the spaces the site describes for dinners, walking dinners, barbecues, food courts and parties. Ask the team which space and package fit your ceremony and reception.
Rooms and capacities
The Private Room is on the ground floor with its own bar and an adjoining terrace. It seats up to 30 at a long table and takes up to 40 standing, which suits a board lunch, a small dinner or a drinks reception.
The Garden Room is on the first floor next to the garden. It is a light domed room that holds up to 60 seated at round tables or up to 100 standing. It can host meetings, presentations, seated dinners, walking dinners and parties, and it opens onto its own terrace.
The Rooftop Room is on the top floor with a covered terrace and a view over the river Maas. The Grand Café has a view the site calls remarkable. The Garden is an outdoor space beside the Garden Room. The site gives no figures for these three.
Every room has its own outdoor area. The venue has parking on its own grounds, a step-free entrance and a lift.
Catering
Catering is part of every booking. The venue is a fish restaurant with a kitchen that opens at 11:30 on opening days, and it offers menus and set arrangements for groups. For the outdoor space it mentions barbecue and food-court formats.
History and setting
The Salmon House has a long record on this stretch of the river. In 1863 Adriaan Dekkers bought an inn at the Hooge Zeedijk and from 1875 built a covered market for the auction and sale of salmon and other river fish. A pavilion followed in 1896, and a larger one in 1905 on steel columns above the water. The house opened in 1906. After the flood of 1953 and the building of the Van Brienenoord bridge it was demolished soon after 1955. A new building rose from 1999 and opened in 2002, and the interior was fully renovated in 2020.
Getting there
The venue is on the Schaardijk in Capelle aan den IJssel, with parking on site and a route page on the official site. Opening hours are from 10:00 on weekdays and from 11:00 on weekends.
