The Saint

The interior has been reshaped to allow more indoor seating, I usually smoke only hash and was pleased with the product available and the price; the staff is great. I've been going there since 1997 and always enjoy a milky coffee with hash at the tables out front. Aaahhh yes, can't wait till next time!

I am sorry to read all the negative comments about The Saint. I just bought the place and I am planning to do it totally different than the former owner. I will focus more on the customers and the products instead of focusing on fast-money-making. More of a long-term vision instead of a short-term vision. As you know, improvement takes time. I have been renovating the place for 3 weeks and just opened. I finished renewing the interior and I am now working on the weed/hash menu. Step by step the shop is transforming into a coffeeshop which will be loved again! Hope to be better than ever and looking forward to read some positive comments about the shop.

After a day traversing out-of-Centrum coffeeshops, we decided to try The Saint, which was the closest shop to our apartment, about 20 steps away, edging out The Bushdocter and Rokerij III by about 10-15 steps each. So many choices, but Mrs. C.J. and I felt obliged to visit our immediate neighbors in the alley. There were two other people there, the budtender and one customer. I stared for about 90 seconds at the absolutely crap weed menu, Thai, Colombian - really nothing more than schwag weed you can get anywhere, for skunk prices. I almost spoke up and ordered some schwag. And then I wondered why I would do such a thing. The entire time, no one in the shop spoke. I looked at Mrs. C.J. She looked at me. I gave the head bob. She led the way to the door. If all coffeeshops were like The Saint, cannabis no longer would be among the many compelling reasons to visit Amsterdam.

Found this place by accident, I would have not known it was there if I hadn't looked down an alley way and seen the neon sign, went in and first thing you notice is that it's dark, dingy and a bit of a dump, the menu consisted of 5 different weeds Skunk, Super Skunk, Colombian, Jamaican And Thai, I like a bit of outdoor but all the strains looked seedy and far too compact for my liking so I went for the Skunk. At 13 euros for 2gms it's pretty cheap, but you get what you pay for. Bad weed, dry with a muddy/dirty taste like a bad outdoor strain, the Thai bloke running the shop was friendly enough and willing to show me all his products no problem but that don't change the fact the place is bad. Won't be going back.

Poor quality smoke, over priced, and over crowded. I would avoid this place.