About Us ✨

Hatoeta is the Arabic word for "Story." With Hatoeta, we aim to share our stories. Central to this story are two elements — looking back and looking forward:

Honoring Tradition

We celebrate the Palestinian-Jordanian culinary heritage of our grandparents. Many dishes are shared in this tradition, making Hatoeta a “sharing” restaurant. It's best to order 2-3 dishes per person, but of course, if you prefer a plate for yourself, that's perfectly fine.

Focus on Sustainability

We actively pursue a low environmental impact. How do we do this? For every choice we make, we take sustainability into account. For example, our menu includes around 1/3 vegan and 1/3 vegetarian dishes. Why not completely vegan/vegetarian? Based on our own experience as vegetarian, it's hard to convince non-vegetarians to eat in a vegetarian restaurant. With our sharing concept, almost every table contains vegan/vegetarian dishes and we let our food make its own argument! In addition, as food waste has a large impact on the environment, we measure and take measures to minimize it. Other sustainability measures we implement: a large amount of reused furniture, equipment, pots and pans, ... If you are interested in our sustainability strategy, stay tuned because we still have a lot of plans (e.g. calculating sustainability scores for our dishes, reusable packaging (already available on demand), a transparent sustainability report, ...). And if you have ideas how can improve this aspect even more? Feel free to speak to Guinevere, our sustainability manager!