Pizza
Made to order in a professional oven, one at a time, straight to the table.
LOF Italia
pizza. pasta. vino.
What LOF is
Eat like you would at home, only bigger
A neighbourhood Italian on Breitnerlaan. Pizza from the oven, pasta cooked to order, and a buffet island in the middle of the room that you help yourself to.
Come with the children, come with eight friends, come on a Tuesday because nobody felt like cooking. There is no dress code and no long wine list to work through. You should be able to walk in, eat well and not think about it too much.
The buffet
There is an island in the middle of the room
It is a custom wooden unit with a shelf for plates, sitting right in the centre of the restaurant. You get up, you take what you want, you sit back down. That is the whole system.
1
Sit down and order
Pizza and pasta are made to order at the table. Tell us what you want and it goes straight to the oven.
2
Help yourself
The buffet island is open through lunch and dinner. Go once, go five times, nobody is counting.
3
Stay a while
Children can leave the table without leaving the room. There is no rush to turn it over.
The kitchen
Three things, done properly
A pizza oven, a pasta cooker and a buffet. The list stays short so the kitchen can keep it good on a full Saturday.
Pasta
Cooked when you order it, not held in a tray. Half portions for smaller appetites.
Buffet
Antipasti, salads, warm dishes and dolci, refilled through the whole service.
Kids corner
A room for them, right next to you
Not a basket of crayons in the corner. A real play space built into the restaurant, with large interior glass windows so you can see them from your table while you finish your plate.
The room
Warm walls, red chairs, soft light
Main restaurant
Walls and ceilings in a soft off white, one wall tiled for texture, round backlit mirrors that open the space up, and tomato red chairs against the warm neutrals.
The bar
The original wooden bar, refinished in a light patina, with new stools in black metal and pale wood. A good place to wait for a table or stop in for one glass.
Private room
A separate room for birthdays, work dinners and family lunches. Reeded glass in the window frames keeps it private while the daylight comes through.
Front terrace
A fixed bench along the façade with round tables, large trees in terracotta planters, parasols for the sun and heaters for the rest of the year.
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Menu
Pizza, pasta and the island
Everything hot is made when you order it. The buffet island runs the whole service and changes with the week, so what is on it today is not exactly what was on it yesterday.
Coming soon
The menu is being finalised with the kitchen. Pizza from the oven, pasta cooked to order and the buffet island, with prices and allergens, will be here before we open.
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Our story
The same corner, a new kitchen
LOF has fed this street for years. The building stays, the neighbourhood stays, the kitchen changes.
01
Bistro Lof
The address started as a neighbourhood bistro on Breitnerlaan, the sort of place people walked to rather than drove to.
02
Lof der Zotheid
It carried on under a new name and kept the same role in the street, a table you could get to without planning your week around it.
03
LOF Italia
Taken on by YOUNG in July 2026 and being rebuilt now. Same roof, Italian kitchen, a buffet island in the middle and a proper room for the children.
What changed
Less decoration, more room
The kitchen got smaller so the children could get a room of their own. The bar was stripped back and refinished. The artificial flowers went, the old spotlights went, and the walls were repainted in a soft off white so the light does more of the work.
What stayed is the furniture worth keeping. Most of the tables and chairs are the original ones, with twelve new red chairs added where the room needed the colour.
Part of a group
One kitchen among several
LOF Italia is one of the hospitality concepts run by YOUNG in Den Haag, alongside Runners, Italo Disco and Bitterkoud, with shared purchasing, a central production kitchen and a team that moves between the houses.
Kids corner
A room for them, right next to you
The kids corner is built into the restaurant, not tucked away behind it. Large interior glass windows mean the children can play while you stay at the table and still see them.
Climbing
Climbing elements and a larger climbing wall, for the ones who cannot sit still through a whole dinner.
Building
LEGO and DUPLO, so it works for the four year olds and the nine year olds at the same table.
Playing
A small playhouse and a play rug with a hopscotch and a Hot Wheels track printed into it.
Drawing
Drawing and colouring materials, and a small treat for them on the way out.
Birthdays
Bring the whole class
The private room takes a group on its own, which makes it an easy room for a children's birthday, a family lunch or a table of twelve that would take over the restaurant otherwise.
Tell us how many you are and roughly what you need, and we will come back to you rather than send you a package to choose from.
Visit us
Opening soon on Breitnerlaan
We are not open yet. Reservations open closer to the opening date. Follow us on Instagram and you will be the first to know.
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- AddressBreitnerlaan 84
2596 HD Den Haag
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- Good forFamilies, groups of friends, birthdays, work dinners
The terrace
A fixed bench along the façade with round tables, trees in terracotta planters, parasols for the sun and heaters for the rest of the year.
The private room
A separate room for groups, with reeded glass in the window frames so it stays private without losing the daylight.
With children
The kids corner is visible from the dining room through large interior glass windows, so nobody has to leave their plate.
Getting here
Breitnerlaan is a residential street in Den Haag, easy on foot or by bike from the surrounding neighbourhoods.
Careers
We are opening soon
LOF Italia is opening on Breitnerlaan. While the building is being remodelled, we are putting the team together. Kitchen, floor and bar, full time and part time. Experience helps, but the way you treat a table on a busy Saturday matters more.
Working here means working inside YOUNG, so people move between the houses, learn from other kitchens and grow into bigger roles when they are ready.
Roles we usually look for
Front of house and kitchen
All round service staff
Taking orders, running plates, keeping an eye on the buffet island and on the tables with children.
Pizzaiolo
On the oven through service, with a kitchen built around getting pizzas out one at a time.
Kitchen staff
Pasta section, prep and the buffet, working with the central production kitchen behind it.
Bar
Coffee, aperitivo and wine by the glass, on a short list that is meant to be quick.
Send us a message with who you are and what you would like to do, and we will come back to you.
Privacy
How we handle your data
We keep the kitchen simple and we do the same with your data. This page explains what we collect, why, and what you can do about it.
Who we are
LOF Italia is a restaurant on Breitnerlaan in Den Haag and part of YOUNG. LOF Italia is responsible for the personal data described on this page. You can reach us at hello@lofitalia.nl.
What this website collects
Nothing that identifies you. This website has no accounts, no contact forms, no analytics and no tracking cookies.
Your language choice, English or Dutch, is stored in your own browser so the site remembers it the next time. It stays on your device and is never sent to us.
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When you email us
If you email us about a table, a group, a birthday or a job, we receive your name, your email address, whatever you write and any attachments, such as a CV. We use it only to answer you and to handle your request.
The legal basis is the performance of a contract, or the steps needed to enter into one, and our legitimate interest in answering the people who write to us.
How long we keep it
- Table and group requests: until your visit has taken place, and no longer than one year.
- Job applications: up to four weeks after the position is filled, or up to one year if you agree to be kept on file.
- General questions: as long as needed to answer you.
Who we share it with
Nobody, unless the law requires it. Our email runs on a provider that processes the messages on our behalf and under our instructions. We do not sell or trade personal data.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, in the Netherlands the AVG, you can ask us to show, correct, delete or restrict the data we hold about you, object to how we use it, or receive a copy of it. Email us and we will respond within one month.
If you are not happy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch data protection authority.
Changes
If this website changes, for instance when we add a reservation system, we will update this page.
Last updated: September 2026.