It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 1977 and retained that rating until 1989.

[9][10] The restaurant was part of Hotel Kasteel Wittem, which closed down in June 2009.

The owners Marc and Peter Ritzen had run the hotel for 40 years.

[11] In 2008, Kasteel Wittem and Hostellerie De Hamert celebrated with special arrangements the fact that they were together 100 years in business, the first since 1968, the second since 1948.

[12] Restaurant-hotel Kasteel Wittem was a member of the Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise, but left after the sale of the hotel in 2009.