De Vlindertuin was the first recipient of the "Provincial Awards" from the magazin "Lekker" in 2008. The received the award for being the highest ranking restaurant in Drenthe in the Lekker Top 100.[6]
The restaurant is located in a renovated Saxonian farmhouse built in 1719. It is the same building that earlier housed the Michelin starred restaurant Les Quatre Saisons.[7]