Eat & drink
Dinner
Tasting menus, bistros and the local kitchens we'd rather keep to ourselves.
29 restaurants
Amsterdam-Oost
Bar Botanique
All-day café in Amsterdam-Oost with Mediterranean sharing plates and natural wines, in a Studio Modijefsky-redesigned former gymnasium.
De Pijp
Bazar
A buzzing Middle Eastern/North African spot in a former church on the Albert Cuyp.
Centrum
Bird Thai Restaurant
Amsterdam's go-to authentic Thai on the Zeedijk since 1998 — bold red and green curries and regional dishes in a busy, walk-in Chinatown spot.
Grachtengordel
Bistro Bij Ons
A small, unfussy Dutch restaurant on Prinsengracht five minutes from the Anne Frank House — stamppot, hachee, and Dutch comfort food done correctly.
Jordaan
Café de Klepel
A tiny French bistro on Prinsenstraat with a daily-changing prix-fixe menu, deep wine list, and a yellow-striped awning — book three weeks ahead.
Museumkwartier
Café Loetje
A beloved Amsterdam eetcafé since 1977, famous for its 'biefstuk à la Loetje' — tenderloin steak in a signature jus with bread, fries and salad.
Oud-West
Café Toussaint
A cosy all-day neighbourhood café on a quiet Oud-West street, with one of the area's sunniest terraces.
Jordaan
Daalder
A Michelin-starred restaurant on a Jordaan canal, with a refined tasting menu.
Amsterdam-Oost
De Kas
Michelin-starred farm-to-table restaurant in a 1926 greenhouse in Frankendael Park — vegetables harvested at dawn served the same day.
De Pijp
De Waaghals
A pioneering vegetarian restaurant in De Pijp since 1981 — refined, vegetable-led cooking with a changing seasonal surprise menu and no meat substitutes.
Oud-Zuid
Hatsune
A refined Japanese restaurant on the Beethovenstraat — traditional kaiseki and kappo cooking on seasonal ingredients, with kaiseki courses and tempura.
Amsterdam-Noord
Hotel de Goudfazant
A French-inspired restaurant in a cavernous IJ-side warehouse in Noord — vintage cars, a bottle chandelier, and a keenly priced three-course menu.
Jordaan
Kinnaree Thai Cuisine
Authentic Thai in the Jordaan with a stylish modern interior — fresh, adjustable-spice classics and curries, plus chef surprise menus.
Jordaan
La Perla
A much-loved wood-fired pizzeria in the heart of the Jordaan.
Grachtengordel
Lucius
A long-established fish and seafood restaurant in the centre.
Oud-West
Meatless District
A fully plant-based restaurant with a creative, seasonal menu.
De Pijp
Mesa Mesa
A stylish modern Spanish tapas-and-wine spot in De Pijp — Andalusian-inspired small plates served in rounds, with 100-plus Spanish wines.
Jordaan
Moeders
Traditional Dutch home cooking on the edge of the Jordaan, in a room covered with hundreds of photos of mothers since 1990.
Nieuwmarkt
Nam Kee
A Zeedijk Chinatown institution, famous for oysters in black bean sauce.
Centrum
Restaurant An
A tiny, homely Japanese restaurant near Leidseplein — authentic home-style cooking, a popular omakase tray and famous homemade ice cream.
Oud-West
Restaurant Blauw
One of Amsterdam's best-loved Indonesian restaurants, near the Vondelpark, famous for its lavish multi-dish rijsttafel.
Centrum
Restaurant Greetje
Modern Dutch cooking in old Amsterdam near Waterlooplein — forgotten Dutch dishes reinvented with Dutch-soil ingredients, in a cosy monumental setting.
Dapperbuurt
Roopram Roti
A beloved roti shop in Oost — order the roti with chicken or lamb.
Centrum
Sea Palace
A landmark floating Chinese restaurant near Centraal since 1984 — authentic Cantonese, extensive dim sum and Peking duck in pagoda-style surrounds.
Centrum
Steakhouse Piet de Leeuw
A classic Amsterdam eetcafé and steakhouse since 1949, on the Noorderstraat — legendary tenderloin steak in jus, in an authentic brown-café setting.
Oud-Zuid
The Seafood Bar
Bright, busy and fresh — oysters, fish and seafood platters.
Jordaan
Toscanini
A long-loved, bustling spot for authentic regional Italian cooking — book well ahead.
Jordaan
Winkel 43
The Jordaan corner café behind Amsterdam's most famous appeltaart — best after a wander round the Noordermarkt.
De Pijp
Yamazato
Michelin-starred kaiseki at Hotel Okura — the world's first traditional kaiseki restaurant outside Japan to win a star, by a Japanese garden.