Ryo

Ryo arrived on NDSM-Plein with ambitions well above the neighbourhood average: a genuinely beautiful dining room, a bar that takes its espresso martinis seriously, and a kitchen that runs two tracks at once — refined sushi on one side, Hong Kong-style Cantonese on the other. The garlic crab and salt-and-pepper squid are the insider orders; the sushi alone has locals calling it the best in the city. Prices sit above casual but under fine dining, parking at the door is easy by Amsterdam standards, and the room fills with celebrating groups at weekends. Book.