The Best Restaurants in Amsterdam

Amsterdam's dining scene is far more exciting than its reputation suggests, spanning everything from refined fine dining to centuries-old Indonesian rijsttafel and budget Chinatown gems. Here are our favourites across cuisines and budgets — browse more on our restaurants page or by cuisine.

De Kas — garden-to-table fine dining

Mediterranean cooking in a converted greenhouse in the east, built around produce grown on site. A special-occasion classic.

Toscanini — Italian

Widely regarded as the city's best Italian, serving authentic regional cooking in the Jordaan since 1985. Book ahead.

Restaurant Blauw — Indonesian rijsttafel

The gold-standard, famously spicy rice table — a quintessential Amsterdam meal rooted in Dutch–Indonesian history.

Yamazato — Japanese

Refined, authentic kaiseki in the Hotel Okura, one of the city's most acclaimed fine-dining rooms.

Restaurant Greetje — modern Dutch

Traditional Dutch dishes reinvented with finesse — the best place to taste contemporary Dutch cooking.

Bird — Thai

Punchy, authentic Thai on the Zeedijk in Chinatown, a no-reservations favourite since 1998.

Nam Kee — Chinese

Fast, no-frills Cantonese famous for its oysters in black bean sauce — a Chinatown institution and great value.

Piet de Leeuw — steak

A cosy slice of old Amsterdam serving legendary steak since 1949, near Rembrandtplein.

Lucius — seafood

A long-established seafood spot on the Spuistraat, letting top-quality fish and shellfish speak for themselves.

Meatless District — vegan

Award-winning, fully plant-based cooking in Oud-West, creative enough to win over committed carnivores.

Whatever you're craving, you'll find it here — use our cuisine pages to filter by Italian, Indonesian, Spanish, vegetarian and more.