Restaurants in Amsterdam
Restaurants cover all price categories and cuisines ranging from Dutch and European to Indonesian and fusion. Popular dining is found in the Leidseplein and Rembrandtplein areas. Indonesian restaurants have an important place on the city's scene, and Bojo is a fine budget performer. Many Amsterdam kitchens close at 10pm, so either dine early or choose a place that stays open late. Service and value-added tax are generally included but check the bill.
Blauw aan de Wal
17th-century charm
A blue light announces Blauw aan de Wal at its restored 17th-century setting
in a tranquil, tree-shaded courtyard in the city's red-light district.
Diners have a choice of several atmospheric rooms with wood floors and brick
walls in which to enjoy exceptional French-inspired cuisine. In summer they
can eat on the outside terrace.
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Opening Hours
Tue-Sat 6pm-11.30pm
Address
99, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam 1012 DD
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 330 2257
Transport
Nieuwmarkt metro
Zuid Zeeland
Cosmopolitan dining with canal views
In a terracotta-toned dining room speckled with modern art and flowers,
Herengracht's Zuid Zeeland takes a fresh, breezy approach to the cuisine and
service that makes this a first-class restaurant. Some diners might find the
portions a tad small for their appetites. There's a fine view of the
Herengracht canal and an outside terrace.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Fri 12pm-2.30pm & 6pm-11pm; Sat & Sun 6pm-11pm
Address
413, Herengracht, Amsterdam 1017 BP
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 624 3154
Breitner
Elegant and contemporary dining
Next to the River Amstel and the Herengracht canal, Breitner serves world
cuisine infused with Amsterdam's cosmopolitan spirit. The plush red carpet,
chandelier and wine cupboard suggest classical timelessness, yet modern
decor and paintings create a contemporary mood. A seat at one of the big
windows guarantees fine views of the river or the canal.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 6pm-10.30pm
Address
212, Amstel, Amsterdam 1017 AH
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 627 7879
Osaka Restaurant
Japanese hotpots
Enjoy traditional Japanese food alongside teppanyaki and an array of seafood
at Osaka Restaurant just north of the city centre. Menus are named after
different Japanese cities, and for those who love variety, Oasaka borrows
the Indonesian rijsttafel concept where guests can sample a variety of
dishes.
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Opening Hours
Wed-Mon 5-11pm
Address
22a, Rode Kruisstraat, Amsterdam 1025 KN
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 632 2380
Transport
Bus: 32, 33, 38, 105, 109, 336, 361, 362, 611, 614, or 693 to Rode Kruisstraat
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La Rive
Ultimate Michelin-star experience
At the highest end of the Amsterdam price scale, La Rive at the Amstel Hotel
affords a first-class dining experience. Master chef Edwin Kats's intimate,
wood-panelled restaurant, overlooking the River Amstel through tall French
windows, has gained two Michelin stars for flawless service and
presentation, a large wine selection and superior cuisine.
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Opening Hours
Tue-Fri 12pm-2pm & 6.30pm-10.30pm; Sat 6.30pm-10.30pm
Address
1, Professor Tulpplein, Amstel InterContinental Amsterdam Hotel, Amsterdam 1018 GX
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 520 3264
The College Hotel
Student chefs
As students of the city-centre Amsterdam Hotel Management School, most of the
chefs and waiters at The College Hotel and its restaurant are the future
elite of Holland's catering profession. Learning on the job, they create and
serve sophisticated cuisine, based on Dutch classics, in a 19th-century
school converted to a top-class boutique hotel.
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Opening Hours
Daily 7am-10am (until 10.30am Sat & Sun), 12pm-2pm & 7pm-10pm (from 12.30pm Sat & Sun)
Address
1, Roelof Hartstraat, Amsterdam 1071 VE
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 571 1511
Take Thai
Modern design and menu
The dazzlingly white interior and minimalist style of this restaurant, on the
chic shopping and dining street of Utrechtsestraat, shifts Take Thai away
from the traditional subtropical look of many Thai restaurants. Modernism
extends to the menu, which has updated elements of the national cuisine,
although some dishes are still incredibly spicy.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Thu 6pm-10pm; Fri-Sun 6pm-10.30pm
Address
87, Utrechtsestraat, Amsterdam 1017 VK
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 622 0577
Café Americain
A glittering haunt of artists
A 1900s Leidsekade monument of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, Café Americain has
long been a place where Dutch and international artists, writers, dancers
and actors went to see and be seen. Now a more diverse clientele dines on
wide-ranging cuisine amid the leaded windows, reading tables, velvet
upholstery, frosted-glass chandeliers and carved columns.
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Opening Hours
Daily 7am-10.30pm (until 11.30pm Fri-Sun)
Address
97, Leidsekade, Amsterdam American Hotel, Amsterdam 1017 PN
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 556 3232
Hemelse Modder
Welcoming canalside restaurant
With a pair of plain dining rooms beside the Waalseilandsgracht canal and, on
warm sunny days, a pretty, tree-shaded terrace, Hemelse Modder presents a
deceptively simple face to the world. Its imaginative and quite refined
international cuisine has strong French and Italian influences, and there's
always a dish or two on the menu for vegetarians.
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Opening Hours
Tue-Sun 6pm-12pm
Address
11, Oude Waal, Amsterdam 1011 BZ
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 624 3203
Café-Restaurant De Brakke Grond
Flemish food and beer
Close to the Dam, Café-Restaurant De Brakke Grond is the tasteful bar and
restaurant of the Flemish Cultural Centre. It serves dishes primarily from
Belgium's Flanders region, an area with a reputation for fine food served in
satisfying quantities, ideally washed down with a Belgian beer. The outside
terrace is used in good weather.
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Opening Hours
Daily 12pm-1am (until 2am Fri & Sat)
Address
43, Nes, Amsterdam 1012 KD
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 626 0044
Nam Kee
Authentic taste of China
In the heart of Amsterdam's small but growing Chinatown, in the city's
historic Zeedijk district, busy Nam Kee has very basic décor. However, it
has become one of Amsterdam's most popular Chinese restaurants, due to its
authentic Chinese food at an affordable price.
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Opening Hours
Daily 11.30am-12am
Address
111-113, Zeedijk, Amsterdam 1012 AV
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 624 3470
De Keuken van 1870
Value for money tradition
Founded in 1870 as a soup kitchen to provide meals to poor people, De Keuken
van 1870 has kept a budget outlook at heart while adapting to meet modern
food trends. In a plain but far from downtrodden setting in the city centre,
it serves traditional Dutch fare supported by some more exotic dishes.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 5pm-10.30pm
Address
4, Spuistraat, Amsterdam 1000 XX
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 620 4018
Bazar
World cuisines on a plate
Set in a former church in the Pijp district, Bazar is a huge restaurant that
covers a vast range of cuisines from North Africa and Turkey, through the
Middle East and Iran to India and beyond. If there are really too many
different food types for any to be considered best-of-class, the exotic
nature compensates.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Fri 11am-12am (until 1am Fri); Sat & Sun 9am-12am (until 1am Sat)
Address
182, Albert Cuypstraat, Amsterdam 1073 BL
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 675 0544
Kantjil & de Tijger
Authentic Indonesian specialities
Of Amsterdam's many "Chin-Ind" (Chinese/Indonesian) restaurants, Kantjil
& de Tijger near the Nine Streets neighbourhood stands out.
Authentic Indonesian specialities on the menu include rijsttafel
(rice table), made up of many tasty small dishes, or smoor babi -
pork simmered in sweet soy sauce with nutmeg and cloves.
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Opening Hours
Daily 12pm-11pm
Address
291-293, Spuistraat, Amsterdam 1012 VS
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 620 09 94
Bojo
Friendly Indonesian
Bojo is a cheap, cheery and often crowded Indonesian restaurant in two
side-by-side rooms with separate entrances just off Leidseplein. It serves
meals until early in the morning amid a décor of bamboo and lanterns. Worth
sampling are the longtong rames (special boiled rice served with chewy rice
cakes) and rijsttafel (array of small dishes).
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Opening Hours
Mon-Fri 4pm-2am (until 4am Fri); Sat & Sun 12pm-4am
Address
49 & 51, Lange Leidsedwarsstraat, Amsterdam 1017 NG
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 622 7434
