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.
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1. Zuid Zeeland - Top-end: (More than €55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreIn 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
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2. Blauw aan de Wal - Top-end: (More than €55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreA 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Tue-Sat 6pm-11.30pm
Address
99, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam 1012 DD
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 330 2257
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3. La Rive - Top-end: (More than €55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
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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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
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4. Breitner - Top-end: (More than €55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
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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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Mon-Sat 6pm-10.30pm
Address
212, Amstel, Amsterdam 1017 AH
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 627 7879
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5. Osaka Restaurant - Top-end: (More than €55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreEnjoy 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
Website
Mid-range
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6. The College Hotel - Mid-range: (€25-€55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
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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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
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7. Café-Restaurant De Brakke Grond - Mid-range: (€25-€55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreClose 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Daily 12pm-1am (until 2am Fri & Sat)
Address
43, Nes, Amsterdam 1012 KD
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 626 0044
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8. Take Thai - Mid-range: (€25-€55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreThe 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Mon-Thu 6pm-10pm; Fri-Sun 6pm-10.30pm
Address
87, Utrechtsestraat, Amsterdam 1017 VK
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 622 0577
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9. Hemelse Modder - Mid-range: (€25-€55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreWith 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Tue-Sun 6pm-12pm
Address
11, Oude Waal, Amsterdam 1011 BZ
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 624 3203
Transport
Nieuwmarkt metro
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10. Café Americain - Mid-range: (€25-€55 for a three-course meal without drinks)
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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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
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11. Bojo - Budget: (Less than €25 for a three-course meal without drinks)
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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).Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
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12. Kantjil & de Tijger - Budget: (Less than €25 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreOf 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Daily 12pm-11pm
Address
291-293, Spuistraat, Amsterdam 1012 VS
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 620 09 94
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13. De Keuken van 1870 - Budget: (Less than €25 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreFounded 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Mon-Sat 5pm-10.30pm
Address
4, Spuistraat, Amsterdam 1000 XX
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 620 4018
Transport
Tram 1, 2, 5, 13, 17 to Martelaarsgracht
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14. Bazar - Budget: (Less than €25 for a three-course meal without drinks)
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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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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
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15. Nam Kee - Budget: (Less than €25 for a three-course meal without drinks)
Show moreIn 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.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Daily 11.30am-12am
Address
111-113, Zeedijk, Amsterdam 1012 AV
Telephone
+31 (0) 20 624 3470
