Lugares in Amsterdam

Own-roastery specialty coffee in the Spaarndammerbuurt

Day cafe, night natural-wine restaurant on Camperstraat

One weekly set menu in a former blacksmith's forge

Plant-filled all-day café-tropique in the Indische Buurt

Literary all-day café and cocktail bar facing Oosterpark

Natural-wine corner bar with seasonal small plates on Ten Kate

Fine-dining Indonesian rijsttafel with West-Javanese accents

South-East Asian sharing plates in the Ten Kate market

A modern-classic Museumkwartier institution since 1980

On-site craft brewery and tap kitchen in the gasworks

Daily Zeeland oysters and bubbles in a cosy industrial corner of De Pijp

1786 tasting-room brown café on the Egelantiersgracht

Bohemian circular-economy café on a former shipyard

Quality neighbourhood pub-kitchen on Spaarndammerstraat

NYC-styled French brasserie on the Leidsegracht corner

Organic-minded brown café opposite Artis

Unpretentious canalside brown cafe locals never abandon

The city's benchmark biefstuk, served in its signature jus since 1977

Seasonal tasting menus inside a former bank vault in Noord

1642 brown café on the Brouwersgracht corner

Chef-owned wine bistro on a quiet Jordaan corner

The brown café behind the Concertgebouw, since 1901

French neighbourhood lunch-and-wine canteen at Westergas

Two Michelin stars, 23rd-floor French precision at Hotel Okura

Piero Lissoni glass-roofed atrium inside a 19th-century bank, steps from Museumplein

Greenhouse dining in a working nursery — garden-to-plate, set daily by the harvest

Amsterdam's original hidden speakeasy

Australian-style brunch and serious flat whites on Atjehstraat

The looser small-plates and wine sibling across Javaplein

Open-fire seasonal cooking in a monumental warehouse

Immersive digital-art hall inside the Westergas Zuiveringshal

Nine-screen arthouse cinema with a UNESCO-listed art-deco hall

Tess Posthumus's bar in the 1662 Odeon monument

Upmarket food hall inside a restored 1902 tram depot

Natural-wine room near Sarphatipark, low-intervention bottles and small plates

The original Noord industrial-hall restaurant, since 2006

Modern Dutch all-day dining at the Pulitzer in Nine Streets

Cosy French bistro on a quiet Oud-West corner

The original Javastraat brasserie — brunch to apéro

One Michelin star, a single seasonal menu inspired by Albert Cuypmarkt

Sourdough bakery and natural-wine shop in Oud-West

Greek-leaning restobar with a tight, smart wine list

Charcoal-grill Turkish kitchen on the De Pijp border

Peruvian ceviche and pisco bar in Amsterdam-Oost

Mussels, oysters and creative G&Ts in the gasworks

The Amsterdam School cathedral of social housing

Eastern-Mediterranean neo-bistro for shared dining in West

Authentic Iraqi kebab and mezze on Javastraat

Neighbourhood library and reading cafe inside De Hallen

Playful Noord craft brewery and taproom

Antakya-rooted Turkish kitchen on Hugo de Grootplein

All-day charcoal kitchen and night-time culture hub at Westergas

Wine Bar of the Year on a quiet De Pijp side street

Shipping-container culture hub on the IJ at NDSM

25 connected Golden Age canal houses with garden, on Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht

Cocktail history in a 17th-century canal house

Amsterdam's reference rijsttafel, reopened after a 2026 refit

Modern tasting-menu cooking on the Singel canal

Flemish-French rotisserie in a former domestic-science school

De Pijp's refined-but-unpretentious French-leaning neighbourhood brasserie

Amsterdam's first Syrian kitchen, mezze and home-style stews

Music-themed design hotel in the A'DAM Tower over the IJ

No-fuss fresh pasta from time-tested Italian recipes

Asian fine dining in the Conservatorium's former drum classroom

Curio-filled cocktail den in a centuries-old alley

41-room design hotel behind a Keizersgracht gate

Five 17th-century canal houses turned design hotel beside Nine Streets

Neo-bistro in Oost with a 3,000-bottle wine room

Two-Michelin-star dining in an 18th-century canal-house bakery

Ferdinand Bol neighbourhood kitchen, contemporary global plates

Grower-Champagne and small-vineyard wine bar on Beukenplein

Modern Dutch, seasonal and regional, on Javaplein

The Noordermarkt corner café known for its apple pie

Nameless all-day cafe-bar with noodle soup and coffee

Charcuterie-and-natural-wine café in the Zeeheldenbuurt

1724 jenever distillery and tasting house