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Restaurants We have selected 25 restaurants, which we have divided into five categories: Gastronomic, Business, Trendy, Budget and Personal Recommendations. The restaurants are listed alphabetically within these different categories, which serve as guidelines rather than absolute definitions of the establishments. Most restaurants in Amsterdam include the BTW tax, which currently stands at 17%, and a service charge of 15%, within their prices. Nevertheless, Amsterdammers generally round up small bills and leave tips as change rather than include them on credit card payments. The prices quoted below are for a three-course meal and for a bottle of house wine or equivalent, including BTW tax and service charge but not tip. Gastronomic Bordewijk Located in the trendy Jordaan district, Bordewijk is widely regarded as one of the top restaurants in Holland, serving refined French cuisine with Mediterranean and Asian touches, in a striking, black-and-white minimalist setting. The canalside terrace is especially popular during summer months. Noordermarkt 7 Tel: (020) 624 3899. Fax: (020) 420 6603. Price: EUR45. Wine: EUR18. Christophe Chef Jean-Christophe Royer is fully deserving of his Michelin star, as he cleverly blends French style, with US experience and Oriental influences to great effect, creating exotic flavour combinations, such as cod with chorizo, pimentos and fennel or deep-fried sea scallops with coconut, avocado mousse, celery, curry and lime sauce. His culinary creations are served with flair in a chic, ultra-modern, canalside restaurant. Dinner only. Booking is essential. Leliegracht 46 Tel: (020) 625 0807. Fax: (020) 638 9132. E-mail: info@christophe.nl Website: www.christophe.nl Price: EUR61. Wine: EUR32. De Silveren Spiegel Fish is a speciality on the haute cuisine menu of this intimate, candlelit restaurant, housed in two beautifully restored 17th-century townhouses near the Centraal Station. Menu highlights include Zaandam mustard soup with bacon crackling, lukewarm smoked eel from Volendam with cucumber salad and white wine and horseradish sauce, a sensational calves liver terrine with bacon and apple sauce or grilled filet of brill with seasonal vinaigrettes. The wine list is first class with a rare selection of Dutch wines on offer. Dinner only. Kattengatt 4-6 Tel: (020) 624 6589. Fax: (020) 620 3867. E-mail: jim.vd.hoff@desilverenspiegel.com Website: www.desilverenspiegel.com Price: EUR45. Wine: EUR26. La Rive Everything about La Rive is superlative thanks to Edwin Katz, one of the Netherlands’ most acclaimed chefs. It is one of Holland’s finest restaurants, located in the city’s most expensive hotel (Amstel Inter-Continental Hotel) and boasting a Michelin star. North Sea crab salad with green herbs or lemon biscuits and spicy gazpacho, followed by poached rabbit with gratinated leeks, onion and truffle ravioli and creamy rosemary sauce, with marinated pineapple souflée, honey ice cream and nougat for desert count among his signature dishes. The formal dining room affords spectacular views over the Amstel River. Booking is essential. Amstel Inter-Continental Hotel, Professor Tulpplein 1 Tel: (020) 622 6060. Fax: (020) 622 5808. E-mail: amstel@interconti.com Website: www.amsterdam.interconti.com Price: EUR68. Wine: EUR32. Le Ciel Bleu The celebrated modern restaurant, located on the 23rd floor of the deluxe Okura Hotel in the De Pijp district, offers diners the ultimate in French cuisine. Set in stylish surroundings, with blue skies portrayed on the ceiling and the night sky reflected on a carpet of stars, Le Ciel Bleu’s menu boasts many delights, such as lobster soufflé and sautéed scampi topped with melted goat’s cheese. The spectacular bird’s-eye views of the city’s skyline help to make the meal especially memorable. Ferdinand Balstraat 333 Tel: (020) 678 7111. Fax: (020) 671 2344. E-mail: sales@okura.nl Website: www.okura.nl Price: EUR54. Wine: EUR23. Business De Belhamel Stylish continental cuisine at affordable prices is the speciality of chef Victor Kerbosch at this sumptuous Art Nouveau-style restaurant, overlooking a picturesque, leafy canal in the bohemian Jordaan district. The signature dish – beef with poached shallots and armagnac and chanterelle mushroom sauce – is an absolute must, followed by pear strudel with cinnamon ice cream or Dutch cookies served with vanilla-mascarpone and red fruits. Booking is advisable, especially for tables on the terrace. Dinner only. Brouwersgracht 60 Tel: (020) 622 1095. Fax: (020) 623 8840. E-mail: stein.vd.linden@belhamel.nl Website: www.diningcity.nl/debelhamel Price: EUR34. Wine: EUR14. Dorrius Established in 1890, Dorrius is a popular, central restaurant located in the Crowne Plaza hotel, close to Dam Square. The traditional menu in this long-established, old-style restaurant offers a sophisticated take on hearty, rustic Dutch specialities, such as thick split-pea soup, herring dishes or chicory casserole with meatballs. Booking is recommended as the restaurant is especially popular for business lunches. Crowne Plaza Amsterdam City Centre, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 5 Tel: (020) 420 2224. Fax: (020) 521 1794. E-mail: roomeyer.jaap@crowneplaza.nl Website: www.dorrius.nl Price: EUR29. Wine: EUR17. Het Tuynhuys Het Tuynhuys (The Garden House) offers discreet service, an eclectic menu of gourmet European cuisine and an exemplary wine list. Typical dishes include exotic salads combinations, such as sweetbreads, prawns, duck liver and smoked salmon, followed by roasted duck filet with Moroccan seasoning and a warm lentil and raisin salad. Guests can either dine in the formal restaurant, located in a converted coach house, or outside in the elegant garden during fine weather, just a short walk from the city’s famous floating flower market. Reguliersdwarsstraat 28 Tel: (020) 627 6603. Fax: (020) 423 5999. Price: EUR41. Wine: EUR17. Le Zinc et les Dames Guests are advised to book well in advance in this converted 17th-century, canalside warehouse. The rustic Mediterranean interior provides the perfect backdrop for the mouthwatering menu of home-style, regional French fare. The tarte tatin is highly recommended, rounded off with a digestif at the ground-floor zinc bar. Prinsengracht 999 Tel: (020) 622 9044. Fax: (020) 639 0230. Website: www.lezincetlesdames.nl Price: EUR36. Wine: EUR16. Vis aan de Schelde This popular eating place, conveniently located near the RAI International Exhibition & Congress Center in the De Pijp district, is arguably the best fish restaurant in Amsterdam. Its classy, modern black-and-white interior with shiny floor tiles and crisp white linens, is artfully counterbalanced by an impressive menu of dishes from around the world, ranging from sushi to bouillabaisse. Scheldeplein 4 Tel: (020) 675 1583. Fax: (020) 670 4617. Website: www.visaandeschelde.nl Price: EUR41. Wine: EUR17. Trendy Inez IPSC Inez IPSC (International Private Social Club) is one of the hottest restaurants in Amsterdam, drawing a hip crowd to its sparten, modern dining room for inventive dishes, such as lobster ravioli with caviar sauce or cauliflower pannacotta. Inez is so trendy that even the word ‘fusion’ food is considered passé here. Instead, the menu is described as ‘IMF’ (International Modern Freestyle). Diners can not only have as many courses as they like (three starters then a dessert for example), but the restaurant also affords one of the best urban vistas in town. Amstel 2 Tel: (020) 639 2899. Price: EUR36. Wine: EUR20. Kantjil en de Tijger A successful combination of modern decor, relaxed but efficient service, and spicy, imaginative cuisine makes Kantjil en de Tijger (The Deer and the Tiger) one of the capital’s most popular Indonesian restaurants. The sensational rijsttafel is a favoured speciality (literally meaning ‘rice table’, a traditional Indonesian feast of up to 20 rice, vegetable, meat and fish dishes) – only for those with big appetites. Spuistraat 291 Tel: (020) 620 0994. Fax: (020) 623 2166. Price: EUR18. Wine: EUR12. Le Garage This trendy brasserie, in a converted garage near Vondelpark, headed by celebrity chef Joop Braakhekke, is currently the in-place to go. The flamboyant decor of plush red banquettes and mirrored walls is reflected in the ambitious menu which mixes regional French cuisine with strong Eastern influences, together with all-time favourites, such as prawn cocktail, ribeye steak or duck in orange sauce. Ruysdaelstraat 54-56 Tel: (020) 679 7176. Fax: (020) 662 2249. Website: www.diningcity.nl/legarage Price: EUR40. Wine: EUR16. Supper Club Guests can dine with the in-crowd at this innovative restaurant where the predominantly white interior is transformed into various weekly-changing theatrical backdrops according to the cuisine – one night it is a beach, the next a Greek temple, with a sophisticated, five-course gastronomic menu to match the decor. Underneath the restaurant is the Supper Club Lounge, a small, ultra-cool bar. Jonge Roelensteeg 21 Tel: (020) 344 6400. Fax: (020) 344 6405. E-mail: info@supperclub.nl Website: www.supperclub.nl Price: EUR57 (five-course meal). Wine: EUR14. Zushi Zushi, a futuristically decorated restaurant of predominantly wood, glass and stainless steel, serves one of Amsterdam’s latest food trends – conveyor-belt-style Japanese fast food. Here, guests select sushi from different coloured plates, then pay at the end according to the colour of the plates – definitely a fun place, with dishes ranging from EUR2 to EUR8. Amstel 20 Tel: (020) 330 6882. Fax: (020) 330 6883. Website: www.zushi.nl Price: EUR20 (average amount spent). Wine: EUR13. Budget Café de Jaren A smart and spacious, modern café, best known for its trendy clientele and sunny waterfront terraces overlooking the Amstel River. Food ranges from simple soups, snacks and sandwiches to well-priced full menus on the first floor, including a selection of vegetarian dishes, and Dutch staples as hutspot (meat stew) or haring (herring). For dessert, the chocolate pear mousse is hard to resist. Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20-22 Tel: (020) 625 5771. Fax: (020) 624 0801. Price: EUR23. Wine: EUR13. Café Van Puffelen At the back of this intimate, sawdust-strewn brown bar, there is a cosy restaurant that serves generous portions of tasty, modern Dutch food to a young, lively crowd. The mustard soup with mussels, followed by salmon marinated in beetroot with a saffron dressing, with delicious cherry clafoutis for dessert, is highly recommended, and the handmade chocolates served with coffee are unmissable. During the summer months, a barge moored outside doubles up as a terrace. Prinsengracht 375-7 Tel: (020) 624 6270. Fax: (020) 627 6900. E-mail: vanpuffelen@diningcity.nl Website: www.diningcity.nl/vanpuffelen Price: EUR25. Wine: EUR14. De Keuken van 1870 Once a soup kitchen, this basic, old-fashioned establishment now serves huge platefuls of cheap, no-frills Dutch fare at communal tables to workers and tourists alike. Expect traditional staples, such as stamppot (a meaty stew) and paling (smoked eel). Spuistraat 4 Tel: (020) 624 8965. Fax: (020) 624 8965. Price: EUR14. Wine: EUR9. De Roode Leeuw De Roode Leeuw (The Red Lion) – a popular bistro-style restaurant in the heart of the city centre – specialises in affordable Dutch fare, such as hearty stews and sauerkraut dishes, prepared in a traditional way and served in an old-fashioned, wooden-panelled dining room. The wine list is small but select and the pavement terrace is heated in winter. 93-4 Damrak Tel: (020) 555 0666. Fax: (020) 620 4716. E-mail: info@hotelamsterdam.nl Website: www.hotelamsterdam.nl Price: EUR27. Wine: EUR18. Pancake Bakery Situated in a lovely old gabled canalhouse, the Pancake Bakery is a friendly restaurant that claims to produce ‘the best pancakes in town’, cooked on an old Dutch griddle. With over 70 different sweet and savoury toppings, the choice can be bewildering. Prinsengracht 191 Tel: (020) 625 1333. Fax: (020) 330 4442. Website: www.pancake.nl Price: EUR14. Wine: EUR11. Personal Recommendations De Groene Lantaarn This tiny, intimate restaurant is located in a beautiful 17th-century house on a quiet leafy canal in the Jordaan district. De Groene Lantaarn specialises in Gouda fondues and is especially popular during winter months. Dinner only. Bloemgracht 47 Tel: (020) 620 2088. Fax: (020) 622 0275. E-mail: info@fondue.nl Website: www.fondue.nl Price: EUR32. Wine: EUR14. D’Vijff Vligehen This cosy, candlelit restaurant, meaning ‘The Five Flies’ in English, is popular with both tourists and locals. Set in a series of period rooms and spread over five ancient, rambling 17th-century canalhouses, the dark wooden panelling, crisp white linens and antique furnishings of the interiors (including four original Rembrandt etchings) create a formal yet intimate setting for the impressive, and fanatically organic, ‘new Dutch cuisine’ menu. Typical dishes include spring onion soup laced with berry-flavoured Dutch gin or red perch with sauerkraut, with tangy plum compote for dessert. Dinner only. 294-302 Spuistraat Tel: (020) 624 8369. Fax: (020) 638 8171. Website: www.d/vijffvligehen.com Price: EUR27. Wine: EUR20. Haesje Claes This typically Dutch establishment offers traditional, homemade cuisine at its best, served in a warren of small, atmospheric, panelled dining rooms. The green pea soup, Ijsselmeer smoked eel and Dutch shrimp croquettes are highly recommended, and the tourist menu is especially good value. 273-5 Spui Tel: (020) 624 9998. Fax: (020) 627 4817. E-mail: info@haesjeclaes.nl Website: www.haesjeclaes.nl Price: EUR25. Wine: EUR15. Tempo Doelo Tempo Doelo is arguably Amsterdam’s best Indonesian restaurant, famous for its western-style interior, exotic flower arrangements, impressive wine list and some of the spiciest dishes in town. The satays and gado-gado (vegetables in peanut sauce) are particularly tasty and the mango dessert deliciously tangy and refreshing. Dinner only. Utrechtsestraat 75 Tel: (020) 625 6718. Fax: (020) 639 2342. Website: www.tempodoelorestaurant.nl Price: EUR29. Wine: EUR15. Toscanini Toscanini, in the Jordaan, offers authentic Italian cuisine prepared in an open kitchen, a bustling yet relaxed atmosphere, first-class service and excellent value for money. The menu includes sensational handmade pasta and risotto, as well as simple meat and fish dishes – it really is no wonder that it is Amsterdam’s most popular Italian restaurant. Dinner only. Reservations are essential. Lindengracht 75 Tel: (020) 623 2813. Fax: (020) 638 8949. Price: EUR29. Wine: EUR13. |
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