Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Our favourite spots
This is a great place for the BEST sandwiches in town. I love the fresh tuna with wasabi mayo or the salmon cake sandwich. Great with a freshly made apple lime ginger juice!
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Small World Catering
14 Binnen OranjestraatThis is a great place for the BEST sandwiches in town. I love the fresh tuna with wasabi mayo or the salmon cake sandwich. Great with a freshly made apple lime ginger juice!
If you're looking for something very Amsterdam and a bit upscale, De Belhamel is perfect. Great food in a beautiful restaurant. When the weather is nice, you can enjoy a table on the water.
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De Belhamel
60 BrouwersgrachtIf you're looking for something very Amsterdam and a bit upscale, De Belhamel is perfect. Great food in a beautiful restaurant. When the weather is nice, you can enjoy a table on the water.
De Pizzabakkers Haarlemmerdijk
128 HS HaarlemmerdijkGreat brick oven pizza
Cool hangout at NDSM warf to have a drink and lunch or dinner and look out across the river at the Amsterdam skyline. If the sun is out, even better!
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Pllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegCool hangout at NDSM warf to have a drink and lunch or dinner and look out across the river at the Amsterdam skyline. If the sun is out, even better!
Hipster hangout and yummy food across the water. Just take the ferry from Central Station to NDSM Werf.
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Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-PleinHipster hangout and yummy food across the water. Just take the ferry from Central Station to NDSM Werf.
The Lobby Nesplein
49 NesGroovy spot to have a drink and dine.
Amazing selection of delicious beers from around the world along with a great menu of satisfyingly yummy food. Great to sit outside weather permitting.
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de Biertuin
29 LinnaeusstraatAmazing selection of delicious beers from around the world along with a great menu of satisfyingly yummy food. Great to sit outside weather permitting.
Winkel 43
43 NoordermarktBar, Coffee, Restaurant, presumably the best Apple pie in town.
Wonderful Dutch Brasserie on the Amstel. You can sit outside if the weather is nice. Great food, Dutch shrimp salad sandwich is amazing so is their Cesar Salad with poached egg. Lovely wines as well!
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Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 WeesperzijdeWonderful Dutch Brasserie on the Amstel. You can sit outside if the weather is nice. Great food, Dutch shrimp salad sandwich is amazing so is their Cesar Salad with poached egg. Lovely wines as well!
Wow. This is one of our all time favourites. Amazing wines, and uncomplicated and gorgeous food. They bake their own bread too. Make a reservation, it's very popular.
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Toscanini
75 LindengrachtWow. This is one of our all time favourites. Amazing wines, and uncomplicated and gorgeous food. They bake their own bread too. Make a reservation, it's very popular.
De Plantage
36 Plantage KerklaanBeautiful restaurant/grand cafe style. Lovely food.
MOS is one of the most highly rated new restaurants in Amsterdam, it's beautifully situated and the food is gorgeous.
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MOS
185 IJdokMOS is one of the most highly rated new restaurants in Amsterdam, it's beautifully situated and the food is gorgeous.
Very cool hangout on the water, you can drive your boat up! Especially nice in good weather.
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Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtVery cool hangout on the water, you can drive your boat up! Especially nice in good weather.
Amazing food, great chef and sweet location in Amsterdam Noord in a former garage.
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Hotel De Goudfazant
30 AambeeldstraatAmazing food, great chef and sweet location in Amsterdam Noord in a former garage.
Gorgeous menu, superb food and service and amazing wine selection just a ferry ride over in Amsterdam Noord in a hangar!
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Hangar Amsterdam
36 AambeeldstraatGorgeous menu, superb food and service and amazing wine selection just a ferry ride over in Amsterdam Noord in a hangar!
Toki
15 Binnen DommersstraatGreat matcha green lattes and cakes... also serving lunch
Insanely delicious hummus and veggies made to perfection. Super cute cafe close by with some outdoor seating too.
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Hummus bistro d&a
136 WesterstraatInsanely delicious hummus and veggies made to perfection. Super cute cafe close by with some outdoor seating too.
De Gouden Reael
14 ZandhoekNice french bistro with lovely wines
Amazing food. Chefs menu is always a good pick. A tad on the high end side but well worth it. We love it. Great wines too!!
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La Fiorita
12 H Tweede TuindwarsstraatAmazing food. Chefs menu is always a good pick. A tad on the high end side but well worth it. We love it. Great wines too!!
the most insane breakfasts ever. make sure you sign up online to the waiting list before going or it will be a long wait. boozy cocktails are also great.
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Bakers & Roasters
54 Eerste Jacob van Campenstraatthe most insane breakfasts ever. make sure you sign up online to the waiting list before going or it will be a long wait. boozy cocktails are also great.
Colima
Choux
128 De RuijterkadeBarentsz Restaurant & Bar
Kikkie van de Prinsensluis
OPENLUCHT ATELIER AMSTERDAM
o bistro
Wolf Atelier
20 WesterdokspleinGorgeous restaurant on the water with excellent Bar. Everything from Oysters to steak. Great selection of beer and wine. We love it.
Vooges aan 't IJ
Gorgeous restaurant on the water with excellent Bar. Everything from Oysters to steak. Great selection of beer and wine. We love it.
Essentials
Great organic market on Saturdays for cheese, bread, fish and everything your appetite desires.
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Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktGreat organic market on Saturdays for cheese, bread, fish and everything your appetite desires.
Wednesday's Organic Farmer's Market/a smaller version of the Noordermarkt one on Saturdays. Great burgers, crepes, cheeses, veggies, mushrooms, fish, fresh pasta, sausages and more!
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AH Haarlemmerplein
34 HaarlemmerpleinWednesday's Organic Farmer's Market/a smaller version of the Noordermarkt one on Saturdays. Great burgers, crepes, cheeses, veggies, mushrooms, fish, fresh pasta, sausages and more!
Amazing to experience this market. Everything is going on all at once, street vendors, farmers, families and locals all coming together to get their daily bread! It's a super place for people watching
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Albert Cuyp
Albert CuypstraatAmazing to experience this market. Everything is going on all at once, street vendors, farmers, families and locals all coming together to get their daily bread! It's a super place for people watching
Marqt
402 CeintuurbaanUpscale grocery store with many organic items and ready made dishes.
Ekoplaza
164 HaarlemmerdijkAll organic
Etos
140 B SloterkadeDrugstore
Where we do most of our grocery shopping, great ready meals too! And super selection of wine and beer as well as artisan cheeses and dips. Fruits and veggies are always top quality, and mostly organic.
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Marqt
402 CeintuurbaanWhere we do most of our grocery shopping, great ready meals too! And super selection of wine and beer as well as artisan cheeses and dips. Fruits and veggies are always top quality, and mostly organic.
Entertainment & Activities
Svaha Yoga
133 WillemsstraatYoga studio/the real deal
Drinks & Nightlife
This is a great local pub which serves up great beer and good simple fare.
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't Blaauwhooft
1 Hendrik JonkerpleinThis is a great local pub which serves up great beer and good simple fare.
Steve is a beer lover and a beer connoisseur. His cafe is the place to be if you love speciality beers with 10 beers on tap and a much wider range of bottled beers (over 70).
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Cafe Westerdok
715a WesterdoksdijkSteve is a beer lover and a beer connoisseur. His cafe is the place to be if you love speciality beers with 10 beers on tap and a much wider range of bottled beers (over 70).
De Oranjerie
15hs Binnen OranjestraatNice beers on tap, and a typical local amsterdam bar.
Typical Amsterdam brown bar, with a perfect view onto the canals.
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Cafe Papeneiland
2 PrinsengrachtTypical Amsterdam brown bar, with a perfect view onto the canals.
Best beers, locally brewed. Located under an old wind mill. Great way to spend your afternoon idling away the hours. They do tours as well. Check their website for opening hours, they aren't open late. http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/?lang=en
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Brouwerij 't IJ
7 FunenkadeBest beers, locally brewed. Located under an old wind mill. Great way to spend your afternoon idling away the hours. They do tours as well. Check their website for opening hours, they aren't open late. http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/?lang=en
It's a cult classic. Great music in a former church. Check listings.
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Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansIt's a cult classic. Great music in a former church. Check listings.
Shopping
Prinsenstraat
PrinsenstraatNice boutiques and shops.
De 9 Straatjes
Some of the best boutique shopping in town.
Skins Cosmetics Runstraat
11 RunstraatGreat for cosmetics, fine skincare and fragrance.
Wonderful high quality natural products, run by friendly staff who know their stuff.
Lavendula Natuurdrogist
14 WesterstraatWonderful high quality natural products, run by friendly staff who know their stuff.
Furniture, Fabrics, Home and Art. The Best of new Design/great for special gifts and hip items.
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Frozen Fountain
645 PrinsengrachtFurniture, Fabrics, Home and Art. The Best of new Design/great for special gifts and hip items.
I love this shop, they always have really nice jewelery and wraps/scarves and pretty things for the house. It's a tiny shop full of treastures!
Outras Coisas
31 HerenstraatI love this shop, they always have really nice jewelery and wraps/scarves and pretty things for the house. It's a tiny shop full of treastures!
High end designer clothing and accessories including Isabel Marant, Jacquemus, Monique van Heist and Acne.
MOISE
111 CeintuurbaanHigh end designer clothing and accessories including Isabel Marant, Jacquemus, Monique van Heist and Acne.
Beautiful, sustainably sourced clothing and homewares. Pomandere, Rue Blanche, Monique van Heist, Kings of Indigo. Beautiful locally designed jewelry too.
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Sukha Amsterdam
110 HaarlemmerstraatBeautiful, sustainably sourced clothing and homewares. Pomandere, Rue Blanche, Monique van Heist, Kings of Indigo. Beautiful locally designed jewelry too.
Margriet Nannnings Winkel
15 PrinsenstraatEverything Else
Great beauty spa for anything and everything you need to be your already beautiful you. Facials, massage, mani pedis, peels, waxing, they do it all. But call ahead!
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SOAP TREATMENT STORE - SPUISTRAAT
281 SpuistraatGreat beauty spa for anything and everything you need to be your already beautiful you. Facials, massage, mani pedis, peels, waxing, they do it all. But call ahead!
Koan Float
321 HerengrachtGet a float and a massage and you're on top of the world.
Chocolaterie icecreamshop Jordino
25-A HaarlemmerdijkThe best Gelato in town
Arts & Culture
The Eye Film Museum is a great place to take in a film or enjoy a coffee as you look out over the IJ river onto Amsterdam.
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EYE Film Instituut Nederland
1 IJpromenadeThe Eye Film Museum is a great place to take in a film or enjoy a coffee as you look out over the IJ river onto Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Photography Museum, nice and small, super exhibitions and beautifully curated.
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Foam
609 KeizersgrachtAmsterdam Photography Museum, nice and small, super exhibitions and beautifully curated.
Anne-Frank-Haus
20 WestermarktVan Gogh Museum
6 MuseumpleinStedelijk Museum
10 MuseumpleinRijksmuseum Amsterdam
1 MuseumstraatTropenmuseum
2 LinnaeusstraatGO Gallery
127 MarnixstraatGreat local art
Moco Museum
20 Honthorststraat