Guidebook for Amsterdam
Drinks & Nightlife
Café Frits
135 Jan EvertsenstraatLocal beers and burgers is their speciality!
Bar Baarsch
91 Jan EvertsenstraatGood place for a beer or bite, popular on fridays
Radijs Amsterdam
41HS Jan EvertsenstraatAnother closeby bar with nice atmosphere
Bar, club and restaurant with great waterside terrace in the summer
376 Einheimische empfehlen
Lokaal Edel
1 PostjeswegBar, club and restaurant with great waterside terrace in the summer
VLLA
9 Willem RoelofsstraatLocal club with small scale themed parties, check their website
Large open fireplace makes this a nice cozy spot for food or drinhks
371 Einheimische empfehlen
Café Zurich
2b MercatorpleinLarge open fireplace makes this a nice cozy spot for food or drinhks
Newest entertainment area in West, old tram workplace turned into galleries, foodcourt, cinema, etc
369 Einheimische empfehlen
De Hallen
41 BellamypleinNewest entertainment area in West, old tram workplace turned into galleries, foodcourt, cinema, etc
Newest hotspot in west, old school turned club and restaurant. For the hipsters.
355 Einheimische empfehlen
De School
3 Doctor Jan van BreemenstraatNewest hotspot in west, old school turned club and restaurant. For the hipsters.
Food Scene
Happines
193 OrteliusstraatThe nearest coffeeshop, for those so inclined :-)
Bagels & Beans
52 RuyschstraatOne of the many new coffee bars around
Terrasmus
For coffee, shakes, sandwiches in the sun, closed in winter
Tey roast their own coffee here, one of the newest independant spots in the area
211 Einheimische empfehlen
white label coffee
136 Jan EvertsenstraatTey roast their own coffee here, one of the newest independant spots in the area
This boat in the canal is the nearest place for a nice bite or drink
7 Einheimische empfehlen
Hard Hout Cafe Fossa
10 Bos en LommerplantsoenThis boat in the canal is the nearest place for a nice bite or drink
Newest and one of the closest places around for a beer or nice woodoven pizza's
92 Einheimische empfehlen
Wilde Westen
1 Bos en LommerplantsoenNewest and one of the closest places around for a beer or nice woodoven pizza's
For the cheapest bite nearby, check their student restaurant called the Kitchen
The Student Hotel Amsterdam West
4 van de Sande BakhuijzenstraatFor the cheapest bite nearby, check their student restaurant called the Kitchen
Eetwinkel Buurman & Buurman
171 MercatorstraatGreat pizza's for take away and eating in
Café Cook
2 James CookstraatGood local bar and restaurant, great terrace in summer
Good local restaurant! Bit more pricy compared to the bar/restaurants around but worth it
14 Einheimische empfehlen
About Jackie
313 Bos en LommerwegGood local restaurant! Bit more pricy compared to the bar/restaurants around but worth it
Floor17
410 StaalmeesterslaanGreat views from the 17th floor
Essentials
The Cow Project Nederland B.V.
327 Bos en LommerwegGood local butcher with meat from their own farms
Molenaar Gebr
232 Bos en LommerwegBest place to buy fish in the area
BBrood
OsdorppleinLocal bakery
Entertainment & Activities
Old gas factory with lots of enertainment options. Great industrial old buildings. Bars, cinema, etc
263 Einheimische empfehlen
Zuiveringshal West
37 PazzanistraatOld gas factory with lots of enertainment options. Great industrial old buildings. Bars, cinema, etc