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Alfonso's Mexican Restaurant

On Utrechtsestraat in Amsterdam, just a five minute walk from Rembrandtplein, you will find Alfonso's; an authentic Mexican restaurant. Alfonso's has been located in a historic building since October 1986. You can choose from many famous Mexican specialties.

Café Schiller

Television editors, theatervisiters, intellectuals and writers can regularly be found in Café Schiller on Rembrandtplein.

Gartine

Somewhat hidden, just off the ever-busy Rokin, this breakfast and lunch café remains popular. The cosy living-room-like décor may be memorable, but it’s the food that lingers longest – the chefs get many of the ingredients that go into the well-crafted sandwiches and salads from their own garden. Reservations are recommended.

Lanskroon

Lanskroon turns out gorgeous sweet and savoury pastries in the centre of Amsterdam. Their traditional Dutch favourites are made with love and care, and it’s one of the few places in town where you can still buy homemade stroopwafels. Starting each year in April they serve homemade ice cream as well – perfect alone, but even better with a slice of cake.

Koel

Koel is Amsterdam’s first self-service frozen yoghurt shop, located right in the middle of Chinatown. The idea is simple: Just pick a size, fill it up with plain or fruit-flavoured frozen yoghurt and sprinkle on the toppings of your choice. The organic yoghurt is frozen on-the-spot, so you can be sure it’s always fresh.

Eetcafé De Koevoet

Anyone entering the Koevoet in the Jordaan will be confused: Italian food in a traditional Amsterdam brown café? While the restaurant resembles a Jordanian living room, the food is unmistakably Italian.

Meghna

Meghna is a small Indian restaurant with linen covered tables and Indian music, around the corner from Rembrandtplein.

Momo

Momo is an ultra-cosmopolitan restaurant in the Park Hotel, near Leidseplein. The concept has been well thought out, and the best people have been brought from all over the world. For instance, the chef used to cook at Hakassan in London. You can drink cocktails in the lounge area and eat pan-Asian dishes in the restaurant area. Think of soft shell crab, fresh butter sashimi, seared duck, and 'Jurrasic prawns'.

De Belhamel

You will find restaurant De Belhamel in one of the most beautiful spots in the city, with a view of both the Brouwersgracht and the Herengracht. The building is also unique: from top to bottom in Art Nouveau style with original details. Here you can eat French-tinted dishes such as a terrine of duck breast, fried sea bream and veal entrecôte with boletus. With nice weather on the terrace with that beautiful view.

Restaurant Freud

In the modern restaurant Freud, people with a distance to the labor market work as cooks, hosts or dishwashers. Freud is a learn-work company for anyone who wants to learn the hospitality industry. The menu features changing dishes inspired by Mediterranean cuisine and flavors from the Middle East. Be surprised by new flavors or enjoy classics such as fish soup and steak tartare!

De Smoeshaan

In the predominantly old-fashioned space of theatre-café De Smoeshaan near Leidseplein, there's always a buzz. Between, before, and after performances, actors and visitors come to discuss their play or other topics. At the round tables, young and old mingle; it is a place where theatre veterans meet with theatre students. The walls are covered in posters of plays. You can also find good food here, from the fixed menu or one of the daily changing dishes.

Het Schoolhuis

Het Schoolhuis is located in the former home of the village master in Holysloot. It is a cozy café in the rural area of Amsterdam Noord. There are two beautiful terraces, one of which offers a panoramic view towards the IJsselmeerdijk.

Café 't Blaauwhooft

On the picturesque Bickerseiland you can sit down on the large terrace of eetcafé 't Blaauwhooft. From the outside it looks fairly new, once inside the café is all cosiness with historical details such as stained glass, seascapes and round globe lamps.

Casa Peru

Authentic Peruvian food on the Amsterdam canals? That's why you visit Casa Peru on the corner of Leidsegracht and Prinsengracht. The restaurant has a large waterfront terrace and serves typical Peruvian dishes, such as ceviche de pescado (raw fish), estofado de carne con papas (beef stewed in red wine) and aguadito (seafood and fish soup). To top it off, finish the night with hot chocolate cake and Peruvian lemon cake.

Polder

You will find café-restaurant Polder on the grounds of Science Park Amsterdam, right between science institutes. You can visit this warehouse with its pleasant atmosphere all day long. From scrambled eggs for breakfast to a sandwich for lunch and an extensive, organic dinner menu in the evenings. To warm up, you can take a seat in one of the armchairs around the wood-burning stove. In good weather, you can take a seat at one of the outside picnic tables.

Brasserie - International Theatre Amsterdam

This brasserie is located in the International Theatre Amsterdam (ITA), but you can also sit here without going to the theatre. The nineteenth-century interior has received quite a few modern additions and attracts an audience of all ages for lunch, dinner, or drinks.

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