Beste Restaurants in Amsterdam

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

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

No-fuss fresh pasta from time-tested Italian recipes

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

A modern-classic Museumkwartier institution since 1980

Iconic crushed-ice seafood counter by the Concertgebouw

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

Amsterdam's reference rijsttafel, reopened after a 2026 refit

Asian fine dining in the Conservatorium's former drum classroom

Shipping-container culture hub on the IJ at NDSM

Decadent waterfront dining in a corrugated-iron IJ hangar

The original Noord industrial-hall restaurant, since 2006

Fruits de mer on the northern bank of the IJ

Chef-owned wine bistro on a quiet Jordaan corner

Snug 15-table fine dining with an open kitchen

Regional Italian institution on the Lindengracht since 1985

One weekly set menu in a former blacksmith's forge

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

One-Michelin-star European cooking above Dam Square

Modern tasting-menu cooking on the Singel canal

Art-nouveau canal corner where two gracht meet

Mediterranean-Levantine cooking in a 19th-century conservatory

Open-fire seasonal cooking in a monumental warehouse

Dennis Huwae's Michelin-starred tasting room in Het Sieraad

South-East Asian sharing plates in the Ten Kate market

Eastern-Mediterranean neo-bistro for shared dining in West

Cosy French bistro on a quiet Oud-West corner

Upmarket food hall inside a restored 1902 tram depot

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

Piedmontese fine dining and serious Italian wine on Reestraat

NYC-styled French brasserie on the Leidsegracht corner

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

Flemish-French rotisserie in a former domestic-science school

Modern Dutch, seasonal and regional, on Javaplein

The looser small-plates and wine sibling across Javaplein

The original Javastraat brasserie, brunch to apéro

Greek-leaning restobar with a tight, smart wine list

Authentic Iraqi kebab and mezze on Javastraat

Mussels, oysters and creative G&Ts in the gasworks

French neighbourhood lunch-and-wine canteen at Westergas

Peruvian ceviche and pisco bar in Amsterdam-Oost

Fine-dining Indonesian rijsttafel with West-Javanese accents

Seasonal tasting menus inside a former bank vault in Noord

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

Antakya-rooted Turkish kitchen on Hugo de Grootplein

Charcoal-grill Turkish kitchen on the De Pijp border

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