EatStreet
A field guide to eating in Amsterdam: 111 restaurants across 9 chapters, no press dinners, no sponsored spots. Written like a friend who lives there.
Contents
9 chapters · the whole city- 01Centrum & the CanalsOld rooms, sharp kitchens, ducks in windows.15 places
- 02Jordaan & WesterparkSmall rooms, big regulars.15 places
- 03De PijpThe dense one. Come hungry, leave slowly.15 places
- 04Oud-West & De BaarsjesWhere the cooks eat on their night off.13 places
- 05Oost & PlantageInstitutions first, bistros second, river always.14 places
- 06NoordAcross the water, worth the ferry.12 places
- 07ZuidOld money, wide streets, kitchens with nothing to prove.11 places
- 08Beyond the RingWhere the city actually lives, and eats.9 places
- 09Amsterdam BeachThe city's beach, the good pavilions only.7 places
Right now*
Updated July 2026 · The full list
New openingOttolenghi Amsterdam
Yotam Ottolenghi's first Dutch restaurant, vegetables blazing, inside the Conservatorium.
New openingStadscafé
The Roest and De Willem crew's grand all-day café at Westergas.
Chef moveSidney Schutte, The Gym
Two-star Spectrum chef trades tasting menus for a gym in Oud-Zuid.
Chef moveRichard van Oostenbrugge & Thomas Groot, Kama Handroll Bar
The 212 two-star duo go no-menu, no-reservations Japanese handrolls.
Chef moveDennis Huwaë, Daalder (back on the Lindengracht)
Michelin-starred Daalder moves home to the Jordaan after ten years.
The ones to know
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Restaurant Flore
Amsterdam's most convincing case that two-star dining can be plant-led.
Ciel Bleu
Two Michelin stars, twenty-three floors up, all of Amsterdam below you.
Vuurtoreneiland
Boat out, six courses over fire, a lighthouse island to yourselves.
RIJKS
Bijdendijk's Low Countries cooking is the Rijksmuseum's best exhibit, and it's edible.
De Kas
Michelin-starred cooking inside the greenhouse where your dinner was picked this morning.