Eating in Amsterdam: the independent restaurant guide
A field guide to eating in Amsterdam: 226 restaurants across 9 chapters, no press dinners, no sponsored spots. Written like a friend who lives there.
Can't choose? Three questions, three tablesAsk the concierge →Tell it what kind of night it is; it picks from all of them.
Every Michelin star in Amsterdam 2026*
Amsterdam won no new star on 5 October and lost three starred restaurants. Here are the 20 that remain, what changed, and every Bib Gourmand in town.
Read the special →
Contents
9 chapters · the whole city- 01Centrum & the CanalsOld rooms, sharp kitchens, ducks in windows.47 places
- 02Jordaan & WesterparkSmall rooms, big regulars.28 places
- 03De PijpThe dense one. Come hungry, leave slowly.31 places
- 04Oud-West & De BaarsjesWhere the cooks eat on their night off.30 places
- 05Oost & PlantageInstitutions first, bistros second, river always.28 places
- 06NoordAcross the water, worth the ferry.20 places
- 07ZuidOld money, wide streets, kitchens with nothing to prove.23 places
- 08Beyond the RingWhere the city actually lives, and eats.9 places
- 09Amsterdam BeachThe city's beach, the good pavilions only.10 places
Right now*
Updated Week of 3 October 2026 · The full list
New openingOmi
Two people, one kitchen and a 55 euro three-course menu built on what grandma would have cooked, if grandma kept caviar.
Chef moveJulius Nuiten, Le Souterrain
The chef who ran the kitchen when Bistro de la Mer won its star now cooks in a nightclub basement. On purpose.
MichelinFuLu Mandarijn, Utage & Boon & De Koot
Michelin hands Amsterdam three new Bib Gourmands: Sichuan offal on the Rokin, sake in the Rivierenbuurt, vegetables in the Houthavens.
Coming soonÉlan
The Roux owners take the old Maris Piper corner, with their executive chef as partner and mains at 25 to 30.
New openingVin Fou
Angelo Kremmydas opened a no-bookings French wine bar straight across from Gitane, plat du jour at 15 to 17.
The ones to know
See all on the mapRestaurant 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.