EatStreet
A field guide to eating in Amsterdam: 188 restaurants across 9 chapters, no press dinners, no sponsored spots. Written like a friend who lives there.
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The ramen special*
Twenty shops checked, 8 bowls ranked, the styles decoded, and the honest list of what did not make it.
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Contents
9 chapters · the whole city- 01Centrum & the CanalsOld rooms, sharp kitchens, ducks in windows.36 places
- 02Jordaan & WesterparkSmall rooms, big regulars.22 places
- 03De PijpThe dense one. Come hungry, leave slowly.22 places
- 04Oud-West & De BaarsjesWhere the cooks eat on their night off.22 places
- 05Oost & PlantageInstitutions first, bistros second, river always.29 places
- 06NoordAcross the water, worth the ferry.19 places
- 07ZuidOld money, wide streets, kitchens with nothing to prove.19 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 15 August 2026 · The full list
New openingSatkara
Indian and Nepalese fine dining lands on the Reguliersdwarsstraat.
Chef movePasquale Carfora, Waldorf Astoria
JRE Chef of the Year takes over the Waldorf Astoria kitchens after Spectrum's exit.
New openingMano Bakery
A Veronese couple bake their grandfather's legacy onto the Kinkerstraat.
New opening't Lemmeke
The Wijmpje Beukers crew cross an English country pub with a Dutch eetcafé.
New openingBar Kaat
Twelve friends from Limburg bought an empty corner kroeg and poured Oud-West a sjoes.
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.