Brunch*
Weekend mornings that start slow and end around three. Queues are part of the liturgy at the good ones.
Miri Mary
Butter Chicken Benny and a Goan omelette floating in coconut sauce, on a brunch card that only exists Friday to Sunday.
Restaurant Gitane
All-day Mediterranean with a Bib Gourmand and a natural-wine treasure map.
Beach Barn
A Zandvoort beach pavilion in its second season that opens at 08:30 with a bakery counter and ends the day on shellfish and turbot.
Belly Pepper
Borek given the eggs benedict treatment by a chef who cooked at Lokanta Feriye on the Bosphorus.
NELA
Live-fire glamour inside the Valley building; Zuidas finally learned to have fun.
Noosa
Surf-school pavilion named after a Queensland longboard town, doing proper shared plates on the sand.
Little Collins
Melbourne-grade brunch and daytime drinking on a quiet Pijp side street.
Ubuntu Beach
Boho fixture on the south boulevard doing easy mornings, long lunches and late dinners properly.
Brasserie Vrijburcht
Steigereiland's waterside brasserie inside a resident-built co-op, complete with boat mooring.
Bakers & Roasters
A signed laptop free zone that charges two euros to change a dish, and still has a queue down the street by ten on Sunday.
Ottolenghi
Yotam's homecoming: the full vegetable playbook, grill smoke and all, in the Conservatorium's glass atrium.
Tijn Akersloot
The surfers' pavilion at the quiet south end, now cooking almost everything over fire.
Dignita Hoftuin
Every euro of profit goes to Stichting Dignita, and the walled Hoftuin garden behind the H'ART museum is the quietest brunch terrace in the Centrum.
Stadscafé
The Roest and De Willem crew's grand café at Westergas: crêpes at breakfast, rotisserie chicken at dinner, 120 wines by night.
Café-Restaurant De Plantage
Mediterranean brasserie cooking inside the prettiest cast-iron winter garden in Amsterdam.
Small World
A tiny deli making the Haarlemmerbuurt's best sandwiches since 1999.
Café Luxembourg
The Spui's grand café since the eighties, home of the Holtkamp shrimp croquette.
De Wasserette
Open at 7:30 every single day, a block off the Albert Cuyp, which makes it the most reliable early table in De Pijp.
Loop51
A record player that runs from ten in the morning, and live DJs from Friday, which is how eggs benedict turns into an afternoon.
Woodstock '69
The boho institution of Bloemendaal: barefoot brunch by day, live music as the sun drops.
Flo's Deli Bakery
The first hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels in Amsterdam, and a Cinnamon Crunch bagel they bake on Saturday and Sunday only.
Van de Werf
The NDSM's all-day living room, with a kitchen that quietly overdelivers.
Pllek
Container-built city beach where the vegetables outshine the sunset. Almost.
Bar Botanique
A rainforest-green corner bar off the Dappermarkt that cooks better than it needs to.
Bar Basquiat
The Javastraat corner bar where the whole Indische Buurt eventually washes up.
Republiek
Architect-built pavilion with real kitchen ambition, priced like it knows it.
Sallora
Aleppo-born grill-and-mezze operation on Osdorpplein, part restaurant, part bazaar, fully halal.
De Neef van Fred
All-day French-leaning bistro with the best waterside terrace in De Baarsjes.
Staring at Jacob
New York brunch on the canal: fried chicken, waffles, Bloody Marys.