Brunch*
Weekend mornings that start slow and end around three. Queues are part of the liturgy at the good ones.
Restaurant Gitane
All-day Mediterranean with a Bib Gourmand and a natural-wine treasure map.
Beach Barn
The 2026 newcomer at the quiet south end: farm-style room, own bakery, eighty wines by the sea.
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.
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.
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.
Woodstock '69
The boho institution of Bloemendaal: barefoot brunch by day, live music as the sun drops.
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.