Canal-side*
Water views in this city are mostly a tourist tax. At these addresses the food holds up its end of the postcard.
Restaurant Flore
Amsterdam's most convincing case that two-star dining can be plant-led.
Hemelse Modder
Thirty-plus years of cooking for the neighbours, priced like it still means it.
De Belhamel
Art nouveau room, waterside terrace, Bib Gourmand cooking at the prettiest canal junction going.
Hangar
Corrugated-iron hangar on the IJ doing côte de boeuf and long sundowners.
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.
Café 't Gasthuys
A 1977 brown café behind the university with a waterside terrace and a daily special that still starts under ten euro.
Eetcafé Sonneveld
Stamppot of the day at 16.95 all year round under a wall of Wim Sonneveld photographs, with the Westerkerk on the terrace.