Vegetarian-friendly*
Places where the vegetables are the point, not the apology. Vegans eat well here too.
Restaurant Flore
Amsterdam's most convincing case that two-star dining can be plant-led.
De Kas
Michelin-starred cooking inside the greenhouse where your dinner was picked this morning.
Wils
Michelin-starred fire worship on the third floor above Stadionplein.
Massimo Gelato
The first of Massimo Bertonasco's five gelaterias, open since 2017, where guests call the pistachio the standout.
Fort Negen
Every weekend De Baarsjes queues for a kaassoufflé on brioche. Correctly.
Hemelse Modder
Thirty-plus years of cooking for the neighbours, priced like it still means it.
Gebroeders Niemeijer
A proper French breakfast under an original art deco ceiling, served from 8:15 with the stone oven going behind the counter.
Corner Store
Vinyl, smoke and sake in a Papaverweg warehouse; Noord's best-sounding dinner.
Restaurant Blauw
Four Indonesian rijsttafels, from fully vegan to meat, fish and vegetables, at the restaurant Time Out named Amsterdam's best Indonesian in 2026.
Night Kitchen
Levantine sharing plates in Oud-West with the kitchen open until 23.00, or €58 for a menu the team builds around your table's tastes.
Belly Pepper
Borek given the eggs benedict treatment by a chef who cooked at Lokanta Feriye on the Bosphorus.
Café Binnenvisser
The natural-wine café every neighborhood wishes it had, now on Bilderdijkstraat.
Little Collins
Melbourne-grade brunch and daytime drinking on a quiet Pijp side street.
Scandinavian Embassy
A pale-wood Nordic room on Sarphatipark that opens at 8:00 on weekdays and pours coffee from Scandinavia's best roasters rather than its own.
Kitchen Impossible
The all-vegan sister of Men Impossible on a quiet Pijp square, home to what Ramenko calls the best tsukemen in Amsterdam.
FC Hyena
Boutique cinema on the IJ where the kitchen deserves top billing too.
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.
Wijmpje Beukers
A Gault&Millau toque in a De Pijp eetcafé that swaps its five-and-five menu every six weeks.
Ottolenghi
Yotam's homecoming: the full vegetable playbook, grill smoke and all, in the Conservatorium's glass atrium.
Indrapura
Rembrandtplein's grand old rijsttafel room, still the classic Indonesian spread.
Vinnies
Open at 7:30 on weekdays and laptop-free from lunch onward, which tells you exactly what this room is for.
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.
Kartika
Fifty-year-old rijsttafel den on the Overtoom; candlelit, walk-in only, zero nonsense.
Restaurant Beyrouth
The Estephan family has run Amsterdam's best mezze since 1990.
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.
Toki
A corner coffee bar with a four-person bar built into a window opening, so two people can sit facing each other and actually talk.
Café Cook
The Baarsjes eetcafé on a hidden square that Your Little Black Book wishes sat in every neighbourhood.
Rudi's Original Stroopwafels
Hot stroopwafel off the iron at Albert Cuyp, syrup still running.
Semhar
Injera, spiced stews and family warmth on the Jordaan's western edge, for pocket change.
Pllek
Container-built city beach where the vegetables outshine the sunset. Almost.
Mama Makan
Indonesian dinner at the Hyatt Regency's restaurant in the Plantage, with a €39 rijsttafel in regular and vegan versions and mains off a yakitori barbecue.
Bar Botanique
A rainforest-green corner bar off the Dappermarkt that cooks better than it needs to.