Bistrot Neuf
The Haarlemmerstraat's proper French bistro, pouring forty wines by the glass since 2009.
Two minutes from Centraal, at the unglamorous top of the Haarlemmerstraat, sits the most Parisian room in Amsterdam: white tablecloths, a zinc-ish bar, waiters who actually know the wine list. Neuf has done this since 2009 and recently sharpened up under its bar-à-vin banner without losing the plot: soupe de poisson from Marseille, escargots, steak with proper frites, a seasonal chef's menu when you can't decide. The killer feature is 'service continu', the kitchen runs all day from noon, seven days a week, so you can eat a real lunch at 15:30 when everywhere else has surrendered to toasties. Forty wines by the glass means the sommelier will happily walk you through Jura weirdness or safe Burgundy, and Gault&Millau's 13.5 points hang quietly on the wall. Gijs van der Hoofd took over the kitchen in September 2026, arriving from 3WO Horeca Groep by way of Morgan & Mees and six years at Oker in The Hague, plus stints in New York and Switzerland; the classics stay where they are while he writes his own additions around them. Book, or just take the bar with a glass and the borrelkaart.
Start with the Marseille fish soup, rouille and all, then order the caviar snack if you're celebrating anything at all.
What to order
Full menu- Steak tartare€16/€25
Hand-cut, petit or grand; the tartare regulars measure every other one against. Osetra supplement if flush.
- Brioche Neuf€26
Seared duck liver, lobster and truffle mayo on brioche, the house calling card, ordered at every table.
- Côte de boeuf for two€95
800g off the grill; reviewers keep using the words 'cooked to perfection'.
- Escargots
Garlic-parsley butter classics, 'best snails I have ever had' is a recurring review line.
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