De Juwelier

One star, new chef, the same room that sent Yoran Jacobi and Moriaan Koeleman off to open Veneur in 2025.

When Yoran Jacobi and Moriaan Koeleman left with sommelier Bas Hazen in 2025 to open Veneur down on the Weteringschans, De Juwelier could have coasted on its 2022 star and hoped nobody noticed the gap. Instead owners Richard van Oostenbrugge and Thomas Groot, the pair behind two-starred 212, brought in Thomas van Santvoort, who had just closed his own starred Flicka in Kerkdriel after eight years to start a new chapter in Amsterdam. His cooking keeps De Juwelier's bistro-with-star-precision idea intact: a Holsteiner beef tartare with a wild Wadden oyster and seaweed cracker, a tomato salad that pairs tarragon against Zaanse mustard ice cream, plates that read simple and taste considered. The room hasn't changed, white tile, dark wood, a counter that watches the open kitchen, forty-five seats that fill on a Tuesday. It keeps producing chefs worth watching elsewhere in the city; Jacobi picked up the Michelin Young Chef Award here in 2022 before striking out on his own. Van Santvoort's job now is proving the room's next chapter earns the same attention.

Mon-Sat 12:00-14:15 and 17:30-22:00, Sun 12:00-22:00 all day. The five-course lunch at €58 is the cheapest way into a Van Santvoort tasting menu.

Photo: De Juwelier, via AmsterdamNow