Tannay

The Caron family's French flagship, renamed for its chef's Burgundy village, with the loveliest drawbridge terrace in town.

This was De Gouden Reael, Alain Caron's French flagship on the Zandhoek, until the family renamed it in April 2024 after the Burgundy village where chef Thomas Demuth grew up. Demuth cooked at the George V in Paris, his parents still run a vineyard back home whose bottles appear on the list, and the whole operation radiates unforced French confidence. Classic dishes, precise sauces, a five course chef's menu at 92 euros or a la carte, with a cellar that leans hard into Burgundy, Loire and Champagne. The setting does half the work: a monumental seventeenth century house on Realeneiland with a terrace by the old drawbridge that is one of the loveliest places in Amsterdam to lose an afternoon. Weekends add lunch and a three course Menu du Marche at 58 euros, the sane way in. Michelin lists it, the Westelijke Eilanden stay quiet, and the ducks paddle past.

The weekend Menu du Marche lunch (Sat-Sun 12:30-14:00, three courses) on the terrace by the drawbridge is the smart first visit; dinner seatings Wed-Fri 18:30-20:30, weekends 18:00-20:30.