Brunch*
Weekend mornings that start slow and end around three. Queues are part of the liturgy at the good ones.
Restaurant Gitane
All-day Mediterranean with a Bib Gourmand and a natural-wine treasure map.
NELA
Live-fire glamour inside the Valley building; Zuidas finally learned to have fun.
Little Collins
Melbourne-grade brunch and daytime drinking on a quiet Pijp side street.
Brasserie Vrijburcht
Steigereiland's waterside brasserie inside a resident-built co-op, complete with boat mooring.
Café-Restaurant De Plantage
Mediterranean brasserie cooking inside the prettiest cast-iron winter garden in Amsterdam.
Small World
A tiny deli making the Haarlemmerbuurt's best sandwiches since 1999.
Café Luxembourg
The Spui's grand café since the eighties, home of the Holtkamp shrimp croquette.
Pllek
Container-built city beach where the vegetables outshine the sunset. Almost.
Bar Botanique
A rainforest-green corner bar off the Dappermarkt that cooks better than it needs to.
Bar Basquiat
The Javastraat corner bar where the whole Indische Buurt eventually washes up.
Sallora
Aleppo-born grill-and-mezze operation on Osdorpplein, part restaurant, part bazaar, fully halal.
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.