FC Hyena
Boutique cinema on the IJ where the kitchen deserves top billing too.
FC Hyena calls itself a boutique cinema with a petit restaurant, which undersells how good the eating is. Two small halls, one electric blue, one burnt orange, both with sofa-style rows you sink into, screen the smarter end of the film programme, while the big colourful canteen up front runs from morning croissants to a proper dinner. The summer 2026 card reads like a Mediterranean holiday: pimientos de padrón, stracciatella with charred peppers and pane carasau, aubergine with smoked provola, cod under a potato-paprika gratin, salsiccia from Monte San Biagio on stewed beans, hazelnut semifreddo drowned as affogato. Vegetarians do conspicuously well. They only take bookings for six or more; everyone else just wanders in off the Aambeeldstraat, eats, and maybe catches a film, open until about 01:00, and Noorderparkers get a ticket discount with their huisvuilpas, which is peak Noord.
Order the salsiccia from Monte San Biagio with bean stew, then the hazelnut semifreddo affogato.
What to order
Full menu- Wood-oven aubergine
The dish reviewers call an absolute must, nearly everything here goes through the wood fire.
- Sourdough with butter
Recurring review favorite; order it while you pick a natural wine.
- BBQ ribs
Sticky, smoky, made for sharing before or after your film.
- Stuffed sweet potato
The accessible crowd-pleaser on a short, seasonal sharing menu.
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