Wils
Michelin-starred fire worship on the third floor above Stadionplein.
Joris Bijdendijk's second act sits three floors up on Stadionplein, and it runs on flame: no dish leaves this kitchen without meeting wood, smoke or ember first. The Michelin star arrived in 2021 and stayed, which tells you the fire is a discipline here, not a gimmick, charred alliums turned sweet, fish kissed with smoke, sauces built on drippings. The chef's menu comes in four or five courses, à la carte if you'd rather freelance, and the vegetarian and vegan versions are genuinely composed rather than apologetic. The concrete-and-timber room stays open until midnight, late by Amsterdam fine-dining standards, and Friday and Saturday lunch is one of the city's best-kept quiet luxuries. Downstairs, the Wils Bakery Café handles the daytime crowd; upstairs is where the Olympic quarter earns its serious-kitchen reputation.
Book the Friday or Saturday lunch, the five-course chef's menu with the room half-empty is the connoisseur's version.
What to order
Full menu- Wood-oven sourdough
Baked in the wood-fire oven on site; the crusty loaf reviewers photograph before anything else.
- Filled mussel shells
Creamy mussel-herb bite with crunch, the off-menu-feeling snack critics single out.
- Chef's menu from the fire
Four or five courses, everything off the charcoal pit, hamachi and quail have been recent stars.
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