Best Restaurants in Amsterdam 2026

Scheepskameel

Known for: Waterfront café-restaurant in the Houthaven docklands with canal views and an excellent wine selection

Westerdoksdijk 769, 1013 BX Amsterdam

The Seafood Bar

Known for: Amsterdam's most celebrated seafood restaurant, with a raw bar and daily-changing catch displayed on ice near the entrance

Van Baerlestraat 5, 1071 AL Amsterdam

Pllek

Built out of a repurposed shipping container on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam-Noord, Pllek pairs a casual bar-restaurant with a sandy stretch along the IJ that functions as an urban beach. The food is straightforward bar-and-grill fare, and the setting — industrial wharf backdrop, open water, deck chairs facing the sunset — is really the main event.

Known for: Urban beach bar and restaurant built from shipping containers on the IJ waterfront; spectacular Amsterdam skyline views

T.T. Neveritaweg 59, 1033 WB Amsterdam

Stach Food

A small chain of daytime cafés built around an open kitchen and bakery counter, serving sandwiches, salads and baked goods to a mostly local, laptop-and-errand crowd. The look is bright and functional — tiled counters, shelves of bread, communal seating — closer to a well-run deli than a sit-down restaurant.

Known for: High-quality Dutch takeaway café chain for breakfast and lunch; excellent coffee and house-baked bread

Van Baerlestraat 68, 1071 BB Amsterdam (multiple locations)

Lombardo's Deli

Known for: Authentic Italian deli near the Rijksmuseum; fresh panini, antipasti, and Italian groceries

Spiegelgracht 12, 1017 JP Amsterdam

Toscanini

A long-running Northern Italian restaurant in a former warehouse space on the Lindengracht, with an open kitchen, high ceilings and closely packed tables that give it a lively trattoria energy rather than a hushed fine-dining feel. The cooking leans on house-made pasta and classic regional dishes rather than modern reinvention.

Known for: Amsterdam's most celebrated Italian restaurant; rustic northern Italian cooking in a converted Jordaan warehouse; always booked out

Lindengracht 75, 1015 KD Amsterdam

Restaurant Yamazato

The formal Japanese dining room inside Hotel Okura, run along kaiseki lines with multi-course tasting menus built around seasonal ingredients and precise, quiet presentation. The room is understated and traditional rather than showy, with tatami-influenced seating areas alongside standard tables.

Known for: 1 Michelin star; authentic Japanese kaiseki and traditional Japanese cuisine; the only Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant in the Netherlands

Ferdinand Bolstraat 333 (Hotel Okura), 1072 LH Amsterdam

MOMO Restaurant, Bar & Lounge

A glossy pan-Asian restaurant and lounge near the Museumplein, pairing a sushi counter with cooked dishes spanning Japanese, Chinese and Thai influences. The space is designed for an evening out — low lighting, a separate bar and lounge area — more than a quick meal.

Known for: Stylish Pan-Asian restaurant and lounge overlooking Vondelpark, blending Japanese, Chinese, and Thai influences with a sushi bar and DJ lounge

Hobbemastraat 1, 1071 XZ Amsterdam

Restaurant Breitner

A formal, modern Dutch dining room set right on the Amstel, close enough to the Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) that the view of the bridge lit up at night is part of the draw. The cooking is refined and seasonal, built around Dutch North Sea and countryside ingredients presented in a tasting-menu format rather than a simple à la carte.

Known for: Intimate canal-side fine dining with creative modern Dutch cuisine in a former bank

Amstel 212, 1017 AJ Amsterdam

Roopram Roti

A small, counter-service Surinamese roti shop in De Pijp rather than a sit-down restaurant — the focus is folded flatbread wrapped around curried chicken, lamb, or vegetables, made quickly and sold mostly for takeaway. It's a working-class Surinamese kitchen in the everyday sense, not a styled restaurant experience.

Known for: Amsterdam's best Surinamese roti — a flat bread wrap with vegetables, meat, or fish in aromatic curry sauce; a De Pijp institution

Eerste van der Helststraat 64, 1072 NM Amsterdam

Warung Mini

A no-frills Surinamese-Javanese warung on Ferdinand Bolstraat in De Pijp, the kind of takeaway-and-a-few-tables place locals rely on for a fast, cheap plate of fried noodles or rice rather than a sit-down evening out.

Known for: Tiny De Pijp gem for Surinamese-Javanese cooking; excellent bami goreng and nasi with chicken satay

Ferdinand Bolstraat 69, 1072 LC Amsterdam

Nam Kee

A long-running, no-frills Cantonese restaurant on Zeedijk in the heart of Amsterdam's Chinatown, known for fast turnover and a plain dining room rather than any attempt at atmosphere. The kitchen runs a wide Cantonese menu, but it's best known for one specific dish that regulars order without looking at the menu.

Known for: Amsterdam's most famous Chinese restaurant; the oysters in black bean sauce have been a classic since 1980

Zeedijk 111–113, 1012 AV Amsterdam

Proeflokaal A. van Wees

A jenever tasting house attached to the De Ooievaar distillery in the Jordaan-adjacent old center, pouring young and aged Dutch gins by the small glass at a standing bar rather than table service. It's a proeflokaal in the traditional sense — narrow, wood-lined, and built for drinking rather than dining.

Known for: Atmospheric Dutch tasting house for traditional jenever (Dutch gin) in the Jordaan; centuries-old tradition of proeverijen (tasting sessions)

Drieharingstraat 18, 1015 BJ Amsterdam

Pancake Restaurant Upstairs (Upstairs Pannenkoeken)

One of the smallest restaurants in Amsterdam, tucked up a steep, narrow staircase in a canal house near the Begijnhof, seating only a handful of tables at once. It does one thing — thick Dutch pancakes, sweet and savory — cooked to order in a kitchen barely bigger than a closet.

Known for: One of Amsterdam's most intimate restaurants — a tiny room reached by a steep ladder-like staircase above a knife shop; Dutch pancakes since 1958

Grimburgwal 2, 1012 GA Amsterdam

Restaurant C

Known for: Avant-garde Dutch fine dining inside a former water treatment plant; seasonal local produce with Scandinavian techniques

Spaklerweg 2k, 1096 BA Amsterdam

Mastino

Known for: Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza widely regarded as Amsterdam's best; hand-stretched dough with San Marzano tomatoes

Van Woustraat 31-33, 1073 LG Amsterdam

Pho Viet

Known for: Neighborhood favorite on the Haarlemmerdijk for made-from-scratch Vietnamese pho broth simmered for hours, plus fresh spring rolls and bánh mì

Haarlemmerdijk 6, 1013 JC Amsterdam