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Where to Eat and Drink

yassa at this Pan-African restaurant Price Guide
Amsterdam serving specialities from across Prices are based on a three-course meal
Oude Zijde the continent. Warm decor, with per person, with a half-bottle of house
wine, including tax and service.
African artwork. No credit cards.
De Bakkerswinkel € € up to €35
Bakery Map 2 D4 Blauw aan de Wal €€€ €€ €35 to €50
Warmoesstraat 69, 1012 HX Fusion Map 5 A1 €€€ over €50
Tel (020) 489 8000 Oudezijds Achterburgwal 99, 1012 DD
Try traditional English scones Tel (020) 330 2257 Closed Sun cuisine. The extensive menu
with cream (not clotted, sadly) Set in an ancient warehouse, this makes it a great place for quick,
or lemon curd. Serves breakfast, place features rustic decor, brick delicious food. There is an attached
lunch and has a high tea menu. walls and wooden beams. It snackbar. Well worth a visit.
serves modern Mediterranean
Café de Engelbewaarder € delights, with a menu that Tibet €€
Brown Café Map 5 1A changes every week. Outstanding Tibetan/Chinese Map 2 E4
Kloveniersburgwal 59, 1011 JZ wine list. Reservations essential. Lange Niezel 24, 1012 GT
Tel (020) 625 3772 Tel (020) 624 1137
The daily-changing menu at this Choose from a variety of Chinese
laid-back, traditional Dutch pub Nieuwe Zijde Szechuan dishes, as well as staple
is mostly European and seasonal. Catala € Tibetan fare. Asian lunch (rice,
Vegetarian options are also Spanish Map 1 C5 noodle dishes) is also served
available. Live jazz on Sundays. Spuistraat 299, 1012 VS here. Eclectic Tibetan decor and
Tel (020) 623 1141 relaxed service.
Éenvistwéévis €€ Sample authentic Catalonian
Seafood Map 5 C1 tapas in the warm rustic interior DK Choice
Schippersgracht 6, 1011 TR of this restaurant. Popular fish
Tel (020) 623 2894 Closed Sun & dishes include rice with shellfish, Visrestaurant Lucius €€
Mon grilled swordfish and monkfish. Or, Seafood Map 1 C5
A paradise for fish lovers, the try the famous Pata Negra jamon. Spuistraat 247, 1012 VP
menu here depends on the daily Tel (020) 624 1831
catch and seasons. Organic, Getto Food & Drinks € Named after the Northern pike
sustainable ingredients. Intimate Café/Bar Map 2 E4 (Esox lucius), this restaurant
decor. No credit cards. Warmoesstraat 51, 1012HW offers delicate, delicious seafood.
Tel (020) 421 5151 Closed Mon Dishes are cooked simply, so
DK Choice This gay-friendly bar-restaurant, the fresh taste shines through.
Try the “plateau fruits de mer”
offers home-style cooking.
Greetje €€ Burgers are a speciality here, (large selection of lobster, crab,
Traditional Map 5 C1 and are named after famous etc) or the North Sea sole. Very
Peperstraat 23, 1011 TJ Amsterdam drag queens, like the popular among the locals;
Tel (020) 779 7450 “Jennifer Hopelezz”. French bistro decor.
Greetje is hailed by the New
York Times as the place the Kam Yin €
Dutch go to eat Dutch. It simply International Map 2 E4 ANNA €€€
doesn’t get more authentic Warmoesstraat 6, 1012 JD European Map 2 D4
than this. Try the bloedworst Tel (020) 625 3115 Warmoesstraat 11, 1012 JA
(blood sausage) with apple An Amsterdam institution, Kam Tel (020) 428 1111 Closed Sun
compote or the roasted lamb Yin serves Chinese and Surinamese This upmarket restaurant is housed
chops. The menu changes in two renovated buildings. Serves
every two months. The old- European cuisine with a twist –
fashioned interior has lots of including dishes like pan-fried
wood and traditional accents. corvine fillet and braised quail.
D’Vijff Vlieghen €€€
In de Waag €€ Traditional Map 1 C5
Fusion Map 5 B1 Spuistraat 294–302, 1012 VX
Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012 CR Tel (020) 530 4060
Tel (020) 422 7772 Dine surrounded by original
This restaurant is located in a 1488 Rembrandt etchings and 17th-
guildhouse, on the top floor of century furnishings. Try lightly
which Rembrandt once took smoked duck breast, or the
anatomy lessons. Informal interior “surprising” chef’s menu.
lit by 300 candles. Eclectic menu,
divine desserts. Book ahead.
Central Canal Ring
Kilimanjaro €€ Goodies €
African Map 5 C1 Mediterranean Map 4 E1
Rapenburgerplein 6, 1011 VB Huidenstraat 9, 1016 ER
Tel (020) 622 3485 Closed Mon Tel (020) 625 6122
Sample West-African antelope Elegant, bistro-style decor at Visrestaurant An informal diner, Goodies serves
stew or Senegalese crocodile Lucius, Amsterdam great food made from organic
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