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ingredients. Try bruschettas or
the meal-sized salads. The menu
also includes tapas-style dishes
and delectable home-made cakes.
Pancakes! €
Bakery Map 1 B5
38 Berenstraat, 1016 GH
Tel (020) 528 9797
Dutch and international pancakes
are served in grand style. The
flour is specially milled from the
Dutch grain mill, de Korenmolen.
Sustainably sourced ingredients.
Balthazar’s Keuken €€
International Map 1 B5
Elandsgracht 108, 1016 VA A beautifully laid table at Balthazar’s Keuken, Amsterdam
Tel (020) 420 2114 Closed Sun–Tue
An open kitchen gives the feeling Eastern Canal Ring De Waaghals €€
of dining at someone’s home. Try Kingfisher € Vegetarian Map 4 F3
the weekly changing three-course International Map 4 F4 Frans Halsstraat 29, 1072 BK
menu with up to five appetizers Ferdinand Bolstraat 24, 1072 LK Tel (020) 679 9609
and pre-chosen wine. Tel (020) 671 2395 Beautifully prepared creative
Good food, ranging from snacks cuisine featuring organic produce
Portugália €€ (shrimp croquettes) to lunch attracts diners here. The menu
Portuguese Map 4 E1 (Ploughman’s sandwich or grilled changes twice a month and
Kerkstraat 35, 1017 GB pork belly) to a day menu (fish, always features one international
Tel (020) 625 6490 meat or vegetarian) is on offer special of the month.
This family-run restaurant serves here. Free Wi-Fi. Excellent value.
simple cuisine with an emphasis Sluizer €€€
on fish and meat. Try the single- Buffet van Odette €€ International Map 5 A3
pan dishes (Cataplana), like the Brasserie Map 4 F2 Utrechtsestraat 41–45, 1017 VH
monkfish, clams, shrimp and Prinsengracht 598, 1017 KS Tel (020) 622 6376
potatoes in a cream sauce. Tel (020) 423 6034 Closed Tue Two restaurants operate under
Light and sunny with a great one roof: Specialties and Fish.
Salmuera €€ terrace, this place serves breakfast, Extensive à la carte and changing
International Map 1 A5 lunch and dinner. Ingre dients are choice menus, with international
Rozengracht 106, 1016 NH mostly organic and locally sourced. meat, fish and vegetarian options.
Tel (020) 624 5752 Popular choices: the truffle cheese
Taste Latin-inspired international omelette and steak sandwich.
dishes at this popular restaurant. Museum Quarter
Try the classic ceviche or feast John Dory €€ Het Blauwe Theehuis €
on the streetfood platter. Seafood Map 5 A3 Fusion Map 3 C3
Prinsengracht 999, 1017 KM Vondelpark 5, 1071 AA
Struisvogel €€ Tel (020) 622 9044 Closed Sun & Mon Tel (020) 662 0254 Closed winter
International Map 1 B5 Housed in a restored warehouse Housed in a 1937 circular building
Keizersgracht 312, 1016 EX dating back to 1860, this comfort- with a huge terrace, the “Blue
Tel (020) 423 3817 able restaurant offers three- Teahouse” overlooks the charming
In the cellar of a canal house, to seven-course menus. Good Vondelpark. The breakfast and
Struisvogel serves French organic selection of wines. Attentive staff. lunch menus are European,
cuisine. Try the value-for-money French or Mediterranean based.
set menu, accompanied by Rose’s Cantina €€
apple-orange crumble with South American Map 4 F1 Café Toussaint €€
vanilla ice cream. Reguliersdwarsstraat 38–40, 1017 BM International Map 4 D1
Tel (020) 625 9797 Bosboom Toussaintstraat 26, 1054 AS
DK Choice The menu at this established, Tel (020) 685 0737
sprawling South American rest-
This small café with an open
Restaurant Vinkeles €€€ aurant focuses on tacos, enchiladas kitchen is an absolute gem. Focus
French Map 1 B5 and quesadilla. Also try Rose’s is on healthy, international fare:
Keizersgracht 384, 1016 GB house burger. Great cocktails, and soups, sandwiches and tapas.
Tel (020) 530 2010 Closed Sun a “tequilla library”. DJs on weekend. Good range for vegetarians.
At this world famous, Michelin-
starred restaurant, ask to be Steakhouse Piet de Leeuw €€ Due Napoletani €€
seated amid 18th-century Traditional Map 4 F2 Italian Map 4 E4
bakery ovens, or dine on a Noorderstraat 11, 1017 TR Hobbemakade 61–63, 1071 XL
19th-century salon boat. Be Tel (020) 623 7181 Tel (020) 671 1263 Closed Tue
prepared for the finest of fine- Open since 1949, this eatery is Chic Italian cuisine is served in
dining experiences, featuring famous for its steaks (beef and an informal setting. The pasta
the best in French cuisine. horse) and fish (sole, salmon). al parmigiano is a popular dish.
The anjou duif (pigeon) is Frequented by locals who praise Staff here are so accomodating
particularly recommended. the food as well as the brown that if you call ahead, they will
café decor. also open for lunch.
For more information on types of restaurants see page 402
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