Amsterdam Restaurants & Food - Where & What to Eat in Amsterdam
With such an international population, Amsterdam offers restaurants and cafés with everything from genuine Indonesian food and Mediterranean tapas to traditional Dutch fare and street foods. Find Amsterdam restaurant reviews, tips on what to order and even how to pay the bill.
Eating on a budget doesn't have to mean eating bad food. In Amsterdam there are plenty of places offering freshly made food at reasonable prices. All the place below offer lunch and/or dinner for about € 10 or less, per person.
The Rijksmuseum doesn't offer food; in the Van Gogh Museum and the stalls on Museumplein you'll find snacks and sandwiches. If you want you'll find From a delicious sandwich shop to a locals' place with the city's best steak, these find good restaurants near the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Find out where you can stay warm and dry while you relax with a drink and watch passers-by.
Amsterdam offers a buffet of typical foods that define the city and its inhabitants. Visitors should be open to trying as many of these tastes as they can, from sweet treats and salty frites to traditional Dutch fish and imported spicy dishes.
While there are some decent restaurant suggestions in popular Amsterdam guidebooks, the ones on this list aren't in any of them. So choose one of these local favorites if you don't want to be a tourist who does it "by the book."
What's known as an "eetcafé" in Amsterdam is similar to a bistro in Paris. Find out what to expect from these unpretentious Dutch restaurant-cafés found all over the city.
The "brown" café is to Amsterdam what the pub is to London. Find out what to expect from these traditional, informal spots for enjoying a beer and a snack.
Don't let the unappetizing name fool you -- Restaurant d'Vijff Vlieghen is a fine place to sample traditional Dutch food with a modern twist. Housed in five 17th-century buildings, the restaurant walls boast original Rembrandt etchings.
Considered by many to be the best (and perhaps most expensive) restaurant in central Amsterdam, Restaurant Vermeer serves refined, and rich, European fare.
The IENS Independent Index uses the reviews of its 45,000 "tasters" to provide those seeking food in Amsterdam with some guidance. Search for restaurants and cafes in Amsterdam by neighborhood, cuisine and about 50 other characteristics, like "waterside" and "child-friendly."
