Amsterdam — Places to eat
A bicycle leaning on every canal bridge.
- The Pancake Bakery — 75-plus plate-sized pancakes in a 17th-century canal warehouse
- Pancakes Amsterdam (Nine Streets) — Pancakes from 9 a.m. in the middle of the Nine Streets boutiques
- Vleminckx de Sausmeester (fries) — Fries from one alley hatch since 1957, with 23 sauces
- Foodhallen — 19 food stands under one old tram-depot roof
- Stubbe's Haring — Raw herring by the tail on a canal bridge
- Moeders — Walls of other people's mums and a platter of Dutch home cooking
- Café de Klos (ribs) — A smoky brown café where ribs come two racks deep
- Sampurna (Indonesian rijsttafel) — 14–16 Indonesian dishes on one table, opposite the Flower Market
- Wynand Fockink (genever tasting room) — A 1679 distillery bar where you bow to the first sip
- Café 't Smalle — A canal-level terrace at a brown café dating to 1780
- Albert Cuyp Market food stalls — Fresh stroopwafels and herring at a 260-stall street market
- Winkel 43 (apple pie) — A tall, apple-packed slice of pie under a cloud of cream
- Van Wonderen Stroopwafels — Chocolate-dipped stroopwafels piled with toppings, made for Instagram
- CT Coffee & Coconuts — A 1920s cinema turned three-level brunch café
- Lanskroon (bakery) — Big honey stroopwafels from a 1958 bakery that stay crisp for days
- Hap Hmm — Stamppot at home-cooking prices, in a narrow room
- The Seafood Bar — Oysters and seafood platters at Spui, noon to late
- Restaurant Blauw — Indonesian rijsttafel, served with polish
- Roopram Roti — Surinamese chicken roti, filling and cheap
- Nam Kee — Cantonese roast duck and noodles in Chinatown
- FuLu Mandarijn — Sichuan heat by Dam Square, Bib 2026
- Brasserie Ambassade — Canalside hotel brasserie, French-leaning
- Restaurant De Kas — A greenhouse serving the day's harvest
- Pllek — Container building, city beach, plant-leaning
- Bakers & Roasters — NZ-Brazilian brunch with a queue
- Van Stapele Koekmakerij — One cookie only, with a warm white-chocolate middle
- Café Brecht — A worn-wood café that feels like Berlin
- White Label Coffee — Neighbourhood specialty coffee with a loyal crowd
- Café Hoppe — A brown café with sand on the floor since 1670