Mama Makan inside the Hyatt Regency on Spinozastraat takes Indonesian classics through a contemporary lens: brighter rooms, cleaner plating.
OrderMama's full Rijsttafel, the contemporary read on the classic spread.
TipSunday lunch is the easiest booking. They take large groups, useful at the weekend.
Wilde Zwijnen in Amsterdam's Indische Buurt is the city's game-forward room, a tight seasonal menu built around what hunters bring in that week.
OrderWhatever the game of the season is; venison and pigeon both pass through.
TipThe 3-course set at the start of the week is the value play. Cash or card both fine.
De Kas grows its own vegetables in a 1926 municipal greenhouse in Frankendael Park and runs a daily-changing menu out the kitchen built inside the glasshouse.
OrderThere is no choice: the day's tasting menu, whatever has come in from the garden.
TipLunch is the value play. Trams 9 and 14 stop nearby; cycling is the local move.
esra opened in 2024 on the Oostelijke Eilanden, the Amsterdam room running modern Turkish: house manti, slow-braised lamb shoulder, a mezze table to start.
OrderThe full mezze for the table, then the lamb shoulder to share.
TipBook at least a week ahead. The terrace is the move in summer.
Kim's So opened in 2024 on Linnaeusstraat in Oost, an Amsterdam Korean room turning out crazy-spicy fried chicken, kimchi samgyeopsal. Priced at €€.
OrderCrazy-spicy Korean fried chicken with the soju highball.
TipTwo seatings a night, book the early one if you want to linger over the cocktail list.
De Plantage runs the glasshouse-feel brasserie next to Artis Zoo, an Amsterdam all-day room with a high ceiling, big terrace, and a menu that pleases.
OrderWhichever roast vegetable is on, with a side salad of the day.
TipOutside is the move in summer; the indoor garden room is the consolation in winter.
Leo Bistro on Beukenplein in Oost runs a short daily-changing European bistro menu, an Amsterdam room you can walk into on a Friday and still find a corner.
OrderWhatever the chef's three-course is that day; ask the waiter what to skip.
TipThe bar runs walk-ins, the back room takes reservations. Closed Sundays.
Roef on Middenweg in Watergraafsmeer is the modern European room east of the centre, a daily-changing five-course menu built around what the kitchen sourced.
OrderThe five-course set; the vegetable course is usually the standout.
TipBook at least a week ahead. The tram 9 stop is two minutes away.
Roopram Roti on Eerste van Swindenstraat in Amsterdam Oost has wrapped roti since 2004, the Surinamese counter the Indo-Caribbean diaspora sends.
OrderRoti kip with bara on the side.
TipTakeaway-first counter, small dine-in area. Closed Mondays Walk-ins usually OK.
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