13 bars in Amsterdam, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in Amsterdam.
Tales and Spirits ★ 4.8
Lijnbaanssteeg 5-7, 1012 TE Amsterdam
Hours: Wed-Sat 17:30-01:00; Sun-Tue closed
Tales and Spirits on Lijnbaanssteeg is the Amsterdam cocktail boudoir of the old guard, antique cabinets, chandeliers, drinks served in vintage glassware.
Door 74 ★ 4.7
Reguliersdwarsstraat 74I, 1017 BN Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 20:00-03:00; Fri-Sat 20:00-04:00; Sun 20:00-03:00
Door 74 on Reguliersdwarsstraat is the Amsterdam speakeasy that opened the city's cocktail wave, by reservation only, behind an unmarked door.
Hiding in Plain Sight ★ 4.7
Rapenburg 18, 1011 TX Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 18:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-03:00; Sun closed
Hiding in Plain Sight on Rapenburg is the Amsterdam American-style cocktail bar, big-windowed despite the speakeasy framing, sharp menu, unfussy room.
Café Hoppe ★ 4.6
Spui 18-20, 1012 XA Amsterdam
Hours: Sun-Thu 09:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 09:00-02:00
Café Hoppe on Spui has poured Amsterdam jenever and beer since 1670, the brown cafe with the dark-wood interior and the stand-at-the-bar after-work crowd.
Café 't Smalle ★ 4.6
Egelantiersgracht 12, 1015 RL Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Wed 14:00-00:00; Thu 14:00-01:00; Fri 13:00-01:00; Sat 12:00-01:00; Sun 12:00-23:00
Café 't Smalle on Egelantiersgracht in the Jordaan is the Amsterdam canal-side brown cafe with the postcard terrace, the building going back.
Café Papeneiland ★ 4.5
Prinsengracht 2, 1015 DV Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-02:00; Sun 11:00-01:00
Café Papeneiland on the corner of Prinsengracht and Brouwersgracht is the Amsterdam brown cafe from 1642, the apple pie inside almost as canonical as Winkel.
Twenty Third Bar ★ 4.5
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam
Hours: Sun-Thu 18:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
Twenty Third Bar at Hotel Okura sits next to Ciel Bleu on the top floor, the Amsterdam cocktail bar with the city's most generous view across the city.
Rosalia's Menagerie ★ 4.3
Kloveniersburgwal 20, 1012 CV Amsterdam
Hours: Daily 18:00-00:30
Rosalia's Menagerie on Kloveniersburgwal is the Amsterdam cocktail bar set in a 17th-century canal house, an intimate room with animal-themed drinks.
In 't Aepjen ★ 4.2
Zeedijk 1, 1012 AN Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-03:00; Sun 12:00-01:00
In 't Aepjen on Zeedijk occupies an Amsterdam building dating to 1475, one of two surviving wooden facades, the brown cafe with the longest backstory.
Café de Reiger ★ 4.2
Nieuwe Leliestraat 34, 1015 ST Amsterdam
Hours: Daily 16:00-01:00
Café de Reiger on Nieuwe Leliestraat in the Jordaan is the Amsterdam eetcafe with the back-room kitchen, brown-cafe service out front, no-frills dinners.
Café Chris ★ 4.1
Bloemstraat 42, 1016 LB Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 15:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 15:00-02:00; Sun 15:00-21:00
Café Chris on Bloemstraat in the Jordaan has poured Amsterdam beer since 1624, claimant to the city's oldest brown cafe title, the room small enough to know.
Café Karpershoek ★ 4.1
Martelaarsgracht 2, 1012 TP Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 07:30-01:00; Fri-Sat 07:30-02:00; Sun 07:30-01:00
Café Karpershoek by Centraal Station has poured since 1606, sawdust on the floor and the city's oldest licensed brown cafe, an Amsterdam tasting room.
Café 't Loosje ★ 4.0
Nieuwmarkt 32, 1012 CS Amsterdam
Hours: Mon-Thu 08:30-01:00; Fri-Sat 08:30-03:00; Sun 08:30-01:00
Café 't Loosje on Nieuwmarkt is the brown cafe with the tile murals, an Amsterdam eetcafé that ran as a horse-tram waiting station before the floor went.