Cocktail barBrown cafe€€€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.
Signature drink: Jenever and Dutch tap beer
Food: Bitterballen and bar snacks
Cocktail barBrown cafe€€€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.
Signature drink: Dutch tap beer, 12 on draught
Food: Breakfast, lunch, bar snacks
Cocktail barProeflokaal (jenever tasting room)€€€Mon-Sat 14:00-20:30; Sun 15:00-19:00
De Drie Fleschjes behind Nieuwe Kerk has poured jenever since 1650, the Amsterdam tasting room with 50 wooden vats and the only working drankorgel still.
Signature drink: Jenever from 50 wooden vats, oude and jonge
Food: Ossenworst and Beemster cheese, no kitchen
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€€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.
Signature drink: Vintage-glass cocktails with house infusions
Food: Snacks and bar plates
Cocktail barSpeakeasy cocktail bar€€€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.
Signature drink: Pre-prohibition classics, seasonal menu
Food: No food
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€€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.
Signature drink: Seasonal menu, riffs on the Manhattan
Food: No food