Café de Jaren ★ 4.0
Café de Jaren on the Amstel runs a two-floor grand-cafe room, the Amsterdam terrace by the water students and locals occupy from morning into the evening.
Signature drink: Espresso and a daily newspaper
Back to Black is a cafe in Amsterdam.
Back to Black on Weteringstraat near the Rijksmuseum is the Amsterdam cafe pouring carefully sourced coffee in a tight, white-tiled room you treat.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Weteringstraat 48, 1017 SP Amsterdam
Café de Jaren on the Amstel runs a two-floor grand-cafe room, the Amsterdam terrace by the water students and locals occupy from morning into the evening.
Signature drink: Espresso and a daily newspaper
Winkel 43 on Noordermarkt serves what most Amsterdam locals nominate as the city's apple pie, a thick crumb of slow-baked apples with a foam of whipped cream.
Signature drink: Coffee with the city's best apple pie
Toki on Binnen Dommersstraat in the Haarlemmerbuurt is the small Amsterdam cafe pouring careful pour-overs and one of the city's tighter single-origin lists.
Signature drink: Hand-brewed pour-over
Monks on Bilderdijkstraat is the Amsterdam Oud-West cafe pouring its own espresso roast alongside a brunch menu, the room locals book for a long weekend.
Signature drink: Espresso flight, brunch plates
Rum Baba on Pretoriusstraat in Oost is the Amsterdam cafe Antipodean expats run, a brunch room pouring strong flat whites and an updated weekend menu.
Signature drink: Espresso, brunch plates, cake of the day
De Koffieschenkerij sits in the former sacristy of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam's oldest building, a specialty coffee bar pouring careful espresso alongside.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso and artisanal cake