Mid-Range in Amsterdam

Lot Sixty One ★ 4.8

Lot Sixty One has roasted in Amsterdam West since 2013, the Kinkerstraat cafe doubling as roastery and retail, supplying espresso bars across the city.

Hotel De Goudfazant ★ 4.8

Hotel De Goudfazant: a 1,200-square-meter warehouse in Noord with French bistro classics, daily-changing menu, open kitchen, fully natural wine list.

TipTake the free Buiksloterweg ferry from Centraal. Book a fortnight ahead for weekend nights.

Dignita Hoftuin ★ 4.8

Dignita Hoftuin sits in the walled garden behind the H'ART Museum, the Amsterdam brunch room running organic, garden-led plates, the bowls leaning.

OrderWhichever benedict variation is on the seasonal board.

nNea ★ 4.7

nNea is the Amsterdam pizzeria placed seventh on the 2025 50 Top Pizza Europe list, Vincenzo Onnembo running a two-day Neapolitan dough in Oud-West.

OrderThe seasonal special with whatever San Marzano tomato is fresh that week.

TipWalk-ups eat at the counter on the early shift; the dining room takes online bookings via their site.

Wilde Zwijnen ★ 4.7

Modern Dutch restaurant on Javaplein in Indische Buurt, set-menu format 3 to 5 courses from Dutch soil, game and sustainable fish, open kitchen, brick walls.

TipThree-course menu early in the week is the value sweet spot.

Monks Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7

Monks on Bilderdijkstraat in Oud-West is the Amsterdam coffee-led brunch room, the avocado-on-sourdough and flat-white slate locals book a weekend morning.

OrderAvocado on sourdough with poached egg, flat white.

White Label Coffee ★ 4.6

White Label on Jan Evertsenstraat is the Amsterdam roaster rotating rare beans monthly, the cafe out front, the green-bean buying happening upstairs.

Brouwerij 't IJ ★ 4.6

Brouwerij 't IJ has brewed Amsterdam beer in the old bathhouse next to the De Gooyer windmill since 1985, the taproom serving its pilsner, IPA and Zatte.

Bakers and Roasters ★ 4.6

Bakers and Roasters on Kadijksplein is the Amsterdam brunch pioneer, Kiwi-Brazilian plates, big terrace, queues from 10:00, the room every Antipodean expat.

OrderWhichever benedict is on the board today, or the Navajo eggs benedict variation.

La Perla ★ 4.5

La Perla in Amsterdam's Jordaan has run a wood-fired Roman-Neapolitan crossover since 2009, the bar across the alley taking overflow and people-watching.

OrderMargherita with the salty house-cured anchovies on the side.

TipWalk-up only at the bar opposite; the dining room takes phone bookings.

Restaurant Riaz ★ 4.5

Restaurant Riaz on Bilderdijkstraat in Oud-West has been an Amsterdam Surinamese institution since 1981, a halal Surinamese-Indonesian-Indian counter.

OrderRoti kip with extra masala and a side of bami.

TipHalal kitchen, open daily into the evening. Cash and card both accepted.

Friedhats ★ 4.5

Friedhats is the Amsterdam roaster supplying many of the city's third-wave bars, the Fuku cafe out front pouring whatever single-origin is on for the week.

Oedipus Brewing ★ 4.5

Oedipus in Amsterdam-Noord runs an experimental brewery with a busy taproom, the four founders pushing Thai-inflected Mama, the polyamorie blend.

Wynand Fockink ★ 4.5

Jenever proeflokaal in Pijlsteeg behind Krasnapolsky, established 1679; 70 Dutch liqueurs and genevers tasted standing from tulip glasses, no chairs.

TipNo tables. Bend over the bar to take the first sip without spilling.

Little Collins ★ 4.5

Little Collins in De Pijp runs the Amsterdam Melbourne-cafe brunch script, hot eggs, sharp espresso, the room small enough that you wait outside on Saturday.

OrderEggs Benedict on house-made English muffin.

Hotel De Goudfazant ★ 4.4

De Goudfazant runs a 1,200 sqm former warehouse in Amsterdam-Noord; the four-course menu changes daily, the wine list leans natural, the room is unbookable.

OrderThe full four-course menu; the kitchen plans for the room.

TipTake the free NDSM or Buiksloterweg ferry from Centraal. Booking opens online, often books a week ahead.

Vicio Il Mastro Pastaio ★ 4.4

Vicio on Bilderdijkstraat is the Amsterdam Sicilian pasta room, professional pasta makers from Sicily turning out busiate, ravioli and a daily-changing.

OrderWhatever the fresh pasta of the day is, with a Sicilian wine pour to match.

TipSmall room, books up fast on weekends. Lunch is the quieter window.

Kenneh ★ 4.4

Kenneh on Nassaukade is the Amsterdam West African room, jollof rice, suya, fried plantain, the menu Adekunle Owolabi built around home cooking.

OrderJollof rice with suya skewers; plantain on the side.

TipBring a group; the menu rewards sharing. Reservation strongly advised on weekends.

Café Loetje ★ 4.4

Café Loetje on Johannes Vermeerstraat in Oud-Zuid is the Amsterdam biefstuk room, founded as a billiard cafe in 1977 and now the reference tenderloin.

OrderBiefstuk van de haas with the house gravy and a side of frites.

TipNo bookings at the original Museumkwartier room. Expect a wait at peak; the terrace fills fast.

Walhalla Brewery ★ 4.4

Walhalla in Amsterdam-Noord brews from a former tyre garage, the founder Aart Schaap building a Norse-mythology lineup since 2015, taproom pouring direct.

Two Chefs Brewing ★ 4.4

Two Chefs is Amsterdam's largest microbrewery, founded by two chefs in 2012, the production hidden but the flagship bar in West pouring the full rotating.

Roef ★ 4.4

Roef in Amsterdam: Watergraafsmeer is outside most tourist itineraries; this is where locals go for a five-course menu at half the central price.

TipTake tram 9 from Centraal. Book at least a week ahead Word-of-mouth is the only marketing.

Sampurna ★ 4.3

Sampurna has run an unpretentious rijsttafel for 35-plus years; the Lijnbaansgracht room in the Jordaan is open all day from noon and pours one.

OrderRijsttafel Sampurna with extra sambal badjak on the side.

TipWalk-in friendly at lunch, book for dinner. Open daily from noon.

Kafe Kontrast ★ 4.3

Kafe Kontrast on Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp runs chef Ellinor Strinnholm's Swedish-Indonesian kitchen: weekend brunch smorrebrod, weekday Kontrast Experience.

OrderThe weekend smorrebrod plate or the four-course Kontrast Experience set.

TipWeekend brunch is the busy slot. Quieter on Wednesdays, kitchen on full form.

Jinweide ★ 4.3

Jinweide opened December 2024 in De Pijp, the Amsterdam room for Northwest Chinese hand-pulled noodles, the chef pulling the dough in the open kitchen.

OrderHand-pulled noodles in lamb broth; ask for medium thickness.

TipWalk-in usually fine on weekdays. Sundays book up fast Booking recommended for weekends.

Kim's So Korean Food ★ 4.3

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.

Caldi e Freddi ★ 4.3

Caldi e Freddi on Spuistraat is the Amsterdam Italian deli-trattoria you walk past once and book the next week, a tight room with fresh pasta and a wine list.

OrderWhichever pasta is fresh that day; ask the counter to name the ragù.

TipLunch is a counter scene; dinner is small-room booking Walk-ins usually OK.

Peijie Hotpot ★ 4.3

Peijie on Zeedijk is Amsterdam Chinatown's Chongqing hotpot room, the broth red with chilli oil and sichuan peppercorn, with raw platters carried to your.

OrderHalf-spicy mandarin pot with sliced lamb, lotus root and beef tendon for the table.

TipOrder the mid-heat unless you mean it. Book ahead Friday and Saturday.

Café de Klepel ★ 4.3

Café de Klepel on Prinsenstraat near the Jordaan border runs a tight French bistro menu, an Amsterdam corner room with a winelist that rewards a long stay.

OrderThe chef's three-course set with the recommended pairings.

TipOpen Mondays when many Amsterdam rooms are dark. Books a week ahead.

Tarim Uyghur ★ 4.3

Tarim is Amsterdam's halal Uyghur room on Aalsmeerweg in Zuid, hand-pulled laghman noodles, cumin-rubbed lamb skewers, dishes carried out of Xinjiang.

OrderLaghman noodles with lamb, then a plate of cumin skewers to share.

TipHalal-certified; alcohol-free. Walk-ins fine on weekdays, book Friday and Saturday.

DAK Coffee Roasters ★ 4.3

DAK runs an Oud-West showroom on Bellamyplein, the Canadian-founded Amsterdam roaster pouring single-origin lots and rare varietals like Geisha.

Poesiat and Kater ★ 4.3

Poesiat and Kater in Amsterdam Oost rebuilt the Van Vollenhoven brand and runs a brewery, taproom and bistro in a converted industrial hall, big terrace.

Brouwerij Troost De Pijp ★ 4.3

Brouwerij Troost on Cornelis Troostplein is the De Pijp brewery and brewpub, a tall industrial room pouring its own pilsner, NEIPA and Imperial Stout.

Warung Mini ★ 4.3

Warung Mini is small ceintuurbaan counter most guidebooks skip for the more famous spang makandra; this is where locals come for the city's best saoto soep.

TipClosed Mondays; arrive before 13:00 for the proper lunch service.

Rum Baba ★ 4.3

Rum Baba on Pretoriusstraat in Oost is the Amsterdam Antipodean cafe brunch, bacon-egg roll, big-bean breakfast, the brunch room locals book over weekend.

OrderBacon and egg roll with chipotle on bun.

Kaasbar ★ 4.2

Kaasbar on Ferdinand Bolstraat runs an Amsterdam cheese-only menu: tasting flights of aged Gouda, raw-milk farmhouse, and a Sunday cheese fondue.

OrderThe five-cheese tasting flight, with a glass of jenever.

TipSmall room, books up at the weekend. The cheesemonger upstairs sells what you tasted to take home.

Espressofabriek ★ 4.2

Espressofabriek roasts on-site in Westergas, the Amsterdam industrial-park cafe pouring its own beans alongside guest bars from across Europe.

De Prael ★ 4.2

De Prael near Centraal is the Amsterdam social-enterprise brewery employing people with psychiatric backgrounds, the taproom a sprawling courtyard a step off.

Pluk Nine Streets ★ 4.2

Pluk on Reestraat in the Nine Streets is the Amsterdam all-day brunch room, light, plant-forward plates and good coffee, the small dining room a daily.

OrderSmashed avocado with feta, eggs and chilli.

De Plantage ★ 4.1

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.