
3.5 hours
Amsterdam: Italian Cooking Class with Handmade Pasta
Join a hands-on Italian cooking class in Amsterdam and learn to make pasta from scratch. Roll, shape, and taste your creations with the help of a local chef.
De Plantage is an european restaurant in Plantage Oost, Amsterdam.
Editorially verified May 27, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.

3.5 hours
Join a hands-on Italian cooking class in Amsterdam and learn to make pasta from scratch. Roll, shape, and taste your creations with the help of a local chef.

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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.
Bistrot Neuf has run on Haarlemmerstraat since 2009 as Amsterdam's reference French bistro, a tight room turning out classics: steak frites from the bavette.
OrderSteak frites with the natural-wine-leaning house red.
TipWalk-in often works on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Friday is a full sitting.
Warung Mini on Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp serves what locals call the best saoto soep in the city: clear chicken broth, beansprouts, fried potato.
OrderSaoto soep, with a side bara doughnut.
TipWalk-in counter. Cash and card both fine. Closed Mondays Booking recommended for weekends.
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.
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.
Restaurant Blauw in Amsterdam's Oud-Zuid runs the most consistent rijsttafel in the city, twenty-plus dishes laid across a long table, near Vondelpark.
OrderThe full Blauw rijsttafel, twenty-plus small plates with rice and sambals.
TipBook a fortnight ahead for weekends. Two seatings a night, the early one is quieter.