Roef is a modern european restaurant in Plantage Oost, Amsterdam.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Ten years. Twelve tastings. One neighbourhood that never gets old. Join us for a special anniversary edition of our beloved Jordaan Food Tour.
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Experience Amsterdam through its food, canals, and culture. Taste Dutch classics, Surinamese street food, and artisanal cheeses while exploring the city’s most charmin...
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Mama Makan inside the Hyatt Regency on Spinozastraat takes Indonesian classics through a contemporary lens: brighter rooms, cleaner plating.
OrderMama's full Rijsttafel, the contemporary read on the classic spread.
TipSunday lunch is the easiest booking. They take large groups, useful at the weekend.
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.
Indrapura on Rembrandtplein is the long-running Centrum rijsttafel house, three decades of spiced Sumatran and Javanese plates set out for the table.
OrderThe full Indrapura rijsttafel, with the Udang Gala lobster as a supplement.
TipOpen from 17:00 daily; book Rembrandtplein-facing window seats one week ahead.
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.
Mama Makan inside the Hyatt Regency on Spinozastraat takes Indonesian classics through a contemporary lens: brighter rooms, cleaner plating.
OrderMama's full Rijsttafel, the contemporary read on the classic spread.
TipSunday lunch is the easiest booking. They take large groups, useful at the weekend.
Toscanini has been Amsterdam's reference Italian since 1985, a Jordaan room running its own bread, its own pasta, and a list weighted toward small producers.
OrderWhatever the pasta of the day is; the bread basket is also their own bake.
TipReserve two weeks out for weekends. The room is loud, in the best Italian-trattoria sense.
