Roef is a modern european restaurant in Plantage Oost, Amsterdam.
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.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Daily-changing 5-course, Vegetable courses
Must order: The five-course set; the vegetable course is usually the standout.
Tip: Book at least a week ahead. The tram 9 stop is two minutes away.
Address: Middenweg 35, 1098 AB Amsterdam
Mama Makan inside the Hyatt Regency on Spinozastraat takes Indonesian classics through a contemporary lens: brighter rooms, cleaner plating.
Signature: Mama's Rijsttafel, Rendang, Sambal goreng buncis
Order: Mama's full Rijsttafel, the contemporary read on the classic spread.
Tip: Sunday 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.
Signature: Hand-made fresh pasta, Sicilian busiate, Cannoli
Order: Whatever the fresh pasta of the day is, with a Sicilian wine pour to match.
Tip: Small 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.
Signature: Rijsttafel, Rendang, Sambal goreng telor
Order: The full Blauw rijsttafel, twenty-plus small plates with rice and sambals.
Tip: Book 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.
Signature: Rijsttafel Indrapura, Udang Gala (lobster), Sate ayam
Order: The full Indrapura rijsttafel, with the Udang Gala lobster as a supplement.
Tip: Open 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.
Signature: Rijsttafel Sampurna, Sate ayam, Gado gado
Order: Rijsttafel Sampurna with extra sambal badjak on the side.
Tip: Walk-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.
Signature: Mama's Rijsttafel, Rendang, Sambal goreng buncis
Order: Mama's full Rijsttafel, the contemporary read on the classic spread.
Tip: Sunday 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.
Signature: Hand-rolled pasta, Bistecca, Tiramisu
Order: Whatever the pasta of the day is; the bread basket is also their own bake.
Tip: Reserve two weeks out for weekends. The room is loud, in the best Italian-trattoria sense.
