Toscanini is an italian restaurant in Jordaan, Amsterdam.
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.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Hand-rolled pasta, Bistecca, Tiramisu
Must 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.
Address: Lindengracht 75, 1015 KD Amsterdam
Moeders on Rozengracht is the room for Dutch stamppot, erwtensoep and the other home-mother dishes, the walls covered in photos of mothers customers.
Signature: Stamppot, Erwtensoep, Boerenkool
Order: The stamppot of the week with rookworst sausage and braised pork.
Tip: Bring a photo of your mother for the wall. Reservation strongly advised.
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.
Signature: Margherita with Vesuvian tomato, Mortadella and pistachio pizza
Order: The seasonal special with whatever San Marzano tomato is fresh that week.
Tip: Walk-ups eat at the counter on the early shift; the dining room takes online bookings via their site.
Wilde Zwijnen in Amsterdam's Indische Buurt is the city's game-forward room, a tight seasonal menu built around what hunters bring in that week.
Signature: Wild boar, Roast pigeon, Game pie
Order: Whatever the game of the season is; venison and pigeon both pass through.
Tip: The 3-course set at the start of the week is the value play. Cash or card both fine.
De Kas grows its own vegetables in a 1926 municipal greenhouse in Frankendael Park and runs a daily-changing menu out the kitchen built inside the glasshouse.
Signature: Garden tasting menu, Roasted root vegetables
Order: There is no choice: the day's tasting menu, whatever has come in from the garden.
Tip: Lunch is the value play. Trams 9 and 14 stop nearby; cycling is the local move.
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.
Signature: Steak frites, Whole roasted fish, Daily-changing 4-course
Order: The full four-course menu; the kitchen plans for the room.
Tip: Take the free NDSM or Buiksloterweg ferry from Centraal. Booking opens online, often books a week ahead.
Warung Spang Makandra has been the De Pijp Surinamese reference since 1978: roti you assemble yourself, saoto soup, almost nothing on the menu over 15 euros.
Signature: Roti kip, Saoto soep, Moksi meti
Order: Roti kip with the dahl and a side of the bean stew.
Tip: Walk-in only. Order at the counter, sit upstairs. A second Spang Makandra branch in Nieuw West takes the overflow.
Moeders on Rozengracht is the room for Dutch stamppot, erwtensoep and the other home-mother dishes, the walls covered in photos of mothers customers.
Signature: Stamppot, Erwtensoep, Boerenkool
Order: The stamppot of the week with rookworst sausage and braised pork.
Tip: Bring a photo of your mother for the wall. Reservation strongly advised.
