12 bars worth the trip across Netherlands, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Netherlands guides.
Tales and Spirits ★ 4.6 · Amsterdam
Lijnbaanssteeg 5-7, 1012 TE Amsterdam
Tales and Spirits on Lijnbaanssteeg is the Amsterdam cocktail boudoir of the old guard, antique cabinets, chandeliers, drinks served in vintage glassware.
Door 74 ★ 4.6 · Amsterdam
Reguliersdwarsstraat 74, 1017 BN Amsterdam
Door 74 on Reguliersdwarsstraat is the Amsterdam speakeasy that opened the city's cocktail wave, by reservation only, behind an unmarked door, art-deco-trimmed.
Hiding in Plain Sight ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Rapenburg 18, 1011 TX Amsterdam
Hiding in Plain Sight on Rapenburg is the Amsterdam American-style cocktail bar, big-windowed despite the speakeasy framing, sharp menu, unfussy room.
Café Hoppe ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Spui 18-20, 1012 XA Amsterdam
Café Hoppe on Spui has poured Amsterdam jenever and beer since 1670, the brown cafe with the dark-wood interior and the stand-at-the-bar after-work crowd.
Café 't Smalle ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Egelantiersgracht 12, 1015 RL Amsterdam
Café 't Smalle on Egelantiersgracht in the Jordaan is the Amsterdam canal-side brown cafe with the postcard terrace, the building going back to a 1780 distillery.
Café Papeneiland ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Prinsengracht 2, 1015 DV Amsterdam
Café Papeneiland on the corner of Prinsengracht and Brouwersgracht is the Amsterdam brown cafe from 1642, the apple pie inside almost as canonical as Winkel 43.
Twenty Third Bar ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam
Twenty Third Bar at Hotel Okura sits next to Ciel Bleu on the top floor, the Amsterdam cocktail bar with the city's most generous view across the city.
Wynand Fockink ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Pijlsteeg 31, 1012 HH Amsterdam
Wynand Fockink on Pijlsteeg has poured Amsterdam jenever since 1679, the proeflokaal where you bend over the tulip glass without lifting it from the bar.
Rosalia's Menagerie ★ 4.4 · Amsterdam
Stadhouderskade 6, 1054 ES Amsterdam
Rosalia's Menagerie at Conservatorium Hotel is the Amsterdam high-end cocktail bar pulled from old Havana, aged-rum lineup and a tropical-leaning seasonal menu.
In 't Aepjen ★ 4.3 · Amsterdam
Zeedijk 1, 1012 AN Amsterdam
In 't Aepjen on Zeedijk occupies an Amsterdam building dating to 1475, one of two surviving wooden facades, the brown cafe with the longest backstory.
Café de Reiger ★ 4.3 · Amsterdam
Nieuwe Leliestraat 34, 1015 ST Amsterdam
Café de Reiger on Nieuwe Leliestraat in the Jordaan is the Amsterdam eetcafe with the back-room kitchen, brown-cafe service out front, no-frills dinners to follow.
Café Chris ★ 4.3 · Amsterdam
Bloemstraat 42, 1016 LB Amsterdam
Café Chris on Bloemstraat in the Jordaan has poured Amsterdam beer since 1624, claimant to the city's oldest brown cafe title, the room small enough to know.