12 cafes worth the trip across Netherlands, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Netherlands guides.
Scandinavian Embassy ★ 4.7 · Amsterdam
Sarphatipark 34, 1072 PB Amsterdam
Scandinavian Embassy on Sarphatipark has been pouring Amsterdam's Nordic third-wave coffee since 2013, the cafe that set the city's filter standard.
Lot Sixty One ★ 4.6 · Amsterdam
Kinkerstraat 112, 1053 ED Amsterdam
Lot Sixty One on Kinkerstraat in Oud-West roasts its own beans in the basement, the canal-corner Amsterdam cafe that pioneered the third-wave wave.
White Label Coffee ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Jan Evertsenstraat 136, 1056 EE Amsterdam
White Label on Jan Evertsenstraat roasts in West, a sunny Amsterdam cafe rotating rare beans and a coffee-of-the-month, with a small terrace out front.
Friedhats Fuku ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Jan Evertsenstraat 73, 1056 EB Amsterdam
Friedhats Fuku in Amsterdam West is the roaster's tasting room, a small cafe pouring espresso and slow-pour filter from beans the team also wholesales city-wide.
Winkel 43 ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Noordermarkt 43, 1015 NA Amsterdam
Winkel 43 on Noordermarkt serves what most Amsterdam locals nominate as the city's apple pie, a thick crumb of slow-baked apples with a foam of whipped cream.
Monks Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5 · Amsterdam
Bilderdijkstraat 46, 1053 KM Amsterdam
Monks on Bilderdijkstraat is the Amsterdam Oud-West cafe pouring its own espresso roast alongside a brunch menu, the room locals book for a long weekend morning.
Back to Black ★ 4.4 · Amsterdam
Weteringstraat 48, 1017 SP Amsterdam
Back to Black on Weteringstraat near the Rijksmuseum is the Amsterdam cafe pouring carefully sourced coffee in a tight, white-tiled room you treat as a tasting bar.
Toki ★ 4.4 · Amsterdam
Binnen Dommersstraat 15, 1013 HK Amsterdam
Toki on Binnen Dommersstraat in the Haarlemmerbuurt is the small Amsterdam cafe pouring careful pour-overs and one of the city's tighter single-origin lists.
Rum Baba ★ 4.4 · Amsterdam
Pretoriusstraat 33, 1092 GZ Amsterdam
Rum Baba on Pretoriusstraat in Oost is the Amsterdam cafe Antipodean expats run, a brunch room pouring strong flat whites and an updated weekend menu.
Screaming Beans ★ 4.3 · Amsterdam
Hartenstraat 12, 1016 CB Amsterdam
Screaming Beans on Hartenstraat in the Nine Streets has run as a small Amsterdam roaster-cafe since 2007, the bar that taught the city to drink filter without sugar.
Espressofabriek ★ 4.3 · Amsterdam
Gosschalklaan 7, 1014 DC Amsterdam
Espressofabriek in Westergas runs as the cafe of the in-house Amsterdam roaster, an industrial-feel room next to the gas-works park with seating for an afternoon.
Café de Jaren ★ 4.2 · Amsterdam
Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20-22, 1012 CP Amsterdam
Café de Jaren on the Amstel runs a two-floor grand-cafe room, the Amsterdam terrace by the water students and locals occupy from morning into the evening.