6 editor picks in Utrecht.
6 bars in Utrecht, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in Utrecht.
The longest beer list in Utrecht: 200 Belgian bottles and 20 draught lines in a canal-side werfkelder. Open until 04:00 on weekends. A city institution.
TipThe Trappist shelf behind the bar has 40 bottles; ask the barman to pull one with a glass-rinse ritual.
Utrecht favourite waterside terrace, packed April to October. Tables line the Tolsteegplein quay. Dutch bar food and draught beer; no reservations.
TipArrive before 17:00 on warm days or you will be standing. The quay terrace has the best canal view in the city.
vandeStreek Brewery taproom on two floors with a werfkelder and canal terrace. Twenty taps of Utrecht-brewed ales, IPAs and session beers on tap.
TipThe Playground IPA and the seasonal sour rotate most often; ask what just came in from the Nieuwegein brewery.
Oproer plant-based taproom in Overvecht, inside a converted industrial building. All beers brewed on-site; food menu entirely vegan from the open kitchen.
TipThe seasonal sour ales and their experimental series are only available at the taproom; worth the trip north.
Former hidden Catholic church from 1860 with original vaulted ceilings and pipe organ. Belgian beer list and food in the most warm-lit bar room in Utrecht.
TipSit in the original nave under the vaulted ceiling; it is one of the most striking bar spaces in the Netherlands.
Utrecht institution since 1996 in four distinctive red buildings on the Neude square. Lunch, dinner and drinks with a busy pavement terrace facing the square.
TipThe terrace on the Neude is one of the liveliest in the city centre; arrive early on a warm afternoon for a square-facing table.
