Maeve 1 ★ ★ 4.8
One Michelin star in the 2025 Netherlands guide. Tommy Janssen's tasting menus blend Japanese technique with Dutch terroir; vegetables lead every course.
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Karel 5 1 ★ ★ 4.7
One Michelin star, set inside a 14th-century monastery. Leon Mazairac's four-to-six-course menus rotate quarterly around seasonal Dutch produce.
Hemel en Aarde ★ 4.5
Michelin Guide listed. Five to seven inventive courses inside the former Nox Hotel gentlemen's club, with a natural-wine cellar bar beside the dining room.
Feu ★ 4.4
Gault-Millau open-fire restaurant in a converted warehouse on Veilinghavenkade. All cooking over flame: roasting, grilling and smoking Dutch produce.
Fico ★ 4.3
Gault-Millau recognised. Floor-to-ceiling waterfront windows looking onto moored houseboats; four-to-six courses of Italian-influenced Dutch seasonal cooking.
WT Urban Kitchen ★ 4.4
Converted water tower with a panoramic kitchen table nine floors up. European four-to-six-course menus with a wine list that matches the elevation.
SAAR ★ 4.3
Gault-Millau recognised. Thirty-four seats, oysters and chicken hearts, natural wines. Canal terrace. Open Wednesday to Saturday from late afternoon.
Le Jardin ★ 4.5
Michelin Guide listed. Plant-based French tasting menus in a Mariaplaats town house. Optional fish or meat; lunch from €29, dinner from €49.
Kasvio ★ 4.4
Fully plant-based five-course set menu inside a former industrial hall with a cathedral ceiling. Organic sourcing throughout and a low-intervention wine list.
Ndujame ★ 4.4
Calabrian Italian in a werfkelder on the Oudegracht. Handmade pasta, slow-cooked secondi and southern Italian wines. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 17:30.
Carmel Market ★ 4.2
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern sharing plates on the Janskerkhof. Menu spans Italy, Greece, Lebanon and Malta; courtyard terrace in summer.
De Zakkendrager ★ 4.0
13th-century guild house down a medieval alley. The conservatory overlooks a walled beech garden. French-Dutch cooking seven days for lunch and dinner.
Tapasbar Vintage ★ 4.1
Spanish tapas and Rioja-heavy wine list on a canal lane off the Oudegracht. Monthly pintxos evenings on the fourth Saturday. Open from mid-afternoon.
Paloma ★ 4.0
Spanish tapas bar with daily live music on the Mariaplaats. Wood-oven bread, fresh seafood and an all-day programme from noon. Very lively on weekends.
Sarban ★ 4.2
Afghan family recipes in a werfkelder on the Oudegracht, open since 2017. Qabuli palaw, mantu dumplings and slow-cooked meats under stone canal arches.
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Editor picks in Utrecht include Maeve, Karel 5, Hemel en Aarde, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.