Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Breakfast and Coffee. Wake up, rise and shine at this cute organised mess of a breakfast and lunch restaurant. Homemade breakfasts, juices, pies, good coffee. Love the scones and homemade preserves!
245 locals recommend
De Bakkerswinkel
Breakfast and Coffee. Wake up, rise and shine at this cute organised mess of a breakfast and lunch restaurant. Homemade breakfasts, juices, pies, good coffee. Love the scones and homemade preserves!
Maybe our favourite find in Amsterdam in the past year. Food court with trendy shops inside a renovated factory hall and an enormous selection of gastronomic street foods.
1500 locals recommend
Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 BellamypleinMaybe our favourite find in Amsterdam in the past year. Food court with trendy shops inside a renovated factory hall and an enormous selection of gastronomic street foods.
Great Peruvian food in a cute little place. If you've never had Peruvian food before definitely consider this! Rich and beautiful flavours!
8 locals recommend
Casa Perú
68 LeidsegrachtGreat Peruvian food in a cute little place. If you've never had Peruvian food before definitely consider this! Rich and beautiful flavours!
Authentic Japanese ramen. Rich creamy broth, fresh noodles and great toppings. Just like it should be.
58 locals recommend
Fou Fow Ramen
2A ElandsgrachtAuthentic Japanese ramen. Rich creamy broth, fresh noodles and great toppings. Just like it should be.
Gorgeous old factory hall turned restaurant across from an old water tower. Food is simple yet good. Nice stop on your way to Westerpark.
284 locals recommend
Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 WatertorenpleinGorgeous old factory hall turned restaurant across from an old water tower. Food is simple yet good. Nice stop on your way to Westerpark.
Great cocktails, mussels and other seafoods. Tucked into Westerpark right next to the 'Gashouder'--a gas holding silo turned event location.
231 locals recommend
Mossel & Gin
12 GosschalklaanGreat cocktails, mussels and other seafoods. Tucked into Westerpark right next to the 'Gashouder'--a gas holding silo turned event location.
Authentic southern BAR-B-Q serving original smoked and grilled meats and traditional sides. Food, music (Radio Graceland broadcast live on site) and culture.
39 locals recommend
Graceland BAR-B-Q
8 Jan van GalenstraatAuthentic southern BAR-B-Q serving original smoked and grilled meats and traditional sides. Food, music (Radio Graceland broadcast live on site) and culture.
Lovely restaurant along a canal in a beautiful street. €60 for a six course chef's menu. If you are looking for a fancy place we can recommend this whole heartedly.
9 locals recommend
L'invité
47 BloemgrachtLovely restaurant along a canal in a beautiful street. €60 for a six course chef's menu. If you are looking for a fancy place we can recommend this whole heartedly.
Everything Else
The main public transport hub for Amsterdam. Trains, trams, busses, metro's and even ferries!
1346 locals recommend
Amsterdam Centraal station
StationspleinThe main public transport hub for Amsterdam. Trains, trams, busses, metro's and even ferries!
Essentials
Amsterdam's finest night shop. If you ever need to replenish at night, this is the place to go.
67 locals recommend
the Night market
90-96 De WittenkadeAmsterdam's finest night shop. If you ever need to replenish at night, this is the place to go.
It's a supermarket. It's has stuff, which you will choose and pay for.
744 locals recommend
Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie HeinekenpleinIt's a supermarket. It's has stuff, which you will choose and pay for.
Shopping
Nice shopping area which is a little less crowded than Kalverstraat area. Plenty of boutiques and places to sit down and have a coffee.
269 locals recommend
Haarlemerdijk
HaarlemmerdijkNice shopping area which is a little less crowded than Kalverstraat area. Plenty of boutiques and places to sit down and have a coffee.
Nine streets on the canal side provide one of the best shopping opportunities in Amsterdam. Boutiques galore.
52 locals recommend
OU. Boutique Stories
252 HerengrachtNine streets on the canal side provide one of the best shopping opportunities in Amsterdam. Boutiques galore.
Market on Saturdays. Nice little market square overlooked by the tower of the Noorderkerk, a church built in 1623.
892 locals recommend
Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktMarket on Saturdays. Nice little market square overlooked by the tower of the Noorderkerk, a church built in 1623.
Drinks & Nightlife
Amsterdam craft beer brewery in East Amsterdam, next to the Gooyer windmill along the banks of the IJ canal. That's about as Dutch as it gets. Tastings, tours and a pub.
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 FunenkadeAmsterdam craft beer brewery in East Amsterdam, next to the Gooyer windmill along the banks of the IJ canal. That's about as Dutch as it gets. Tastings, tours and a pub.