Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Great vibe, nice place to have coffee and a sandwich and people-watch during the day. Good food and atmosphere at night. Clubnights on the weekends. Movietheater attached showing arthouse films.
384 locals recommend
Studio/K
62 TimorpleinGreat vibe, nice place to have coffee and a sandwich and people-watch during the day. Good food and atmosphere at night. Clubnights on the weekends. Movietheater attached showing arthouse films.
One of the nicest and busiest restaurants in the area. Nice deconstructed design. Bit more pricy but worth it. People come from the other side of town to have dinner here. Recommended!
468 locals recommend
Wilde Zwijnen
23 JavapleinOne of the nicest and busiest restaurants in the area. Nice deconstructed design. Bit more pricy but worth it. People come from the other side of town to have dinner here. Recommended!
10 mins. walk through Oosterpark, great laidback place to have lunch, dinner, just a coffee.... Voted 2nd best cheese fondue in Amsterdam 2012, so.....
213 locals recommend
Café Maxwell
27 Beukenplein10 mins. walk through Oosterpark, great laidback place to have lunch, dinner, just a coffee.... Voted 2nd best cheese fondue in Amsterdam 2012, so.....
Go here on a sunny day, hang out with a few beers in the middle of Flevopark. Really cool place, nice for kids, lots of people from the neighborhood. Very laid-back. 5 mins walk.
Recommended!
104 locals recommend
Distillery 't Nieuwe Diep
13a FlevoparkGo here on a sunny day, hang out with a few beers in the middle of Flevopark. Really cool place, nice for kids, lots of people from the neighborhood. Very laid-back. 5 mins walk.
Recommended!
Thaicoon Amsterdam
10 BeukenpleinGreat Thai restaurant. 10 mins walk.
Usually busy, book ahead!
Javastraat 4
4 JavastraatJust around the corner... The Dutch Starbucks.
Go here to get your coffee fix!
A little hidden away, you will feel like you've stepped into the Dutch country side and found a really cool and chill restaurant. Worth the 20 mins walk. Beautiful on a summer's day. Good food.
41 locals recommend
Cafe Restaurant Polder
201 Science ParkA little hidden away, you will feel like you've stepped into the Dutch country side and found a really cool and chill restaurant. Worth the 20 mins walk. Beautiful on a summer's day. Good food.
Het Badhuis
21 JavapleinJust around the corner.
Good food all day, busy terrace in summer.
Thai Tiger
7 JavapleinThai place around the corner.
Perfect for dinner or easy take-out!
The best Surinam food. People line up outside almost everyday. Small and dim but home to the best (and cheapest!) roti, for take-away.
Don't go for the pepper unless you can handle SPICY!
90 locals recommend
Roopram Roti
4 Eerste Van SwindenstraatThe best Surinam food. People line up outside almost everyday. Small and dim but home to the best (and cheapest!) roti, for take-away.
Don't go for the pepper unless you can handle SPICY!
1 mins walk.
Good coffee, newspapers, breakfast, lunch, dinner - find it all here!
28 locals recommend
comfort caffe
28 Sumatrastraat1 mins walk.
Good coffee, newspapers, breakfast, lunch, dinner - find it all here!
Famous pizza. Italian restaurant.
Nice little place to eat or take-away (have it delivered but.... they will think you're very lazy!).
8 locals recommend
Ela Palermo
16 NiasstraatFamous pizza. Italian restaurant.
Nice little place to eat or take-away (have it delivered but.... they will think you're very lazy!).
Really great African & Ethiopian food.
Always has great reviews, run by lovely people. Weird African beer optional!
13 locals recommend
Restaurant Serengeti
44A Eerste Van SwindenstraatReally great African & Ethiopian food.
Always has great reviews, run by lovely people. Weird African beer optional!
Sweet Asia
463 - 465 Eerste Van SwindenstraatAsian take-out. Affordable, lots of options, quality food.
Restaurant Nour
109 JavastraatFor wine lovers!
Great wine options, good food.
5 mins. walk - not too much too ask for great sushi, is it?
Recommended!
41 locals recommend
Sushi 'n Sake
34A Dapperstraat5 mins. walk - not too much too ask for great sushi, is it?
Recommended!
A restaurant run partly by deaf catering students, so point at your menu and feel like a tourist for once in the city where almost everyone speaks English!
Good food, huge portions.
6 locals recommend
EETLOKAAL LT
116-a JavastraatA restaurant run partly by deaf catering students, so point at your menu and feel like a tourist for once in the city where almost everyone speaks English!
Good food, huge portions.
Fresh, healthy & organic meals delivered to your door!
Just delicious, contact Nina on the day (mon-thur: avondeten@ninaskitchen.nl or 06 1439 7908. ) to plan your meal (fish/veg/meat) and enjoy.
Nina's Kitchen
8-3 SoendastraatFresh, healthy & organic meals delivered to your door!
Just delicious, contact Nina on the day (mon-thur: avondeten@ninaskitchen.nl or 06 1439 7908. ) to plan your meal (fish/veg/meat) and enjoy.
NIce little place for drinks, coffee, reading the newspaper or just sitting in the sun.
74 locals recommend
Caffe Milo
71h LinnaeusstraatNIce little place for drinks, coffee, reading the newspaper or just sitting in the sun.
Pata Negra
124 UtrechtsestraatGreat tapas, authentic and busy atmosphere.
Across from Oosterpark.
Club, bar & restaurant on the corner of Oosterpark. Cool place for drinks, great clubnights.
Stumble home in 10 mins.!
62 locals recommend
Hotel Arena
55 's-GravesandestraatClub, bar & restaurant on the corner of Oosterpark. Cool place for drinks, great clubnights.
Stumble home in 10 mins.!
Just around the corner, great coffee, big yummy brunches and lunches. When the sun is out, this is a great spot, lots of tables outside.
166 locals recommend
Bar Basquiat
88-90 JavastraatJust around the corner, great coffee, big yummy brunches and lunches. When the sun is out, this is a great spot, lots of tables outside.
Bar Gallizia
67 JavastraatWine and Italian tapas in a friendly family atmosphere.
Wood fired pizza and plate pizza just around the corner from my place. Kid friendly.
41 locals recommend
La Fucina
99 JavastraatWood fired pizza and plate pizza just around the corner from my place. Kid friendly.
Great little cafe, good coffee, brunch and lunch. Small store in the back selling jewelry, some clothing items and homeware - perfect to pick up a gift or souvenir.
94 locals recommend
Hartje Oost
23 JavastraatGreat little cafe, good coffee, brunch and lunch. Small store in the back selling jewelry, some clothing items and homeware - perfect to pick up a gift or souvenir.
It's a little out of the way, definitely one of my fave places to spend a day hanging out, eating, people watching. Very laidback vibe, interesting people. Arty. Great live music.
355 locals recommend
Café de Ceuvel
4 Korte PapaverwegIt's a little out of the way, definitely one of my fave places to spend a day hanging out, eating, people watching. Very laidback vibe, interesting people. Arty. Great live music.
Coffee, brunch and lunch - all great here. Good place for smoothies and juices.
94 locals recommend
Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 JavastraatCoffee, brunch and lunch - all great here. Good place for smoothies and juices.
Ricardo's
47 JavastraatAmazing Surinam food. I usually do take away here and it never disappoints.
the Juice Bar
75A JavastraatJuice bar around the corner.
Yummy homemade ice cream just around the corner - a constant temptation.
15 locals recommend
IJs van Oost
79 JavastraatYummy homemade ice cream just around the corner - a constant temptation.
Gourmet grocery for cheeses, artisan bread and other delicacies.
9 locals recommend
Ambrosia. Cheese, Bread and Wine.
7 DorpsstraatGourmet grocery for cheeses, artisan bread and other delicacies.
Everything Else
Day market. Nice for a very diverse mix of people, food, sounds and smells! Typical Dutch market, food, flowers, clothes etc. Showing the mix of people living in the area.
673 locals recommend
Dappermarkt
383 Eerste Van SwindenstraatDay market. Nice for a very diverse mix of people, food, sounds and smells! Typical Dutch market, food, flowers, clothes etc. Showing the mix of people living in the area.
Brewery. 3 mins walk. If you're into beer at all, check this out. A very well known brewery, much less touristy than the Heineken one ;-) Always crowded on a sunny day. Nice place to meet people.
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 FunenkadeBrewery. 3 mins walk. If you're into beer at all, check this out. A very well known brewery, much less touristy than the Heineken one ;-) Always crowded on a sunny day. Nice place to meet people.
It's the Amsterdam Zoo!
2 stops by tram or a 10 mins walk, always fun, kids or no kids. A really beautiful zoo, in the center of Amsterdam, in a nice area for restaurants and lunch places.
1622 locals recommend
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanIt's the Amsterdam Zoo!
2 stops by tram or a 10 mins walk, always fun, kids or no kids. A really beautiful zoo, in the center of Amsterdam, in a nice area for restaurants and lunch places.
Best burgers in Amsterdam. Great vegetarian options. Need I say more?
Across the street from the Amsterdam Zoo.
60 locals recommend
Burgermeester | Artis
37 Plantage KerklaanBest burgers in Amsterdam. Great vegetarian options. Need I say more?
Across the street from the Amsterdam Zoo.
Trainstation. 3 mins walk from my place, perfect to get to Central Station in a matter of minutes.
Muiderpoortstation
Trainstation. 3 mins walk from my place, perfect to get to Central Station in a matter of minutes.
Parks & Nature
People usually go to Oosterpark, but this park is one of Amsterdam's best kept secrets! Nice for walks, laying in the sun...
With a swimming pool and play area for kids.
398 locals recommend
Flevopark
FlevoparkPeople usually go to Oosterpark, but this park is one of Amsterdam's best kept secrets! Nice for walks, laying in the sun...
With a swimming pool and play area for kids.
Park, big pond in the middle, play area for kids. Very busy with people lounging around in the grass whenever it's sunny out.
Hosts some smaller music festivals in summer.
841 locals recommend
Oosterpark
OosterparkPark, big pond in the middle, play area for kids. Very busy with people lounging around in the grass whenever it's sunny out.
Hosts some smaller music festivals in summer.
Beautiful quiet park at walking distance. Hang out reading a book in the sun, take a walk, have a drink at the small brewery in the middle of the park - it's all good.
398 locals recommend
Flevopark
FlevoparkBeautiful quiet park at walking distance. Hang out reading a book in the sun, take a walk, have a drink at the small brewery in the middle of the park - it's all good.
Arts & Culture
It's a museum. With exhibitions related to our colonial past. Not as dull as that may sound ;-) They always have nice things to do for kids as well.
628 locals recommend
Tropenmuseum
2 LinnaeusstraatIt's a museum. With exhibitions related to our colonial past. Not as dull as that may sound ;-) They always have nice things to do for kids as well.
NEMO Science Center
2 OosterdokDrinks & Nightlife
5 mins walk. Pretty hip but laidback bar, sunny terrace in the summer.
Also a restaurant. Across from Oosterpark. Hang out.
66 locals recommend
SPAR9O
1 Nieuwmarkt5 mins walk. Pretty hip but laidback bar, sunny terrace in the summer.
Also a restaurant. Across from Oosterpark. Hang out.
Stunning converted gas station, makes for a little more upscale feel. Good food and friendly service.
Just around the corner.
139 locals recommend
Bar Restaurant Pompstation
52 ZeeburgerdijkStunning converted gas station, makes for a little more upscale feel. Good food and friendly service.
Just around the corner.
Great food, drinks, coffee - nice place to hangout during the day or evening.
251 locals recommend
Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 JavastraatGreat food, drinks, coffee - nice place to hangout during the day or evening.
Shopping
Middenweg
Small shopping area, some boutiques, nice places to have lunch.
Nice atmosphere.
Essentials
Eerste van Swindenstraat 30
The Health food store.
Ekoplaza van Swindenstraat
30-32 Eerste Van SwindenstraatOrganic market.
AH Celebesstraat
43 CelebesstraatBig Albert Heijn Supermarket for everything you need.