Guidebook for Amsterdam

Dustin & Eva
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Amazing traditional Italian food. An appetizer & pear-cheese ravioli will be plenty. The servers have a great sense of humor but reservations are a must! +31206240846
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Eetcafé Koevoet
17 Lindenstraat
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Amazing traditional Italian food. An appetizer & pear-cheese ravioli will be plenty. The servers have a great sense of humor but reservations are a must! +31206240846
Great place for coffee, lunch or a quiche or burrito for dinner. Sean runs a catering company with a small coffee and sandwich takeaway store. But it's worth sticking around if you can find a seat.
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Small World Catering
14 Binnen Oranjestraat
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Great place for coffee, lunch or a quiche or burrito for dinner. Sean runs a catering company with a small coffee and sandwich takeaway store. But it's worth sticking around if you can find a seat.
Delicious Thai food for a reasonable price. A few small tables but mostly takeout.
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Som Tam Thai
24 H Tweede Goudsbloemdwarsstraat
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Delicious Thai food for a reasonable price. A few small tables but mostly takeout.
Best Dutch Pancakes (pannenkoeken) in the city. Good any time of day as you can order practically anything on/in your pancake (sweet or savory). Good with kids but can get busy during peak meal hours
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The Pancake Bakery
191 Prinsengracht
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Best Dutch Pancakes (pannenkoeken) in the city. Good any time of day as you can order practically anything on/in your pancake (sweet or savory). Good with kids but can get busy during peak meal hours
Best appeltaart in the city. Pair it with a latte macchiato or a fresh mint tea (vers munt thee) for the full effect.
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Winkel 43
43 Noordermarkt
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Best appeltaart in the city. Pair it with a latte macchiato or a fresh mint tea (vers munt thee) for the full effect.
Good South Indian food. Can also order online. www.rangoli.nl
Rangoli South Indian Restaurant
11 Haarlemmerstraat
Good South Indian food. Can also order online. www.rangoli.nl
Various kinds of burgers (including vegetarian). Try more than one by getting the 3 mini burgers. http://burgermeester.eu/
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Burgermeester | de Jordaan
130 Elandsgracht
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Various kinds of burgers (including vegetarian). Try more than one by getting the 3 mini burgers. http://burgermeester.eu/
Good takeout pizza. Turkish guys who run this place are really nice and make a good thin crust pizza
Haarlemmerdijk 115
115 Haarlemmerdijk
Good takeout pizza. Turkish guys who run this place are really nice and make a good thin crust pizza
Good order at counter Italian food. If nice weather sit outside with great view of the water.
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Vapiano Amsterdam Oosterdokskade
145 Oosterdokskade
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Good order at counter Italian food. If nice weather sit outside with great view of the water.
Higher end cooked to order with huge range of fresh foods. Great view of the city (go to top floor of the Public Library). Good for families.
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La Place
143 Oosterdokskade
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Higher end cooked to order with huge range of fresh foods. Great view of the city (go to top floor of the Public Library). Good for families.
Excellent Indonesia "Rice Table" (many small dishes served family style). Can be a bit noisy in there but food is worth it. Also have a takeout counter in back.
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Kantjil & De Tijger
291 A Spuistraat
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Excellent Indonesia "Rice Table" (many small dishes served family style). Can be a bit noisy in there but food is worth it. Also have a takeout counter in back.
Forget Wok to Walk. This place is so much better. Only takeout though. Made to order rice or noodle dishes with great sauces.
Halvemaansteeg 16
16 Halvemaansteeg
Forget Wok to Walk. This place is so much better. Only takeout though. Made to order rice or noodle dishes with great sauces.
Great selection of sandwiches for lunch.
Sint Antoniesbreestraat 142
142 Sint Antoniesbreestraat
Great selection of sandwiches for lunch.
Dinner on the expensive side but great terrace to enjoy a drink and their goat cheese croquettes
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Waag
4 Nieuwmarkt
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Dinner on the expensive side but great terrace to enjoy a drink and their goat cheese croquettes
Take the free ferry behind Centraal Station to Ijplein and walk to this cafe for a nice lunch on the water
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Wilhelmina Dok
1 Noordwal
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Take the free ferry behind Centraal Station to Ijplein and walk to this cafe for a nice lunch on the water
Good for a drink or their rotisserie chicken dinner. Beautiful neighborhood for a walk.
Zandhoek 8I
8I Zandhoek
Good for a drink or their rotisserie chicken dinner. Beautiful neighborhood for a walk.
Excellent tapas served from 17:00, especially the pumpkin poffertjes with brie, honey and walnuts
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Kip in t ij
41 Plantage Kerklaan
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Excellent tapas served from 17:00, especially the pumpkin poffertjes with brie, honey and walnuts
Good Turkish food in a unique setting - an old church. Funky interior, huge plates of food. On the weekends it's best to reserve or if you don't, you can always wait at the unique bar.
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De Bazar Amsterdam B.V.
182 Albert Cuypstraat
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Good Turkish food in a unique setting - an old church. Funky interior, huge plates of food. On the weekends it's best to reserve or if you don't, you can always wait at the unique bar.
Good, cheap, fast Chinese (mostly) food. Don't be offended if they take your plate away right when you are done. Good place right before or after a movie.
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Asian Kitchen
5-A Vijzelstraat
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Good, cheap, fast Chinese (mostly) food. Don't be offended if they take your plate away right when you are done. Good place right before or after a movie.
Cafe right on the water. You can even play beach volleyball between courses. Food is decent & staff is very nice. Good place for a drink outside when the sun is out.
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Strand West
900 Stavangerweg
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Cafe right on the water. You can even play beach volleyball between courses. Food is decent & staff is very nice. Good place for a drink outside when the sun is out.
Sandwich & deli shop. Delicious fresh, usually organic ingredients. Good for a cup of coffee as well.
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Sapori Del Mondo
30a Plantage Middenlaan
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Sandwich & deli shop. Delicious fresh, usually organic ingredients. Good for a cup of coffee as well.
Good place for a drink if you can grab a spot on the patio by the water. Inside it is a bit noisy- popular spot.
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Café de Jaren
20-20 Nieuwe Doelenstraat
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Good place for a drink if you can grab a spot on the patio by the water. Inside it is a bit noisy- popular spot.
Really good falafel with a salad bar that you can go back to over and over again.... until your pita is gone.
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Maoz Vegetarian
1 Muntplein
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Really good falafel with a salad bar that you can go back to over and over again.... until your pita is gone.
Kobe beef burger is worth getting. For veggies: the portobello mushroom sandwich is pretty good. Double fried "friet" (fries) are really good with some garlic sauce for dipping.
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Bar De Burgh
2 Kolksteeg
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Kobe beef burger is worth getting. For veggies: the portobello mushroom sandwich is pretty good. Double fried "friet" (fries) are really good with some garlic sauce for dipping.
Great for dim sum lunch. Service is usually quick & there is something for everyone.
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Oriental City
177-179 Oudezijds Voorburgwal
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Great for dim sum lunch. Service is usually quick & there is something for everyone.
Good sushi. Their dragon roll is really good. Decent prices as well.
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Yummie Sushi
35 Spaarndammerstraat
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Good sushi. Their dragon roll is really good. Decent prices as well.
Nice classic French food. Big plates for decent price. If good weather, sit outside. Or instead the upstairs is nice as well.
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De Gouden Reael
14 Zandhoek
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Nice classic French food. Big plates for decent price. If good weather, sit outside. Or instead the upstairs is nice as well.
Great classic Italian pizzas. Fresh ingredients. Restaurant is small, so takeout is advised. Call ahead--can get busy.
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De Pizzabakkers Haarlemmerdijk
128 HS Haarlemmerdijk
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Great classic Italian pizzas. Fresh ingredients. Restaurant is small, so takeout is advised. Call ahead--can get busy.
Grab some fresh baked bread or stay for lunch. Order the "shared menu" where you get many delicious toppings and a basket full of bread. Chicken salad is really great here. (no cash, plastic only)
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Vlaamsch Broodhuys Haarlemmerstraat Amsterdam
108 Haarlemmerstraat
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Grab some fresh baked bread or stay for lunch. Order the "shared menu" where you get many delicious toppings and a basket full of bread. Chicken salad is really great here. (no cash, plastic only)
Good Belgian food
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Brasserie Vlaming
193A Prinsengracht
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Good Belgian food

Essentials

Closest grocery store 8:00 - 22:00 daily
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AH Westerstraat
79 Westerstraat
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Closest grocery store 8:00 - 22:00 daily
Cheaper supermarket with wider selection than Albert Heijn. 8:00 - 21:00 daily except Sunday 10:00 - 21:00
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Westerstraat
Westerstraat
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Cheaper supermarket with wider selection than Albert Heijn. 8:00 - 21:00 daily except Sunday 10:00 - 21:00
Grocery store incase Jumbo is out of something. 8:00 - 22:00 daily
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AH Westerstraat
79 Westerstraat
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Grocery store incase Jumbo is out of something. 8:00 - 22:00 daily
Organic grocery store. Very good products. On the expensive side but the vegetables taste so much better than the regular stores. Great cheese selection as well. Lots of local products.
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Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
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Organic grocery store. Very good products. On the expensive side but the vegetables taste so much better than the regular stores. Great cheese selection as well. Lots of local products.

Everything Else

Dry cleaning & secondhand clothes store
Chemische Wasserij Accuraat
Dry cleaning & secondhand clothes store
Best ice cream/gelato in Amsterdam! Open 13:00 - 22:00 but only from March - end September
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Monte Pelmo
17 Tweede Anjeliersdwarsstraat
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Best ice cream/gelato in Amsterdam! Open 13:00 - 22:00 but only from March - end September
Cheap bike rentals that don't look like tourist bikes. http://www.recycledrentals.com/
Recycle Bike
84A Spuistraat
Cheap bike rentals that don't look like tourist bikes. http://www.recycledrentals.com/
Beautiful park & old buildings from when it was the Gas factory. Neat cafes & restaurants in the Westergasfabriek area. Lots of arts shows and festivals happen here.
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Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
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Beautiful park & old buildings from when it was the Gas factory. Neat cafes & restaurants in the Westergasfabriek area. Lots of arts shows and festivals happen here.
Film festival usually in August. Watch a movie under the stars & enjoy good food & drinks from food trucks. www.plukdenacht.nl
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Pluk de Nacht
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Film festival usually in August. Watch a movie under the stars & enjoy good food & drinks from food trucks. www.plukdenacht.nl
Good priced bike rental where the bikes do not look like tourist bikes.
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Frederic Rent a Bike
23 Binnen Wieringerstraat
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Good priced bike rental where the bikes do not look like tourist bikes.
Cheap bike rentals. Bikes are not obviously rental bikes (which can be nice if you know how to bike). Can also get picnic baskets filled with food to take on a biking adventure.
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StarBikes Rental
143 De Ruijterkade
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Cheap bike rentals. Bikes are not obviously rental bikes (which can be nice if you know how to bike). Can also get picnic baskets filled with food to take on a biking adventure.

Drinks & Nightlife

Organic local beer brewed in a windmill. Enjoy their beer and some trappist cheese (abdijkkaas) and the organic sheep's cheese from 15:00 - 20:00. http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/proef_en.htm
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Funenkade 7
7 Funenkade
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Organic local beer brewed in a windmill. Enjoy their beer and some trappist cheese (abdijkkaas) and the organic sheep's cheese from 15:00 - 20:00. http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/proef_en.htm
Tapas cafe, good for a drink and small bites to eat.
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Festina Lente
40B Looiersgracht
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Tapas cafe, good for a drink and small bites to eat.
Old traditional cafe. Good for a drink & some bittergarnituur (fried snacks)
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The Garden
59HS Kloveniersburgwal
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Old traditional cafe. Good for a drink & some bittergarnituur (fried snacks)
Great, award-winning bartenders (and super nice!) and really good drinks. They know their stuff. Gets really crowded on Fri/Sat. Go early or during the week.
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Vesper
57 Vinkenstraat
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Great, award-winning bartenders (and super nice!) and really good drinks. They know their stuff. Gets really crowded on Fri/Sat. Go early or during the week.

Shopping

Great staff to help with any phone needs or buy a SIM card.
Telefoonkopen.nl
Great staff to help with any phone needs or buy a SIM card.
Our friend Ron runs the shop that is owned by his family. He has great tips on all kinds of drinks & has a nice selection. Ron's father even does some brewing and we recommend trying his limoncello.
2008 Wijn & Dranken
59 Haarlemmerdijk
Our friend Ron runs the shop that is owned by his family. He has great tips on all kinds of drinks & has a nice selection. Ron's father even does some brewing and we recommend trying his limoncello.

Arts & Culture

Beautiful acoustics at the main concert hall. Free lunch concert every Wednesday at 12:30 http://www.concertgebouw.nl/specials/gratis-lunchconcerten.
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The Concertgebouw
10 Concertgebouwplein
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Beautiful acoustics at the main concert hall. Free lunch concert every Wednesday at 12:30 http://www.concertgebouw.nl/specials/gratis-lunchconcerten.
Well done history of the resistance in Amsterdam, both successes and failures. Small so does not take much time.
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Persmuseum Amsterdam
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Well done history of the resistance in Amsterdam, both successes and failures. Small so does not take much time.

Sightseeing

A medieval castle only 15 minutes from Amsterdam by train. The town of Muiden is also very quaint and worth getting a coffee in on your way in or out of the castle. http://www.muiderslot.nl/english
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Мюйдерслот
1 Herengracht
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A medieval castle only 15 minutes from Amsterdam by train. The town of Muiden is also very quaint and worth getting a coffee in on your way in or out of the castle. http://www.muiderslot.nl/english
The Trade Union museum is housed here but it's worth just going to see the building. De Burcht was constructed in 1903 for the Trade Union of the Diamond Workers, by Berlage, a famous Dutch architect.
Stichting De Burcht
9 Henri Polaklaan
The Trade Union museum is housed here but it's worth just going to see the building. De Burcht was constructed in 1903 for the Trade Union of the Diamond Workers, by Berlage, a famous Dutch architect.
Former headquarters of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). Ask the porter to see the restored meeting room (as long as a class is not in session--it's a University of Amsterdam building).
Kloveniersburgwal 48
48 Kloveniersburgwal
Former headquarters of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). Ask the porter to see the restored meeting room (as long as a class is not in session--it's a University of Amsterdam building).
Book a slot ahead online to skip the lines (which can be very long). Free with museumcard. In summer open late (10pm), so might also avoid line at the end of the day.
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Дом Анны Франк
20 Westermarkt
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Book a slot ahead online to skip the lines (which can be very long). Free with museumcard. In summer open late (10pm), so might also avoid line at the end of the day.