Blog Feed: Eat Amsterdam

Hotels in Amsterdam for Queen’s Day

Published on 2013-04-23 14:16:55

Queen’s Day on 30 April is just around the corner. Amsterdammers are already reserving their pavement spots for the citywide street market and shop windows are filling with inflatable orange crowns and silly hats. Read more...

Restaurant An

Published on 2013-04-17 02:34:09

As a reviewer I sometimes get ‘foodie calls’, the gastronomic equivalent of booty calls. So it was that I received a phone call at 12.30 one Wednesday and at 1pm I was scoping out the menu at Restaurant An. Read more...

Oriental City

Published on 2013-04-11 11:32:10

There are few surprises at Cantonese restaurant Oriental City, where the service is brusque and the lantern-decked interior familiar. Dig around the dim sum menu, though, and you’ll discover a stomach-full of gems. Read more...

Foodie Events in April

Published on 2013-04-10 14:38:29

For six months I’ve been working on a job I began referring to as the boomerang project because it just kept coming back. With the result finally at the printers, I’m leaving Amsterdam for a few days. Foolishly. Read more...

L’Ozio

Published on 2013-04-10 05:07:35

Ostensibly an Italian restaurant, L’Ozio has become one of my favourite spots in Amsterdam’s De Pijp for wine and antipasti. Read more...

Tales and Spirits

Published on 2013-03-12 09:13:01

On a bone-chilling Amsterdam evening, the kind where you wonder why you ever bought a bike, I found myself cycling through the sleet to Tales & Spirits cocktail bar and restaurant. Read more...

Van Ness: Let Them Eat Cupcakes

Published on 2013-02-09 15:10:13

Few things seem to divide foodies more than cupcakes. Google 'hate cupcakes' and more than 11 million venom-filled results will be returned (compared to 41 million for 'love cupcakes', incidentally). Read more...

Amsterdam Hotel Night

Published on 2013-01-06 04:53:44

Amsterdamse Hotelnacht (Amsterdam Hotel Night) - a novel way for locals to (re)discover their city? Or a crisis-friendly holiday on the cheap? Read more...

Goulash@Home Delivery Service

Published on 2012-11-18 04:43:02

Forget soggy pizzas and Chinese takeaways that resemble nuclear waste. Winter in Amsterdam just got a little more bearable with the launch of Goulash@Home, the city’s first goulash delivery service. Read more...

Lovefood HQ

Published on 2012-10-30 05:33:03

After several years helming the hugely successful pop-up Lovefood brunches, English marketer turned chef Jason Hartley has opened Lovefood HQ, a permanent home for his ‘cherished dishes from around the world’. Read more...

BYOB Restaurants in Amsterdam

Published on 2012-10-25 07:15:58

I’m often asked which Amsterdam restaurants let you bring your own bottle. I’ve only ever found one. It ran a BYOB ‘scheme’ for a couple of months one night a week. Then it disappeared. Read more...

Rising Stars Restaurant Week

Published on 2012-10-16 09:20:22

If you can’t afford to eat in a Michelin-starred restaurant, the next best thing could be a Michelin-star contender during the Rising Stars event from October 22-31. Read more...

Worst Wijncafe

Published on 2012-10-12 10:31:11

Promising a podium for artisanal charcutiers and a ‘sausagy ambiance’ in Amsterdam's Westerpark, Worst Wijncafe is the baby sister of the popular neighbourhood restaurant Marius next door. Read more...

ANNA

Published on 2012-10-10 12:11:00

Restaurant ANNA joins Meatballs, Metropolitan Deli and Mata Hari in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, an unlikely but increasingly popular gastronomic drawcard thanks to the Council’s ongoing clean-up of the area. Read more...

Bussia

Published on 2012-10-05 06:00:29

From behind high windows on Amsterdam’s Nine Streets, restaurant Bussia serves what it describes as ‘fine Italian cuisine’. I would describe it as food to impress. Read more...

Meatballs

Published on 2012-09-30 13:36:47

As part of the Council’s ongoing and controversial clean-up of Amsterdam’s Red Light District, restaurant Mata Hari, ANNA and Metropolitan Deli have now been joined by Meatballs. Read more...

Mercat

Published on 2012-09-27 08:07:50

After declaring bankruptcy in January 2012, nightclub Panama reopened in March. In September, Mercat restaurant followed, occupying the front of the former harbour building in Amsterdam’s dock area. Read more...

Candy Freaks

Published on 2012-09-26 05:57:28

Joining English pie shop Pieminister on Nieuwe/Oude Hoogstraat, the street connecting the Amsterdam's Jodenbuurt with Dam Square, is Candy Freaks, a quirky new store that specialises in natural and organic sweets. Read more...

Once You Pop, You Can't Stop

Published on 2012-09-25 06:32:12

The Pringles jingle, which was popular when I still lived in the UK, could equally be applied to the current trend for pop-up bars and restaurants in Amsterdam. Read more...

A Tavola

Published on 2012-09-24 10:04:06

If I ever considered part of Amsterdam to be mine, it would be Kadijksplein. I’ve spent many afternoons sipping Grüner Veltliner at Orloff, which turn into hazy evenings at Café Kadijk or A Tavola. Read more...

New Amsterdam Restaurants

Published on 2012-07-28 10:43:38

So much food and drink, so little stomach space. A whole host of bars, foodie shops and restaurants have opened in Amsterdam in recent weeks. Here's a roundup. Read more...