The Best Seafood Near EN, by the Record
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Rank 1. Visaandeschelde
Seafood
Anchors on the tiles, scale patterns on the windows, and a blue-and-white palette that commits to the nautical bit without apology. This is a serious seafood restaurant where the kitchen stays close to classical tradition, meaning bisques with real depth, lobster cooked to a translucent finish, and fish that actually gets a moment to rest. Oysters, platters, tasting menus, a long à la carte; order the platter ahead or you'll wish you had.
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Rank 2. John Dory
French Seafood
A canal-side French restaurant named after the fish, which sets the tone nicely. The team runs surprise tasting menus built around their enthusiasm for seafood, so surrendering the menu to the kitchen is the move here. The room is cozy and the service personal enough that the whole thing feels like dinner at a friend's place, provided that friend lives on the Prinsengracht and really knows their bisque.
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Rank 4. Simply Fish
Seafood
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Rank 5. Bridges
Contemporary Seafood
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Rank 6. Salt
Mediterranean Seafood
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Rank 7. SEAson - Arsenaal
Seasonal Seafood
A handsomely converted old building in Naarden, with a terrace that fills up fast when the sun shows. This is a seasonal seafood restaurant, the kind where the plateau de fruits de mer is the main event and the fish changes with whatever's running. Meat eaters aren't entirely abandoned, but the kitchen's heart is clearly in the shells and fins. Chic without being stiff, and the kind of room that makes you order one more course.
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Rank 8. Breakers Beach House
Seafood
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Rank 9. Catch by Simonis
Seafood
Floor-to-ceiling windows face the Scheveningen marina, and the room leans hard into a look that would fit comfortably on the Hudson. The family behind it has been selling fish for generations, and the seafood restaurant reflects that: raw platters, sushi, and classically butter-fried fish share the menu. The terrace fills with the kind of crowd that dresses for the occasion without quite admitting it.
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Rank 10. Zeezout
Creative Seafood
A giant fish stares down from the tiled wall, the Maas sits just outside, and the menu reads like the sea wrote it. This Michelin-starred fine dining room in Rotterdam's old Schipperskwartier runs on serious seafood handled with classical technique and a global eye, moving easily between nori, sambai, and shellfish jus without ever losing the clean, briny taste of the thing itself. Smart but not stiff.
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Rank 11. De Stroper
Seafood