The Best Restaurants in the Netherlands
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Fruit stacked in the window, cheerful tins of olives, trays of vibrantly colored food: this sunny corner cafe serves a rotating, mostly vegetarian spread rooted in Algerian home cooking and whatever the season offers locally. You pick a few dishes, order some mint tea, and the staff warms everything up for you. It's the kind of lunch spot that makes a to-do list feel very negotiable.
The awards
- Eater The 23 Best Restaurants in Amsterdam
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #590. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #590 Paon Bali 65.408
- #590 Restaurant Kenneh 65.408
- #590 Rue D’alger (this place) 65.408
- #590 Tjin’s 65.408
- #590 Tropico Latin Flavors 65.408
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The sandwiches won and the records lost, which is how Amsterdam ended up with one of its great lunch counters. Tjin's is a Surinamese sandwich and roti shop that has been around forever, serving char siu pork buns, bacalao, tempeh, roti rolls, and pom alongside house hot sauce and pickled cucumbers. Wash it down with a Fernandes soda and you're doing it right. The menu is short on pretension and long on the kind of flavors that make a detour feel obvious in hindsight.
The awards
- Eater The 23 Best Restaurants in Amsterdam
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #590. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #590 Restaurant Kenneh 65.408
- #590 Rue D’alger 65.408
- #590 Tjin’s (this place) 65.408
- #590 Tropico Latin Flavors 65.408
- #590 Tujuh Maret 65.408
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Rank 590. Tropico Latin Flavors
Colombian
The awards
- Eater The 23 Best Restaurants in Amsterdam
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #590. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #590 Rue D’alger 65.408
- #590 Tjin’s 65.408
- #590 Tropico Latin Flavors (this place) 65.408
- #590 Tujuh Maret 65.408
- #590 Upstairs Pannenkoekenhuis 65.408
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Rank 590. Tujuh Maret
Indonesian
The rijsttafel, a colonial-era Dutch invention despite its Indonesian soul, arrives here as eighteen small dishes covering every corner of the table. This warm, bustling Indonesian restaurant on Utrechtsestraat is the kind of place that makes a grey Amsterdam afternoon feel manageable. The vegetarian version, built around tempeh, eggplant, and sharp pickles, tends to outshine the standard spread.
The awards
- Eater The 23 Best Restaurants in Amsterdam
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #590. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #590 Rue D’alger 65.408
- #590 Tjin’s 65.408
- #590 Tropico Latin Flavors 65.408
- #590 Tujuh Maret (this place) 65.408
- #590 Upstairs Pannenkoekenhuis 65.408
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Four tables, a staircase steep enough to make you reconsider, and a strong claim to being Europe's smallest pancake restaurant. This is a Dutch pancake spot, which means the pancakes land somewhere between a crepe and the fluffy American kind, piled with toppings both sweet and savory. The building has been around forever, the decor leans old Dutch, and the owners often cook your meal themselves. Bring patience and a low ceiling tolerance.
The awards
- Eater The 23 Best Restaurants in Amsterdam
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #590. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #590 Rue D’alger 65.408
- #590 Tjin’s 65.408
- #590 Tropico Latin Flavors 65.408
- #590 Tujuh Maret 65.408
- #590 Upstairs Pannenkoekenhuis (this place) 65.408