The Top 15 Cocktail Bars Near Bij Jef
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Rank 1. Sins of Sal
Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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Rank 2. Shakerato
Cocktail Italian Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best New International Cocktail Bar
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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Rank 4. A Bar and Amstel Hotel Bar
Cocktail Bar
Two cocktail bars for the price of one grand hotel: a wood-panelled, nautical-themed room tucked below the lobby, and a sleeker, louder sibling upstairs with a sound system that makes the chandeliers nervous. Both open onto terraces over the Amstel River, which is the kind of view that makes a second round feel responsible. The bartenders take the classics seriously, and the whole operation carries the unhurried ease of somewhere that has been doing this for a very long time.
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Rank 6. Hiding in Plain Sight
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 7. Door 74
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 8. Bols Mirror Bar
Cocktail Bar
Every surface in this cocktail bar reflects back the drink in your hand, which is either poetic or a little overwhelming depending on how many Bols liqueurs you correctly identified in the tasting hall you walked through to get here. The House of Bols runs a tour before letting you in, which means entry comes with a cocktail and a genever shot built into the price. The mirror room is the payoff, and the liqueur selection behind the bar is genuinely hard to argue with.
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Rank 9. Bridges Cocktail Bar
Cocktail Bar
Two glowing Corian bars shaped like river stones face each other across the lobby divide of the Grand Sofitel, which sets the tone for what this cocktail bar is going for. Champagne flights, oysters from a raw bar, and well-made cocktails draw a dressed-up crowd. It skews designer and upmarket, so dress accordingly and order accordingly. If you want a brown bar, Amsterdam has better ones a short walk away.
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Rank 10. Specht Bar and Lounge
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 11. LuminAir
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 12. De Blauwe Parade
Dutch Cocktail Bar
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Rank 13. The Tailor
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 14. Bar Oldenhof
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 15. Law and Order
Cocktail Bar