Relaxing places to grab a drink/meal

• Dine on the canals, or take a cocktail cruise. More
• Try the Heineken experience
• See the city from another perspective, from the Panorama Restaurant at top of the A’DAM LOOKOUT tower.

Or try:

• EYE Film Institute terrace bar and restaurant
• Café-restaurant Edel – fairy-lit hideaway
• Restaurant-café In de Waag – enjoy the historical charm of a 15^th century city gate house.
• Café de Sluyswacht – crooked canal-side charm
• Skylounge panoramic roof terrace
• Café de Jaren – elegant restaurant bar riverside terrace
• Brouwerij’t IJ – craft beers under a windmill
• Blauwe Theehuis (blue teahouse) in Vondelpark
• Noorderlicht  – hop on the free ferry to this bar on the grassy banks
• Amsterdam Roest – relaxed vibe on a sandy canal-side city beach

Just want a drink?

• Tales & Spirits
• Door 74
• Vesper bar
• bubbles & wines
• The Butcher bar – secret space behind the popular burger bar The Butcher

Dining

Amsterdam has plenty of restaurants to suit all tastes. Find out more here, here or here.

We like the sound of

• Mr Porter – best steak restaurant with great views
• MaMa Kelly
• Guts & Glory

Top cafes for breakfast/brunch:

Overview 

• Coffee & coconuts
• Bakers and Roasters 
• Café Bern – combined with exhibitions
• Traditional Brown cafes, e.g. Café T’Smalle, Café Welling, Cafe de Pels

Best coffee

Best Dutch pancakes

Dutch food

Traditional restaurants:

• Hap Hmm
  
• Haesje Claes
• Greetje
• …and snacks