YUM!!!!!! I loved this place. 10/10 if you're looking for a quick and delicious lunch. The food…read moretasted so fresh. I'd say it's similar to a Sweetgreen for traveling Americans (but better). I'm mourning that there is no Sla in Mpls. Till next time.

A nice place to eat on the Westerstraat. It's quite large and has seating upstairs. I've never been…read moreto a SLA before, but it's certainly a healthy alternative. The portions were very large. I could barely finish my meal. We had the lunch deal and it included a wrap and soup. Very friendly staff there and it was very clean. She even waited on us at the table upstairs! Funny thing is, everyone else who was eating there looked very fit! Maybe a good sign.

A long time ago a 'friend' made fun of the satay I served him. 'That meat! It's just not right…read more Those small cubes. They ought to be much bigger.' The nerve! Especially considering his Dutch and my Dutch-Indonesian roots. Hello, my family practically invented satay. Wander around in Asia and you'll see people making my kind of satay everywhere. Get away from your boiled potatoes and discover the real world, boy. Okay, enough of this 'Dutchie-Bashing'. He was wrong and I was right. But I have to say that I've come to appreciate satay with larger pieces of meat lately. One of my favorite places to score that type of chicken satay is dinnershop DIS. Thumbs up for the perfectly grilled juicy chicken thighs with a delightfully spicy peanut sauce. Rice with a bite, grated coconut with peanuts, a cucumber salad and your dinner is all set. Take it away or make the satay come to your place. DIS is close to the Westerpark, a sublime picnic spot. DIS has the wines to match your meal and some pretty good other stuff too: sandwiches, salads, desserts made by superb Anesta. Let's go outside!

We had the Dahl...fantastic! Highly recommended...real foodies, great shop! It's new in the…read moreneighbourhood and great initiative!!!

Cute little place in Jordaan!…read more We ordered the falafels, hummus with roasted cauliflowers and the sampler - a trio of dips. Our favorite was the eggplant. All the food was delicious - so flavorful! The pitas that were served with the dishes were so soft and pillowy. Perfect compliment to the dips. Love all the dishes!

This place is really good but also small and really crowded…read more It's best to make a reservation if you can. It's definitely not fancy but it's not expensive either. It's got all your standard Middle Eastern food items and everything is good. The labneh is the best I've ever had.

The food here is amazing, they have seafood, beef, vegetarian, full bar and the ambiance is pretty…read morerelax with big glass windows to see the canal and some arcade games too. This place is located in the first floor of the Sir Adam hotel which itself has a lot of amenities. My complain is the service, you wait for several minutes to be seated, the staff is never smiling and seem as they are forced to be here. Maybe is a European thing? But with the US service, I'm not costumed to wait this long and waiters not being friendly.

On the ground floor of the Sir aAdam Hotel, the Butcher offers great breakfast, lunch, and dinner…read morefor the hotel, and locals. For breakfast there is a buffet, which offers plenty of cold items, and offers one hot item from the kitchen. Lunch and dinner, Burgers are the specialty. We tried both Breakfast and Dinner. We found the food at both to be of excellent quality, and taste. Wel prepared by Tomosasso and Jun Jun. service provided by Rakib, Marie, and others were also great. Prices were reasonable considering this was a hotel restaurant.

Very cool spot to eat some food. I got the 'Lamshoarma de luxe' which was very tasty. The meat was…read moretender, and the veggies were so fresh. Also, the atmosphere was very cozy and nice.

Wow! This is an amazing new restaurant on the very popular Haarlemmeerstraat in the Centrum…read more The atmosphere is very cozy, fun and relaxing with a nice wood handmade interior. They specialize in sandwiches, salads and steaks, the triple threat combination ranks number one in my book in Amsterdam. I started with the Hummus, smoked salmon with horseradish sauce and caprese, mozzerella with pesto. All incredibly fresh, delicious, well presented and served quickly. The portions were big enough that I had to take home the rest in a doggie bag. The main course was the ribeye steak with salad/artichoke hearts, beans....so yummy and filling. The price was only 16 euros for the steak which would easily cost over 25 in other restaurants. I appreciated how large and healthy the side salad was as well. Overall, I recommend this restaurant as the best choice for steaks, salads and sandwiches in Amsterdam.

I stopped by THT around 3pm and was seated immediately and was told that the lunch service would be…read moreending soon. This place looks out on the water and the Amsterdam train station, such a pretty view when the sun began to set. The atmosphere of this restaurant was great, super cozy and plenty of room to sit with a large bar near the middle of the space. We stopped in for happy hour and ordered 2 Bloody Mary's & chips and guac to share. The Bloody Mary's were perfect and the chips that came with the guac were the best tortilla chip I have ever had! Were they home made? Where did they come from? I need to know!

THT was next to our hotel, Sir Adam, so we decided to have dinner here. There were a lot of patrons…read moresitting outside, but we opted to dine inside as it was chilly out. We arrived around 5:15 PM and dinner didn't technically start until 5:30. Didn't mind waiting, but extremely slow service. We hadn't decided on drinks when the waitress first came up to us, but it was a mission to wave someone down when we were ready a few mins later. There were also a bunch of workers who walked past and didn't check in even though we were just sitting there. They do offer a menu in English. After we were finally able to order, we ordered the Dutch bread, Caesar salad, and pastrami dish. They serve small dishes here and it's meant to be shared. Prices were decent and food was above average. I got the Dutch mule and it was pretty good and not watered down. The space is open, like a large cafeteria. It did fill up after dinner started so feels like it's the place where locals go for authentic food.

I'm a committed carnivore, so a restaurant named Cannibale Royale had me before I even opened the…read moremenu. I found it browsing Yelp, and the name alone told me this was going to be a meat-forward kind of night. Fair warning if you're bringing anyone squeamish about restaurant names: The wife wasn't thrilled about it going in, though the food won her over fast. Getting there was its own small adventure. The place sits down a narrow alley, and our Uber couldn't get us all the way to it, which turned into a bit of a hike. That happened to us more than once in Amsterdam, using the exact address didn't always mean the driver could actually reach the door, so budget a few extra minutes if you're headed here. I normally default to steak, but the menu had a burger topped with pulled pork that promised more meat than a straight cut, and I couldn't pass it up. Delicious. Genuinely one of the best burgers I've had. But the wife's flat iron steak might have stolen the night. Flat iron is one of the most underrated cuts out there, and this kitchen proved it. She was still talking about that steak days after we got home, enough that I ended up buying flat irons from Costco just to chase it. The atmosphere is cool and a little edgy, dim lighting, a lot of character, and yes, some genuinely creepy decor scattered around, including an old doll that stares at you like it's judging your order. It ran loud, but not so loud we couldn't hold a conversation across the table. Service was good, just on European time rather than American time. Getting the check took a while, which threw us off at first, but that's the norm across the EU, not a knock on this place specifically. Pricey, but worth every bit of it. We'd go back without hesitation next time we're in Amsterdam.

Great spot for dinner!…read more This place is giving dive bar in so many ways, but the food quality is stepped up. It was very warm in the place, so keep that in mind if you're traveling in Amsterdam during a heat dome! We had a couple servers who worked with us nd both were kind and friendly. They didn't quite communicate with each other about our need to split the check a specific way, but it worked out in the end. We enjoyed some cocktails and beer (ranging from 9.50 Euro to 12 Euro), as well as the Pork Belly and Pickles to start off (21.50 Euro for 300 grams). Tasty way to start the meal. The three of us shared our mains and enjoyed what we had. The Favorite Ribs (24.50 Euro) were flavorful; the L'Incroyable 300gr (Ribeye; 34.50 Euro) was good, but our least favorite of what we ordered; the Le Cannibale Royale 170gr (burger) was super tasty. We also enjoyed some frites (4.90 Euro) and some delicious Mac n Cheese (6.50 Euros). Good time and good food!

Pretty cool and chill spot I had the toast with avocado and…read moreegg Service was good. Staff was friendly. I recommend it if you're looking for something good and quick. It' won't be a "wowwwww" breakfast. But it's good and price is good.

There were some enticing options on the menu, but the quesadilla I ordered wasn't the most…read moreflavorful. I believe the food was slightly overpriced for the quality, but was fairly standard for Amsterdam. I was pleased with the service. The interior isn't the most up-to-date, but it is a café vibe. I

What an incredible dinner we had at this place! Food was amazing! Presentation is appetizing!…read moreHighly recommend to vegans and NON vegans!

Very eclectic place. Great food, not the greatest service or comfortable dining experience. 4/5 for…read morethe food; 3/5 overall. We arrived around 6:30pm for dinner. Staff don't bother to find tables for you; they let customers figure things out among themselves. Alright. We eventually grabbed a table after 5-10 minutes, then had our order taken 10 minutes later. The food took a long time to come out: about 40 minutes (other than 1 appy that came out after 20). Good thing it was tasty. We got: -plantain fries (€6) -- tasty, especially with the sweet dipping sauce, but you get about 8 fries, so not great value. -okonomiyaki (€12.90) -- this was wonderful. So many lovely textures, flavours, and seasoned beautifully. This was the highlight of the meal for me. -vegan plate (€18.90) -- really nicely designed plate, with a base of brown rice, with a sort of Japanese slaw, vegan chicken katsu, tempura (apparently, though I didn't notice it), and stir fried veggies. Super tasty stuff. Not the biggest portion, but not bad either. My friends each got the crispy roti wrap (€14.90), which they loved, and the taste I had was great. Overall, great food, not the best dining experience. Perhaps my experience wasn't representative. I'd go back for the okonomiyaki alone.

Nine times out of ten fusion cuisine is just another word for crap. But not in the case of…read moreAmsterdam's funkiest papadum, poppadum in English. At Piet de Gruyter this thin fried bread from ground lentils and spices is dressed-up with a salad of seaweed, slices of slightly baked tuna, pickled ginger, rocket, teriyaki sauce and wasabi mayonnaise. This Indian-Japanese recipe may seem odd, but it's pretty divine - especially without the mayonnaise. The cooks of this unpretentious café and restaurant are world famous in town for another unusual lunch dish too: the vlamtosti, toasted bread with cheese and spicy minced meat. People with less adventurous taste buds could stick to their omelette with confit de canard or the sandwich with sauerkraut and pastrami. Just a coffee is an option too in this ultra welcoming spot where students, sixtysomethings, actors and advertising people mingle. The owners of De Gruyter, Maarten, Allard and Floriaan recently opened a new place across the street: Viscafé de Gouden Hoek. A must-go if you like to eat good quality fish in a relaxed setting.

Save yourself from the aggravation, poor waiter service (from the male waiter, the young lady was…read morevery polite and even came over to check on us), unsanitary condition (they allowed a huge smelly dog I'm the restaurant with one of the locals) and odd smell in the restaurant. Between the musty smell of the restaurant itself and the dog, I was having a difficult time trying to eat. I would not recommend it as a place to eat. I couldn't finish my salad because of the smell in the restaurant.