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Hudspot was a good surprise Great pea soup too. The line was long but we were only two soon wo reservations we were seat in 30 minutes. Worth the wait. Not cheap for what's offered. Very busy and noisy and cramped. Do it
A great little place to eat. The place is full when we walked up but we were greeted promptly and offered a table. The menu offers set meals as well as open ordering. The pea soup is a must and the Hutspot with meatball was great. The service is great too, everyone is happy to help. The prices are about 25e per person and in this area that's a great deal. I highly recommend the pantry.
The Pantry serves authentic Dutch food in a cozy environment. Definitely get one of their prix-fixe menus. It includes an appetizer, entree, and dessert. If you are sharing a meal with someone, get items from a different prix-fixe menu and you can both try a variety of items. We enjoyed: * Charcuterie plate: sausages taste minimally processed and delicious * Beef and onion stew: taste slightly different than ones in America * Cauliflower and cheese oven bake: vegetarian's comfort food * Hutspot (mashed potatoes and carrots) and meatballs: non-vegetarian's comfort food * Pea soup with smoked ham For desserts, we had chocolate mousse and vlaflip (vanilla custard) and they were just okay. I'm not sure if desserts are the Dutch's strengths, except maybe the Dutch apple pie. They even bottle their own house beer. The restaurant is small. Try to make a reservation if you can. We didn't have a reservation, but went to the restaurant at around 5PM and were seated in about 15 minutes. At times, the line could get very long, but the staff is still welcoming and ensures that everyone gets served...eventually.
Love this place! Happy that we were able to get a seat quickly here because reservations are a must! Inside may feel and look cramped but it is super cozy. We were able to get seated right on the window area. We chose menu 5, which was just enough for two people. Everything was delicious! Their pea soup is out of this world. Don't know why as it is a simple dish but wow! I also love their herring. It was so delicious that I wanted seconds. It paired so well with their onions and mustard. And their bitterballen was just enough bite. Creamy and crispy! We also got a combination of the hutspot. They were all delicious! Although for me the meatball was just a tad bit salty but it is probably just me! Everything else was spot on. I love their dessert at the end. It was a great way to end the night. Our server and their staff were all amazing! Very friendly and welcoming. Yes it is a tourist spot but totally worth it.
Came by for dinner the other night and it was a decent experience. The Pantry is a very popular traditional Dutch restaurant. Made a reservation and my table was ready upon arrival. Dining is available both indoors or outdoors. It was towards freezing when I went so the outdoor tables were available for walk-ins. Reservations are a good idea. Started off with the pea soup and it was different. The soup was pretty thick and tasted like peas. There were a couple slices of sausage that were placed over the soup. The soup was served with a slice of rye bread along with a piece of bacon...interesting to say the least. For the main, opted for the hutspot which was mashed potatoes with carrots, 3 scoops, along with a sausage. The mashed potatoes were ok, although I only managed to finish half a scoop. Portions were gigantic. The sausage was ok. The highlight of the meal was the Dutch apple pie. This was served warm. The pie was freshly baked and wasn't too sweet. It was filled with apples and topped with white powdered sugar. This was also served with a side of whipped cream. The interior of the restaurant is cramped and the staff were wonderful. They take credit cards.
Highly recommended! This is truly Amsterdam experience--a cozy restaurant that feels very Dutch. In a city with a lot of great restaurants, it is a stand out. You must be punctual. The reservations are in time blocks--so everyone enters together at the reservation time. It is orderly, not a mad rush, but they are serious about the reservation timing. We ordered Menu 3 (pictured) which was excellent for comfort food: --Trio of Dutch sausages, bread, Amsterdam pickles, and mustard --Hachee served with red cabbage and mashed potatoes --Chocolate duo with advocaat (chocolate mousse and ice cream) To get the reservation, we had to wait at our computer on the day the reservations open, then book immediately. It was hard reservation to get, but very much worth it.
Such a lovely little place! The service was so kind and the local Dutch cuisine was exactly what we were hoping for. We enjoyed everything that we ordered but I personally could not get enough of their split pea soup!
Authentic Dutch food at quite reasonable prices makes this spot hugely popular. How popular? Well, we came on a Tuesday night and everything was booked. Fortunately, our nice hostess said a reservation was canceled and hooked us up. Inside is quite small and sitting and dining right next to a stranger is a strong possibility. But there's comfortable, unpretentious, chill vibe here. Love the decorations inside and the staff is very pleasant. You can order individual items from their large menu, but these nice folks have made it easier for you by having a prefix menu of three-course meals that consist of popular Dutch cuisine. Ordered the number three on their special menu: - 1st course - 3 sausages, bread, pickles and mustard - 8/10: not sure what kind of sausages these were, but one had the texture of pate, the other was like steak tartare, and the last had a bit of snap to the casing. They were all very tasty, but the last one was particularly good. - Main course - 7.5/10 - Beef and onion stew with mashed potatoes and red cabbage. Loved the beef. Very tender cuts that you can knife through with a spoon. Sides were just OK. Wasn't a big fan of the red cabbage though. Tasted sweet like cranberry sauce, but a bit too much of it that you couldn't really taste the cabbage. - Dessert - Chocolate mousse, chocalate ice cream and eggnog - 7.5/10: mousse and ice cream were perfectly fine, but the eggnog had some serious alcohol in it. I think it must've been 80 proof. This is not a bad thing at all. Terrific dinner from terrific people. Definitely recommend.
SERVICE: The service was great! Of note, if there's a wait (and you don't have a reservation) you have to stay outside the front of the restaurant the whole time, you cannot walk around anywhere even if your wait is expected to be 40mins. Friendly host and servers! Patient, kind, and efficient. FOOD: Dutch food. Variety of fish and meat dishes. I had cabbage, beef stew, and mashed potatoes Their bitterballen was very good! I tried some of my friends. Limited drink options (cocktail wise), but can make a gin and seltzer or vodka seltzer. Many beer and wine options. Ambiance, cool eclectic decor inside however seating is very close/tight and tables are only a few inches from one another so don't come with large bags or expect to have space to move around once you've sat down.
Excellent dinner--felt so cozy and homey. Even in the summer heat, this comfort food was amazing. Highly recommend the Oven Dish, Goat Cheese Croquettes, and Apple Pie.
Very tiny restaurant like most restaurants in this area. Space is very tight and you're very close to the next tables. In and out is not easy but they make do. We tried menu #1 and the pork chop. On the menu #1: pea soup 4/5; yummy. The meat on the side is ok but the soup is flavorful. The meat ball with the different mash potato is ok 3.5/5. The desert at the end is just yogurt, 2/5. The pork chop is good. 4/5. Not dry. Tasty. Alfa beer: the least I like out of all beer I've tried so far in Amsterdam. 2/5.
The pea soup is soooo fire. First time having it and I must say it is now my favorite soup. My boyfriend got the oven dish. He rated it 4/5, it's simple. My dish was a meat ball and mash potatoes, it was delicious. The portion was so large I had 2 meals! Service was amazing, super funny and warming. We went at 5pm for a table with no reservation. We don't normally eat dinner than early but had to make sure we got a seat here! Would definitely come back. oh and this is our first time trying traditional Dutch cuisine!
I was told before not to trust a place that served food with the country's flag on it. There's no surer sign of a tourist trap. But The Pantry was such a nice intro to Dutch cuisine, I don't care if it's a bit touristy. I mean, isn't Amsterdam in general a little touristy? The Pantry serves many traditional Dutch dishes, which you can order a-la-carte, but you can also order as part of set menus. We went with Set Menu #1 which included pea soup, hutspot (a potato/carrot mash) boerenkoolstamppot (a potato/kale mash) and zuurkoolstamppot (a potato/saurkraut mash) with sausage, and vanilla custard as dessert. We also added an order of the famous pickled herring. The pea soup was very savoury and comforting, with pieces of bacon inside. The various mashes were decent and paired nicely with sausage, though not anything I would crave again. However, the dish I fell in love with and would order multiple more times during my visit was pickled herring. Don't let the exoticness scare you away, it kind of tastes like a really decadent piece of sashimi. Somehow the raw onions work super well with fatty fish and now I feel like adding onions to more fish dishes at home. The ambiance of the restaurant is also summed up by the word cozy. There are beautiful Dutch style blue and white porcelains decorating the walls. The servers were super friendly. The restaurant is quite small though but luckily they also allow reservations. There was something extremely comfortable about eating some hot soup in the corner of this tiny restaurant as we watched it pour rain outside. A lovely experience for our first restaurant in the Netherlands. read more
2 years ago
Came on a late afternoon without reservation and they seated me within 15 minutes. However, they're so busy that I had to finish within 45 minutes ahead of the next reservation. Still I'm glad they squeezed me in and I had a chance to try this place. They serve a lot of traditional Dutch dishes. I got the hutspot (or mashed potatoes) served with a smoked sausage and it was so delicious! Would come back again for the same thing or try the other menu items. read more
This was a traditional dutch restaurant in Amsterdam that I went to dinner for one night while visiting the city. I recommend making reservations as this place is small and can get busy. I opted for the combination menu #1 that came with Pea-soup with rye bread and smoked bacon, Combination of hutspot, boerenkoolstamppot and zuurkoolstamppot served with a meatball and Vlaflip (vanilla custard with yoghurt and fruit syrup). All of the food tasted so good! Especially the pea soup. Delicious. This meal was very filling as the hutspot are very heavy! Out of the 3 I liked the one with the carrots the best. My sister had a similar dish with sausage and we both agreed that the food was good but filling! Highly recommend visiting if your looking some traditional dutch food! read more
9 months ago
First trip to Amsterdam and saw good things about the Pantry on line. It was fun! A very small place, make sure you get reservations. We enjoyed trying the food . Service was very attentive. Go, you will love it ! read more
10 months ago
Awesome dining experience! Arrived on a Monday around 2pm and it was quite bustling; almost all the tables were taken but luckily we didn't have to wait. We were looking for a place with traditional Dutch food and this place did not disappoint! Both meals we tried were delicious and fresh. We paired them with local wine and beer, also very tasty and a great accompaniment. Ambiance was also very cute with traditional decorations and a sweet homey vibe. Would love to go back on my next Amsterdam trip! read more
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i think this place is great for those who have never tried authentic dutch cuisine as they offer a large variety of dutch dishes. i ordered the bitterballen which as delicious and reminded me of porto's potato balls. we also got the combo stamppot with sausage. objectively, it wasn't bad but i just don't think I am a fan of dutch cuisine in general! read more
1 year ago
Nice experience, the staff is super kind and while the restaurant is often jam packed we were seated earlier than our reservation time at 10pm after waiting 30 min. For food we ordered the fish combination plate to try smoked eel, pickled herring and Dutch shrimp. I personally loved the shrimp and eel (similar to smoked salmon in flavor) but the pickled herring for me was not pickled enough and didn't have much flavor. We also got the shrimp croquettes which were nicely fried but a big heavy. It's essentially a shrimp version of bitterballen. We also got the steak and chicken satay for entrees. The steak was just ok - the cook was good but the cut of meat just wasn't very flavorful or tender. It's definitely much harder to find good steak in Europe compared to the US. The chicken satay was a bit of a gamble but it was yummy with a good peanut sauce and we liked the fresh salad that accompanied it. read more
1 year ago
Came here for some traditional Dutch food. I ended up getting the Hutspot with a meatball (instead of the sausage). I felt like the meatball needed some seasoning, so I just got every bite with some of the mashed potetos/carrots and gravy. That helped a lot. I washed it all down with an apple juice. Service was good but restaurant is small. I recommend making a resy online! read more
Very good traditional Dutch restaurant. It's the best one I found in Amsterdam. They have pre fix meals that are a good option and easy way to try things, especially if you don't know what to order. The staff are multilingual and friendly. Make sure you have reservations it's busy. Old style decor inside it's worth trying. read more
Super tiny place, don't be surprised if you end up sharing your table with strangers! It was warm and chaotic in there but the waitstaff was incredibly bubbly and chipper. I ordered the what I call mashed potatoes combo sampler with smoked sausage. They proved me right in that you can never go wrong with mashed potatoes even if you add sauerkraut or kale. But the smoked sausage was the star. I'm from Texas y'all and this was amazingly smoky flavored and delicious. This was a great place to sample traditional Dutch food and in a location close to many places you can walk off that food to! read more
Fantastic Authentic Dutch cuisine. Such quaint and beautiful restaurant. Staff was extremely helpful and friendly. It's highly popular with tourists and locals. The restaurant is very small and gets crowded and tight very quickly but that's part of the Dutch culture. The decor is absolutely stunning and traditional. Definitely worth a try if you haven't been. Anything on the menu looks wonderful. The menu is only 2 pages long, but comes in about 7 different languages. Food is wonderful. Tried the gerookte osseworst appetizer and it was AMAZING the main meal was great, but the stroopwafel ice cream was my highlight. read more
As our only night in Amsterdam, we settled on coming here. It was a walk to it from our hotel. But when we got there, it was super crowded. They had a wait for tables, but luckily we got seated quickly before the true rush began. Also, having a reservation is always good and I would highly recommend it.The seating and tables were very close together, so I guess if you enjoy nice open spaces in restaurants, this might not be a spot that would be interested in. However, if you don't mind the tight spaces, this place is a wonderful spot to visit and eat at. Indoors, again while cozy, was very well decorated with all sorts of things hanging on the walls to stare at. The ambiance was busy, but a good type of busy and not chaotic. So what did I get? We first started off the meal with croquettes. The mustard sauce was great compliment. After that, I ordered the beef stew with potatoes and red cabbage as my main dish. I wanted to get something different, but the stew was a staple. It was tasty! Though, knowing beef stew can be a bore at sometimes this place had a good amount of flavor. It came along with red cabbage and a mound of mashed potatoes. For dessert, we shared the apple pie with whipped cream and it was tasty! And to pair with the dessert I had to definitely try out the liquer, which was elderflower flavored. I would definitely recommend to try the liquer here as they're the ones who make them! Overall, would definitely recommend The Pantry. I would have to say though to reserve a table before going. It gets super busy, and if you don't get a table you might be waiting for a while. Big parties, probably not the best idea either, but there are bigger tables outside. The food was great, the service was great as well, so I would definitely recommend this restaurant! read more
1 year ago
Small, no reservations, we waited like 20 mins for inside table for 4. Cozy. Delicious Dutch foods. Friendly servers helped us try local wines n beers. read more
1 year ago
We were happy to make a re a reservation ahead of time. We picked meal#5 which includes pea soup, sausage, meatball, and a collection potato veg balls. Desert includes yogurt and poffertjes. All dishes are well made and delicious. This is a great place to get traditional Dutch food for tourists like us. read more
This restaurant is very small, cramped and stuffy but the food is traditional Dutch food and tasted lovely and the waitresses were attentive and friendly. However looks can be deceiving. Firstly I couldn't see a drinks menu so ordered a Coke that came without ice. I ordered the number 3 menu which was a selection of sausages, beef stew and what I thought was included in the price I got charged separately for which was the chocolate mousse and eggnog so when the bill came I was surprised by the extra costs and the 9% service charge. I felt like they have taken advantage of a young woman who was on her own and I guess they did as I didn't say anything but an absolute joke and a bunch of conning money grabbers, please be aware and speak up, wish I had! read more
2 years ago
For our last night in Amsterdam we wanted to have a traditional Dutch meal, so based on Yelp reviews my husband chose The Pantry, and I'm so happy he did. We truly enjoyed our meal. The restaurant staff was so warm and welcoming, the environment was cozy, and the food was yummy. They had 4 meal "specials" to choose from with an appetizer, main dish, and dessert. We had #2 and #3 (see photos). Everything was really good! read more
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This place is incredibly welcoming and accommodating. We had missed our reservation due to our flight being delayed and they managed to get us in when we finally arrived in person. The atmosphere is quaint and charming, and the food was absolutely delicious. Would highly recommend visiting, and making reservations if possible as it is a small space with limited seating. read more
Absolutely amazing hospitality! We loved trying traditional Dutch food tonight at dinner for our honeymoon. Everyone made sure that we were well taken care of and shared some of the local spirits with us for our celebration. Cute interior with traditional decor and plates. We ordered the #2 & #3 meal specials. Highly recommend to try this place and make a reservation a week in advanced! read more
3 years ago
We highly enjoyed the Dutch goat cheese croquettes. Probably could have used a second order since there are only three small ones. The sausage was good and the food felt very traditional. I did not love everything, but the food was outside my comfort zone and that is no reflection on the quality. Our waiter recommended a great light beer that I enjoyed. We ended our meal with mini pancakes. I felt like they have a great portion size for those. It would be helpful to have a reservation here, but we did not have one and were able to get a table for two fairly quickly. Inside has a nice local aesthetic. Smaller restaurant. read more
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This was a cool spot! We had traditional Dutch food. The wait staff were pretty friendly. They even went all the way to their storage (off site) to fetch a bottle of port for me to try. Definitely get a reservation as it is a small space. I would recommend! read more
4 years ago
I have to say that this has been my most favorite place to go when im here Its 2023 and im glad they still exist The food are still good, you just have to make reservations before coming even on a Sunday They have a combination menu which is more affordable and your tummy will be full! You will get the soup to dessert for a pirce of 22€ I chose menu#1 The ambiance is still cool though its really tiny read more
1 year ago
Very happening place in Amsterdam. Be prepared to wait if you do not have a reservation. Waited 1 hour, 24 minutes to be seated outside in the cold because it was full. Several people waited too. Waiter was nice and kept updating us for wait time. Good customer service and friendly. Got salmon and mashed potatoes and it was delicious. My sis got a vegetarian meal and she said it was good. Cabbage was good. Expensive like everything else in Amsterdam but worth the try. Would I wait again in the cold, maybe not but wanted to try the food since it received good review. read more
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This restaurant is very small. It's highly suggested that you get a reservation. We lucked out and showed up at opening and got a table. A few after us were turned away for not having a reservation. Traditional Dutch home style food here. Food that makes you warm and fuzzy inside. Staff are friendly and food is quite filling. read more
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