Looking for suggestions in Amsterdam. Traveling in 2 weeks. Great food - doesn’t need to be fancy. Preferably in or close to city center. Thx.
Restaurant Bougainville (Dam 27, In Hotel TwentySeven, 1012 JS Amsterdam North Holland, Netherlands)
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BAK. About a 25 min walk from city center. But great
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De Zoldering , this is what you are looking for ( excellent wine list , bistrot like , 1 star )
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Distances are very short within Amsterdam, 10-15 minutes by bike to most places within the city, so there are a lot of options.
Btw, in my opinion many tourist makes the mistake of mainly keeping to the center center of Amsterdam… head out to Jordaan, de Pijp and other areas as well.
Anywho, some places you could consider :
Domenica
Toscanini
Sinne
101 Gowrie
If you have an Indian craving - Shivas usually a reliable option and there are quite a few good Chinese restaurants around but a for me a recent discovery is Chinese hot pot, and Yuan’s hot pot (went to the one in the south but I’m sure the new in de pijp is as good) is great. I only drink beer in the latter two.
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Has anyone checked in on Cafe de Klepel lately? Headed to AMS in a week and a half, and this was one of my old haunts. I know one of the owners/wine guys opened his own place, but w/o Blake on the ground reporting…
Haven’t been there but if we are thinking about the same guy then he started up a new place (I think with a few others) called Zoldering. Believe within a year or two it received its first star.
Would be surprised if the wine list is not as good or possibly better for it.
This is the homepage:
We had a wonderful dinner there in May
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Anybody have any experience/info on the Tulip/flower parade in April. Looks like it outside of Amsterdam so trying to determine if it’s worth the venture . Wife loves tulips . TIA.
We had a fantastic meal at Kas - https://restaurantdekas.com
I’ve not been to the Parade, but a visit to Keukenhof is worthwhile.
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Yup that’s in the plan, thanks .
I am not particularly a flower guy but my mom loves them and I took her there when she was over. Keukenhof was well and above my expectations. Definitely worth an visit and if you have a car then you can easily drive by tons of beautiful flower fields as well. Nonetheless I think you a better of taking a bus there unless you plan to have a car traveling around the Netherlands. It is less than an hour away from Amsterdam.
Spring is also one of the best times to visit the Netherlands.
You can train to Haarlem (worth a visit) or Leiden Centraalthen, then hop a bus to Keukenhof. It is also an easy drive if you have a car (which you don’t want if you are only staying in Amsterdam). We drove and stopped on the way to Bruges. There are bus tours, too, but we haven’t taken one.
I remember Daadler as being exceptional . Is it still?
On April 20 this year the “Bloemencorso” (a parade of trailers made of flowers) wil drive to Haarlem; 20 m by train from Amsterdam. In Haarlem these trailers will be parked in the citycentre. You can walk by on Saturday evening and Sunday. Really a spectacle!
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In case anyone will be in Amsterdam 17th April:
Headed to Zoldering for dinner tonight. Wine list looks great!
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