{"id":83386,"date":"2026-05-15T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/83386\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:18:17","slug":"the-best-restaurants-in-amsterdam-picked-by-our-local-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/83386\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Restaurants In Amsterdam, Picked By Our Local Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/amsterdam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amsterdam\u2019s<\/a> restaurant scene rarely sits still, and lately it\u2019s been moving at full tilt. Ottolenghi\u2019s arrival has whipped up serious hype, the closure of Spectrum** is a blow to Dutch cuisine, and the return of Daalder* to its original Jordaan home in May is welcome news indeed. <\/p>\n<p>With so much shifting, a full rejig of our \u2018best restaurants in Amsterdam\u2019\u00a0list felt like the only sensible move. We\u2019ve added more specificity, so we\u2019re no longer comparing apples to oranges. As a result, some of our old favourites have had to make way for newcomers like Hatsune (best Japanese), Thai Thai Poppetje (best Thai) and Vuurtoreneiland (most unique experience). <\/p>\n<p>But whatever your vibe, we\u2019re sure you\u2019ll find something suitable on this list in every price range. And the best bit? Amsterdam\u2019s restaurants just keep getting better. Read on for our top picks for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/amsterdam\/restaurants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate guide to eating in Amsterdam, from cheap eats to brunch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfd8\ufe0f Ready to book? Here\u2019s our guide to where to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/amsterdam\/hotels\/where-to-stay-in-amsterdam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where to stay in Amsterdam<\/a>, and our favourite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/amsterdam\/hotels\/best-hotels-in-amsterdam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hotels<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/amsterdam\/hotels\/the-best-airbnb-rentals-in-amsterdam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Airbnbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam&#8217;s best restaurants at a glance<\/p>\n<p>This guide was updated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/profile\/karin-engelbrecht\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karin E<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/profile\/karin-engelbrecht\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ngelbrecht<\/a>, a food writer based in Amsterdam. At Time Out, all of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/travel\/travel-guides\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">travel guides<\/a>\u00a0are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/about\/editorial-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editorial guidelines<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amsterdam\u2019s restaurant scene rarely sits still, and lately it\u2019s been moving at full tilt. Ottolenghi\u2019s arrival has whipped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,2618,2889,200,2617],"class_list":["post-83386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-format-eitw","tag-netherlands","tag-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116579736391862136","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}