Best Luxury Restaurants in Amsterdam | Top 10
We thought you should know which are the best luxury restaurants in Amsterdam. After all, you’ll need a great meal after a wild night of partying.
Like the capital of Austria, Vienna, Amsterdam appeared in lots of our articles.
It is time for you to find out which are the best dining spots where you can enjoy unique, seasonal dishes.
Without no further talking, let’s get straight to business!
10De Kas
We begin our top list with De Kas, located at Kamerlingh Onneslaan 3.
This fine dining restaurant is now situated in the former Amsterdam City Greenery (1926), between the Rembrandt Tower and the 19th-century facades of Watergraafs-meer. A true oasis of calm.
As top chef, Gert Jan, said : ‘A kitchen surrounded by fertile soil where vegetables and herbs thrive. Where daylight shines in from all sides and where the chefs are free to express their creativity daily using the best the season has to offer.’
The 8-metre high glass building offers 1 menu, based on the harvest of their nursery.
Inspired by the cuisines of rural Mediterranean, with fresh local vegetables, De Kas offers simple, yet stylish dishes.
Their vegetable creations are served in combination with fish or meat.
9Bridges
Next on our top list is Bridges, inspired by local master-chef Ron Blaauw.
Located at Oudezijds Voorburgwal 197, Bridges produces ‘Dutch fish with a French twist’, something that we definitely recommend.
Along with an impressive wine list, the fine dining restaurant offers creative dishes.
For example, langoustines appear in a ‘bonbon’ with cucumber cream and hangop (a fresh curd cheese).
Also, the perfectly crusted Brill comes with a stalwart retinue of smoked eel, cauliflower, chanterelle mushrooms and spicy sauce.
If you’re not in the mood for seafood, Bridges also offers an excellent raw bar, if you’re willing to try something light.
8Vinkeles
Vinkeles received a Michelin star in November 2009, as well as 17 Gault Millau points.
It is located at Keizersgracht 384, and offers a 4-course menu, a mixture between classic and contemporary styles and French cuisine.
The restaurant is set in a sunken dining room which is surrounded by 18th century ovens.
Also, it provides views overlooking the beautiful garden.
Executive Chef Kuipers makes sure you’ll get only the freshest ingredients and a tasteful, seasonal menu.
Reviewers described Vinkeles as being ‘exciting, modest and refined‘. And that’s our opinion too. What’s yours?
7Vis aan de Schelde
Nearby the RAI Convention Centre is Vis aan de Schelde, at Scheldeplein 4.
The restaurant has many guests, and it’s hard to pass by and not to stop here for the restaurant’s excellent dishes, such as sashimi, lobster or baked halibut.
If seafood is not your thing, there are a couple of meat dishes on the menu.
The restaurant is open from Monday till Friday, from 12:00 to 14:30 and from 17:30 to 23:00.
Furnished in a modern style with white-clad tables, Vis aan de Schelde has a heated lounge terrace, perfect to enjoy a glass of wine on warm days.
Did you know that the restaurant’s owner is also its chef? Michiel Deenik and his team create their signature dishes, such as bouillabaisse and sashimi, inspired by the eastern cuisine.
6Envy
Of course this is one of the best luxury restaurants in Amsterdam.
After all, for the 6th consecutive year, Michelin has awarded Envy with a ‘Bib Gourmand’.
The fine dining place is located at Prinsengracht 381, and it’s a must! Also, Envy received 14 Gault Millau points.
Both the restaurant and wine bar Vyne are located a couple of doors away from each other.
Lunch is served on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 12:00 to 15:00, and dinner is served from Monday till Sunday, from 18:00- 1:00.
Here’s a tip. If you live in Amsterdam, then you should know that Chef Michael Wolf and his team are looking for motivated staff!
Just email your CV to Veron@iqcreative.nl, and you have the chance to be a part of their awesome team.
5Tunes
Tunes was designed by Italian interiors architect Piero Lissoni. Tunes Restaurant and Bar by Schilo is located at Van Baerlestraat 27, in the Conservatorium Hotel.
Chef Schilo van Coevorden comes up with excellent smoke-flavoured grills, wagyu beef with preparations of beetroot and a hazelnut jus.
However, we recommend the eel glazed with apple syrup on Chinese steamed bread or whole candied lemons stuffed with cream. Yummy!
Nothing compares with the pleasure of cooking. And if you enjoy cooking, make sure you ask for a table near the open-plan kitchen.
4Ciel Bleu
On #4 we have Ciel Bleu, at Ferdinand Bolstraat 333. Situated on the 23rd floor of Hotel Okura Amsterdam, this sure is an unique place in many ways.
The restaurant offers spectacular views of the city, as well as delightfully meals, such as pigeon with pistachio cream and smoked beetroot.
There is also a wide list of wines, worth exploring.
And because you’re our favorites, we’ll give you a tip. Ask for a table at the window, on the northern side.
You’ll have an unrestricted view across the entire city.
3Serre
Guess what? Serre is inspired by Ciel Bleu. It offers a selection of past signature dishes from Ciel Bleu, upstairs at The Okura Hotel.
Serre is located at Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, and offers the best sea-bass tartare with crispy oysters and anchovy kadaifi, grilled lamb with polenta and garlic-and-sage jus.
But what Ealuxe recommends is the Bento Box, which was inspired by a traditional Japanese lunchbox, but contains 6 dishes of haute cuisine in miniature, such as oysters with a cucumber-yogurt cream, soft-shell crab with pearl barley and wild spinach.
So what are you waiting for?
2Bord’Eau
On #2 we have a luxury, 2 Michelin-starred restaurant, located at Nieuwe Doelenstraat 2.
Bord’Eau at Hotel De L’Europe serves first class food, along with the finest wines from around the world.
Executive Chef Richard van Oostenbrugge, who is ‘Chef of the Year 2014’ (Gault Millau) makes delicious dishes.
And you have to give the place some credit.
Bord’Eau is decorated with lots of cascading orchids and gold-leaf wallpapers.
The simplicity of the decor makes Bord’Eau an ideal place for those who want to enjoy their meals in peace.
And for more intimate occasions, the restaurant offers an exclusive Private Dining Room, which can accommodate up to 12 guests.
1Blue Spoon
Our journey ends here, ladies and gentlemen! At Blue Spoon, the heart of Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht and the playground of Chef Julien Piguet and his team.
The vibrant ambiance, the western seaboard cuisine serving seasonal food, and the positive reviews make Blue Spoon the best fine dining restaurant in the capital of Netherlands.
What we recommend are the roasted brill, braised veal cheeks and sweetbreads, wild duck with beetroot and last but not least, that incredible bouillabaisse.
Blue Spoon’s decor was designed by Dutch Marcel Wanders. A must-see is the restaurant’s garden courtyard, inspired by ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
These were the Best Luxury Restaurants in Amsterdam!
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