Amsterdam Restaurant Reviews

Hotels in Amsterdam for Queen’s Day

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:16:55 GMT

Queen’s Day on 30 April is just around the corner. Amsterdammers are already reserving their pavement spots for the citywide street market and shop windows are filling with inflatable orange crowns and silly hats.

Restaurant An

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:34:09 GMT

As a reviewer I sometimes get ‘foodie calls’, the gastronomic equivalent of booty calls. So it was that I received a phone call at 12.30 one Wednesday and at 1pm I was scoping out the menu at Restaurant An.

Oriental City

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:32:10 GMT

There are few surprises at Cantonese restaurant Oriental City, where the service is brusque and the lantern-decked interior familiar. But dig around the dim sum menu, and you’ll discover a stomach-full of gems.

Foodie Events in April

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:38:29 GMT

For six months I’ve been working on a job I began referring to as the boomerang project because it just kept coming back. With the result finally at the printers, I’m leaving Amsterdam for a few days. Foolishly.

L’Ozio

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:07:35 GMT

Ostensibly an Italian restaurant, L’Ozio has become one of my favourite spots in Amsterdam’s De Pijp for wine and antipasti.

Tales and Spirits

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:13:01 GMT

On a bone-chilling Amsterdam evening, the kind where you wonder why you ever bought a bike, I found myself cycling through the sleet to Tales & Spirits cocktail bar and restaurant.

Van Ness: Let Them Eat Cupcakes

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:10:13 GMT

Few things seem to divide foodies more than cupcakes. Google 'hate cupcakes' and over 11 million venom-filled results will be returned (compared to 41 million for 'love cupcakes', incidentally).

Amsterdam Hotel Night

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:53:44 GMT

Amsterdamse Hotelnacht (Amsterdam Hotel Night) - a novel way for locals to (re)discover their city? Or a crisis-friendly holiday on the cheap?

Goulash@Home Delivery Service

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:43:02 GMT

Forget soggy pizzas and Chinese takeaways that resemble nuclear waste. Winter in Amsterdam just got a little more bearable with the launch of Goulash@Home, the city’s first goulash delivery service.

Lovefood HQ

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:33:03 GMT

After several years helming the hugely successful pop-up Lovefood brunches, English marketer turned chef Jason Hartley has opened Lovefood HQ, a permanent home for his ‘cherished dishes from around the world’.

BYOB Restaurants in Amsterdam

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:15:58 GMT

I’m often asked which Amsterdam restaurants let you bring your own bottle. I’ve only ever found one. It ran a BYOB ‘scheme’ for a couple of months one night a week. Then it disappeared.

Rising Stars Restaurant Week

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:20:22 GMT

If you can’t afford to eat in a Michelin-starred restaurant, the next best thing could be a Michelin-star contender during the Rising Stars event from October 22-31.

Worst Wijncafe

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:31:11 GMT

Promising a podium for artisanal charcutiers and a ‘sausagy ambiance’ in Amsterdam's Westerpark, Worst Wijncafe is the baby sister of the popular neighbourhood restaurant Marius next door.

ANNA

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:11:00 GMT

Restaurant ANNA joins Meatballs, Metropolitan Deli and Mata Hari in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, an unlikely but increasingly popular gastronomic drawcard thanks to the Council’s ongoing clean-up of the area.

Bussia

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:00:29 GMT

From behind high windows on Amsterdam’s Nine Streets, restaurant Bussia serves what it describes as ‘fine Italian cuisine’. I would describe it as food to impress.

Meatballs

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:36:47 GMT

As part of the Council’s ongoing and controversial clean-up of Amsterdam’s Red Light District, restaurant Mata Hari, ANNA and Metropolitan Deli have now been joined by Meatballs.

Mercat

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:07:50 GMT

After declaring bankruptcy in January 2012, nightclub Panama reopened in March. In September, Mercat restaurant followed, occupying the front of the former harbour building in Amsterdam’s dock area.

Candy Freaks

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:57:28 GMT

Joining English pie shop Pieminister on the street connecting Amsterdam's Dam Square with the Jodenbuurt is Candy Freaks, a quirky new store that specialises in natural and organic sweets.

Once You Pop, You Can't Stop

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:32:12 GMT

This once-popular Pringles jingle may not be in use any more, but it perfectly describes the current trend for pop-up bars and restaurants in Amsterdam.

A Tavola

cecilylayzell@yahoo.com (Cecily Layzell) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:04:06 GMT

If I ever considered part of Amsterdam to be mine, it would be Kadijksplein. I’ve spent many afternoons sipping Grüner Veltliner at Orloff, which turn into hazy evenings at Café Kadijk or A Tavola.