Jordaan Amsterdam – All our local tips

If it wasn’t for the modern environment you would expect “la mama” in this restaurant annex Wine bar, with great dishes, and nice open bottles of great Italian Wines for reasonable prices.

No Pizza, but antipasti, primi and secondi, I love it! To start with a dish Assagi…ami, a lovers dish, with small bites like, grilled zucchini, vitello tomato, bresaola with parmigiano, mozzarella di buffalo. Served with delicious home made tomato bread.

Afterwards classic pasta, “pappardelle primavera, “Tomato Sauce”, like it should be. I have been practising at home for years, and I’ll never manage to get it like this. To finish off steamed Sea bass with herbs: absolutely Yummy.

The Staff speaks Italian by heart, and they make a great effort to speak English, but Dutch is apparently too much to ask.

It’s part of the Show, and it is a great Show. This is quite an insider tip, but I need to share it, because it’s a worth the visit. Bueno Appetito!

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Assaggi | Restaurants (Italian) | Main course € 21.50
Tweede Egelantiersdwarsstraat 6 | Jordaan | +31204205589
17:30 – 23:00 daily & lunch on Saturday

This former blacksmiths workshop is now Balthazar’s Keuken, a contemporary place, with open kitchen.

I experience the absence of a menu card as the best choice ever made. De 3-course dinner menu exists of a platter with small tasty bites, tapas and mezzos (very international).

Karin and Alain are the passionate chefs of this very Amsterdam place. The place for foodies and lovers. In the summer with nice weather there is a small terrace on the pavement in front of the Balthazar Kitchen. And continuously keeping up their level of good cooking and nice service!!!

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Balthazar’s Keuken | Restaurants (Mediterranean) | Three courses € 27.50
Elandsgracht 108 | Jordaan | +31204202114
Wed – Fri 18:00 – 01:00 (Other days by request for 25-35 persons)

Bordewijk has for many, many years, been one of the best restaurants in Amsterdam. Although never honored with a Michelin star, they do cook on star level.

The restaurant is fashionable and at the same time totally unfashionable. The design of the restaurant is absolutely 70’s. Sometimes when you enter the restaurant, it can catch you by surprise as a little “chilly”. But the warm staff of Chef Wil Demandt and his excellent food, made with passion, and served in a professional way, makes up for everything else.

Bordewijk serves traditional French cuisine. It’s rich, with great flavour, and lots of young and fresh herbs and vegetables. If you are a cheese lover, you will definitely love this place. They have the best cheese trolley in Amsterdam.

The restaurant is located on one of the most beautiful spots in the city, just in the back light of the Noorder church on the Noordermarkt.

Bordewijk is a nice evening out in charming Amsterdam. I advise you to make a reservation before you want to go!

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Bordewijk | Restaurants (French traditional) | 3 courses € 42,50
Noordermarkt 6-8 | Jordaan | +31206243899
Tue – Sat 18:30 – 22:30

In a colorful little street that connects Westerstraat and Egelantiersgracht you will find a little sandwich shop called “Kaasboer”.

There is usually a big line, but you will be served quickly and with attention. The people behind the counter always seem to be in a good mood and while you’re waiting they stuff you with for example an asparagus ham that arrived this morning.

I myself am originally from the south of The Netherlands, and when I am in places like this one, I am reminded of the love and attention that you will find in Catholic Belgium or France for all the pleasures in life, but most importantly for food. The sandwiches that you get are rich and delicious, and the people that are running the shop seem to have a lot of care for the products that they are selling.

Inside the shop there is no opportunity to sit down, but when it’s sunny, you can sit back in front of the shop. Nobody is rushing in the heart of the Jordaan, but there is plenty to see in the cozy streets of this beautiful neighborhood.

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Kaasboer | Snacks | Big sandwich € 2.75
Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 3/W | Jordaan | +31206248802
Daily

I’ve discovered this place a short while a go and I must say I won’t have pizza anywhere else. The pizza they bake here is absolutely delicious.

La Perla is situated on a corner in the area called The Jordaan. The Jordaan is a great place for restaurants and bars. If you are looking for a nice place to eat you should definitely find it here. And if you by any chance feel like having pizza La Perla is the place to be!

The shop is quite small. There are a couple of seats at the window but you can also sit on one of the benches outside where you can enjoy your pizza while watching people walking and cycling by. The Jordaan seems to be an area full of interesting people so there is always something or somebody to see.

All the pizza’s are made freshly in front of you and baked in a wood fueled brick oven. This makes the thin pizza base nice and crispy. The ingredients are all imported from Italy and especially the buffalo mozzarella is extremely mouthwatering. As I said and as you can now probably imagine I really won’t go anywhere else to have pizza…

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La Perla | Restaurants (Pizza) | Pizza (average price) € 11.00
Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 14 | Jordaan
17:00 – 22:00 daily

A stylish spacious restaurant with great light, and a lot to see. Attentive staff, and nice appetizers to feel welcomed. Italian Food, which is very tasteful and original Italian.

I love this place, I could easily eat there every week. The menu has great variety, they have good specialties and it’s a bit hassle and dazzle which makes it also an entertaining place.

An extra reason to visit: it is on the Lindengracht, just around the corner from the Noordermarkt, in a nice and cosy area, with lots of nice bars around to have a drink before or afterwards (Papeneiland, Finch, de Kat en de Wijngaard).

Go to Toscanini, but you have to make reservations, because it is packed every night.

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Toscanini | Restaurants (Italian) | Main € 22.50
Lindengracht 75 | Jordaan | +31206232813
Mon – Fri 18:00 – 22:30