The best of Amsterdam
65 places worth going across 5 lists — pick a list, or open the map.
The best coffee shops in Amsterdam
Our pick of Amsterdam’s specialty coffee — one of Europe’s strongest roaster scenes, led by the only Dutch entry in the global coffee ranking. A favourite.place selection. Sources: The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops https://theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com/top-100-coffee-shops/
Amsterdam’s best bars
Our pick of Amsterdam’s cocktail bars. No Amsterdam bar sits on the current global ranking, but the inaugural European list placed one here, and the Dutch guide names its bar of the year. A favourite.place selection. Sources: Europe’s 50 Best Bars https://www.theworlds50best.com/bars/europe/list/1-50 · Gault&Millau https://www.gaultmillau.nl/
Amsterdam’s best casual eats
Our pick of Amsterdam’s everyday eating — herring carts, fry counters, brown cafés and the Indonesian and Surinamese kitchens that are the city’s real staple, plus its ranked pizzeria and burger. A favourite.place selection. Sources: 50 Top Pizza https://www.50toppizza.it/en/ · World’s 101 Best Burgers https://www.worldbestburgers.com/the-list
Amsterdam’s best restaurants
The best restaurants in Amsterdam — every entry is starred by the MICHELIN Guide, with Gault&Millau scores where the Dutch guide rates them. Sources: MICHELIN https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/noord-holland/amsterdam/restaurants · Gault&Millau https://www.gaultmillau.nl/
Amsterdam’s MICHELIN Bib Gourmands 2026
Every restaurant in Amsterdam carrying a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide — the guide’s own mark for good cooking at a fair price. Seventeen appear under the guide’s Amsterdam heading; five are in Haarlem, Noorden, Hilversum and Blaricum, so twelve are in Amsterdam itself. This is the complete selection rather than a pick of it. Sources: MICHELIN Guide 2026 https://guide.michelin.com/en/nl/noord-holland/amsterdam/restaurants/bib-gourmand