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A full menu of cafes and dining throughout Amsterdam.

Dining and the Cafes in Amsterdam

Beautiful days are perfect for Amsterdam's outdoor cafes.

Believe it or not, sandwiched between all those bars and coffee houses are actually some restaurants! Mainly, they are cafes and if the weather is even reasonable, outside seating and people-watching is worthy of a full meal or just a cup of tea. For finer dining, Regularaarsdwarstraat (a side street off the Rembrandtsplein) is the town's Restaurant Row. A number excellent international restaurants are sprinkled among upper-scale gay bars.

Some of the pubs you likely visited the night before, like the Ritz, offer lunch and dinner service cafe-style, so if you feel like returning to the scene of the crime or are looking for convenient meeting place for your friends, give it a go.

The same can be said of The Red Light District, so if sex is what whets your appetite, bon appetite!

Many of the pubs and brown cafes also serve food.

For a different taste in scenery as well as the crowd, visit the residential Jordaan area. It retains its artistic roots and is full of smaller, quieter restaurants.

At sit-down restaurants and cafes, menus are often available in both Dutch and English (ordering off the Dutch menu is a good challenge to your mastery of the language. The waiter/waitress will certainly appreciate the effort and will be happy to serve as your personal interpreter). Gratuities are usually included, but good service warrants an extra 5% or 10%.

Cheap eats can be found anywhere.

FEBO automated self-snack stands it's 1.50 euros for burgers and sandwiches and 1 euro for snacks and patas. It is open late and hugely popular with the locals. Kabaab shops are everywhere. They are relatively cheap with good food – great for those late-night munchies.

There are Albert Heijn grocery stores throughout the city, pizza-by-the-pie or slice locations abound at the Rembrandtsplein and Leidseplein, pastry shops offer breads and sweets and light meals and street carts offer cheese and meats. If you want to impress the locals, casually pluck a herring off the cart and drop it down your throat. It's a Dutch custom.

Another peculiar eating habit is to put mayonnaise on french fries. The Dutch are also quite proud of their cheese, and consume a lot of it. Most of it is quite good.

At least once, you must try a Dutch pannekoeken. This is a pancake the size of a large pizza, served with the toppings of your choice. Not a good dinner filler-up before a night of drinking, but great for breakfast or lunch.

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