Restaurants & music in Amsterdam

In this listing we give you suggestions for restaurants and places where you can enjoy live music in Amsterdam. Most of the restaurants listed below are tried by our local expert team. Always make a reservation, because the listed restaurants are usually small. For more suggestions and many opinions of visitors check www.iens.nl

Assyrian Eufraat (Area: Amsterdam South / De Pijp) 1e Van der Helststraat 72, Phone (020) 672 05 79 Closed Monday

Chinese Go to our Chinese quarter on the Zeedijk. Our absolute favourite is New King, others prefer Nam Kee. New King (Area: Old town) Zeedijk 115, Phone (020) 625 21 80

Dutch De Haven van Texel (Area: Old Town) For real Dutch dishes like erwtensoep and stamppot, but you can also order a regular steak. St. Olofssteeg 11, Amsterdam Phone (020) 427 07 68 La Falote (Area:Amsterdam South / De Pijp) This is simply extremely Dutch, in an extremely old fashioned way. Roelof Hartstraat 26, Phone (020) 662 54 54 Closed Sunday

Ethiopic X Abyssinia (Area: Amsterdam West) Jan Pieter Heijestraat 190,
Phone (020) 683 07 92

French / Mediterranean Frenzi (Area: Waterloo square) Zwaneburgwal 232 Phone: 020 - 4235112.

GreekTo Ouzeria (Area: Amsterdam West) Try the Greek mezze (tapas)De Clerqstraat 106. Phone (020) 6181412

Indonesian The Dutch liked to combine al the lovely Indonesian dishes and so we got the Indonesian 'rice-table': many different small (sometimes spicy!) dishes combined. Aneka Rasa (Area: Old town) Warmoesstraat 25/29, Phone (020) 626 15 60. Puri Mas (Area: Leidse square) Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 37/41-I, Amsterdam Phone(020) 627 76 27

Inexpensive and okay ‘t Gasthuys (Area: Old town) Grimburgwal 7, Phone (020) 624 82 30

International Vooges (Area: Rembrandt square) This cosy restaurant can be a little overcrowded sometimes. Nevertheless a very nice place to have diner! Utrechtsestraat 51, Phone (020) 330 56 70. De Zagerij (Jordaan quarter) In our opinion: lovely, fresh food, friendly crew, worth your visit! Westerstraat 182,Phone (020) 421 11 55 / Fax (020) 673 49 10

Iranian / Persian X Tandem (Area: Amsterdam West) Overtoom 350, Phone (020) 618 54 81 Closed Mondays

Italian La Favola (Area: Amsterdam Zuid) Out of the centre, but the best we have tried (dd 2006) Amstelveenseweg 143 Phone(020) 679 66 41 Closed: wednesday

Music Bourbonstreet Live music daily. Open: 22.00 – 04.00 Leidsekruisstraat 6-8 020 – 6233440

JapaneseJapanese Pancake World (Area: Jordaan quarter) Not for sushi’s, but for Japanese pancakes! 2e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 24a (Jordaan) 1015 SC Amsterdam Phone: (020) 320 44 47

Thaisnackbar Birdy's (Area: Old town) A very small snackbar, about the first Thai in Amsterdam. Zeedijk 77, Phone: 020 420 62 89 Ko Chang (Area: Jordaan quarter) One of our Thai favorites! Westerstraat 91, Phone: 020 - 6381039

Vegetarian Wegbrans X 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 17(Jordaan) Phone (020) 420 52 62 / Fax (020) 422 27 42 Closed sunday & Monday. De Bolhoed X Prinsengracht 60, (Jordaan) Phone (020) 626 18 03