It was my first time trying Afghan food. What a tasty little neighborhood restaurant! The menu changes based on what the grandmother makes each day. You chose the number of courses. My favorites were the roasted pumpkin with slaw, the tender and flavorful meat patties, and the rice. The rice was so full of flavor and topped with almonds, raisins, and carrots. So yummy!! The cauliflower was surprisingly spicy. I am always pleasantly surprised with how good eggplant can be. Service was very friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back to try some more Afghan treats. read more

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Found this restaurant through Yelp. Prior to this, I never came across an Afghan restaurant, so was excited to try. Two of us went in on a Thursday evening around 9:45pm. They looked like they were closing up for the evening, as the pace was empty inside. The waitress greeted us and said they could accommodate us, but would only be able to serve us one dish, Mantoe (or Mantu in English?). It is almost like a dumpling stuffed with minced meat (beef or lamb), steamed, and then topped with tomato sauce, yogurt, lentil or chick pea bits, and parsley. The dish was very tasty, the savory meat mixed with the light yogurt and fresh herbs was a great combination. The bites were light, but there serving left you filled. The waitress explained that she and her sister work the front part of the restaurant mostly and her mother is in back cooking. The family feel came through not only in the food, but in the hospitality we received at a late hour when they were preparing to close. I would love to come back here again (if and when I make it back to Amsterdam) so I can try more dishes! read more

Mantoe - Mantoe - tasty! - Afghan Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

This is a great restaurant serving Afghan food in Amsterdam. They change their menu regularly and if you call ahead they can even rework the menu for you so it has your favorite items on it. The restaurant is very small so worth booking a table in advance if you're a big party. We got both the vegetable and meat mantoes is dumplings and they were delicious! read more

Mantoe - Afghan Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

Great value for your money. Having a afghani heritage I can defintely second all the other reviews in saying their food is excellent and service is even better. Get their chef's menu and be pleasantly surprised!! Also their wines are quite good. Definitely will be going back. read more

I love this restaurant. The family who owns it does a fantastic job both with the food, and making you feel welcome. After three months between my first and second visit, the waitress still remembered me, and was incredibly kind. At my second dinner I requested a pumpkin dish for my going away dinner the following week. ( I moved out of Amsterdam) They prepared several pumpkin dishes that night, and additionally served my table a special course not provided to everyone. They have fantastic mantoe and amazing pumpkin dishes. Make reservations, and try the house red. read more

Food was really nice. There is only one menu per week with 3 courses which is a surprise, no a-la-carte. Open kitchen, you can see the 3 owners cooking and then serving food. Something else, but relax, it's no real adventure. I found the afghan cuisine not to be much different than persian. read more

Decided to eat here one night because the aroma from this restaurant was wafting out into the street, and smelled amazing when my boyfriend and I happened to walk by. The food is out of this world -- it's a fixed price menu for $31.50 for dinner and the waitstaff asks if you have any food allergies, etc. I need to eat gluten free, and said so. They were extremely knowledgeable about gluten and accommodating of my gluten intolerance. We were served an appetizer of yogurt/mint/cucumber drink and a red lentil soup, both of which were really quite good. For the main course, we were served a assortment of marinated and herbed beef and veal, as well as spicy turnips, sauteed green beans, and grilled eggplant topped with vegetables and spices. Everything was flavorful and well prepared. To top it off, the service was more attentive and gracious than is the norm in Amsterdam. For out of towners like us, this is always a welcome addition to any meal. The dessert, however, was perhaps the highlight of the meal. On the day we visited, it was a kind of sugared carrot pudding, made with rosewater, cardamom, almonds and other nuts. My boyfriend and I said that we would go back just to try that, although we've since tried to find recipes that imitate the lentil soup and turnips as well. We will definitely be back as soon as we have the chance! read more

Holy moly this place is good! Originally a bit skeptical of the cuisine type, the "surprise" menu (served 7 days a week) was out of this world. Every dish of the 6-course meal was a complete delight and they were even accommodating with special nutritional requests. This family-run restaurant had the most enjoyable service and delicious homemade food that we'll remember for years to come! read more

Across Manto was the apartment I rented during the summer of 2010. It's an quintessential Dutch house, steep stairs, each floor served its function, either as a kitchen, or living room or bedrooms. I remembered it well because from my bedroom that I shared with my three year old son at the time, we saw Manto, day in and day out, filled with people. It was not even more than 5 steps away from the apartment, and from the kitchen / dining room / first floor of the four story building I resided that summer, I could smell Manto. It was the only Afghan restaurant in a popular neighborhood Jordaan, which I took a permanent liking and decided that it reminded me a bit of home, home as in San Francisco. I had taken my aunt there for a meal. She is half Japanese and half Chinese, she met her Dutch husband, now ex, in Taiwan and had migrated to Amsterdam 15 or so years ago. I see her from time to time, from China to the Bay Area, and her daughter and her granddaughter live in a more residential neighborhood of Amsterdam. She had never been to Manto and rarely set foot in Jordaan. I had been out all day with my children at the neighborhood park. She came around 5 and brought rice porridge from Chinatown for my kids. As my children sat on the farm table across the ally way in the dining room, we dined outside of Manto. The sauces were incredible, the rice dishes with lamb were amazing. I love lamb and was always on the hunt for good lamb dishes. I had been on a Dutch cheese and cold cuts diet up until then, but Manto impressed me with their flawless execution of delicate Afghanistan cuisine, decisively different from Afghan food I'd get back home in the San Francisco bay area. I always head to the Indonesian restaurants for food, so it was nice to finally eat a meal by my apartment and different than Indonesian. I remembered the window boxes of pretty summer flowers and the intricate food they served. I would go back in a heartbeat. Perhaps when I run 2013 Amsterdam marathon in October. read more

I'm going to echo all the reviews here already. Delicious, unusual (okra!) food, a very good price for the 5 course surprise menu, and delightful service. Really, an A+ experience. I will for sure go back. read more

Found this place more or less by accident, and it was a marvelous surprise. Delicious Afghan food, from a fixed menu that changes each week, but always includes the namesake, an Afghan appetizer. Out of the way in a quiet Jordaan neighborhood, it is refreshingly non-touristy. But the gracious owner was very friendly and speaks excellent English, and the dishes were both exotic and delightful. read more

We have been having dinner there last Saturday and I cannot say anything bad about it! It is a very small place in de Jordaan, the ambiance is very romantic with low lights and cosy interior. They do not have menu, you can only choose a " 3-course surprise menu" or a main course. We went for the surprise and definitely it was! I can´t remember the names but it was absolutely delicious. Lamb was the main meat served with very nice sauces, vegetables, beans and of course delicious rice. Food with an excellent taste, they used lots of spices perfectly combined, but it wasn´t spicy ( hot) My boyfriend eats quite a lot and we were both full when the dessert arrived. The waitress was super kind, really attentive and extremely polite. I can´t recommend this place enough! read more

Delicious! Definitely far away from the tourist areas so come here if looking for a quiet chill night. The menu rotates weekly as does the wine so the tasting menu is definitely the way to go! read more

The only thing that I should say is FANTASTIC. The food is superb, the service even better, the place charming, and the experience is unique. Come here and enjoy a great meal. read more

Everything in our blind-menu tasted amazingly good, but despite the service kindness, you'd have to be patient: 45 minutes for the starter to be served yesterday, 45 more to reach the main course. We were tempted by the dessert initially, but the idea of having to endure the same delay made us skip it. read more