Great service! Super friendly bartenders! Definitely a place to visit for a game of pool or for…read moresome late night drinks!

Great place to play pool, darts, sjoelen (traditional dutch game) and several card and boardgames…read more You can also watch sports on television. The beer prices are very good for this area of the city. I can recommend buying a pitcher to share with your mates. The crowd is very diverse and the bar staff is very friendly.

Great place for some pool, drinks and darts. Tables have nice felt and are maintained well.read more

From the owner: Personal touch, staff makes you feel right at home and the tables are of excellent quality!read more

GREAT dive bar in Amsterdam. Good prices, very cheap beer bar. Right next to a popular hostel. This…read moreplace has definitely been here awhile and hasn't changed. This place felt pretty authentic.

I visited Amsterdam a few weeks ago and came across this place. As a tourist, I felt very welcomed!…read moreThe staff were very friendly and offered me something to drink right away. I ordered their strawberry tea and it was delicious! In fact, I visited the place the next day just to have the strawberry tea again! You have the choice of sitting inside or outside. I enjoyed my tea outside and interacted with a lot of the locals. When I visit again, I will definitely come back here!

This place had 9 ft (maybe 10 ft) tables and good felt. I did notice that the tables were…read more elevated higher than the ones I've played on in the States. Probably due to the fact that lots of people in Amsterdam are really tall! Nice atmosphere although this place seemed to have the type of people that don't know how to play but act like sharks. You know the type--loud, annoying, ALWAYS in your way when you want to take a shot. No manners. And every shot is a loud and fast miss. Guess these kinds of men are in pool halls everywhere. But there were serious players too! Waffling on 4 or 5 stars because it wasn't perfect for me but it probably would be perfect for most serious players.

The other reviewer left an unfairly critical review in my opinion…read more If you like pool, than this a great neighborhood pool hall. The price for hourly tables was a bit steep but the beer was affordable and they had a good selection of it. The cool, almost hidden entrance is part of the charm and there was plenty of room to play without bumping into other players, despite what that other reviewer mentioned. I thought this place was cool and I had a good time beating my opponent.

The Waterhole is a fun little club a friend and I walked into while we were in Amsterdam…read more They had live music that was entertaining, good food (we weren't too hungry, but got some Biterballen as a late night snack), and a super fun vibe overall. If you're looking for some live music in Amsterdam, any night of the week, definitely check out The Waterhole!

Love this bar! The live music was amazing, drink menu is good, there's pool tables and that vibrant…read morevibe was the best thing about this bar!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent at the Poollokaal De Gracht on my birthday. The owners were very…read morenice, going out of their way to make the White Russians that I drink. It was a great place to play pool and have fun. We were there for 6-7 hours, just having fun and doing what we love. Everyone was very nice.

This place is really great. Everybody there was super friendly and especially when we were lost, we…read morejust decided to go in and have some drinks. The bartender was super nice to us! Would recommend this place for anybody!

After a late dinner at Coco's Outback, my bf and I decided to for a walk around Rembrandtplein…read moreplaza. Most of the establishments looked pretty quiet and dead except for Smokey and the club next door. Since we weren't in the mood for clubbing, we decided to go to Smokey. The moment we walked in, I noticed that it totally lived up to its namesake and was totally... smokey. Too smokey. It almost seemed like there was a fire going on inside. The place was pretty packed and busy, but we managed to snag a little bar table by the door. It was next to the vending machine for ciggies and under a large clock, so I could keep tabs on exactly what time it was. :) I sat on a high bar stool by the wall, while my bf sat with his back towards the room. It wasn't the best position for him to be in, as people kept bumping into him as they were walking by. He got a beer, and I ordered a mint tea because I didn't feel like drinking any more alcohol. I loved how the mint tea came with tons of fresh mint leaves. Totally awesome. They also gave me a Pickwick English tea bag with it, which I didn't bother to put in, as I didn't want any caffeine so late at night. We left after only one drink, as we were tired and the place was too smokey to hang out for long.

Don't get the wrong idea, y'allz. I was an OBSERVER, not a participant…read more I've actually put off writing alot of my Amsterdam reviews b/c I don't want my "good girl" image to be tarnished (Hi Mom!). Let's just say I observed certain recreational activities in Amsterdam that I think the world should know about. Amsterdam is brand spankin' new to Yelp, after all. So they need all the reviews they can get. Smokey's is smack in the middle of Rembrandt Square, which is a haven for tourists. The inside resembles an above ground neon-lit cave. Pool tables in the back. Music videos playing on the flat screens. Every time I hear Kid Cudi's "Memories", I think of this place. Everyone stopped what they were doing to sing along :) Tables are communal. Most patrons are college-aged. They have a zig zag vending machine and they sell pre-rolled or bagged product. According to my traveling companion, their merchandise was much more pricey than at neighboring coffee shops (like Rokerij, which is awesome), but since Smokey's is a better hangout spot in a more central location - you pay a bit more. The quality is mediocre, though. I enjoyed a 4 euro pineapple strawberry smoothie at the bar. They don't serve alcohol here though, only smoothies, which I found to be quite common in the coffee shops of Amsterdam. The folks behind the counter were pretty nice folks, too. Overall, I would recommend Smokey's for the younger crowd.

Place looked interesting inside but they do not accept Visa or Mastercatd or Amex. Cash only. Shame.read more