Top Notch Breakfast and Dinner…read more.. Brasserie is the restaurant inside the Ambassade Hotel. My wife and I...along with another couple...had 4 breakfasts and 1 dinner there so this review reflects our experience. - Overall: 5 - Location: 5 (for Old Town and the Jordaan) - Exterior: 5 - Interior: 5 - Atmosphere: 5 - Menu: 5 - Food: 5 - Service: 5 (though the head waiter at dinner was full-of-himself) - Price and Value: 5 Pros: - Location: Convenient to the Old Town and Jordaan parts of Amsterdam. - Exterior: Handsome. A beautifully restored and maintained property. - Interior: Contemporary. Brasserie is a high end spot across 3 rooms, yet remains comfortable where conversation is easily accomplished. - Menu: Very healthy buffet at breakfast plus some items which can be ordered. Dinner offers French fare with a relatively light touch...though very different from the wellness-oriented breakfast. - Food: Excellent. The breakfast buffet is not huge, but full of healthy high quality items. I had 3 unbelievable versions of granola spooned from large jars and covered my bowl with the best tasting light Greek yogurt. Fruit and fish was super fresh...bread and pastries baked on premises amazing. Others in our group chose made-to-order egg dishes. It's all part of staying at the hotel. Dinner transformed Brasserie into a bistro with a French twist on many favorite dishes. Check the menu online. Portions are small - as expected - but quality was high. However, prices were very reasonable with most items under $30. - Service: Homey at breakfast..."French" for dinner. Everyone could not have been more friendly and helpful in the morning. Things were a bit more formal at night with a different crew. The chief waiter was very knowledgeable, but we agreed a bit arrogant. - Price and Value: Worth it. I believe the breakfast buffet is only for guests of the Ambassade Hotel. Brasserie is open to the public at night and quite reasonable. - Parking: None. Who has a car in Old Town? Cons: - The only one readily apparent was the brusque, off-the-cuff nature of our main server at dinner. He wasn't over-the-top, but not in keeping with the friendly vibe of the hotel. And that's coming from 2 couples who grew up in New York City and lived for many years in San Francisco and LA. Anyone can...and should...get dinner at Brasserie. There are many reasons to make reservations for a stay at the Ambassade - including access to their breakfast buffet.

We had very social Christmas meal at Brasserie fo seven courses. The food were unique and some…read morethoughtful combinations with different kind of food choice. The restaurant was beautiful and the staff were very great with wine pairing. Excellent choice for a special Christmas meal.

Located just steps from the bustling center of Amsterdam Restaurant Flore finds Chef Bas van Kranen…read morepreparing a very interesting sort of "conscious fine dining" focused on Dutch seasonality inside Hotel De L'Europe. An organic concept with two Michelin Stars plus a green one, the dining room and multi-faceted chef's table expectedly natural in appearance, van Kranen selects all products daily from a very small collection of purveyors and no milk is used in the cuisine. Open for Lunch as well as Dinner Wednesday through Saturday, the €250 menu suggesting seven proper courses plus gifts at both ends, guests begin in the kitchen where lengthy aging of lamb is the focus of conversation before transitioning to seats with Tomato Broth bolstered by Peppers plus Fruits. Reserved for the Chef's table, a communal space where diners can see the canal, dining room and kitchen, it was while Frank Ocean and others loudly dropped F-Bombs as well as racial slurs that Canapes arrived including delightful Vegetable Maki plus a fragrant Pea Tart. Taking a lot more chances than the usual Dutch Fine Dining space, "Vegetables of the moment" quickly moving to assertive Aguachiles with Snails, barbecue Monkfish proved effective and well-prepared atop Ajo Blanco while follow-up Red Mullet would have been equally effective without its raw Strawberry prop. A universally complex style, perhaps overly so in many cases, Aliums and Mushrooms prove van Kranen's gift when focused while "50-day dry aged lamb loin, Cherries with pickled Elderflower, Sweetbreads Sausage, Grilled Peas, Anchovies, Sauce of Lamb "Prosciutto" with Capers and Peppers" is exactly what it sounds like - intentionally complicated to the detriment of the dish. Just 44 seats total, less than half-filled Saturday for lunch, staff is pleasant yet professional when checking in regarding pacing before moving to a Dessert of Soft Serve under slightly bitter ice and a lightly-fried Flower. Offered Coffee or Tea to finish, a €10 upcharge left to guessing as listed, Beans are explained and prepared in an elaborate display involving scales before four Mignardises including a Shishito Pepper and Cocktail-themed Gummy Bear.

We were a party of 4 with various ages and tastes…read more Let's start with the excellent: The ambiance was top notch with a beautiful city view and well spaced apart tables. The service was also exceptional. Good: The dishes were definitely designed by someone going all-out on creativity. And if your Michelin experience is all about something creative and never tasted before, this restaurant is for you. None of the dishes were excellent or mind blowing, however, and having eaten at quite a few Michelin restaurants, I feel that they were going for all creative at the cost of taste. Many courses were meh. Poor: They offer 2 options, herbivore or ominvore. Keep in mind the omnivore is still heavily vegetable based and the meat is just a tiny bit of fish/seafood except for the main course. Our main course was the quail which was decent enough but they gave us each half a quail. Also, our group felt that their menu had some repititon. All the seafood was all raw (there's more than one may to provide seafood!) They used artichoke 3 times in 7 courses. It may be in season, but don't just repeat. There was one dessert inside a hollowed out fruit that was completed inedible. All 4 of us couldn't even swallow one bite. We were here for our anniversary dinner and they confirmed it when we sat down but they didn't do anything for it.

Excellent! Food was wonderful, service fast and wonderful! Highly recommend! Quaint space and local…read moreambience

We wanted to try authentic Dutch food and Hap Hmm was recommended. We weren't able to secure dinner…read morereservations but arrived pretty close to opening and were able to be seated right away. It has a homey vibe inside and I enjoyed looking at the photos and other memorabilia on the walls. We got the stewed beef and Amsterdam chicken. It came with sides of boiled potatoes, cabbage and brussels sprouts. Portions were surprisingly large as they give you generous portions of sides. We had plenty of leftovers to take back. I'm not an expert on Dutch cuisine so I can't comment on the authenticity or the quality, but it was tasty. The beef and chicken were a bit on the salty side but paired well with the basic sides. Overall, it was a charming dinner experience.

This place is absolutely perfect. Excellent food, ambiance, service! We liked it so much that we…read morecame two days in a row!

Came here on a Monday night with a reservation and the restaurant was full. Highly recommend a…read morereservation. Service was friendly, but timing can be a little bit off. They do make up for it with their personalities. The restaurant itself is small and typically can hold groups of 2 to 5. The menu is small, but all the dishes are high quality. 1. Amuse bouche goat cheese - had a nice smoky flavor and fresh 2. Scallops - small but packed with flavor. There is a white sauce that complimented the scallops and the bread pastry with onions 3. Goat cheese terrine - very nice soft goat cheese mixed with onions as well as berry and veggies. Only wish there was more bread. 4. Sea bream - very nicely done with a fresh taste of the meat and a crispy skin. Pairs well with its sauce and tomatoes. 5. Ravioli - nicely done al dente with a herby sauce and packed ravioli 6. Bread pudding - one of the best I've had and came out fresh and hot. Comes with a white sauce as well as boozy caramel sauce. Overall, I would highly recommend this restaurant which has received very nice reviews for over 10 years. I'm glad we chose this restaurant during my stay here.

Gezellig and delicious. I love the way it's tucked back into the neighborhood on the corner a…read morenon-commercial street. We came back for dinner a second night in a row because it was so perfect the first night. Casual atmosphere. A moderate menu for a small kitchen, but they put together some satisfying food. We've enjoyed everything we tried: hot camembert, asparagus, snails, hamburger, meatballs. We were quite dubious about Tiramisu with oreo cookie crust, but it was impressive - better than what we had in Italy.

I went to the restaurant based on the other reviews on Yelp... And it didn't fail to live up to…read morethem. A small, little hard to find, location but styled so warmly. Sat at the bar, as there were no tables the service was more than friendly and the food was well portioned and full of flavours. Will definitely be looking to go here again next time I'm in Amsterdam. Best advice when planning to eat here is to try and book a table but also make sure you've got time and don't rush your meal, enjoy the ambiance.

We really enjoyed this place! The service was excellent. We ate outside and devoured the split pea…read moresoup, the cheese croquettes as starters. For dinner we had stamppot borenkool. Dessert was the delicious apple pie. Our family of 4 spent 110 Euros on our meal. I would recommend this place to anyone who hasn't eaten traditional Dutch cuisine and is visiting Amsterdam for the first time

For our last dinner in Amsterdam, we decided to try this place. It was crowded and we were lucky…read moreto get seated at all since we did not have a reservation. The staff were welcoming and kind. The decor of this traditional Dutch restaurant was the traditional blue and white ceramic plates and vases in shelves along the walls. Very pretty. It would have been wiser for us to order the traditional Dutch entrees such as stamppots. Because we had enjoyed them earlier this week, we ordered a pork fillet and chicken satay instead, which come with fries. Our food took 30 minutes to arrive, which made sense considering the packed restaurant, The sauerkraut and salads were delicious. My chicken on skewers was tender, and mildly flavored; the peanut sauce was too sweet. We received ketchup on request for the fries which were bland, and it also was too sweet. My husband's pork fillet was overcooked and very dry inside. It was difficult to slice with the butter knife he received. The gravy that accompanied the pork fillet was delicious, perhaps the best part of the meal. We drank tap water which tastes great here. Please read the 5-star reviews of others who did order traditional fare from the menu because I'm sure those were amazing.

My mom (a very picky eater with a sensitive gastrointestinal track) and I walked in here for a late…read morelunch on the day we arrived in Amsterdam. And despite ALL of our meals in Amsterdam being excellent, this one may have been the best. We wanted to try Dutch food, not totally knowing what to expect and were blown away by the combination of flavors and textures we consumed. We started with the pickled herring which was served with onions and pickles- fresh yet bold! I'm still thinking about those little fishies weeks later. Then we each had the sampler-ish plates (I forget what it was called). Hers was the vegetarian version and mine was with sausage. There were 3 kinds of essentially mashed potatoes with veggies mixed in: 1 with spinach I think, 1 with carrots, and 1 with sauerkraut. Mine came with a delightfully rich gravy and my moms came with some kind of lighter yellow sauce (I think mustard based). We tried these same dishes at other Dutch restaurants during our stay, but nothing beat The Pantry. The service in this quaint and cozy spot was also excellent!

Traditional Dutch foods, served in a charming/cozy dining room - what's not to love? We enjoyed…read moreevery dish that we ordered; even our pickiest (child) member of our party ate well (the meatball and hutspot disappeared from the plate :). Portions are substantial and a very good value in a neighborhood where tourist-markups are the norm. They have a/c, but in order to feel it you'll need to sit closer to the back of the restaurant/near the kitchen, as there is only one wall unit back there, and they leave the front of the restaurant open to the elements (even in 98+ degree heat).

We found Vermeer the last time we visited Amsterdam. We were so impressed with them that we made…read morereservations two months before we were scheduled to arrive in Amsterdam. We landed at 11:30 and had reservations for 6:30 and were excited to be back. As we remembered the reception and service were as good as we remembered. We order the 6 course meal and an exquisite bottle of wine. The dinner was expensive, €€€, but well worth it. Looking forward to our next visit.

Great place to take a break after seeing incredible art. Food and service were good. Ambiance great…read morealso.