A small brown café in the Jordaan that must be visited on any trip to Amsterdam. Excellent local craft beer, and the small menu on the wall will be translated from Dutch with a smile by the friendly staff. It’s easy to spend a few hours here resting your weary feet — for bonus points sit out the front enjoy the watching the tourists clumsily weaving heir way down the street, upsetting the local population on their bikes!
Lauren B.
Tu valoración: 5 Toronto, Canada
Five stars for the BITTERBALLEN! Sooooo good. What are they? A Dutch treat: crunchy fried balls filled with incredibly delicious, meat-based filling, that you dip in mustard. This joint has some damn fine bitterballen. We inhaled two orders and washed them down with beers. BITTERBALLEN!!!
Laura P.
Tu valoración: 4 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
De Tuin is one of my favourite spots to grab a beer after dinner in De Jordaan. Located in one of the most beautiful streets in Amsterdam, it is a bruin café with some kind of modern twist(I guess that’s all because of the music they usually play and the atmosphere). The service is «blah», though, just correct. A few more smiles wouldn’t hurt.
Sara S.
Tu valoración: 4 Zürich, Switzerland
This little café should be on every tourist’s itinerary, like Anne Frank house and the flower market. It’s an institution. Fourtunately most tourists don’t have enough time to drop by. I’ve had my first beer in De Tuin more than 10 years ago and nothing has changed. Then and now, inconspicuous and unagitated it doesn’t try to be more than it is: a simple brown café. It’s still very popular, mainly amongs Dutch, mostly crowded and über gezellig. To not like De Tuin: mission impossible.
Simon L.
Tu valoración: 4 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It is a charming café in the Jordan area. Perfect for coffee and lunch. They also has outdoor sitting when the weather is nice and is a percent spot for people watching in the Jordan area. For lunch, they have a wide selection of sandwishes and they are all reasonable price from 3 to 6 euros. Since it is in the Jordan area, it normally become quite crowded at night time and it opens until 3 am in the weekend.
Cristina M.
Tu valoración: 4 San Francisco, CA
One of my favorite places in Amsterdam. We visited daily for a beer and sitting outside. The sandwich I had was delicious. Atmosphere was very casual and relaxed.
T P.
Tu valoración: 4 Berlin, Germany
Charming and cozy café! They serve good coffee and lekker lekker sandwiches! Its a perfect place for a short lunch break. We had a avocado-mustard-sandwich with old amsterdam-cheece, it was very tasty!
Nikki V.
Tu valoración: 3 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Everybody needs a local bar. Where you can cheers to the day. Where you can come with friends, with a lover, or on your own. Or just chat with the old men from the neighbourhood who stop here every day to drink their favorite beers. They don’t do food, only olives, nuts and bitterballen(yummmm), but on summer days, be smart to order a mouthwatering wood oven pizza from La Perla across the street and share it with your drinking buddies on the street in front of the bar. Oh and they do serve lunch, the sandwiches are pretty nice! So try one while reading a book, the paper or playing on your i-thingy. Yes: they have WiFi but let’s keep that a secret. Café De Tuin reminds you of the time before The Internet. Sometimes it even smells like the time before The Internet. Let’s keep it that way. One more thing to know: the bar staff isn’t always that friendly, so don’t expect anything. And then you’ll surely have the greatest and most comfy time. Cheers.
Melissa O.
Tu valoración: 4 San Jose, CA
We stopped here for a late lunch while wondering through the Jordaan. This restaurant fits perfectly into my impression of the Jordaan. The neighborhood is picturesque, adorable, charming(especially after aimlessly wandering through the Red Light District and Dam Square). The restaurant is the same. We sat outside as the restaurant was overflowing with families. I ordered the hummus sandwich with eggplant and cucumbers on multigrain bread. It was scrumptious… Just perfect. My SO ordered a chevre sandwich with honey and walnuts. It came on a multigrain bun(but you could order Italian bread instead) and was also very good, though not as jet-lag friendly. Service was fine, nothing special. Prices were reasonable… a little over 4 € for a sandwich. Great spot to grab a drink or a nibble.
Catherine S.
Tu valoración: 4 Atlanta, GA
Very cozy, quiet during the week, great place to hang out on the weekends, especially if you can seat outside and watch the parade of locals and tourists alike as they cruise through the Jordaan. I used to work around the corner from the café and spent many a lovely afternoon hour sipping coffee, reading the paper. Good café food, good selection of beers, altogether chill.
Huong n.
Tu valoración: 4 Brooklyn, NY
it doesn’t matter what mood you are in or what the weather outside is like — you can always find comfort in here. we were visiting amsterdam late october; the weather can be quite cold and at times gloomy. we were here several times — had tea and/or beer and was petting the café’s cute old cat. the interior is of nice relaxing wood and low lighting with high ceiling. they have a poster from wwii that is poignant — it is about working together instead of being obstructionists; it applies to american politics now. i hope one day we will work together for a common good instead of being selfish bastards. next time i am in amsterdam; i will be here.