Hostaria

tl;dr: Cozy Italian restaurant tucked in a small street in Amsterdam. Great food, decent prices (prix fixe menu available), wonderful service.
Went here with two friends on a Sunday night. It looked crowded inside and there was a 10-​minute wait, so the waiter turned on the outdoor heater and we sat outside with a nice bottle of red and sipped while our table inside became available.
We noticed a 3-​course and 4-​course prix fixe menu, so we all chose that. The buffala appetizer I ordered was a VERY generous size and delicious with ham and tomatoes. The lamb ragout pasta dish that came next was not the best pasta I’ve ever had but still very tasty. The shrimp secondi came with 6 large shrimp in a nice light oil sauce. Tiramisu for dessert because what else would you get at an Italian restaurant. The other little bites of my friends’ dishes I tried were all very good.
The waiter was attentive and they let us stay until they closed the restaurant as we sipped our coffees with dessert. Overall a wonderful dining experience in Amsterdam!

This was one my favorite Italian restaurant many years ago in Amsterdam. The food was still good. Some changes the portions are smaller & the service was slow. Four years ago this was a 5-​star restaurant. Maybe just an off night. I’ll try it later this year & hopefully it will be like I remembered it…

Best service I’ve had since arriving in Amsterdam. It’s a little cozy, but if you’re used to eating in New York city, you won’t notice it.
Definitely get a bottle of wine to go with your dinner. It’s very well selected.
And you simply must try a house dessert!

Very small restaurant with authentic italien food. Had a fish soup and Ravioli of the day (with Cheese and Pears). Very tasty and very friendly service for a reasonable price.

Hostaria is an Italian restaurant situated in the Jordan area, the little Italy of Amsterdam. After reading the reviews, we thought we’d give this one a try.
On the outside it doesn’t look all too fancy. Inside, the tables are closely arranged; making getting up from your table quite a challenge at times. However the waitress was friendly, and the atmosphere cosy.
I had the truffle tagliatelle, which tasted excellent, but sadly wasn’t cooked properly; it stuck together. Same goes for the pasta with sausage we had. Maybe the secondi taste better, but I’m not prone to go check them out after this experience.
All in all, good service, but for the pricing they might pay a little more attention to the food.

Cozy ambiance, tight space, friendly service (our waitress from time to time would have a seat next to us as there was little space for her to stand comfortably!) and a nice, small menu with excellent specials made for an excellent Thursday night at Hostaria. They had just printed a new menu and had not yet put together an English version, but the waitress kindly answered any questions we had from the terms we couldn’t make out. The porchetta was good, the pasta was even better, and the wine list is affordable. In spite of the full, tight space, we never felt rushed and lingered with a limoncello until we were ready to leave.
One of those rare restaurants that manages to be bustling, casual and high-​energy, but still intimate and romantic. A favorite in Amsterdam that I look forward to returning to! This street seems to offer a wealth of appealing dining options, but I think we made the right choice.

Hostaria is a small Italian restaurant in the Jordaan, a small area in the city centre where the ‘echte Amsterdammers’ used to live. Now it’s predominantly inhabited by yuppies.
My girlfriend lives around the corner of Hostaria. I saw it had 4.5 starts, so we thought we give it a try. The waitress who worked there that night was friendly and the Italian chef was shouting about, which gave it a nice authentic feeling. We both had a different kind of pasta. This is why I only give this place 3 stars: the pasta was very, very sticky. Pasta shouldn’t be like that and an Italian chef should definitely be able to serve a perfect pasta. That evening the chef couldn’t. A week or so ago I went to this other pasta restaurant, Spaghetteria, which has far better tasting pastas.
This review is solely based on two pastas which maybe is not that representative for the whole menu they serve. But these dishes didn’t make me want to come back anytime soon to try some of their other foods.

Another very nice Italian place in the little Italy street from Amsterdam.
Don’t expect pizza’s here though this is a real kitchen!
This very small Italian is always packed. In the open kitchen you can see (and hear!) the chef work his magic.
The bread, the starters, the fresh home made pasta’s and the secondi’s are all amazing.
They import a lot from Italy themselves, and you can even but a bottle of olive oil here.
The place is full of ferrari signs, foto’s of Sophia Loren, etc. It feels like a second home.
Great for a nice romantich night out or a double date, maybe not so good if you go with more then 4 people, as the place is very small.
Expect to spend about 115 euro for 2 persons incl a bottle of wine.
Make sure you reserve a table!