Ate here for a quick bite for Italian food (also near our hotel in Amsterdam).
Got the ravioli and an aperol spritz. Would come back here for a quick bite.
Lido
This restaurant was close to our hotel. I think it was good for drinks, but definitely not recommended for food.
The restaurant is by the water which is nice (although you can get foo led if sitting outside).
Ordered the truffle ravioli, and loaded fries. Wasn’t a huge fan of either.
Ristorante Pizzeria Amarone
Great Italian food. This was located in the Italian part of Amsterdam. Very authentic, and the staff were great.
For drinks, had a bottle of Zin to share for the table.
For food, got a margarita pizza to share, and the lobster pasta. Ended of the a tiramisu. All amazing.
China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk
Second dinner in Amsterdam, where we met up with a few folks also traveling here.
For drinks, they had a limited selection (got Jameson on the rocks).
For food, most of it was spicy (could handle at most 2 out of 3 chili scores).
We got the spicy chicken, spicy green beans, 2 dumpling dishes, a spicy beef dish, and a spicy fish dish. All of it I would order again, but really like the fish (and dumplings were just ok).
Momo (Amsterdam)
First dinner in Amsterdam (3rd trip), which was conveniently located at our hotel.
For drinks, got an Aperol Spritz, and a whisky drink (Glen Morangie).
For food, Chicken skewered with peanut sauce, tempura, spicy tuna roll, Momo roll, Alaskan king crab roll, lobster roll, and a side of pad Thai. Would get everything again.
Burgermeester
Apparently this place is the first gourmet burger place in the Netherlands!
I got the cheeseburger. Overall, the burger was ok, but there were two reasons I didn’t fully enjoy it. The first is that the bread was toasted (which is not really used to with a burger). The second reason is that I think the cheddar cheese overpowered the burger (Swiss cheese might’ve been better to use. I think though that other people would enjoy the burger.
Lo Stivale D’oro
We checked out this Italian place for dinner.
This place was great, but the one thing they lacked was a selection of meat. They have seafood, but you can’t order chicken, beef or pork (they only have bolognese sauce).
So I ordered the Tagliatelle with scampi. Overall, I enjoyed the pasta, but I think taking apart the scampi was too much effort. Still a good place I would check out again.
Also, for a drink I got an Aperol Spritz, which was ok since it was sweet, but it also had this bitterish type taste I wasn’t fond of.
Ribs Factory
We came here to get some lunch.
Overall, they had great ribs, and most of the sauces were delicious.
We ended up getting the mix-rib combo, where they give you all 5 flavors, and it is good for two people.
From the picture of the food below and the menu, the order of the ribs follow the menu description. All but the Mexican sauces were great (perhaps it’s because of the green thing on top of it). the two top choices is the Smokey Original and the Sweet Honey.
Na Siam
We went to this highly rated Thai restaurant for our first dinner in Amsterdam.
For a drink, I got something called Jonge Jenever. It is basically thicker than vodka, but a tiny bit sweeter.
For appetizers, we got the shrimp spring rolls, and Tom Ka soup. Both very good.
For the mains, we got the Yellow Curry and Pad see Jew. Although both were excellent, we were surprised that the Pad see Jew was not with flat noodles, and the sauce was different.
Also interesting to note is that they do hand written receipts.
