Amsterdam's 16 Most Beautiful Bars

Over the past X , Amsterdam has finally started play with the grownup male child on the food and drink scene ( check outourlatestnew openingsround - upif you have any doubts ) . This means more openings , more contention , and better calibre all around . Nowhere else is this quality more noticeable than in our beautiful bar tantrum . With heap of glass , greenery , and interior bling bling , here are 16 Mokum spots to drink in scenic splendor , no beer goggles necessitate .

W Lounge

This is what everyone should require from a hotel bar : a modern , cozy interior , stunning position , and paying attention service … with slightly elevated Leontyne Price that you do n’t sense too bad paying , everything else think . There ’s a patio for warmer weather ( not to mention a heated pool on the ceiling ) , and a central open fireplace next to the barroom for chillier evenings . Naming this one ofour top escort spotswas a no - brainer .

Lion Noir

The green and brown decor of this Reguliersdwars staple fibre – designed by Thijs Murré – is admirably smart , with bold but natural colors and astonishingly pleasing details , like a gargantuan snake skeleton dominating the bar field . In the summer , there ’s a bench to match . The locally sourced and seasonally focused French - led card is usually effective , though not always consistent . But like that pretty girl you wished would rent you sit next to her in your high school cafeteria , you ’ll forgive Ms. Noir for just about anything because , damn , is she fine .

CT Coffee & Coconuts

Everything feel lighter the moment you pass through the dramatic art deco facade of this former plastic film palace and into the bright - white cement cloud that is CT . industrial plant blow on string over the soft grey and taupe shadow of the Brobdingnagian wood - and - brick - textured space . The all - day kitchen comes up with eclectic numbers like venison with Pastinaca sativa puree , a touch of white chocolate , red cabbage marmalade , and blood sausage , as well as a full card of juice , wines , beers , tea leaf , and ( of course ) tidy sum of coffee berry .

Café Panache

pucker within the busiest block of the Ten Katemarkt , where you ’ll find theKanen bij Ten Kate food hand truck gatheringevery Thursday during the summer , it can be hard to find the right entryway into Café Panache . The place is actually separate into a separate restaurant and bar . The smaller bar is luxe - look , but we ’re start to advocate you sashay up for a boozing at the primal streak of the larger restaurant area . There you ’ll fully revel the richly transmute industrial interior ’s plants , Ellen Price Wood , and leather texture , and birdcage lamp supply pops of color . It ’s also where you could snag some food to go with your pitcher of the cocktail of your choice . ( Yes , cocktailsBY THE PITCHER . )

SkyLounge

You ’re pay for the view here with forbearance and pricy cocktails , so bask the center candy . Floor - to - ceiling windows expect out over the heart of the metropolis and its washy environs for one of the most dramatic views of Amsterdam that you could savor with a boozy drink . And that view only cause better when the weather cooperates , out on the massive terrace .

The Harbour Club

Popular with Panama who want to take a field trip to Amsterdam ’s more Eastern aquatic harbor , the monumental Harbour Club ( now the scion of a wholechain of spin - offs ) has plenty of way at bottom and out . indoors , the interior decoration varies by room , from red - backed pop art , to soothing level of brick and dark-brown leather . alfresco , on the South Beach - manner patio , the view open up out on the weewee , gravy boat , and modern Dutch computer architecture of the Eastern Docklands . Posh as it look , the menu of seafood and steak is n’t as expensive as one might bear … although there are plentitude of big - ticket bottles , if that ’s more your style .

Bluespoon

Dutch conception house Moooi , conduct by famed fashion designer Marcel Wanders , takes its name from the Dutch word for beautiful – with one extra " oxygen " – and delivers on its hope . This whimsically elaborate Browning automatic rifle , settle in the Andaz Hotel , boasts patterned velvet and effete chandeliers as dreary and shiny as its name would have you believe . The experience is best have in with a bottle of champagne .

Conservatorium Hotel

It does n’t weigh whether you take your drinks in the brisk Tunes Bar or the quieter ( but arguably more stunning ) Brasserie & Lounge . You ’ll be soak up with a side of “ holy crap everything in here looks frickin ’ amazing . ” We suggest enjoy a drink in each , warming up in the twinkle , airy Lounge before dig into the non-white environs of melodic line ’ lustrous , elaborately shelved Scheol vibe .

Walter’s - The Walter Woodbury Bar

One of the few Eastern hotspots not part of the 3WO crime syndicate , Walter ’s was an early adapter to Javastraat ’s gentrification efforts . Today , it still draws crowds with its lively scene , enough - enough food , and ( specially ) some cozy , tropical - lite indoor scenery . ( sport fact : the place is named after a photographer who became celebrated for his shots of Java , an island in Indonesia . )

5&33

Given its locating in the art’otel , you bonk this measure is go to be beautiful . It actually covers a range of blank space , including a lounge and library , for cocktails and bites . The dark , striking decor , accented with lime - green , is full of cushy seating you ’ll want to slide down into for at least one too many G&Ts while you ponder the abstractly sexual grotesque embellish the paries and mesa lamp .

Morgan & Mees

Some things should be black and blank , and the pleasingly lifelike yet delicate inside of this hotel streak and restaurant is one of them . No matter how dispirited the Amsterdam weather is outdoors , here , you ’ll sit in a bright box that ’ll keep your eye as busy as your taste buds .

1e Klas

Named one of the world ’s top 10 gearing station restaurants and bars byThe Guardianfor its looks alone – okay , also for its affordable fare and beer selection – “ First Class ” has been faithfully bushel to the nineteenth century lounge that once occupied this space . The many miniskirt - arches of the impossibly grandiloquent cap are the existent show - stopper , but the blank space between is well - used , too , with pattern - carved wood dialog box , foliage - filled mural , and elongated yet simple lighting suggestive of Art Deco .

BoCinq

Another production of Thijs Murré ( recollect Lion Noir ? ) , BoCinq ’s bar interior decoration definitely outshine the restaurant with which it shares its name and space . From the spotlighted brick corridor housing the bar , to the quirky , oversized chairs of the sofa areas , the look and atmosphere of the space still draws crowds despite the cocktail biz not being as strong as at some other bars .

Bar Lempicka

The glitzy haute - Deco of the ‘ 20s roars to life in this generally pack bar , where the post - dinner clientele also yell 20s . There ’s a wraparound terrace partly facing the water ( pop with smoker as well as luncher ) , but the real opinion are inside . Inspired by Art Deco cougar and international icon Tamara de Lempicka , burst of yellow visible radiation back the bar , highlighting a show - discontinue stained - glass mural .

Suzy Wong

The lovelier , more accessible sister of Jimmy Woo ( site right across the alley ) is fashionable from every angle , with brocaded wall in parentage - crimson , studded with black - fringed lamp . You ’ll enjoy it most , however , if you’re able to bring one of the tables in the back , away from the crowded bar , with views of the plant - make full glass rampart . Do n’t seek to Instagram it , though . Cell reception is crap .

MOMO

More than just snobby sushi , the chalk - white bar is probably the full pip in the ‘ hood to sashay up for a coffee or cheeky afternoon cocktail . By even , things get a little more … crazy . However , loose aspect of the fresh white-hot lines and minimalist Asiatic accents are supplant by some equally pleasing Amsterdam eye candy .

bar interior of W Amsterdam