Flore
“Two stars and a Green Star for Dutch produce without dairy. Book the €250 Herbivore menu for a first date.”
About Flore
Bas van Kranen closed a grand French dining room to open this one. In 2021 he relaunched the restaurant inside Hotel De L'Europe as Flore, swapping the old Bord'Eau's classical luxury for what he calls conscious fine dining: Dutch micro seasons, wild foraged herbs, sustainably caught North Sea fish, and a kitchen that runs entirely without dairy, beef or pork. Michelin answered with two stars and a Green Star, both confirmed in the 2026 guide.
Two menus run at €250: the Omnivore, which spans vegetables, fruit, fish, shellfish and occasional meat, and the Herbivore, a fully plant based tasting built from over eighty Dutch plants through fermenting, smoking, drying and ageing. The spring and summer 2026 menu carries a clam skewer with magnolia kimchi and a peppered red mullet custard, which tells you the register: technique bent toward ingredients most kitchens discard. Wine pairing adds €120, juice pairing €90.
The room holds just eleven tables for thirty guests, plus a kitchen table for one or two diners who want the working view, and Gault and Millau named sommelier Antonello Nicastri its Sommelier of the Year 2026 for a cellar of more than 1,200 wines. Dinner runs Wednesday to Saturday with lunch on Friday and Saturday, reservations through SevenRooms, and a series of four hands Monday dinners runs through summer and autumn 2026.
The Room
Eleven tables in a serene, plant toned room inside De L'Europe, with the city's oldest quarter outside the windows and a kitchen table available for one or two guests up close to the pass. Thirty covers keep the sound low and the service personal without stiffness. Dress smart; the room is elegant but nobody expects a tie.
Why book it, occasion by occasion
Here is when Flore moves from very good dinner to the right call entirely.
For a first date with values on the table
Few restaurants let two people learn this much about each other by ordering: Omnivore or Herbivore is a conversation starter with actual content, and the answers matter less than the discussion. Thirty covers mean you are never shouting, the juice pairing at €90 keeps options open, and a Friday lunch booking makes the grand gesture with an easy exit built in if the spark stays quiet.
For the anniversary couple who have done the classics
If your marker years have already seen the caviar rooms, Flore offers a different register: eleven tables, a Green Star ethic you can taste, and a menu that changes with Dutch micro seasons so no two anniversaries repeat. Ask for the kitchen table if you met over food; watching Van Kranen's brigade work the pass at arm's length is the most intimate seat in the city.
For the client who asks about sustainability and means it
When the guest's company reports on supply chains, dinner should not undermine the deck. Flore is the strongest sustainability argument in Dutch fine dining, two stars plus a Green Star, no dairy, beef or pork, and a 2026 Sommelier of the Year pouring from 1,200 bottles. The €250 menu with the €120 pairing reads as conviction rather than display, which is the modern flex.
What to order
Two menus, one cellar of note and a kitchen table: the decisions at Flore shape the evening more than at most tasting rooms.
- Herbivore over Omnivore on a first visit
The plant based menu is where the kitchen's fermenting, smoking and ageing shows its full range across eighty Dutch plants. The Omnivore is excellent; the Herbivore is the argument.
- The clam skewer while it lasts
The spring and summer 2026 signature: clam with magnolia kimchi beside a peppered red mullet custard. Seasonal menus retire dishes without warning, so go before autumn.
- Nicastri's pairing at €120
Gault and Millau's Sommelier of the Year 2026 pairs from a 1,200 bottle cellar; giving him the decision is the best wine outcome in Amsterdam. The €90 juice pairing is the equal choice without alcohol.
- The kitchen table for two
Reserve the kitchen table through SevenRooms notes if you want the pass at arm's length. Solo diners are welcomed there, which makes it the city's best table for one.
Practical
- Address
- Nieuwe Doelenstraat 2, in Hotel De L'Europe, Amsterdam
- Days
- Dinner Wednesday to Saturday · lunch Friday and Saturday
- Reservations
- SevenRooms, linked from restaurantflore.com
- Menus
- Omnivore or Herbivore, €250 each
- Pairings
- Wine €120 · juice €90
- Seats
- Eleven tables, thirty guests, plus a kitchen table for one or two
- Kitchen rules
- No dairy, beef or pork; sustainable Dutch sourcing
- Recognition
- Two stars and a Green Star · Sommelier of the Year 2026
Questions diners ask
Is Flore worth it?
Yes, and it is the most complete sustainability story in Benelux fine dining: two Michelin stars, a Green Star, and menus at €250 that turn Dutch plants and North Sea fish into genuinely luxurious cooking. If your idea of value includes conviction, it competes with rooms far above its price.
How do I book Flore?
Through SevenRooms via restaurantflore.com for dinner Wednesday to Saturday or lunch on Friday and Saturday. Eleven tables mean prime slots go two to four weeks out; the kitchen table and lunch are the easier tickets. Note menu choice and occasions in the booking.
What is the difference between the Omnivore and Herbivore menus?
Both cost €250. The Omnivore spans vegetables, fruit, fish, shellfish and occasionally meat, always Dutch and sustainable; the Herbivore is fully plant based, built from more than eighty Dutch plants through fermentation, smoking, drying and ageing. The kitchen uses no dairy, beef or pork on either.
What does dinner at Flore cost all in?
€250 for either menu, €120 for the wine pairing or €90 for juice, so plan €340 to €390 a head before aperitifs. Friday and Saturday lunch serves the same menus at the same price with daylight over the Binnenstad thrown in.