Best Restaurants Open Monday in Amsterdam 2026

Why a Monday list matters in Amsterdam

Dutch fine dining keeps a short week. The best kitchens rest to reset produce and the brigade, and most often the day they choose is Monday, sometimes paired with Sunday. The casualty list is the top of the guide: Ciel Bleu on the 23rd floor of the Okura, Flore on the canal, Wils by the Olympic stadium, all dark on a Monday. A visitor who lands at the start of the week and expects to book a star will find most of them closed, and the hotel concierge tends to reach for room service.

The rooms that stay open are the hotel restaurants, the brasseries and the rare star that picks Monday as a service night. The order below leads with the two Michelin options, Bridges and the Okura's kaiseki, then runs to the greenhouse, the rooftop steakhouse and the Asian room near Vondelpark. Every hour was checked against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026, and the closures above were confirmed too. Every name links to its full review with the score. For the wider week, start with the Amsterdam dining guide.

The Monday list

Bridges

Seafood · Centrum (canal), Amsterdam · €70–120 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 18:30–22:00 (dinner)

Bridges runs the fish kitchen at the Sofitel Legend The Grand on Oudezijds Voorburgwal, a former convent and city hall wrapped around a quiet courtyard. The cooking is seafood-led, a chef's menu and an a la carte built on the day's catch, the raw bar and the turbot the order, with a meal landing about €70 to €120 a head. It is in the Michelin Guide Amsterdam, and it opens Monday for dinner, half past six to ten, while almost every starred rival is closed. Monday is one of its quieter nights, which makes it the best fine-dining table in the city that day.

Yamazato

Japanese kaiseki · De Pijp, Amsterdam · €95–150 per head

Monday hours: Monday, dinner from 18:00 (closed Tue–Wed)

Yamazato at the Hotel Okura on Ferdinand Bolstraat was the first traditional Japanese restaurant in Europe to win a Michelin star, and it has held one ever since for its kaiseki ryori. The seasonal menu moves with the Japanese calendar, the sashimi and the simmered courses precise to the gram, with a meal around €95 to €150 a head. It opens Monday for dinner, resting instead on Tuesday and Wednesday, which makes it the rare one-star kaiseki you can book at the start of the week. Sit at the counter to watch the knife work and ask for the full kaiseki rather than the bento.

De Kas

Modern European · Frankendael Park, Amsterdam · €55–90 per head

Monday hours: Monday, lunch 12:00–14:00 & dinner 18:30–22:00

De Kas cooks inside a 1926 municipal greenhouse in Frankendael Park, the produce grown in the nursery beside the dining room and on the kitchen's own farm. The menu changes daily with what is picked that morning, a set list of vegetable-forward European plates, with a meal about €55 to €90 a head. It opens Monday for both lunch and dinner, which is rare for a room of this rank, and the glasshouse is at its best in the long northern light. It is the pick for a Monday lunch that feels like a day in the country without leaving the ring road.

Mr Porter

Steakhouse · Centrum (rooftop), Amsterdam · €60–110 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 07:00–01:00

Mr Porter sits on the roof of the W Amsterdam on Spuistraat, a design-hotel steakhouse with a terrace over the rooftops of the centre. The dry-aged cuts off the grill are the point, the bone-in ribeye and the chateaubriand for two the orders, with a meal about €60 to €110 a head. It opens Monday from morning to one the next, the longest hours on this list, so it works for a late Monday dinner or a long lunch with a view. Book a window or the terrace, and go for the ribeye the room is built around.

MOMO

Asian fusion · Oud-Zuid (Vondelpark), Amsterdam · €45–80 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 10:00–01:00

MOMO fills the ground floor of the Park Hotel on Hobbemastraat, a few steps from Vondelpark, and runs an Asian kitchen and bar that stays loud and busy when the fine-dining rooms are shut. The sushi, the robata skewers and the black cod are the orders, with a meal around €45 to €80 a head. It opens Monday from ten in the morning to one at night, kitchen and bar running together. It is the pick for a relaxed, social Monday near the park, the room that fills with a younger crowd and a long cocktail list while the city's stars rest.

Le Garage

French brasserie · Oud-Zuid, Amsterdam · €55–90 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 13:00–01:00

Le Garage has been the brasserie of the Amsterdam glitterati on Ruysdaelstraat in Oud-Zuid since 1990, a red-leather and mirror room near the Concertgebouw. The kitchen runs French classics, the steak tartare and the sole meuniere the orders, with a meal about €55 to €90 a head. It opens Monday from one in the afternoon to one in the morning, continuous service. It is the value pick of this list and the most see-and-be-seen Monday in the city, the table the local crowd books for a long evening after a concert.

How to book a Monday table in Amsterdam

Because most of the stars rest on Monday, the two Michelin tables are the ones to plan around. Bridges runs a quieter Monday, so book the canal-side courtyard room a few days out. Yamazato opens Monday and rests Tuesday and Wednesday, so a Monday counter seat for the kaiseki is one of the easier one-star bookings of the week. De Kas takes both Monday lunch and dinner and rarely fills early in the week, so a same-week call is enough. Mr Porter, MOMO and Le Garage all keep long Monday hours and take walk-ins, but the rooftop and the window tables go first, so book those ahead. For a solo Monday, the counter at Yamazato and the bar at MOMO are the easiest seats and a fine solo-dining move. Entertaining a client? Bridges is the room to impress a client in Amsterdam; for a group, Le Garage seats a crowd for an Amsterdam team dinner.

Frequently asked questions

Are any Michelin restaurants open on Monday in Amsterdam?

Yes, a rare couple. Bridges at the Sofitel Legend The Grand, in the Michelin Guide for its seafood, opens Monday for dinner, and Yamazato, the one-star kaiseki room at the Okura, serves Monday too. Most of the city's stars rest that night: Ciel Bleu, Flore and Wils all close on a Monday. So the Michelin options narrow to those two, which makes a Monday booking at either worth planning around. See the wider Amsterdam dining guide for the rest of the week.

Is Bridges restaurant open on Monday in Amsterdam?

Yes. Bridges opens Monday for dinner, from 6:30 to 10, inside the Sofitel Legend The Grand on Oudezijds Voorburgwal. The kitchen is fish-led, with a chef's menu and an a la carte built on the day's catch, and a meal lands about €70 to €120 a head. Monday is one of its quieter services, so a few days' notice usually secures a canal-side table in the old courtyard room.

Why do so many Amsterdam restaurants close on Monday?

Dutch fine dining is built around a Monday rest. The best kitchens keep a five or six-day week and most often take Sunday and Monday off to reset produce and rest the team, so Ciel Bleu, Flore and Wils all go dark on a Monday. The rooms that stay open are the hotel restaurants and the brasseries that run a longer week by design, plus the rare star, like Bridges, that chooses Monday as one of its service nights.

Where can I eat well on a Monday night near Vondelpark or the canals?

For the canals, Bridges sits inside the Sofitel Legend The Grand off the Oudezijds Voorburgwal, open Monday for dinner. Near Vondelpark, MOMO at the Park Hotel on Hobbemastraat runs an Asian kitchen and bar until late, and Le Garage in Oud-Zuid serves brasserie classics from one in the afternoon. All three open Monday, so the choice is canal-side fine dining, a late Asian table, or a long brasserie evening.

What is the best Monday steak in Amsterdam?

Mr Porter, the rooftop steakhouse at the top of the W Amsterdam on Spuistraat. It opens Monday from morning until one at night, with dry-aged cuts off the grill and a terrace over the rooftops of the centre. A meal lands about €60 to €110 a head. Book a window table or the terrace for the city view, and go for the bone-in ribeye, the cut the room is built around.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.