Best Restaurants for Brunch in Amsterdam (2026)
Brunch · Amsterdam · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Amsterdam took to brunch the way it takes to most imported pleasures — wholeheartedly, and then made it its own across the cafes of De Pijp, the Jordaan and Oud-West. The six below are ranked for the weekend table, from the queue-out-the-door benchmark to the canal-side stretch. At the top sits the De Pijp room that set the city's standard, followed by a garden-set social enterprise, a brunch hall in a 1920s cinema, an American soul-food bar, a Jordaan canal-side room and a pancake house. The ranking weights kitchen quality, the setting, weekend value and how the floor turns a busy service. Some rooms run a waitlist and some take bookings, so plan the weekend table around the queue.
The ranking
1. Bakers & Roasters — All-day brunch · De Pijp
Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 54, De Pijp · Plates around €18–28 · New Zealand-Brazilian brunch; the city's benchmark and its longest queue
The De Pijp room that set Amsterdam's brunch standard; the benchmark pick. Join the waitlist early.
Bakers & Roasters in De Pijp is the room that set the Amsterdam brunch standard, and it earns its place at number one as the city's benchmark. The kitchen runs a New Zealand coffee culture crossed with a Brazilian-influenced all-day brunch — the Bondi smashed avocado, the banana-and-nut-bread French toast, the big cooked breakfasts — plated with a consistency that the queue out front confirms more reliably than any review. The original Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat room is the one to feature, with a second branch at Kadijksplein. It is walk-up with an online waitlist that can run twenty to fifty minutes on a weekend, so the move is to put your name down early and wander De Pijp until the table opens. Come for the cooking and the reputation that made this the room the rest of the city's brunch scene measures itself against, and time the visit before the late-morning crowd if you can.
2. Dignita Hoftuin — All-day brunch · Plantage
Nieuwe Herengracht 18a, in the Hoftuin garden · Plates around €15–27 · All-day brunch and a social enterprise; a glasshouse and a garden terrace
The garden-set brunch with a social mission; the bright, away-from-the-crowds pick. Book off-peak or walk in.
Dignita Hoftuin in the Plantage district sits in the Hoftuin garden behind the Hermitage, and it earns its place as the bright, away-from-the-crowds pick on this list. The room is a glasshouse that opens onto a sunny garden terrace, a calmer setting than the queue-bound De Pijp rooms, and the kitchen runs a strong all-day brunch — a proper eggs benedict, pancakes and home-made cakes — that holds its own on the cooking. The feel-good part is real: Dignita is a social enterprise whose profits fund anti-exploitation and anti-trafficking programs, so the meal does some quiet good beyond the plate. It takes reservations off-peak and walk-ups too, which makes it one of the easier weekend tables to land if you avoid the busiest window. Come for the garden, the cooking and the mission — the relaxed alternative to the city's queue-out-the-door brunch rooms, in a green pocket away from the centre.
3. CT Coffee & Coconuts — All-day brunch · De Pijp
Ceintuurbaan 282–284, De Pijp · Plates around €15–25 · Brunch in a converted 1920s cinema; coconut pancakes and a soaring room
The brunch hall in a converted 1920s cinema; the most striking room here. Book ahead at peak.
CT Coffee & Coconuts on Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp is set inside a converted 1920s cinema, and it earns its place as the most striking room on this list. The space is the draw — a soaring, multi-level former theatre with mezzanines and warm light that makes it one of the most photographed brunch rooms in the city — wrapped around an all-day menu of coconut pancakes, buckwheat porridge and avocado toast that keeps the cooking honest under the architecture. It is a big room that takes a crowd, which is part of why it works for a group, but the weekend still fills, so a booking is worth making for a busy Saturday or Sunday. It takes walk-ups when there is room and reservations at peak. Come for the setting first and a reliable, well-made brunch second — the room you bring a visitor to when the meal is partly about the space it is eaten in.
4. Staring at Jacob — American brunch · Oud-West
Jacob van Lennepkade 215, Oud-West · Plates around €15–25 · American soul-food brunch; chicken and waffles on a canal kade
The Oud-West canal-side American brunch; the chicken-and-waffles pick. Walk in and expect a weekend wait.
Staring at Jacob on the Jacob van Lennepkade in Oud-West is the neighbourhood American brunch bar, and it earns its place as the comfort-food pick on this list. The kitchen runs a New York and soul-food register — chicken and waffles, fluffy pancakes and poached-egg plates — served in a relaxed room on a quiet canal kade away from the tourist crush, which gives the morning a genuinely local feel. It is the brunch for an appetite rather than a delicate plate, the room you come to when the morning calls for something hearty and a little indulgent. It takes some reservations but is mostly a walk-up, and the weekend brings a wait, so arrive before the late-morning rush to land a table without a queue. Come for the chicken and waffles, the canal-side setting and the unfussy neighbourhood energy that the bigger De Pijp rooms have outgrown.
5. Box Sociaal — Australian brunch · Jordaan
Brouwersgracht area, Jordaan · Plates around €20–28 · Australian-style bruncheria; canal-side tables in a 1628 building
The canal-side Jordaan bruncheria; the best-setting pick for a Jordaan morning. Book the canal table.
Box Sociaal in the Jordaan is the Australian-style bruncheria with the best setting on this list — canal-side tables on the Brouwersgracht in a heritage building dating to 1628, which is about as Amsterdam as a brunch view gets. The kitchen runs the hearty Aussie register — big cooked plates, good vegetarian options and mocktails — that travels well, but the location is the reason to book: a table on the water in one of the city's prettiest quarters, ideal before a Jordaan canal walk. It is a smaller room than the De Pijp halls, so the canal-side seats go first and a reservation is worth making for a weekend morning. Come for the setting and a solid Australian brunch — the room to choose when the Jordaan and a stretch of canal are the point of the morning as much as the plate in front of you.
6. MOAK Pancakes — Pancake house · De Pijp
Ferdinand Bolstraat 11HS, near Albert Cuyp, De Pijp · Plates around €12–20 · All-day pancakes (organic, halal and vegan options); the former MOOK
The all-day pancake house near Albert Cuyp; the family-friendly value pick. Walk in, groups by arrangement.
MOAK Pancakes on Ferdinand Bolstraat in De Pijp, a step from the Albert Cuyp market, is the modern pancake house that was formerly known as MOOK, rebranded but running the same recipes, and it earns its place as the family-friendly value pick on this list. The format is a stack-led all-day brunch — sweet and savoury pancakes on an organic wholegrain base, including the gold-leaf Gold Digger signature, with halal and vegan options that widen the table — served in bright, easy rooms that suit children and a mixed group. It is the most affordable brunch here and the most flexible, with branches in the city centre and Oud-West besides the De Pijp room. Walk-ups are always welcome and larger groups are taken by arrangement. Come for the pancakes, the price and the no-fuss welcome — the brunch for a family or a casual group rather than a destination kitchen, with the Albert Cuyp market to browse afterward.
Avoid for brunch
De Kas — Amsterdam-Oost. The Michelin-starred greenhouse restaurant is beautiful, but it is a fixed multi-course operation serving lunch and dinner only, with no brunch service despite how often it is romanticised online. Save it for a long garden lunch or a special dinner, and keep the weekend brunch at a room built for the morning, such as Dignita Hoftuin in its own glasshouse garden.
PANCAKES Amsterdam (Westermarkt branch) — closed. The Westermarkt branch of the traditional Dutch pancake house has closed, so do not route a morning there. The Negen Straatjes branch on Berenstraat remains open if you want a classic Dutch poffertjes-and-pancake sit-down; for a modern stack instead, MOAK Pancakes in De Pijp is the pick on this list.
Damrak and Leidseplein tourist breakfast cafes — centre. The all-day-breakfast cafes clustered around Damrak and Leidseplein charge tourist prices for ordinary eggs, and a brunch-seeker after real cooking will leave disappointed. Steer for the De Pijp, Jordaan and Oud-West rooms above instead, where the kitchens have a point of view and the value holds up away from the centre's foot traffic.
Reservation strategy for an Amsterdam brunch
The benchmark rooms reward the early waitlist. Bakers & Roasters in De Pijp is walk-up with an online waitlist that runs twenty to fifty minutes on a weekend, so put your name down early and wander the neighbourhood until the table opens; CT Coffee & Coconuts nearby takes bookings at peak, which is worth using for a busy Saturday or Sunday given how the converted cinema fills.
The setting-led rooms are the bookings. Box Sociaal in the Jordaan has limited canal-side tables on the Brouwersgracht that go first, so reserve ahead for a weekend morning; Dignita Hoftuin in the Plantage garden takes reservations off-peak and is one of the easier weekend tables to land if you avoid the busiest window, which also buys you the calm garden terrace.
The casual rooms are the flexible options. Staring at Jacob in Oud-West and MOAK Pancakes in De Pijp are mostly walk-up — arrive before the late-morning rush at Staring at Jacob to skip the queue, and MOAK welcomes walk-ups any time with larger groups taken by arrangement. For a family or a casual group with no plan, MOAK is the easiest move.
Frequently asked
What is the best brunch restaurant in Amsterdam?
Bakers & Roasters in De Pijp. The New Zealand-Brazilian kitchen runs the Bondi smashed avocado, banana-nut-bread French toast and big cooked breakfasts that set the city's brunch standard, and the queue out front confirms it. It is walk-up with an online waitlist, so put your name down early on a weekend.
Where can I get brunch in Amsterdam without a long queue?
Dignita Hoftuin in the Plantage garden is one of the easier weekend tables — it takes reservations off-peak and sits in a calm glasshouse-and-garden setting away from the De Pijp crowds. MOAK Pancakes in De Pijp welcomes walk-ups any time, and arriving before the late-morning rush helps at the busier rooms.
Which Amsterdam brunch room has the best setting?
CT Coffee & Coconuts in De Pijp, set in a soaring converted 1920s cinema, and Box Sociaal in the Jordaan, with canal-side tables on the Brouwersgracht in a 1628 building. The cinema is the most striking interior and the Jordaan room the prettiest view, so book the canal table at Box Sociaal and reserve CT at peak.
Where is the best-value brunch in Amsterdam?
MOAK Pancakes in De Pijp is the value pick, with all-day sweet and savoury pancakes from around €12–20 and halal and vegan options that widen the table. Staring at Jacob in Oud-West is another affordable, hearty option with its American soul-food register of chicken and waffles and big pancake plates.
How much does brunch cost in Amsterdam?
Plan on roughly €12–20 a plate at the pancake house and around €18–28 at the cafe-brunch rooms like Bakers & Roasters, Dignita and Box Sociaal. The De Pijp benchmark rooms sit at the upper end for the cooking and the queue, while MOAK Pancakes near the Albert Cuyp market is where a weekend brunch stays cheapest.
Where can families get brunch in Amsterdam?
MOAK Pancakes in De Pijp is the family pick — bright, easy rooms a step from the Albert Cuyp market, with stacked pancakes, organic options and halal and vegan plates, plus branches in the centre and Oud-West. It welcomes walk-ups and takes larger groups by arrangement, which makes it the flexible choice for a mixed table.
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