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Best Tasting Menus Under $200 in Amsterdam 2026
Tasting menus under $200 per person, ex-drinks · Amsterdam · 6 ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Amsterdam's Michelin kitchens are priced well below their Paris and London peers, so a one-star tasting here still comes in under €185, the rough euro line for $200. Six rooms prove it, from a sustainable star by the Rembrandtpark to a fire kitchen by the Olympic Stadium and the dining room of the Rijksmuseum. Prices below are per person before drinks. Here is who each table suits, what to order, and how to book. Six, ranked on the cooking and the value rather than the menu length.
1.Bolenius
A one-star Green Star kitchen with a six-course menu under a hundred euro. Book it for the best value-to-prestige ratio in the city.
Bolenius is Luc Kusters's one-Michelin-star room by the Rembrandtpark on the Zuidas, holder of the Netherlands' first Michelin Green Star since 2021. The cooking is sustainable and produce-led, with a signature beetroot baked in Dutch clay, broken at the table and sliced like beef with a morel sauce. The six-course menu is just €99, which makes it the best value-to-prestige ratio on this list. This is the booking for a diner who wants a serious, sustainability-minded star without a serious bill. Reserve a week or two ahead and take the vegetable-led menu with a wine pairing.
Book on the Bolenius site; the six-course menu is the order.
2.Wils
A one-star kitchen built around live fire, with a six-course menu at 115 euro. Book it for cooking you can smell from your seat.
Wils sits above Stadionplein in Oud-Zuid, where Joris Bijdendijk and chef de cuisine Thomas Val cook over open flame in a room named for the Olympic flame nearby. The kitchen has held a Michelin star since 2021, with whole-animal, charcoal-led cooking at its heart. The six-course chef's menu is €115, with a wine pairing at €95, keeping a real star dinner well under $200. This is the booking for a diner who wants the smell of woodsmoke and big, direct flavours over delicate plating. Reserve a week or two ahead and ask the floor which cuts are on the fire that night.
Book on the Wils site; take the six-course and the wine pairing.
3.RIJKS
The Rijksmuseum's one-star dining room, cooking the Low Countries on a plate. Book it for a museum-day dinner with real ambition.
RIJKS is the restaurant of the Rijksmuseum at Museumstraat 2, where Joris Bijdendijk has held a Michelin star since 2016 in a room that opened with the wing in 2014. His cooking, what he calls the cuisine of the Low Countries, is rooted in Dutch produce with the international flavours that shaped it, with a signature beetroot millefeuille in a soy-lifted beurre blanc. The dinner is a six-course Rijkstable chef's menu in the region of €110, available vegetarian. This is the booking for a museum day that ends in real ambition, or a dinner under the museum's arches. Reserve two to three weeks ahead for a weekend table.
Book on the RIJKS site; take the six-course Rijkstable.
4.Choux
A one-star kitchen that is nine-tenths vegetables, at 82.50 euro for five courses. Book it for the city's best-value new star.
Choux earned its first Michelin star in 2025, a waterside room at De Ruijterkade 128 near Centraal where chef Merijn van Berlo builds a menu that runs about ninety per cent vegetables and fruit, with game and shellfish for the rest. A signature plate, spring on a plate, layers grilled green-asparagus cream, poached white asparagus, almond-horseradish ice cream and green strawberries. The five-course tasting is €82.50, with a three-course Theatre menu at €52.50 for an early seat. This is the booking for a diner who wants the freshest, most vegetable-driven cooking in town at a gentle price. Reserve two weeks ahead.
Book on the Choux site; the five-course tasting is the value play.
5.Lastage
A thirty-seat one-star couple's room with French technique and Dutch produce. Book it for the warmest value dinner in the centre.
Lastage is the one-Michelin-star room of Rogier van Dam and Elise Moeskops, who opened it in 2010 at Geldersekade 29 by the Nieuwmarkt. The cooking is French in technique and Dutch in produce, with a house signature of brioche stuffed with creamy Epoisses and a dish of poached lobster with foie gras. The tasting builds from a three-course base around €39 to a full six to eight courses in the region of €65 to €87, a genuine star dinner at bistro money. This is the booking for a couple who want warmth and value in a thirty-seat room. Reserve a week or two ahead.
Book on the Lastage site; build up the tasting to six courses.
6.Breda
A canal-side room with a no-choice seven-course menu at 99 euro. Book it for confident cooking without the star markup.
Breda is the canal-side room Guillaume de Beer and partners opened in 2015 at Singel 210 in the centre, a long-running World's 50 Best Discovery listee. The kitchen cooks confident modern European food on Dutch produce and French technique, with plates such as poached cod in an XO reduction. The seven-course no-choice tasting is €99, with five- and nine-course options and a cheaper lunch. This is the booking for a diner who wants ambition and a buzzy room without a starred bill, the strongest non-star pick on the list. Reserve a week ahead and take the seven-course with a pairing.
Book on the Breda site; the seven-course tasting is the order.
Save these for when budget is open
Two-star rooms over the $200 line
Ciel Bleu (about €225 to €275), Flore (€250) and Spectrum (€250). Amsterdam's two-star rooms are superb, but their grand tasting menus all run past $200, so they belong on a different, bigger night. Hold them for when the bill is not the point.
Restaurant As. The old round room by the Conservatorium has closed, so do not go looking for it. If you want a relaxed, low-cost star instead, De Kas, the greenhouse restaurant with a Green Star, runs a daily menu well under the line.
How to eat a Michelin tasting under $200 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam makes this easy, because its one-star kitchens are priced far below the Paris and London norm. Choux at €82.50, Bolenius at €99 and Wils at €115 are all complete star dinners under the line, and Lastage lets you build the tasting up from a low base. RIJKS and Breda round out the six, one in the Rijksmuseum, the other on the Singel.
Book two to three weeks ahead for weekend tables, especially at RIJKS and the newer star Choux. Tell the kitchen about dietary needs early, since several of these menus are produce-led or no-choice, and ask for the wine pairing by the glass rather than the full flight if you are watching the total. Set your budget when you book and the floor will pour within it.
Frequently asked
Which Amsterdam restaurant has the best tasting menu under $200?
Bolenius holds our top spot for the money. Chef Luc Kusters cooks a one-star, Green Star menu of six courses for just 99 euro, with a signature beetroot baked in Dutch clay and sliced like beef. For fire-led cooking, Wils runs a six-course menu at 115 euro, and the newest value star, Choux, charges 82.50 euro for five courses. All sit well under the line.
Can you eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Amsterdam for under $200?
Yes, and far more easily than in most capitals, because Amsterdam's one-star kitchens are priced well below their Paris and London peers. Choux is 82.50 euro for five courses, Bolenius 99 euro for six and Wils 115 euro for six. RIJKS at the Rijksmuseum runs a six-course menu in the region of 110 euro. Every pick on this list clears the 185-euro line.
Which Amsterdam tasting menus are best for vegetables or sustainability?
Bolenius holds the Netherlands' first Michelin Green Star and builds a produce-led menu around a clay-baked beetroot, while Choux runs about ninety per cent vegetables and fruit through its tasting. Both are one-star kitchens under the $200 line. For an even more casual sustainable meal, the greenhouse restaurant De Kas serves a daily vegetable-driven menu, also well under the line.
How far ahead should you book these Amsterdam restaurants?
Two to three weeks for weekend tables, and sooner for the newer or smaller rooms. Choux has been busy since its 2025 star, RIJKS fills around museum visits, and Lastage seats only about thirty. Reserve directly through each restaurant's website, note any dietary needs, and arrive on time, since several run no-choice menus paced for the room.
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