Best Cafes in Amsterdam
A list of the 20 best cafes in Amsterdam, including Screaming Beans (Centrum, Amsterdam). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Screaming Beans
cafeCentrum, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Specialty coffee bar on Runstraat in the Negen Straatjes, Centrum, roasting its own beans since 2018; one of three Screaming Beans locations in the city.
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West, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Amsterdam's own roastery runs three bars: a West flagship on Jan Evertsenstraat, an outpost in Noord, and its roastery cafe on Jan van Breemenstraat.
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Back to Black
cafeCentrum, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Co-founder Inge Bulthuis installed a Giesen W6 roaster in the basement in 2014, then billed as the only woman roasting coffee in Amsterdam.
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Bocca Coffee
cafeCentrum, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)One long black-topped counter runs 18 metres through Bocca's space, splitting walk-in coffee service from a wholesale training area; nearly all the beans arrive via Trabocca.
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Lot Sixty One
cafeOud-West, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)The roastery's own origin story runs Sydney to Brooklyn to Amsterdam, where it roasts today.
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ASOP Café
cafeJordaan, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)This Jordaan wine-shop collaboration swaps its featured roaster every quarter rather than settling on one — Frukt and Swerl have both had a turn.
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Rum Baba
cafeOost, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)A roaster profile recalls Rum Baba as the first place it saw a thermal-shock processed coffee; it now roasts on a new IMF machine comparable to the Loring.
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West, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)A rare three-group Kees van der Westen Mistral anchors this Bos en Lommer bar, which pours its rotating competition lots by V60 and keeps a natural, mostly French wine list.
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Uncommon
cafeOud-West, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Uncommon, in Amsterdam West, goes laptop-free to keep focus on its producers' stories, serving espresso and filter alongside an almost entirely plant-based brunch menu.
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Sango
cafeCentrum, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Sango roasts light-to-medium single origins on an IMF roaster inside a 1670 canal house on Stromarkt, its traditional Amsterdam clock gable still intact.
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Cafecito
cafeMuseumkwartier, Amsterdam
Budget ($)Zuid espresso bar on Van Baerlestraat that roasts its own beans and brews at a precise 93°C for consistent, refined espresso and pour-over.
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Oost, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Oost roastery and SCA-certified training academy pouring small-batch single origins that score a minimum of 84 points, alongside its own coffee bar.
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Oud-Zuid, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)An art-deco bar on Willemsparkweg, Clapham runs its own art space for local visitors while pouring Stooker-roasted coffee.
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Zuid, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Work-friendly by design, this Zuidas bar pours Archers-roasted coffee via V60, Chemex and AeroPress alongside espresso, batch brew and cold brew.
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Café Keppler
cafeNoord, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Named after Arie Keppler, a social-democratic champion of public housing in Amsterdam, this Noord cafe roasts its own beans on a six-kilo Giesen.
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De Pijp, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Founded by Nicolas Castagno, Sweden's 2013 Brewers Cup champion, this De Pijp bar keeps long-running partnerships with three Nordic roasters: Coffee Collective, Koppi and Drop.
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Toki
cafeHaarlemmerbuurt, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Toki's interior takes its cue from Japanese design, tucked into a quiet corner of Haarlemmerbuurt and pouring Bonanza-roasted coffee.
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Espressofabriek
cafeWesterpark, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Espressofabriek is a specialty coffee roaster running several cafes across Amsterdam, including this one at Westergas.
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Hummingbird
cafeCentrum, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Since 2021 this Spuistraat bar has poured an exclusive Onyx Coffee Lab blend as house roaster, inviting customers to taste every bag in-store before they buy.
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Five Ways
cafeOost, Amsterdam
Moderate ($$)Five Ways bags each batch of coffee only after it's ordered, then posts parcels across Europe every Monday, Wednesday and Friday — alongside its own Boerhaaveplein coffee bar.
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