Cafés with outdoor seating in Amsterdam
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Amsterdam. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
16 cafés · Netherlands
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Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
The café credited with igniting Amsterdam's third-wave movement, Lot Sixty One occupies a corner in Oud West where an…
Saint Jean
Saint Jean is a 100 percent plant-based bakery and deli on Lindengracht in the Jordaan, widely regarded as DAK Coffee…
Scandinavian Embassy
Since 2013 this corner café on the edge of Sarphatipark has been the benchmark for Nordic coffee culture in…
Barmhartig Koffie
Barmhartig Koffie sits on Veemkade in Amsterdam's Oostelijk Havengebied, overlooking IJhaven with a calm waterfront…
De Koffieschenkerij
Concealed within the former sacristy of De Oude Kerk, a church compound dating to 1517 in the heart of Amsterdam's…
Haku Specialty Coffee
Haku roasts all its own beans on-site, focusing on light-roast single origins that express distinct terroir and…
Public Space
Public Space occupies a striking minimalist space on Bercylaan in Amsterdam Noord, a short walk from the Eye Museum…
White Label Coffee
Transparency is baked into White Label's DNA: every bean on the menu is traceable back to the farmer, and the…
4850
Originally a neighbourhood restaurant on Camperstraat, 4850 pivoted to specialty coffee during the pandemic and has…
Back to Black Coffee
Tucked into a side street off the Spiegelgracht within walking distance of the Rijksmuseum, Back to Black has roasted…
Coffee Bru
Anchored to the Beukenplein in Amsterdam Oost, Coffee Bru is the kind of neighbourhood cafe locals guard jealously,…
CT Coffee and Coconuts
Housed inside a converted 1920s Art Deco cinema on the Ceintuurbaan, CT Coffee and Coconuts spans four floors of…
Espressofabriek
One of Amsterdam's true specialty coffee pioneers, Espressofabriek opened at the Westergasfabriek complex in 2005 and…
Five Ways Coffee Roasters
Founded by Melbourne-native Ben O'Callaghan, Five Ways roasts on a Loring S35 and serves from a corner cafe on…
Five Ways Coffee Roasters Oost
The Boerhaaveplein outpost of Five Ways leans into an all-day brunch identity distinct from the Kinkerstraat roastery…
Rum Baba Elandsgracht
The Elandsgracht outpost of Rum Baba brings the roastery's playful packaging and craft-bakery ethos to the western…
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