Best Hot Spot Restaurants in Staatsliedenbuurt

Again an excellent experience at Ferilli's, my favorite Italian restaurant in Amsterdam. This time we shared a few starters, the famous Jacob salad and tuna tartare, and afterwards the amazing branzino, sea bass with tomatoes and cappers. Last but not least the Super Tuscan Tignanello went very well with the food. But at Ferilli's it is not only about the food. It is 'Little Italy" in Amsterdam, with a substantial part of the staff being Italian. Mr Carlo Ferilli was not around this time unfortunately (he is almost always at the restaurant, but the man deserves a day off I think) , but the very friendly manager, Silvia once again took care of a very warm experience. She even made the scroppino personally for us! See you soon, arrivederci !

Food was fantastic and portion sizes just right. Wine was good. Servers friendly and welcoming. Beautiful place with a welcoming and nice atmosphere.

Exceptional dinner at Van Speyk. Highly recommend the onion soup and duck.

We were in Amsterdam for Christmas and by coincidence, so were our son and daughter-in-law! Totally uncoordinated! We chose Day's StoneGrill for our Christmas dinner. We arrived about 30 minutes before our reservation. This was no problem and we were seated immediately. Our server was very attentive and had no problem accommodating 'substitutions' for the 'set' menu. The food was excellent and the experience of 'grilling' our entree was new and fun (some reviews state that they were put off by having to prepare their own meat--" We had to work"). Sorry, but that was one of the benefits of this arrangement--prepare as you prefer. This experience and meal was out of the ordinary and VERY pleasing! Wish we had something like this in our town in the USA.

We loved the meal, but the music was just too loud.