3 Best Restaurants in Canal Rings, Amsterdam

At this friendly and long-popular Japanese-owned neighborhood eatery, you can enjoy a relaxed evening meal accompanied with excellent umeshu (plum wine), beer, or sake. The menu focuses on sushi and sashimi, but the kitchen also turns out chicken teriyaki and delicious gyoza—steamed or fried dumplings filled with pork or vegetables—and an excellent selection of vegetarian (and vegan) dishes like hijiki (cooked black seaweed) and agedashi dofu (deep-fried tofu). There's also omakase (a tasting menu) with a seasonal selection of fish, meat, and vegetable dishes.

Next to the same-named hotel, this landmark has an authentic Art Deco interior, wood paneling, and a cozy atmosphere that makes it especially inviting when it's cold and wet outside. Expect a satisfying mix of French classics such as steak tartare and escargots along with a few Dutch stalwarts like bitterballen and appeltaart.

The menu at this popular, well-established spot highlights typical café items, from pasta to fish to grilled steak, with a local and organic slant, but the loyal crowd of regulars who frequent it know to check the daily specials (perhaps herb-crusted salmon) before they order. Inside, the space is casually inviting, with dark wood-panel walls and blue velvet upholstery. The main dining room can get boisterous, so if you're looking for a quieter meal, ask for a table in the more secluded and intimate mezzanine or, in the summer, on the terrace.