Gay & Lesbian Restaurants

These restaurants are either gay owned or are especially gay-friendly. Although we list these restaurants in this section, they do not exclude straight people, nor does it imply that the restaurants in our main restaurant section are not gay-friendly!

Lunch

Downtown Coffee shop Downtown is not a coffee shop in the sense of the word as you expect in Amsterdam, it is a proper lunch room. Downtown is not that big and often it is hard to find an empty table/seat. In Summer there is more chance of a table, because they have a nice terrace next to the building. The service and/or kitchen are not always the fastest, but if you have the time and take this in consideration, then Downtown is a cute little place for a yummy breakfast, lunch or just a coffee.
Address: Reguliersdwarsstraat 31 Website: Coffee shop Downtown

Lunch & Dinner

Bar EVE Bar EVE (former ARC venue) is a big, trendy lounge bar, with a new interior, with warm, dark, earthy colours and golden details. EVE will be lightened up with a fire place and will consist of a bar area and a restaurant area. EVE offers many cocktails and luxurious finger food.		Saturnino Saturnino is a cute family owned Italian restaurant that serves deliciously fresh Italian pizzas and pastas, for reasonable prices. The service is always very friendly and, most of the time, efficient.
Address: Reguliersdwarsstraat 44 Website: Bar EVE		Address: Reguliersdwarsstraat 3-5 Website: Saturnino
Walem Café restaurant Walem was established in 1984 and is still a very popular place for lunch and dinner. Dutch architect Rietveld designed the façade of the building. This façade was the inspiration for the timelessly modern interior. With good food and friendly and spontaneous staff, Walem probably will stay around for quite some time.
Address: Keizersgracht 449 Website: Walem Book: Book restaurant Walem via SeatMe

Dinner

Garlic Queen A small specialised restaurant in the Reguliers-dwarsstraat. Expect to find garlic in every dish you order and in some drinks as well. All the dishes are freshly prepared, so they can leave out the garlic if you like, but hey, that is not the experience you want when visiting this restaurant, is it?		Getto Getto is a cute (little) restaurant in the heart of the leather scene area, but is frequented by all ‘types’ of people. It has a nice relaxed and informal atmosphere and great cocktails to go with it. You definitely have to go to Getto if you like hamburgers; they have a wide variety of them, all with names of local drag queens.
Address: Reguliersdwarsstraat 27 Website: Garlic Queen		Address: Warmoesstraat 51 Website: Getto
Brasserie Harkema Brasserie Harkema is a great restaurant for lunch or dinner and is situated in a converted old cigar factory. This restaurant is one of the few in Amsterdam that has a real ‘international’ feel to it. The food is delicious and the service is mostly friendly and efficient. They have a few rooms in the annex for groups of 12 to 104. Brasserie Harkema is an absolute must to go to!		Hemelse Modder Hemelse Modder (Heavenly Mud) is named after an ab-so-lute-ly delicious smooth chocolate mousse, which of course is also on the menu. This actually can be said of all the food. The staff is very friendly in a professional, but informal way. The ingredients that they use are from sustainable and animal friendly sources.
Address: Nes 67 Website: Brasserie Harkema		Address: Oude Waal 11 Website: Hemelse Modder Book: Book restaurant Hemelse Modder via SeatMe
Looks Looks offers modern urban dining with a warm and yet metropolitan touch behind its two monumental façades. Looks is based on the idea of a small, weekly changing roster of deliciously fresh, seasonal products. The staff is friendly, though not always very efficient.		't Sluisje Theatre Bar-Restaurant ’t Sluisje is a very small, but very cosy drag show restaurant. During the three course show menu you will be entertained by several hilarious drag performances. Reservations are required. Closing time depends on the ‘gezelligheid’ (good humoured / enjoyableness) of the guests.
Address: Binnen Bantammerstraat 5 Website: Looks Book: Book restaurant Looks via SeatMe		Address: Torensteeg 1 Website: 't Sluisje