What makes it hidden is its location in the far eastern side of Amsterdam's Old Centre, safely away from the tourists in a sleepy residential back street, across the other side of a bridge over a picturesque canal. However, it indeed stands in Plain Sight on the corner of Rapenburg and Peperstraat with its tables falling out onto the street. With the proliferation of speak-easy-style bars popping up in cities around the world, HPS has a moniker that might suggest such a venue. However, the Flying Dutchman Cocktail remains the must-have drink.ġ8 Rapenburg 18 (corner Peperstraat), 1011 TX Amsterdam The ice-cream drinks are crowd-pleasers and the “Bittered Rum” drinks superb, particularly the Fat Tire (Bacardi 8, Barcelo Imperial rum, Nandini amaro, orange juice and pineapple juices). The Dutchman may be small (just 35 or so seats) but it boasts a huge spirits selection and one of the best cocktail menus in town with drinks categorised “walk”, “run” and “fly”. Great bartenders attract other great bartenders so even if they are not there, standards remain high with great service and balanced drinks served in an intimate room. Separate two but housed in the entrance to Supperclub, in a room that was the coat check, is a very special little bar by Tess Posthumus and Timo Janse, two of the most famous of Dutch bartenders who also represent Difford’s Guide in the Netherlands. The classic cocktails take a while to arrive but are balanced and well-made. However, the name says “Whisky Bar” and the chalkboard menu boasts a wide selection of Scotch single malts, Japanese and American whiskies. Prinsenstraat 5, Jordaan neighbourhood, 1015 DA AmsterdamĪ self-proclaimed “speciality bar that focuses on whisky, whisky cocktails and gourmet Asian-inspired food.” That “focus” is pretty wide but add to that a great beer offering and a very relaxed, unpretentious two-tone café bar-like interior and JD William's has something to appeal to most. Look for the “fietsen worden verwijderd” (meaning 'bicycles are removed) notice in the window and ring the bell to the left. And once outside there is no actual number on door 74 or much else to indicate that what looks like an abandoned shop is, in fact, a bar. The extensive cocktail list is updated four times a year and if that were not enough, there is a cocktail of the day to choose from.īeing a pseudo-speakeasy you have to ring before 8pm and reserve a table on the day you plan to visit. Hidden away behind an unmarked door, Door 74 follows the speakeasy theme so this former garage workshop now boasts what is purported to be Holland's first pressed-tin 1920s-style ceiling which hangs over secluded leather booth seating and an impressively stocked bar that seats ten. Reguliersdwarsstraat 74, Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam, 1017 Timo and Tess, our representatives in the Netherlands have compiled a comprehensive list of all the cocktail bars in Amsterdam but the following concentrates on my own top 10 favourites in the centre of town – actually 11 because I’ve slipped a members’ only bar in.
It used to be that all the good bars were in the centre of town but as bartenders started finding cheaper properties to open their own places, so good bars now scatter the city map. Amsterdam has long had a well-developed cocktail scene and this a grown exponentially in recent years.
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