We would send you to Rise Bakery by the Albert Cuyp market for croissants and two-day sourdough, and to Fournos in the old centre for Greek pastries and iced coffee. For a full brunch plate, try Bakers and Roasters in De Pijp. For apple pie with cream, go to Winkel 43 in the Jordaan.
The short list
10 places, in the order they appear below.
- 01Rise BakeryCroissants and sourdough before the marketDe Pijp
- 02grammesFrench pastry eaten standing upRivierenbuurt
- 03Hartog's VolkorenbakkerijWarm wholegrain bread to take awayOost
- 04Fournos Greek Coffee BakeryGreek pastries and iced freddo coffeeBurgwallen Nieuwe Zijde
- 05Bakers and RoastersBig brunch platesDe Pijp
- 06Coffee and CoconutsA long brunch in a former cinemaDe Pijp
- 07Flo’s DeliLoaded bagelsGrachtengordel-Zuid
- 08De Laatste KruimelQuiche and cake by the canalCentrum
- 09TokiQuiet coffee and a pastryHaarlemmerbuurt
- 10Winkel 43Apple pie on a market morningJordaan
Where can you get fresh pastries and bread for breakfast in Amsterdam?
De Pijp and the Rivierenbuurt do croissants. In Oost, a wholegrain bakery sells dense loaves by weight, and in the old centre a small Greek counter bakes its whole case each morning. Whichever of the four you choose, go early. The best things sell first.
Rise Bakery sits just behind the Albert Cuyp market stalls. An Italian baker, a Brazilian chef and a South African front of house manager started it after meeting in London. The sourdough ferments for two days, and in the morning the counter holds croissants, pain au chocolat, tarts and brioches both sweet and savoury. Arrive before the market crowd blocks the door, and leave with a loaf as well as your pastry.
Rise Bakery
Hours: Mon–Tue 08:00–15:00 · Wed–Thu closed · Fri–Sat 08:00–15:00 · Sun 09:30–15:00
Address: Albert Cuypstraat 208H, 1073 BM Amsterdam, Netherlands
On a quiet corner of the Rivierenbuurt, grammes is run by Maxime Papin, who spent more than a decade in pastry kitchens in Paris and New York, and Nawal Batoun. The kitchen barely has room for the register. There are only a couple of stools, and pastries sell in the order they come out of the oven, so most people eat on the corner or on the walk toward the Amstel.
grammes
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Fri 08:00–14:00 · Sat–Sun closed
Address: Maasstraat 16, 1078 EP Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hartog’s Volkorenbakkerij in Oost is a working bakery, not a café. It has milled and baked dark wholegrain loaves for the neighbourhood for decades, and in the morning regulars with cloth bags buy them by weight, still warm. Bring cash and get a whole loaf. It keeps for days, so it makes a good base for breakfasts in a rented flat.
Hartog's Volkorenbakkerij
Hours: Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat 07:00–17:00 · Sun closed
Address: Wibautstraat 77, 1091 GK Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the western half of the old centre, Fournos Greek Coffee Bakery feels more like a neighbourhood kitchen than a café. Everything in the case is baked that morning. The coffee is Greek in style: freddo espresso and freddo cappuccino, shaken over ice. It’s cash only, and most of the baking has gone by mid afternoon, so think of it as a morning stop.
Fournos Greek Coffee Bakery
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00
Address: Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 78m, 1012 SE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Where to go for brunch or a loaded bagel in Amsterdam
De Pijp is where to go for a long, seated breakfast of eggs and pancakes. If you’d rather have bagels, the southern canal belt has a deli that rolls and boils its own. All three get weekend queues, so plan around them.
Bakers and Roasters, a Brazilian and Kiwi brunch spot, helped set the template for all-day breakfast in the city. The plates are big: eggs, pancakes, the salmon stack, banana bread with bacon, and strong coffee alongside. You can’t book. Put your name down and wait outside with a coffee while the small room turns over.
Bakers and Roasters
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:30–15:00 · Sat–Sun 08:30–16:00
Address: Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 54, 1072 BH Amsterdam
Coffee and Coconuts fills a 1920s cinema, with three levels of balconies, hanging chairs and plenty of light. Brunch is served all day and runs to bowls, eggs and pancakes. The coffee is good enough for the room. Expect a young crowd in no hurry and long waits at the weekend, and try for a seat on the upper balcony.
Coffee and Coconuts
Hours: Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–16:00
Address: Gustav Mahlerplein 20, 1082 MA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Flo’s Deli was the first place in Amsterdam to hand roll and boil its own bagels, and it did well enough that more shops followed. Beyond plain and sesame, the case has jalapeño cheddar and black pepper, and each bagel is filled to order with proper deli meats and cheese. Ask for the everything bagel with black pepper cream cheese, even if it’s not on the printed board.
Flo’s Deli
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–15:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–16:00
Address: Utrechtsestraat 122, 1017 VT Amsterdam, Netherlands
Where to have breakfast near the canals and the Jordaan
Staying in the centre? Three places around the canal ring and its western edge give you very different mornings. A tiny bakery café does quiche and cake. A quiet coffee bar keeps a small pastry counter. And on a Jordaan market square, a corner café is known for its apple pie with whipped cream.
De Laatste Kruimel is a small bakery café on a lane by the canals, draped in plants. Its counter is stacked with rustic cakes, quiches and tarts, all made in house and served on wooden boards. The room is cramped and fills fast with students and locals in for a slow lunch. A few window seats look over the canal. Order quiche and a slice of cake.
De Laatste Kruimel
Hours: Mon–Thu 08:00–17:00 · Fri–Sun 08:00–18:00
Address: Langebrugsteeg 4, 1012 GB Amsterdam, Netherlands
Near the western canals, Toki has a pared-back interior with a Japanese lean and carefully made coffee. The pastry counter is small and usually empty by midday. On weekdays people work there on laptops. Weekend brunch fills every seat.
Toki
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00
Address: Binnen Dommersstraat 15, 1013 HK Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winkel 43 stands on the corner of the Noordermarkt. People come for the appeltaart: a tall, warm slice under a heap of unsweetened slagroom. The room is plain and always busy. The market runs on Mondays and Saturdays, and from a terrace seat you can watch it over pie and coffee.
Winkel 43
Hours: Mon 07:00–01:00 · Tue–Thu 08:00–01:00 · Fri 08:00–02:00 · Sat 07:00–02:00 · Sun 09:00–01:00
Address: Noordermarkt 43, 1015 NA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Which Amsterdam breakfast spot suits which morning?
Choose by neighbourhood first, then by how long you want to sit. Amsterdam is compact, but crossing it before your first coffee is rarely worth the effort, so start near where you slept. The table below lists every place here by area and by what it does best, from a loaf to carry home to a full plate of eggs.
The brunch rooms are busiest on weekend mornings. Fournos and Hartog’s take cash; carry some. Opening days differ across this list and a few places close on certain weekdays, so check each card before you set out. Bakeries go well with a walk: Rise is by the Albert Cuyp market, Winkel 43 by the Noordermarkt.
