For lunch we’d head to Davie’s for a house smoked pastrami sandwich. Dinner would be at Cafe de Reiger, a brown café open since 1896. A little further out, the old centre adds specialty coffee and a Greek bakery.
The short list
8 places, in the order they appear below.
- 01Davie'sPastrami sandwich at lunchWalk: 4 minJordaan
- 02Winkel 43Apple pie on market daysWalk: 8 minJordaan
- 03Fournos Greek Coffee BakeryMorning iced coffeeWalk: 10 minBurgwallen Nieuwe Zijde
- 04Screaming BeansEspresso, then wine in the eveningWalk: 12 minCentrum
- 05Flagship Waffle Experience - Stroopwafel Workshop AmsterdamMaking your own stroopwafelWalk: 1 minJordaan
- 06Cafe de ReigerSpare ribs in a brown caféWalk: 2 minJordaan
- 07La PerlaNeapolitan pizzaWalk: 4 minJordaan
- 08MoedersDutch home cookingWalk: 12 minJordaan
Where can I get a quick lunch near the Anne Frank House?
For a quick lunch we’d pick one of three. Davie’s makes sandwiches at a narrow counter, and Winkel 43 serves tall apple pie on the Noordermarkt. Fournos, ten minutes away in the old centre, is a Greek bakery. Each works when you want to eat well and keep moving.
Davie’s is run by chef David Baxter, who spent two decades in fine dining kitchens before deciding to make sandwiches and nothing else. The pastrami is cured and smoked in house over thirty six hours. Order the Lelie: pastrami stacked on marbled bread with mustard and pickle. Go in the first hour of service, not the last.
Davie's
Hours: Mon–Tue closed · Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00
Address: Tweede Leliedwarsstraat 13, 1015 TB Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winkel 43 is a plain corner café beside the Noordermarkt, and it’s always busy. People come for a warm slice of appeltaart under a heap of unsweetened whipped cream. On market days, take a terrace seat and watch the stalls while you eat.
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
Fournos is a tiny Greek bakery and coffee counter that feels closer to a neighbourhood kitchen than a café. Everything in the case was baked that morning, so the choice is widest early and thin by mid afternoon. Order a freddo espresso or freddo cappuccino, shaken over ice. Bring cash; it’s the only payment they take.
Fournos Greek Coffee Bakery
Hours: Mon closed · Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00
Address: Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 78m, 1012 SE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Where to get coffee and something sweet near the Anne Frank House
Screaming Beans pours carefully dialled espresso on Runstraat. A minute from the museum, the Stroopwafel Workshop lets you press your own stroopwafel on a hot iron. If you have forty five minutes to spare, choose the workshop. Screaming Beans suits a shorter stop.
Many credit Screaming Beans, a specialty roaster, with helping start the city’s third wave of coffee. Order an espresso or a pour over rather than a milk drink, so you actually taste the roast. Later in the day the same room turns into a low key wine bar with a small food offer.
Screaming Beans
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
Address: Runstraat 6, 1016 GK Amsterdam, Netherlands
At the Stroopwafel Workshop you mix the dough by hand and press two waffles. One gets finished with milk chocolate, white chocolate or pistachio while the caramel underneath is still soft. Eat that one on the spot, warm. Keep the plain one wrapped for later, because the caramel firms up within the hour.
Flagship Waffle Experience - Stroopwafel Workshop Amsterdam
Hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00
Address: Bloemgracht 2H, 1015 TH Amsterdam, Netherlands
Where to eat dinner near the Anne Frank House
For dinner we’d stay in the Jordaan. Cafe de Reiger, two minutes from the museum, keeps much of its room for walk ins. La Perla, four minutes away, bakes Neapolitan pizza in a wood burning oven, and Moeders serves Dutch home cooking.
Cafe de Reiger has a panelled bar, old lamps and a back dining room under a high beamed ceiling. Regulars come back for the spare ribs, though the fish and vegetable plates hold up well. Since tables are kept free for walk ins, the routine is a beer at the bar until one opens up. Aim for early or late in the evening rather than eight o’clock. Or ask to eat at the bar.
Cafe de Reiger
Hours: Mon–Sun 16:00–01:00
Address: Nieuwe Leliestraat 34, 1015 ST Amsterdam, Netherlands
La Perla takes up both sides of a Jordaan street, with the oven on one side and extra seating opposite. The dough rises slowly and bakes up blistered and soft. Put your name down and wait with a drink across the street. Then order the marinara, which lets you taste the dough with little else on top.
La Perla
Hours: Mon–Thu 11:30–22:00 · Fri–Sat 11:30–22:30 · Sun 11:30–22:00
Address: Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 53, 1015 RX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Moeders opened in 1990 by asking regulars to bring a photo of their own mother. Those portraits now cover the walls from floor to ceiling. The kitchen serves Dutch home classics you rarely see on restaurant menus, including stamppot with smoked sausage and slow braised draadjesvlees. Book the shared hutspot for two, ideally on a weeknight, when the staff have time to talk you through each dish.
Moeders
Hours: Mon–Sun 17:00–23:30
Address: Rozengracht 251, 1016 SX Amsterdam, Netherlands
How far is each place from the Anne Frank House?
Every place here is within about twelve minutes’ walk of the Anne Frank House, and four of them are five minutes away or less. The Stroopwafel Workshop and Cafe de Reiger are practically around the corner. Moeders and Screaming Beans, the furthest, are still an easy stroll. The table below matches each one to the moment it suits best.
We’d plan the day around the museum visit: coffee or a bakery stop before, a sandwich or a slice of apple pie after, and dinner in the Jordaan once evening comes. At La Perla and Cafe de Reiger, it pays to turn up and wait. A few places close on some weekdays, so check each card for opening days before you set off.
