7 Unique Dining Experiences in Amsterdam

The choice of nice trendy restaurants in Amsterdam is virtually unlimited. There’s room for a different dining experience with good food and friendly service every night of the week. But how about those ehum- extra special and unusual dining experiences in Amsterdam? We’ve compiled a few for your reading pleasure below.

Dining in the Darkness

Enhance the taste of your food by trying it in a pitch-dark restaurant. Ctaste opens a world of senses to you with a surprise chef menu served by blind or visually impaired waiters who also assist you in the darkness. This unique restaurant in Amsterdam offers various interesting arrangements such as a date in the dark or exclusive dinners. Don’t forget to make sure the bottle of water is open before pouring.

Innovative Plant-Based Dining

Mediamatic ETEN is revolutionizing the dining experience with a 100% plant-based menu that’s as healthy and sustainable as flavorful and diverse, thanks to a focus on seasonal vegetables and locally sourced ingredients. But dining at Mediamatic ETEN is more than just a meal; it’s an immersive experience. Meals are served on rustic wooden boards, promoting shared dining and tactile engagement, fostering a unique connection between diners and their food. Nestled within an art center that celebrates nature, biotechnology, and the intersection of art and science, Mediamatic ETEN isn’t just a restaurant; it’s a distinctive environment for those seeking innovative and eco-friendly cuisine. It’s a foodie’s paradise for those passionate about sustainability and culinary innovation, offering a new way to dine.

Singing Waiters and Waitresses

Imagine having delicious Italian cuisine served to you by a singing waitress! At the moment when you least expect it she starts a beautiful opera piece, famous musical or catchy pop song. All this is possible at Pasta e Basta, where food and live music by staff come together for a perfect cultural experience. Such international stars as Eroz Ramazotti, Luciano Pavarotti, Mariah Carey and Jerry Springer have already experienced it in Amsterdam, now it’s your turn!

Social Restaurant

Delicious food is waiting for you at the social restaurant Freud with curious decorations, walls similar to those in a mental institution, and extremely friendly staff.  Freud is proud to employ around 70 people with psychiatric, detention or addiction background, who develop, work on their future and share their positive attitude with you. High quality and organic ingredients, authentic experience, sincere service and warm memories are guaranteed.

Source: restaurantfreud.nl

Dinner and Performance in Bed

‘Open minded’ people in the Netherlands will find themselves at home at the uniquely conceptual Supperclub in Amsterdam, where you become a part of the provocative performance, while indulging yourself with amazing food. Take your shoes off, lie down on a giant white bed, and enjoy a spectacle whilst paying no attention to any table manners.

Greenhouse Chic

What used to be a huge greenhouse is now a hip restaurant with on site grown organic ingredients, breathtaking interior design and finest cuisine. De Kas creates its menus daily depending on what’s best to use from their nursery on that day. Come see your food grow in the garden and then enjoy the freshness of it on your plate!

Source: iamsterdam.com

Jamie Oliver and disadvantaged youngsters

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Amsterdam is called Fifteen and it employs  15 enthusiastic  young people with big challenges and who are actively changing their lives drastically thanks to meaningful work they do. Only local and high quality ingredients are used to prepare modern European dishes for you in an old warehouse.

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