Best coffee bars in Amsterdam 2026: 12 places for proper coffee

The best coffee bars in Amsterdam in 2026, by AMUSE's count, are these twelve: places that roast their own beans or choose them with real care, spread across eleven neighbourhoods from Bos en Lommer to Noord. If you only have time for one cup, start at Friedhats FUKU in Bos en Lommer, where almost the roaster's entire range is on the menu as espresso or filter.

Amsterdam has one of the densest specialty scenes in Europe, with a striking number of roasters inside the ring road. Bocca has been roasting since 2001, Lot Sixty One since 2013, and a newer generation such as DAK now sells its coffee in more than forty countries. What the best coffee bars in Amsterdam share is that you often drink the coffee where it is roasted or selected.

The top of the trade is moving internationally too: this year the world barista title went to a Chinese barista for the first time. In Amsterdam that competition culture shows up behind the bar, from Gesha filters to guided tastings. One warning for visitors: in Amsterdam a coffeeshop sells cannabis. Search for a coffee bar or specialty coffee instead.

In Amsterdam the best coffee is poured where the roaster is round the corner.

Friedhats FUKU, Bos en Lommer

FUKU has been the café of Friedhats since September 2018, the micro roaster best known for supplying cafés at home and abroad. Almost every coffee in the range is served here as espresso or filter, plus a few competition-grade lots: Gesha varieties and experimental fermentations. Co-founder Lex Wenneker has won the Dutch barista title twice.

According to Roadbook, the most expensive cup cost € 12 this spring. Address: Bos en Lommerweg 136H. Open seven days a week, 8am to 4pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends. Once a month there is a FUKU Wine Night with natural wine.

Lot Sixty One, Oud-West

Roastery, shop and coffee bar in one, on the corner of Kinkerstraat and the Bilderdijkgracht. Lot Sixty One has roasted in Amsterdam West since 2013 and supplies coffee bars across the city. Founder Adam Craig is from Sydney and ran coffee bars in New York for fifteen years before starting here.

Behind the bar stands a Kees van der Westen Spirit espresso machine, and the walls carry rotating local art. Address: Kinkerstraat 112. It is small and often busy, so come early: on weekdays the door opens around 7.30am.

DAK Showroom, Oud-West

DAK Coffee Roasters roasts on the Nieuwendammerdijk in Noord, but the roastery is closed to the public. You taste the coffee at the showroom on Bellamyplein: a working coffee bar with the current menu, the full collection to take home and, at the back, a tasting room for guided sessions where coffees are poured side by side.

The first showroom sat inside the roastery and opened only a few hours a week; after eighteen months DAK moved here. Address: Bellamyplein 16H. Open Monday to Sunday, 8.30am to 5pm.

Bocca, Canal Belt

Bocca has been active since 2001 and calls itself the first coffee roaster in the Netherlands to control the whole chain, from buying directly from farmers to the cup on the bar. The company is B Corp certified and runs workshops in Amsterdam through the Bocca School of Coffee.

The espresso bar is tall and spacious, with a long counter and a deliberately short food menu. Address: Kerkstraat 96. Open Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and at weekends 9am to 6pm.

Scandinavian Embassy, De Pijp

Right across from Sarphatipark, Scandinavian Embassy pours coffee from the best specialty roasters in Scandinavia. Pastries are made in house, and the cinnamon bun is the standard companion. There is also a bakery of its own at Europaplein 87.

Address: Sarphatipark 34. Open 8am to 5pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends. On sunny mornings there is a queue.

White Label Coffee, De Baarsjes

Elmer Oomkens and Francesco Grassotti met while working at Espressofabriek and went on to open their own roastery on Jan Evertsenstraat. The roasting now happens round the corner, on Jan van Breemenstraat. One detail stands out: White Label no longer separates filter and espresso roasts and roasts every coffee the same way.

Address: Jan Evertsenstraat 136. Open daily, 7.30am to 5.30pm on weekdays and 8am to 5.30pm at weekends. A second branch is at Zonneplein 4 in Noord, easy to pair with one of the stops in our guide on where to eat in Amsterdam-Noord.

Back to Black, Weteringbuurt

One of the city's early third-wave places, with its own roastery and bakery on Nieuw-Zeelandweg. At the café on Weteringstraat, within walking distance of the Rijksmuseum, you drink small batches of its own roasts; the house cat is called Binkie, Roadbook reports.

Address: Weteringstraat 48, with a second bar at Van Hallstraat 268 in the Staatsliedenbuurt. Both open 8am to 6pm on weekdays and 9am to 6pm at weekends. No reservations.

Rum Baba, Oost

Micro roastery and bakery run by Jeroen Keizer, who also runs the tea brand Monkey Chief. Since 1 November 2026 the roastery has been in Haarlem, but two shops with brew bars stay open in Amsterdam: on Pretoriusstraat in Oost and on Elandsgracht in the Jordaan.

Addresses: Pretoriusstraat 15 and Elandsgracht 134, both open daily. On 22 November Rum Baba holds a Home Cafe Day, with 25 households in the Netherlands serving coffee for a day.

Toki, Haarlemmerbuurt

Bright, spacious and clean-lined: Toki mixes Scandinavian minimalism with Japanese influences, on a corner with large windows on two streets. There are pastries alongside the coffee, and the bright room makes it one of the most pleasant places in the centre to linger.

Address: Binnen Dommersstraat 15, on the corner of Vinkenstraat. Opens early on weekdays and a little later at weekends.

Haku Specialty Coffee, Jordaan

A small family business on Rozengracht with a Japanese approach: the beans are lightly roasted in house, and high-grade matcha sits on the menu next to the coffee. Haku also sells brewing gear, beans and ceramics by designers it works with.

Address: Rozengracht 69, four minutes' walk from the Anne Frank House. A good fallback when the area around the Westerkerk is crowded.

Espressofabriek, Westerpark

One of the city's older roasters, with two cafés: on the Westergas site and on IJburg. Espressofabriek also supplies other Amsterdam venues, and several roasters of the current generation, including the founders of White Label, worked there first.

Both cafés open 8am to 4pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends. At the Westergas site the coffee pairs easily with a walk through Westerpark.

Café Keppler, Noord

Roastery, bakery and café in one, on the edge of the Volewijck. Keppler opened in June 2017 as a joint project of De Soepboer and De Stadsbranderij Noord. Bread is baked in house every day, and on some evenings there is jazz or a DJ.

Address: Van der Pekstraat 1. If you are in Noord anyway, DAK's roastery on the Nieuwendammerdijk is nearby, though you can only see it from outside.

Best coffee bars in Amsterdam: questions

What is the difference between a coffee bar and a coffeeshop in Amsterdam? In the Netherlands a coffeeshop sells cannabis. For espresso, filter coffee or a flat white, look for a coffee bar, koffiebar or specialty coffee bar.

Which coffee bars in Amsterdam roast their own beans? On this list Friedhats, Lot Sixty One, DAK, Bocca, White Label, Back to Black, Rum Baba, Espressofabriek, Haku and Keppler roast their own coffee. Scandinavian Embassy and Toki work with beans from other roasters.

What time do the best coffee bars in Amsterdam open? Most open between 7.30am and 8.30am on weekdays and around 9am at weekends. Many close as early as 4pm or 5pm, so do not leave an afternoon coffee too late.

What should I eat with it? Cinnamon buns at Scandinavian Embassy, bread and pastries at Keppler and Back to Black. If you want the Amsterdam classic, bake the tall Amsterdam apple pie at home.

How we chose

For the best coffee bars in Amsterdam we looked at what is in the cup: places that roast their own coffee or demonstrably choose their beans with care, with a story of their own behind the bar and a steady place in recent guides. We deliberately spread the list across neighbourhoods, from De Pijp and the Jordaan to Bos en Lommer and Noord. Places whose café we could not confirm as open, such as the Monks bar on Bilderdijkstraat and Coffee & Coconuts in De Pijp, were left out.

Addresses and opening hours were checked on 12 November 2026 against the bars' own websites and the guides from Roadbook (May 2026) and Your Little Black Book (June 2026). Hours around the holidays may differ; check the bar's Instagram before you go.