The White Room Amsterdam closes its starred kitchen on Saturday
After nine years with a Michelin star, the restaurant in the White Hall on Dam Square stops. Rising costs weigh heavily; the hotel promises a new concept for guests and locals in 2027.
The White Room Amsterdam stops its current Michelin-starred format tomorrow, Saturday 14 November. The one-star restaurant in the White Hall of the Anantara Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky on Dam Square is making way for a new dining concept the hotel plans to open in 2027.
The hotel announced the decision in mid-October, Misset Horeca reported. Reports differ slightly on the exact timing: Tasty Trails and Misset Horeca give 14 November as the last evening in the current form, while Culinaire Ambiance wrote today that the doors are expected to close for good in early 2027.
General manager Arne Heuwekemeijer told Misset Horeca that rising costs play an important role. According to Tasty Trails, the restaurant contributes too little financially to the hotel's overall operation. Dinner consisted of two seven-course menus, Gold with fish and meat and the vegetarian Green, each at €185.
On Dam Square a starred kitchen falls to costs, and its successor has no name yet.
Nine starred years in the White Hall
The White Room opened in 2016 as the second restaurant of Jacob Jan Boerma, whose De Leest earned three Michelin stars in 2014. The room itself is much older: people have been dining in the white and gold space since 1885. In December 2017 chef Arturo Dalhuisen won its first star. His successors Randy Karman and Tristan de Boer, chef de cuisine since August 2021, kept it.
De Boer developed a style of his own that brings Asian flavours together with Dutch produce. Boerma remains connected to the hotel, according to Tasty Trails, although his role will change. The hotel has said nothing yet about the future of De Boer and the rest of the brigade, Culinaire Ambiance writes.
What comes after The White Room Amsterdam
The hotel is working on an entirely new restaurant concept for 2027, with its own identity and aimed at both international hotel guests and Amsterdammers. The cuisine, the name and the chef have not been announced; more details are due in the coming months. According to Culinaire Ambiance, the room may take on a more accessible role.
Krasnapolsky fits a wider trend. In June Misset Horeca already asked whether hotels are still attached to their fine-dining restaurants, pointing to economics and strategy as the drivers. While new neighbourhood places open in the city every week, such as De Salon in De Baarsjes and the bistro Élan in De Pijp, Dam Square loses the starred kitchen in one of Amsterdam's oldest dining rooms.
Whether the White Hall ever earns a star again depends on a kitchen that does not yet have a name.
Sources
- Culinaire Ambiance — The White Room sluit in 2027: Krasnapolsky kiest voor een nieuwe culinaire koers ·
- Tasty Trails — Sterrenrestaurant The White Room krijgt nieuwe invulling in 2027 ·
- Misset Horeca — Waarom The White Room* 14 november sluit: general manager Krasnapolsky geeft uitleg ·
- Wikipedia (nl) — The White Room ·
