Café de Reiger
A wood-panelled Jordaan brown café, relaunched in 2025 as an eetcafé of honest Dutch classics in a tile-floored room.
The call
Worth it if you're watching the budget and you only have one day.
Short answer
Is Café de Reiger worth it?
Café de Reiger deserves a place on most first itineraries.
The answer depends on your budget, time and travel style; the breakdown below shows who gets the most value.
Why
- 01
Old-Amsterdam bones — dark wood, an island bar, tile floor — given a careful 2025 refresh by the team behind De Druif.
- 02
The fittings still read as a genuine brown café, but this is a relaunched kitchen of Dutch classics rather than the unbroken neighbourhood institution it was; the regulars are still finding their way back.
Is it a fit?
Go if
You're watching the budget
Café de Reiger earns the spend, even on a tight budget.
You only have one day
Short trip or not, keep Café de Reiger.
You're traveling as a couple
As a couple, Café de Reiger is an easy yes.
You're traveling solo
Solo, Café de Reiger is an easy yes.
The plates that decide it
- Gebakken vis (pan-fried fish of the day) — the relaunched kitchen's calling card, made fresh à la carte
- Koninginnensoep to start, with a local beer at the bar — a classic Dutch opener and the brown-café ritual
Plan it well
- Cost
- mid — bistro mains
- Timing
- Early evening before the room fills
- Booking
- Limited reservations; arrive early
- Allow
- 1.5–2 hours
- Accessibility
- Compact older building
Sources and method (2)
- Reopened early February 2025 as an eetcafé under the team behind Proeflokaal De Druif; the brown-café interior was largely preserved with the aim of three courses for under €30. missethoreca.nl ↗
- Menu of nostalgic Dutch classics — queen's soup (koninginnensoep), pan-fried fish — in a Jordaan brown café. dereigeramsterdam.nl ↗