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 are watching the budget and you only have one day.
Why
- 01
Old-Amsterdam bones — dark wood, an island bar, tile floor — given a careful 2025 refresh by the team behind De Druif.
Our read - 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.
Our read
Is it a fit?
Go if
You are watching the budget
On a budget, Café de Reiger still earns its price.
You only have one day
Even on a tight schedule, Café de Reiger earns the hours.
You are traveling as a couple
As a couple, Café de Reiger works.
You are traveling solo
Solo, Café de Reiger works.
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 ↗