All of Amsterdam - students, tourists, lesbigays, cinema-goers, the fashion pack - come here for lunch, coffee or something stronger all day long, making it...

Old and new Jordaan meet in this split-level bar in a gorgeous 17th-century building on a quiet residential corner. Brown café credentials are pumped up...

The Nine Streets are littered with characterful bars, and this one is a lovely, old-style, tobacco-stained example with an intellectual bent. Once a Provo...

This small boozer used to be a theatre in its previous life. Punters still liven things up and it can become rather crowded, rowdy and smokey. Its diverse...

Known for its reputation - sexy and friendly punters, but dirty toilets and unfriendly staff - this men-only cruise bar can get absolutely packed. The...

Although it looks slightly terrifying from the outside - put that down to the blacked-out windows-- on the inside Entre Nous is actually pretty fluffy, full...

Small, stylish and handy for relaxing after retail therapy in Magna Plaza, a night of chat, or sinking a few before hitting the local nightclubs.

No longer the nightlife supremo it once was, the Getaway is still a reliable destination for a drink and maybe a dance among relatively young, hip and arty...

Cheap, cheerful, tasty, filling. That's what the food is like at this sparkly diner at the back of the thoroughly mixed lesbian and gay lounge. On Wednesday...

A simply outstanding place to get sozzled, this dark and cosy Belgian beer specialist offers more than 150 bottled brews - including 42 abbey beers and 14...

Good-looking, very hip bar with friendly staff and a funky soundtrack. The advertised 'soul food' is hit and miss (though it's always filling and...

Small, dark and intimate, this is the perfect place to lounge on a leather sofa for a long night of cheerful mixology. There is everything here to suit all...

The polar opposite - geographically and figuratively - of Finch and Proust, this gabled building has been a café for as long as the church it looks onto has...

In a nutshell, this is a brown café with knobs on. It's occupied a lovely site on the river near Amstel station for 110 years, and offers all the joys of an...