Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.
What it is
A set-menu restaurant in a restored 1926 nursery greenhouse in Frankendael park, east Amsterdam, cooking almost entirely from its own kitchen garden and farm.
Why travelers eat here
Because the distance between the garden and the plate is about thirty metres, and because eating under eight metres of glass in a park is a genuinely different evening from eating in the centre.
What is genuinely good
The greenhouse itself, produce picked that morning, a kitchen garden you can walk through, and a location that keeps the tourist crush out.
Downsides
Set menu only. No advance menu. Hot in high summer. A tram ride from the centre.
Best for
Anyone who cares about vegetables, and anyone wanting one good dinner away from the canal-belt crowds.
Consider eating elsewhere if
You want to choose your own dishes, or you are in Amsterdam for two nights and want to stay central.
Practical advice
Tell them about dietary requirements when booking, not on arrival, because the menu is fixed. Ask for a table in the greenhouse rather than the annexe. Walk through the kitchen garden before you sit down.
Prices and reservations
Lunch 55 euros for three courses, 67 for four, 76 for five. Dinner is a five-course set menu. Reservations online and effectively required.
Getting there
Tram 19 to Hogeweg, then five minutes on foot into Frankendael park. About twenty minutes from Centraal.
Where it sits
Park Frankendael in Amsterdam-Oost, a residential district east of the centre with a country house, allotments and almost no tourists.
How long to allow
Two and a half hours.
The RuinMyTrip verdict
Worth the tram ride and the fifty-five euros. Book the greenhouse, warn them about diets in advance, and walk the garden first.
Sources
- Lunch is 55 euros for three courses, 67 for four and 76 for five. source
- There is no a la carte; the menu is set and changes with the harvest. source