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Chez Georges’ popularity can make it tough to get into this intimate Belgium restaurant. There are around 30 seats so booking in advance—sometimes weeks— is strongly advised. Chef George presents five-course meals that are creative and delicious. Ask your waiter to recommend a suitable wine and enjoy being spoiled. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. A fixed menu is available from €29.
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Ciel Bleu, the French restaurant atop the Japanese Hotel Okura, is equipped with a Michelin star and a wonderful vantage point over the city. The accomplished haute cuisine on offer includes frothy cream soup of ceps with flageolets and ravioli stuffed with rillettes of pheasant, and roast sirloin of Wagyu beef with glazed onions, coarse French fries and gravy of roast shallots. If you’re not making use of an expense account, you can always take advantage of the fixed price menu for €55.
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If Fifteen is beyond your means, you can try Dining Eleven, a bright, modern restaurant with a cheerful red colour scheme serving standard fusion fare. Think rollmops of plaice and North Sea crab cooked in coconut milk, or poached spring chicken with ravioli.
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If there is a restaurant in Amsterdam for the rich, the powerful and the famous trendy brasserie Le Garage is it. Celebrity chef Joop Braakhekke favours a fusion of French and Asian dishes in a Vegas setting, but despite the showmanship, the cooking impresses. Go to see and be seen, but not if you’re in a hurry.
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