Brown Café Restaurant in Amsterdam Centre | 't Pakhuis

Real Amsterdam Eetcafé Since 1987 — Great Food, Cold Beer, Brown-Café Warmth.

Looking for a real eetcafé in Amsterdam centre? 't Pakhuis has been the address for honest food in an authentic brown-café atmosphere since 1987. Generous portions, great quality, and a menu that never gets boring.

What is an Eetcafé?

An eetcafé is quintessentially Dutch: a café where you can also eat well. Not a fine dining restaurant, no pretension — just great food in a cosy pub. And 't Pakhuis is the textbook example.

What Can You Expect?

• Spareribs — What we're famous for. 24-hour marinated, fall-off-the-bone.
• Steak Pakhuis — Black Angus beef, four sauces to choose from.
• Satay Royal — Chicken (halal) or beef tenderloin, with crispy onions and atjar.
• Schnitzel — Four variants, from mushroom cream to pata negra.
• Burgers — Classic, double, crunchy chicken, or vegan.
• Amsterdam drinks platter — Ossenworst sausage, cheese cubes, bitterballen, pickles, and olives.

Plus soups, salads, sandwiches, and daily specials. See the full menu.

The Atmosphere

Dark wood, low lighting, bar stools and tables mixed together. Students next to businessmen, tourists next to regulars. The Veenhoven brothers have been running this since 1987 — and you can tell.

Where

Voetboogstraat 10-12, two minutes from Spui and Kalverstraat. Tram 2, 11, 12 (Spui stop).