Almost birthday? 8 cozy cafes in Amsterdam to celebrate
Brewery Poesiat & Kater
Party big or small: you make your specialty beer-loving friends happy by celebrating your birthday at the brewery Poesiat & Hangover in the former animal shelter in East. Here you can order pitchers of specialty beer for your birthday guests with sweet pepper and cream cheese mini croquettes for a tasty appetite. If you even sent an email in advance, part of the cafe can be reserved for you. Prefer your own space? It is also possible to rent a room upstairs or downstairs for you and your guests.
Polderweg 648, East
Café Waterlooplein
At Café Waterlooplein they don’t do nonsense. As long as you even call in advance that you want to celebrate your birthday, a lot is good. This cozy brown café can accommodate eighty people and because it is a popular (and central) place for drinks, there is a chance that there will be another party next to yours. It’s actually better to leave the streamers at home, because the wallpaper of this pub is over sixty years old and the wooden beams are now very old – in other words, drawing pins are out of the question.
Rapenburgerstraat 169, Center
Hotel Outside
In summer it is good even on the large terrace Hotel Outside on the beach of the Sloterplas. But did you know that you can also celebrate your birthday here in the winter months? They are happy to reserve a corner for you, with or without a group dinner. And that may be late. Good to know: you cannot stay overnight, although the name suggests otherwise, it is not a hotel here.
Th.J. Lammerslaan 3, New West
Chez Mine
The holiday feeling without leaving Bos & Lommer? That is possible Chez Mine. In this recreational holiday bar annex disco palace you can make a tour of the Netherlands – France – Italy. The menu includes pizza, antipasti, small French dishes and bitterballen. Chez Miné also has a natural disco floor and, not unimportantly, several places in the building where you can celebrate your birthday. This is allowed in the main hall, but also in a private room. That will ultimately cost you nothing extra. Because a holiday should be fun.
Bos en Lommerplantsoen 1, West
VerbroederIJ
Admittedly, the VerbroederIJ is the best place to sit in the sun on the terrace, with the sand between your toes. But when it gets colder, it’s also cozy inside. Via the tool on the website you can book a table for up to 25 people and celebrate your birthday. May it be a little bit more? Then you can rent the beach room for a friendly price, even with a sound system or heating. And, oh yes, not unimportant: parking is free after 7 pm. Where do you still have that in Amsterdam?
Johan van Hasseltweg 21, North
Sissi’s Expo Resto
Not so crazy long ago Sissi’s Expo Resto just the ROC building on the Amstel. Now it is a cultural center with a restaurant where you can also dance. Birthdays have a choice: for example, you can reserve a corner for a birthday drink. But perhaps even more fun is to meet family and have a bite to eat with your best friends in the auditorium, where you can enjoy long tables with dishes from the Middle East. After dessert, the DJ joins, the family can go out and your birthday dinner can get seriously out of hand.
Mister Treublaan 1, East
Youth Cafe
Bee Youth know what party is. Birthdays are given three options: you can celebrate your birthday in the café without any obligations, with a group of up to a hundred people. Would you rather have your own pub for an evening? Then you can book the Lellebel (up to 55 guests): a mini pub in De Jeugd with two floors, a self-tap and two darts lanes. Here too you don’t have to pay anything extra, as long as you receive a turnover guarantee of 750 euros. For a party, you can rent De Gluiperd (up to 80 people), the party room in the basement of Café de Jeugd. Here you have your own bar with staff and the turnover guarantee is 2250 euros.
Linnaeusstraat 37A, East
Café-Restaurant Amsterdam
This classic should not be missing from this list. Those who like to go out for a festive dinner with friends of the family, of course choose Café-Restaurant Amsterdam, where they provide several birthday dinners every day. Why? Because you can sit here with a maximum of fifteen people at a cozy long table. If you want to make it extra festive, ask for a personalized menu well in advance. With a bit of luck you will get one.
Watertorenplein 6, West
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