Hotel de Goudfazant

Top choice in Amsterdam Noord


With a name taken from lyrics of the Jacques Brel song 'Les Bourgeois', this extraordinary gourmet hipster restaurant spreads through a cavernous former garage, still raw and industrial, and sticks to the theme by having cars parked inside. Rockstar-looking chefs cook up a French-influenced storm in the open kitchen. There is no hotel, FYI, except in name.

Staff roll up the garage's big doors in warm weather and you can watch the passing barge traffic while you eat.