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Amsterdam's Restaurant De Kas offers top class fine dining in beautiful natural surroundings, using the freshest seasonal ingredients from their market garden.

Pros

• It's all about simplicity and flavor here, using the best organic ingredients.
• De Kas grows most of their own vegetables and herbs in their organic market garden.
• Spectacular 8 metre high ceilings and a beautifully designed interior. Park views from the patio.

• Your dinner is prepared by some of Holland's top chefs.
• Easy parking, outside the city center.

Cons

• The restaurant might be too far outside of the center for some.
• De Kas can be a bit tricky to find the first time.
• Their set menu can feel limiting. They do offer vegetarian options & are flexible about preferences.

Description

• Cuisine: A good mix of Mediterranean and Dutch influences.
• Address: Kamerlingh Onneslaan 3, 1097 DE, Amsterdam.
• Cost: De Kas serves a set 3-course menu for €49,50. This consists of three small starters, a main and a dessert, excl. drinks and gratuity.

Guide Review - Restaurant De Kas

At De Kas, patrons and chefs alike are surrounded by a lush green garden and park, with plenty of natural light streaming in through the impressive 8 meter high glass conservatory. This shows in the food, which has a light, modern touch. Designed by Dutch It-boy Piet Boon, the dining room offers spectacular views by day and is beautifully lit by floating jellyfish-like installations at night. The restaurant is set in a former city nursery and operates from the belief that food is at its best when prepared with the freshest ingredients, grown and harvested with care for the environment.

Therefore, they cultivate their own herbs, seasonal vegetables and salads and buy fresh ingredients daily from local organic farmers.

The restaurant offers a set 3-course menu, based on the day's harvest, but they are more than understanding about specific dietary preferences. In fact, we have always found the staff to be exceptionally friendly and accommodating, even when faced with our pickiest friends.

Seated on the patio, facing the herb garden, we perused the wine list, which boasts a weekly selection of about 40 wines, with prices ranging from Euro 25 to Euro 100. We chose a glass of chilled champagne to start, while the waitress brought out crusty bread, olive oil and giant, juicy green olives. Once we moved into the restaurant, our feast began in earnest. Fresh, seasonal asparagus was served alongside heirloom beets and crispy potato croquettes. Perfectly prepared scallops sat alongside salty samphire. Our Spring chicken main, spicy and succulent, was served with a bright orange carrot oil that added an interesting earthy note. We delighted in a dessert of frozen yoghurt and panna cotta topped with blueberries and strawberries. And when we thought things couldn't get better, they served a tray of tender Madeleines, sugar coated fruit pastilles and other pastries with our coffee. In short, De Kas is a must!