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Reviews - Arca Amsterdam

Name: Arca Amsterdam
Address: Martelaarsgracht 5, Amsterdam, 1012 LG, Netherlands
Price range: €65 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9.4

Reviews

9.4
of 10

Excellent

89 reviews

Ambience

9.2

Food

9.5

Service

9.3

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Alex T. • 21 reviews
March 29, 2025
8/10
too noisy
Ernesto C. • 1 review
March 1, 2025
9.5/10
Extremely good, new tastes and emotions to the Portuguese traditional cuisine. It is really wort. The best I have tried in the Netherlands.
Florin B. • 51 reviews
February 12, 2025
10/10
Can’t say was memorable ,I am not playing with words,but a good restaurant,good service ,and a nice atmosphere.
Armstrong O. • 7 reviews
December 27, 2024
10/10
Simply lovely and charming atmosphere with culinary superiority!
Yajna V. • 27 reviews
December 17, 2024
9/10
this restuarant consistently delivered amazing food and drinks
Torrance M. • 5 reviews
November 26, 2024
7/10
The location is good, the ambience is pretty nice, the service is very good also! The foods are fine but not impressed, we ordered the seafood rice which is good, enough for 3 people! But the taste is just ok, nothing spectacular
Ana Theresa S. • 11 reviews
November 14, 2024
10/10
The restaurant is amazing. Food is delicious! We loved everything
Maria M. • 3 reviews
November 1, 2024
10/10
The cauliflower tart, peixe marinado were highlights! Must try
Fiona Y. • 1 review
October 25, 2024
8/10
Ok
Britt v. • 8 reviews
October 17, 2024
10/10
+1
Mario is AMAZING ! Makes your night worth it
Madalena H. • 1 review
October 4, 2024
10/10
Saudade is in the soul! 2 PT friends decided to try In Amsterdam Arca, served & cooked by Portuguese people, traditional Portuguese food using mastery of flavour and cooking techniques on high quality! Staff was super friendly & attentious, even provided a tour on the art gallery. Love the touch on having a Sommelier in house, trying new wine flavours. What a fantastic amazing treat we had. We haven't eaten so well in a long time. What a great evening, everything was perfect! Thank you so much, you brought home to us.
Dragan K. • 2 reviews
October 5, 2024
7.5/10
Food is amazing, but waiters are very casual and touchy.
Mario d. • 9 reviews
September 18, 2024
9/10
+3
The food was delicious. The unique flavor combinations worked really well. The wait staff were lovely and attentive at the beginning, but I found that they got a bit distracted as the restaurant got busier. I would definitely return and recommend Arca to others.
Bruno P. • 2 reviews
September 18, 2024
10/10
The complexity of each dish was amazing. We had the mushroom starter that was a fusion of flavours. The salted cod was a new experience on having a cod. And finally the cauliflower desert was something we had never tasted before. Flavours to die for. A great meal.
helen s. • 1 review
June 26, 2024
10/10
The food was phenomenal. The service was first class and we had a wonderful evening.
Chris R. • 1 review
June 11, 2024
10/10
Food was exquisite, creative twist on traditional dishes. Service was very good.
HANNA I. • 1 review
June 5, 2024
10/10
Absolutely delicious food, the cod dish blew my mind, and we loved the sharing rice. Very friendly service too.
Trudy A. • 20 reviews
May 29, 2024
10/10
This was my 3rd time at Arca, and food and service were amazing! Invited friends who were visiting Amsterdam and they also thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish!
John J. • 1 review
May 28, 2024
8/10
We got the tasting menu. Some things we loved, some not so much but that’s the point. Trying new things. The wine pairings were excellent. Service during the meal was timely, but in the beginning and at the end were a little slow.
Melissa M. • 52 reviews
February 21, 2024
10/10
Everything was perfect!
Debojyoti D. • 1 review
April 16, 2024
9.5/10
It was good food and overall a good experience. Not extraordinary though, but then I got spoilt by Belcanto in Lisbon last month. Hence my expectations were higher. The wine list needs a few Coravin enabled selections of higher end Portuguese wines.
Airam F. • 11 reviews
April 11, 2024
10/10
Everything in this place was amazing.
Carlos S. • 3 reviews
March 8, 2024
7/10
If you know the traditional Portuguese cuisine very well, don’t expect you will find it here. Arca makes its own twist on every traditional Portuguese dish and asks a relatively high price. The twist itself doesn’t make it better than the original, I would say it makes it worse. The space is very very noisy and on top the music (rock music) coming out of the very poor quality ceiling speakers is loud and not suitable for a place trying to offer the upper level of the average restaurants. Apart from that the utensils look old and very worn out. As it is part of the hotel you see people in bathing suits going to the SPA passing the restaurant space. Overall I think it’s not matching expectations and more a disillusion in reality after looking at the pictures on the website and social media. The service of the waiters is splendid, that was the only outstanding aspect.
Eman S. • 1 review
March 6, 2024
6.5/10
The food was good but the service took a long time to take away plates after we had finished eating and to also bring us the cheque and get us our coat.