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Reviews - Lars Amsterdam

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9.5
of 10

Excellent
426 reviews
Ambience
9.4
Food
9.6
Service
9.4
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  • Den D.1 review

    March 22, 2025

    10/10

    Excellent

  • Sylvain L.2 reviews

    March 7, 2025

    10/10

    Amazing experience!

  • Andreas G.4 reviews

    January 18, 2025

    10/10

    It has been a wonderful evening. The food was superb; the combination of tastes, presentations plus the competent and empathic service is - from our perspective - beyond 1 Michelin Star level. Congratulations.

  • Dominic B.1 review

    January 10, 2025

    7/10

    The restaurant was amazing , food was excellent. The staff were amazing apart from the head chef who was very strange. We were a young couple from England and because of our age the owner/head chef judged upon us in a negative manner. He asked for my age, where we were from and didn’t have an inviting personality. He clearly put on a fake Persona based on who you were. Overall very good, however if you come and look out of place the owner/ head chef will treat you in that way. Other than that everyone one else and the food was amazing. Highly recommend, just the head chef avoid.

    Lars AmsterdamOwner

    Goodmorning Dominic, thank you for your visit. We are really surprised by your honest feedback. In our restaurant we are aiming for more personal contact. That is what we do. Lars (Owner/Chef) wanted to make a amicable chat when he asked you if this was your first visit to Amsterdam. You responded with “When i was 18 years old” then he replied with the response: “So that was last year”. The comment was made from his side to give you a compliment and a informal way to connect with his guests. It was never ment to offend you in any way. We as team and Lars do apologize if this was the case. We think it's a shame that we only heard about this afterwards, also because you left the restaurant in such a positive way. We will keep in mind that guests something would prefer a more formal approach. Thank you again for your visit, feedback and we do apologize for the inconvenient start. Kind regards, Team Lars

  • Dr Sven F C.5 reviews

    November 20, 2024

    10/10

    brilliant and innoative dishes, competent service and nice wine list (has been better thought) - for me, one of the best dining experiences in Europe at the moment!

  • Omer P.3 reviews

    November 2, 2024

    10/10

    Chef himself came to greet us due to some misunderstanding with the reservation. They accommodated our special requests and tailored a special meal for our hunger level and were friendly and serviceable. Food was amazing! Beautifully served and very special! Only thing is the location is pretty far from the city if you’re a tourist coming from there, and its a bit hard to find on the second level of a hotel.

  • Ron G.1 review

    November 1, 2024

    10/10

    Fantastic service, beautiful dishes, great atmosphere. I highly recommend this restaurant. During daytime also a beautiful view on the Amsterdam harbour. Can’t wait to go back.

  • Dovydas C.1 review

    October 30, 2024

    10/10

    Very friendly staff, great food.

  • Doris K.1 review

    October 18, 2024

    9.5/10
    +4

    I thoroughly enjoyed all the courses and loved that all of them were both delicious and delightfully unexpected. Sometimes food can be experimental and different but not something that is truly delicious. Lars Amsterdam achieved the best fit between different and delicious, and I will recommend it to any friends who visit Amsterdam.

  • Albert P.

    Albert P.1 review

    October 22, 2024

    9/10
    +4

    Very imaginative menu. The food is a bit on the salty side. View would have been nice in the daytime. Very attentive service.

  • Jeana H.3 reviews

    August 6, 2024

    10/10
    +6

    Outstanding experience and food. The food was almost too beautiful to eat!! Wine recommendations were superb. Great for a special occasion!

  • Darren P.8 reviews

    June 1, 2024

    10/10

    I booked a table to celebrate my partner's birthday, I chose Lars because of the interesting menu and the different location. The food was exquisite and the wine pairings were excellent; especially the spätlese merlot, an inspired choice for dessert. The staff were friendly and helpful, without being overbearing.

  • Vignesh S.1 review

    May 16, 2024

    10/10

    Top service, food and ambience!

  • Dr. Gabriella K.

    Dr. Gabriella K.32 reviews

    February 17, 2024

    6.5/10

    Overall, not a great experience. The good is average, portions are really small. Nobody offered me to won or asked me what I wanted to drink...No sweets offered next to coffee. There are better restaurants in Amsterdam and many better restaurants for the price they ask,

  • Andrew G.2 reviews

    October 25, 2023

    9.5/10

    The food is as good as you can find anywhere. Exciting and exceptional quality. The staff are friendly and engaging whilst retaining professionalism and knowledge. The only negative is the location of the restaurant being some way out of town, but it is actually well worth the added miles!

  • Kaushik R.

    Kaushik R.1 review

    October 19, 2023

    10/10
    +2

    The service by the staff was great , the food experience was superb. Wine paring was perfect. Was well worth my time and money

  • anu P.1 review

    October 7, 2023

    10/10

    Fantastic service. Meal was a wonderful experience!

  • Giovanni R.1 review

    September 16, 2023

    6.5/10

    The restaurant, offered a pleasant ambience and the service was good. We ordered the 11-course tasting menus, one vegetarian and one regular. While the presentation of the dishes was pleasing, the flavors often leaned towards unnecessary complexity, occasionally falling just flat. In summary, it was a decent dinner: we left thinking if extended tasting menus should still be a thing and if, even for technically skilled chefs, simply focusing on more balanced flavors would be a better strategy to create something memorable.

  • Faranak T.1 review

    September 2, 2023

    10/10

    Food, service, ambience were amazing.

  • Hermann S.1 review

    July 22, 2023

    10/10

    New found gem in the Houthavens, we’ll look back on a splendid evening with delicious food, great service and atmosphere. We’ll definitely return! Thank you Lars, Sharon, Veronique and rest of the team.

  • Steve L.

    Steve L.4 reviews

    June 30, 2023

    10/10

    Good quality of fine dining. Simply the best in my trip. Waiting time was a bit long. Since it is far away from city center, need to allocate more time if you are planning to do something after the meal.

  • Aminata Elsa S.2 reviews

    June 15, 2023

    10/10

    Everything was perfect. Thank you !

  • Ellen K.3 reviews

    May 27, 2023

    10/10

    Beautiful food and service

  • Ina E.1 review

    February 18, 2023

    10/10

    Fantastic food and wine in a great environment. Lovely service, very knowledgeable but yet informal and personal. We had direct view of the kitchen from our table which was great!

  • Wanda M.

    Wanda M.19 reviews

    December 7, 2022

    10/10

    Excellent food ! 100%

  • Rob V.16 reviews

    November 15, 2022

    10/10

    Very welcoming staff, professional all evening and valuable(wine) advice where needed. Food quality of excellent levels; creatively and beautiful presented.

  • Ernanio M.7 reviews

    May 22, 2022

    10/10
    +5

    Michelin Star Quality meal.

  • Bjorn D.1 review

    May 11, 2022

    10/10

    Perfect

  • Dusco L.12 reviews

    March 23, 2022

    10/10

    Great restaurant, great service. New menu was just out, lovely surprises.

  • Sofie I.3 reviews

    September 22, 2021

    10/10

    Excellent service with a very funny, helpful and cognizant young lady. Inspiring food with lovely details and amazing tastes! The restaurant has a fantastic view and even more fantastic dishes. The courses were designed with a vision and we could feel that. We loved it and we will definitely come back when we visit Amsterdam again.

  • Gar Vin G.26 reviews

    September 17, 2021

    10/10

    Fantastic lunch that made me try out new stuff I usually don‘t like! Food and composition as well as staff and location were great. Really recommend the place of the very friendly and talented chef and owner Lars. Will come back on my next visit to the city.

  • Christiaan v.7 reviews

    September 8, 2021

    10/10

    The food was fantastic, and was easily one of the best dining experiences we've had. What really sealed the deal though was the excellent service. The staff were very friendly, casual and just a lot of fun.

  • Jeroen S.39 reviews

    October 14, 2020

    10/10

    Lars Amsterdam is one of our favourite restaurants in Amsterdam. This visit reminded us once again why! We enjoyed the signature menu with matching wines, and everything was absolutely delicious. Apart from the dishes as mentioned in the menu, you can also expect excellent amuse bouches, a pre-dessert and home made chocolates which really completes the menu. The excellent wine pairing completed the experience. A nice extra is that the restaurant offers views over the Amsterdam Harbour, so you can see the ships and cranes while you are enjoying your diner. Not your standard Amsterdam canal view, which is a nice change of scenery. We'll definitely be back - thanks again Lars, Floor and team!

  • Bas v.39 reviews

    June 9, 2020

    9.5/10

    Glad Lars opened up again and quality of food was excellent and so was the service. The view from the restaurant remains unique. We’ll be back !!!

  • Chris C.3 reviews

    December 25, 2019

    9/10

    Great and creative Christmas menu in an evocative setting. However a nine course tasting menu shouldn’t take 4 hours to serve and staff seemed completely oblivious to our hints and eventually statements of discomfort.

  • - -.2 reviews

    December 11, 2019

    9.5/10

    Six course menu was surprising, nice combinations. Point of attention is the taste of the lobster. Because the supplements on the lobster (orange) was a bit covering the taste of the lobster itself. We will come again.

  • Simone p.

    Simone p.44 reviews

    November 22, 2019

    10/10

    Good

  • Roberta P.6 reviews

    November 1, 2019

    9.5/10

    Warm welcoming, good ambiance. Menu with possibility of 4-6-8 courses, good idea. Excellent dishes, well prepared and served. Wine list not really rich but a few good european and us producers. Need to be improved. Good service even just slow we waited too much the dessert....

  • Yoonjung S.1 review

    October 28, 2019

    10/10

    Amazing food and great hospitality service!

  • Kim Y.1 review

    October 25, 2019

    10/10

    It’s super delicious and the staff and atmosphere is great! Only two dishes we think is a bit salty ko, one is the dish with soy sauce and venison.!

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