Amsterdam Jordaan Food Tour

Eat your way through Jordaan with a professional guide and classic Dutch specialties.

Getting started

Meet your expert guide in the Jordaan neighborhood, the designated meeting point for this 3-hour small-group experience. After a brief introduction and confirmation of your booking on your phone, you set off on foot. The group heads straight into the Jordaan courtyards and streets, where your guided tasting route begins.

What to expect

Jordaan food and culture walk

This experience is a guided walk through Jordaan’s hidden courtyards and unique cultural sights. Across the route, you stop at local institutions and long-running eateries that showcase both classic and colonial-era influences on Amsterdam’s food scene.

Features

• The walk through Jordaan courtyards and streets connects a series of tasting stops, including a cafe that is more than 400 years old and other neighborhood spots that highlight the area’s cultural character.
• At the historic cafe, you taste their famous apple pie alongside coffee or tea, a pairing that opens the route and sets the tone for the rest of your Jordaan food tour.
• Classic Dutch specialties feature throughout, with herring, kibbeling or stamppot tastings giving you a sample of traditional fish and potato-based dishes that locals know well.
• A dedicated cheese stop lets you try Goudse boerenkaas, or Dutch aged cheese, often as part of a cheese tasting that focuses on four rich varieties at a local institution.
• You also explore colonial food influences as you sample briwat or a chicken roti roll, while your guide explains how Surinamese and Indonesian cuisine helped shape Amsterdam’s dining culture.
• Savory bar snacks such as bitterballen tastings, made with crispy fried meat croquettes, give you another perspective on everyday Dutch favorites.
• Drinks are included across different stops, with options such as jenever, Dutch local brews, red or white wine, soda, and water served alongside your tastings.
• Your professional guide, an expert on the area, leads you through the route and shares stories so you can eat your way through Amsterdam while learning about the city.
• Itinerary and tastings are subject to seasonal changes, local holidays, or individual venue closings, so the exact combination of apple pie, herring, kibbeling or stamppot, cheese, briwat or chicken roti, and bitterballen may vary slightly on the day.