Most places are informal in tone but serious in cuisine. Reservations are wise at the most popular addresses, especially on weekends. The ferry to North runs year-round, day and night.
Cornerstore
Cornerstore is an East Asian-influenced gastrobar from the team behind Café Binnenvisser and Café Twee Prinsen. The walls are covered in vinyl records, there's a record player at the bar, and a DJ is always playing on Saturdays. The menu moves between Asian and European, focusing on shared dishes, complemented by a good wine list and cocktails. One of the few places in North where dinner automatically ends in a dance night. Open Wednesday through Saturday, dinner from 6 p.m. - Poppy Road 11, North
The Ceuvel
A circular incubator on a former shipyard on the Johan van Hasselt Canal, established in 2012 after winning a municipal competition. Houseboats on the site serve as workplaces for creative entrepreneurs. The Ceuvel is open to all, with a recycled wood terrace over the water, views of bobbing boats and an all-vegetable and seasonal menu. One of North's most unusual addresses, and on sunny lunch days the most pleasant place in the neighborhood. - Short Poppy Road 4, North
Cafe Soleil
Mediterranean neighborhood restaurant on the Poppy Corner with a dog-friendly patio full of plants. The menu runs on pulposalad, calamari, sourdough bread with aioli, piri piri chicken and sea bass. Warm in atmosphere, good for a birthday with a group or an early evening with friends, that is Soleil. Prices are around thirty to forty euros per person. Open Wednesday through Sunday. - Poppy Corner 31, North
Poppy
Pizza Restaurant in an old shed on Poppy Corner, a longtime fixture in North. You slide in at long wooden tables for sourdough pizzas from the wood-fired oven, organic wines and a simple atmosphere midway between neighborhood restaurant and party venue. On Fridays and Saturdays, friends of the house play music and you can dance. Good for large groups, kid-friendly and open until late. Open Wednesday through Sunday. - Poppy Corner 39, North
V12
Restaurant in a former metal workshop by the water on the Fieldberry Street: red iron pillars, terrace in the sun, open kitchen. The approach is honest and uncomplicated: lunch, dinner and good coffee, without unnecessary frills. Also a bakery during the day with fresh bread and pastries. One of the younger additions to the Poppy Corner, now well established. - Fieldberry Street 10-12, North
Papillon
Sister of Bar Mitts in East, set up after a successful crowdfunding. A bright and spacious all-day restaurant with bakery and coffee by day, Mediterranean-inspired dishes, biodynamic wines and cocktails by night. Focaccia, katsu sandos, croquettes and baked potatoes. Recognizable by its cobalt blue details and large terrace on Poppy Road. - Poppy Road 38, North
Scrambilious
Breakfast restaurant in Poppies Hotel on Poppy Road that has devoted itself entirely to scrambled eggs. Organic eggs, fully composable: choose your cheese, your protein and your toppings. Homemade croissants, specialty coffee and an interior with curved sofas and emerald green accents. No alcohol, no lunch, no fuss. Open daily from early to mid-afternoon. - Poppy Road 18, North
“The Poppy Corner is quieter and greener than the Hammer Quarter but no less serious in its cuisine. A neighborhood you only really get to know when you come there more often.” - NoordAmsterdam.nl (2025)
Semai
East African restaurant on Poppy Corner, one of North's quirkiest addresses. Semai means heaven in both Tigrinya and Amharic. The cuisine focuses on Eritrean and Ethiopian dishes, traditionally served on injera. Meat and vegetarian are both well represented. Warm in atmosphere, serious in cuisine and affordable in price. Open Tuesday through Sunday, dinner from 5 p.m.-. Poppy Corner 35, North
Bacalar
In what looks like an old garage on Chrysantenstraat: one of Amsterdam's best Mexican restaurants for years. Handmade tacos with authentic ingredients, the taco de pulpo as a classic, further ribs, tostadas with cactus or sole fish and a serious mezcal and tequila menu. At Bacalar is reservations are required and can be made up to three months in advance. Hard to get a spot, but worth it. - Chrysanthemum Street 4, North
Café Restaurant Metro
In the front part of the NXT Museum at the Asterweg: a large, warehouse-like space with Bruno Rey chairs, mirrors and a concrete bar. Coffee and fresh pastries during the day, lunch with sandwiches on homemade focaccia in the afternoon, full dinner with natural wines in the evening. One of the few places in North open seven days a week, from breakfast to dinner. - Asterweg 22, North
The Poppy Corner has its own character, quieter and greener than the Hammer Quarter but no less serious. Those who want to start the day go to Metro or Scrambilious. Those who want lunch in the sun are at De Ceuvel. And for an evening run-through: Cornerstore on Saturdays, Poppy when the doors open.