Not many bars care whether you're there early or late. Bar Bonnie does. The concept revolves around an all-day formula: the doors open at nine in the morning for breakfast, and on Fridays and Saturdays it doesn't close until three in the morning. Everything in between also belongs. Lunch, dinner, a glass of wine after work, a cocktail when it's already late. The Amstelveenseweg as a base, the Vondelpark within walking distance.
Behind Bonnie are Thijs and Omar; they are also associated with the Goudvisch family of catering establishments, which has already built a well-known name for itself in the city. At Bonnie they emphatically function as hosts: welcoming guests in a warm, homey environment is not an afterthought here but the core of how the place works. You can tell there are people behind it who know how a space feels.
That space, by the way, is the work of Studio Modijefsky, an Amsterdam interior design firm with a reputation in the hospitality world. The building itself is a classic Amsterdam corner building, and the interior matches it: warm, not ostentatious, the kind of place where you stay an hour longer than you intended. No chilly design temple, no crazy theme. Just a place that's right.
Thijs and Omar welcome guests in a warm, homey environment, and that's exactly what you feel here as soon as you step inside.
What Bonnie also does: events. Ajax games on big screen, bingo and quiz nights, special nights throughout the year. It's how the neighborhood is brought in, and how Bonnie becomes more than just a place to eat or drink. Open seven days a week, in a neighborhood that could use that kind of permanent place. Old South has gained a neighborhood cafe that is serious without being heavy. Thijs and Omar welcome guests in a warm, homey environment, and that's exactly what you feel here as soon as you step inside.