{"id":80317,"date":"2026-03-19T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=80317"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:53:58","slug":"ecluse-ijburg-sluice-house-cafe-restaurant-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/ecluse-ijburg-sluishuis-cafe-restaurant-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 \u00c9cluse, the caf\u00e9 that completes the Lock House"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sluishuis opened in July 2022 and was designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group - together with Rotterdam-based Barcode Architects. On the waterfront, the volume is raised so that boats can enter the courtyard. On the IJburg side, the building steps down into a series of overgrown terraces. In the plinth from the beginning, space was reserved for catering. That spot stood empty for years - visible, conspicuous, unused.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c9cluse now has that spot. The caf\u00e9 sits directly on the Buiten-IJ, with the jetties of the Sluishuis as an extension of the terrace. Whoever sits there looks out over open water - no quay with parked cars, no busy street, but the IJmeer with houseboats and passing ships.<\/p>\n

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Own bakery, chef's lunch menu, drinks on the dock<\/h2>\n

\u00c9cluse works with three moments in a day. In the morning, the in-house bakery runs: homemade pastries, fresh daily, with coffee or to take away. Those who want breakfast do so at the table. The lunch menu is curated by the chef - dishes prepared fresh daily, no standard sandwich offerings.<\/p>\n

In the evening, \u00c9cluse shifts to drinks: drinks and snacks, with the Buiten-IJ as a backdrop and the jetties within walking distance of your table.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Friday and Saturday the caf\u00e9 is open until 10:00 pm. Thursday until 8 p.m., Sunday until 7 p.m. That rhythm suits a place that is both neighborhood restaurant and work location: functional during the week, a little longer from the table on weekends.<\/p>\n

Meetings with a view, or rent the entire cafe<\/h2>\n

In addition to its regular catering function, \u00c9cluse has a separate meeting room for meetings, presentations and small-scale events - with views over the Buiten-IJ and direct access to the jetty. For larger occasions, the entire caf\u00e9 can be rented exclusively: from intimate dinner to elaborate drinks, tailor-made to suit your needs.<\/p>\n

Steigereiland as a location<\/h2>\n

Steigereiland is located at the entrance to IJburg, on artificial islands in the IJmeer. The Sluishuis is the iconic building on that site. In 2016, the municipality of Amsterdam launched a competition for a landmark building at that location; the design by BIG and Barcode Architects won that competition. Surrounding the building are jetties with moorings for residential and pleasure boats. \u00c9cluse sits in the middle of that - not as a remote lookout, but as a caf\u00e9 that is part of that waterfront.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Het Sluishuis opende in juli 2022 en is ontworpen door BIG \u2014 Bjarke Ingels Group \u2014 samen met het Rotterdamse Barcode Architects. Aan de waterkant is het volume omhooggetild, zodat boten het binnenplein in kunnen varen. Aan de IJburgkant stapt het gebouw naar beneden af in een reeks begroeide terrassen. In de plint was vanaf … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"district":[12],"class_list":["post-80317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","district-amsterdam-oost"],"acf":{"slider":[80483,80472],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Op Steigereiland met eigen bakkerij, lunchkaart en borrel met het Buiten-IJ voor het raam","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Jarenlang had het Sluishuis op Steigereiland een lege plint. Caf\u00e9 \u00c9cluse vult die plek nu: een caf\u00e9-restaurant met huisgemaakte pastries, een lunchkaart van de chef en borrel aan het water. Zeven dagen per week open, terras op de steiger inbegrepen.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Caf\u00e9 \u00c9cluse","adres":"Haringbuisdijk 1A","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"http:\/\/www.ecluseamsterdam.nl\/","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80487,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317\/revisions\/80487"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80472"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80317"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=80317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}