{"id":81282,"date":"2025-12-29T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=81282"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:04:02","slug":"cafe-wildschut-grand-cafe-brunch-roelof-hartplein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/cafe-wildschut-grand-cafe-brunch-roelof-hartplein\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Wildschut: A century-old grand caf\u00e9 near Roelof Hartplein"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are cafes that you visit, and cafes that are just always there. Caf\u00e9 Wildschut falls into the second category. For more than a century, this grand caf\u00e9 has stood on Roelof Hartplein in the Apollo neighborhood, and it seems to have no plan to disappear. The building, designed by architect H.A.J. Baanders and completed in 1917, is a protected monument in the style of the Amsterdam School. That facade alone is a reason to pause for a moment.<\/h2>\n

Inside, you sit among authentic 1920s interior details you won't find anywhere else. No renovation-chic, no forced nostalgia. Just the original. The menu is broad enough to stay all day: breakfast and brunch are served daily from opening, and at the end of the day you just slide on to lunch and dinner \u00e0 la carte. For coffee, Wildschut works with Caff\u00e8 Lavazza, and the fresh mint tea isn't an afterthought either. Those who want something stronger: the classic Dutch kopstoot is just on the menu. It's still allowed in 2026.<\/p>\n

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The cocktail menu is extensive, so are the bitterballen and other Dutch appetizers, and for bigger appetites there are seasonal dishes made as much as possible from organic, animal-friendly and sustainable products. Good Food Group, the operator of Wildschut, insists. The terrace on Roelof Hartplein is sunny and large enough to actually sit down. You overlook the square, the streetcar stops right in front of it and it feels like you're taking a break from the city.<\/p>\n

For more than a century this grand caf\u00e9 has stood on Roelof Hartplein, and it seems to have no plan to disappear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wildschut draws a mix you don't see much of in the city: the lawyer from the neighboring office, the student from the UvA, the local resident who has been reading his Sunday paper here for twenty years. That diversity is not constructed; it just grew there. For more than a century this grand caf\u00e9 has stood on Roelof Hartplein, and it seems to have no plan to disappear. The caf\u00e9 is open seven days a week, as early as nine o'clock on weekdays, ten on weekends. Streetcars 3, 5, 12 and 24 stop directly in front of it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Er zijn caf\u00e9s die je bezoekt, en caf\u00e9s die er gewoon altijd zijn. Caf\u00e9 Wildschut valt in de tweede categorie. Al meer dan een eeuw staat dit grand caf\u00e9 aan het Roelof Hartplein in de Apollobuurt, en het lijkt geen plan te hebben om te verdwijnen. Het pand, ontworpen door architect H.A.J. Baanders en opgeleverd … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":81284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10984],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-81282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-cafes-bars-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[81285,81286],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Architect Baanders ontwierp dit beschermde monument in Amsterdam School stijl","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Caf\u00e9 Wildschut bestaat al meer dan honderd jaar en staat nog steeds op dezelfde plek aan het Roelof Hartplein. Het pand is een beschermd monument uit 1917, gebouwd in de stijl van de Amsterdamse School. Advocaten, studenten, buurtbewoners en creatieven zitten hier elke dag naast elkaar aan de bar.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Caf\u00e9 Wildschut","adres":"Roelof Hartplein 1-3","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.cafewildschut.nl\/","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81282","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=81282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81289,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81282\/revisions\/81289"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81286"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81282"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=81282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}