Four picks: Little Collins for the go-to everyday brunch in De Pijp, Serre at the Okura when you want to make a thing of it, Dignita Hoftuin for the freshest food in the best setting, and De Wasserette for an early start near the Albert Cuyp. Last verified June 2026.
Amsterdam has no shortage of all-day cafes. These four earn their place: one solid everyday regular, one hotel restaurant that earns the price, one fresh and seasonal, and one for early birds.
Run by Australians who brought Melbourne's cafe habit with them - which means the coffee is taken seriously and the brunch is built around small, well-judged plates rather than a giant fry-up. The eggs are done properly, the room is relaxed, and it has been a De Pijp fixture long enough that there is now a second branch in West. Consistent, unpretentious, and our first call for an everyday breakfast in the city.
Inside the Hotel Okura, cooking in a Japanese-European register with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The menu is small and everything on it is clearly thought about. The Shokupan - a cloud of Japanese milk bread - is the thing to get. The blueberry pancake is excellent. More expensive than a regular cafe, but if you want breakfast to feel like a proper event, this is it.
Dignita is a non-profit social enterprise - all locations are run by Not for Sale, which works with people rebuilding their lives after modern slavery. The food earns its place without that context, but it helps to know. The menu is 100% vegetarian, built around seasonal and largely organic produce, served in a light glasshouse restaurant inside the Hoftuin gardens next to the H’ART Museum. The setting is peaceful and well outside the tourist flow. The eggs benedict on crispy potato hash and the mushroom toast are the standouts; the salted caramel pancakes are a treat if you are going that way.
Opens at 7:30, which makes it one of the better options if you are up early and want a proper sit-down rather than a pastry grabbed from a counter. On a corner in De Pijp just off the Albert Cuyp market - small, cosy, and reliably good. The eggs benedict are excellent and well-priced; the open-faced sandwiches are the other thing to go for. Gets busy from 10am, so earlier is better.
Dignita Hoftuin on Nieuwe Herengracht. The menu is 100% vegetarian, built around seasonal and largely organic produce, served in a glasshouse restaurant in a garden. Open daily 9:30-16:30. The eggs benedict on potato hash and the mushroom toast are the things to go for.
No. Walk-in only. On weekdays it is easy; on weekend mornings expect a wait if you arrive between 10am and 1pm. Go before 10 or after 2pm and it is fine.
De Wasserette opens at 7:30 daily - one of the earlier proper sit-down options in De Pijp. Just off the Albert Cuyp market. Good eggs benedict.
Serre at Hotel Okura. Michelin Bib Gourmand, takes bookings, and the Japanese milk bread (Shokupan) is the thing to order. Worth it for a treat.