Best bars in Netherlands

Super Lyan occupies a 17th-century house in central Amsterdam. The cocktail menu takes inspiration from the city’s boroughs, alongside returning favourites and alcohol-free drinks.

Nieuwezijds / Centrum · Contemporary cocktail bar · site · IG

LuminAir is DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station’s 11th-floor cocktail bar and terrace, designed around the city’s changing sky and light, with food, views and a late-night drinks programme.

Hotel rooftop cocktail bar · site · IG

Advocatuur is Rosewood Amsterdam’s cocktail bar and working distillery inside the former Palace of Justice, pairing house-distilled jenever and inventive drinks with Indian-inspired bar bites.

Hotel cocktail bar and distillery · site

Pulitzer’s Bar is an elegant Art Deco hotel cocktail bar overlooking Amsterdam’s canals. Its current Alchemy of Scents programme translates perfume notes into layered drinks built around botanicals, spice, woods, florals and citrus.

Art Deco luxury hotel cocktail bar · site · IG

Door 74 is one of Amsterdam’s longest-running hidden cocktail bars, built around seated service in a small room behind an unmarked entrance. Its experienced team develops refined seasonal cocktails through changing menu themes, with personal, relaxed hospitality rather than nightclub pacing.

Intimate reservation-led speakeasy cocktail bar · site · IG

Fitz’s Bar is the cocktail bar inside Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits at the Park, pairing Roaring Twenties references with contemporary cocktail craft and a luxury-spirit programme.

Hotel cocktail bar · site · IG

Bar Oldenhof is an Amsterdam cocktail bar with a movie-themed menu that changes with the seasons, combining interpretations of classics with house signatures.

Cocktail bar · site · IG

Botanero combines a Latin American bar, cantina and restaurant in central Rotterdam. Agave spirits anchor the back bar, while rotating signatures and remixed classics sit beside South American sharing plates made with a local Rotterdam accent.

Latin American cocktail bar, mezcaleria and sharing restaurant · site · IG

Troef is an Amsterdam-Oost restaurant centred on seasonal food, wine and shared dining.

Neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar · site · IG

An upstairs Amsterdam bar exploring classic cocktails and the drinks they inspired. Enter through sister bar Belly of the Beast and take the stairs on the right.

Odeon / Singel · Classic-focused cocktail bar · site · IG

Onda is a The Hague restaurant and listening bar pairing Mediterranean-inspired comfort food with seasonal dishes, cocktails and minimal-intervention wines.

Mediterranean restaurant and high-fidelity listening bar · site · IG

Dutch Courage is a cocktail bar on Amsterdam’s Zeedijk devoted to genever and old Dutch liqueurs. Its menu includes genever-based cocktails and bar bites. A chilled kopstootjes vending machine offers genever with beer, making this Dutch drinking tradition part of the room’s concept.

Cocktail bar · site · IG

Café Kiem is a Rotterdam table-d'hôte restaurant serving a four-course à-la-carte option or six-course chef's menu, followed by late drinks and snacks, with a natural-wine-led cellar.

Table-d'hôte restaurant and natural-wine bar · site · IG

Law & Order is an Amsterdam cocktail bar that brings hip-hop, graffiti-led interiors and premium cocktails together near Spui.

Hip-hop cocktail bar · site · IG

Hooked is a Tilburg restobar for Mediterranean-style shared plates inspired by Spain, Italy, Greece and France, alongside wine and cocktails near the 013 music venue.

Mediterranean shared-dining restaurant bar · site · IG

Zalmhuis is a waterfront restaurant and grand café on the Nieuwe Maas, with a lounge bar, terrace and private event rooms. The owner welcomes guests who come only for a drink as well as diners and groups.

Waterfront restaurant and grand café with lounge bar and event rooms · site · IG