Café ZILT — Restaurant in Amsterdam

The worst service we experienced in Amsterdam. Just walked past late night with my mate. Went to come in and the bar guy came to the door and accused me of being drunk. I’d had 2 glasses of wine all evening. My friend who’s Korean and hasn’t really a knowledge of whiskey asked for a whiskey sour and the bar guy like made fun of her for it. Maybe that’d be a good chance for a bar man to educate about whiskey, not belittle someone. The bar man had zero interest in us, our drinks were empty for a long time before he bothered to come over. We ordered a whiskey and he made a joke that he’d assumed we weren’t going for the expensive one. I tried to tell him I’d been to both distilleries where the whiskeys we’d ordered had been made in the Scottish islands, he didn’t even reply to it. All the bar guy did all night was talk to a group of 4 people I assume were his mates at the opposite...

This is a bar solely focused on whiskey, with an impressive assortment and great attention to detail.

Despite being confronted with tourists everyday you can see the people behind the counter really love what they do.

Maybe this place could be perceived as a tad upmarket, or at least they want to appear that way, but due to its location it's also not too snobby, still cozy and still good place to have fun.

They have flights, which are always a good idea. Thus I ordered the "New kids on the block" flight which comprised of three whiskeys that come from countries which are traditionally not so known for their whiskey distilleries like Germany. They tasted astonishingly great.

Would come...

Fantastic time at this pub which is truly a cut above. Outstanding service, fun and friendly atmosphere, very reasonable prices, and did I mention an outstanding whiskey selection (also some really tasty craft beers). The owner and bar staff really know their stuff and couldn’t be more apparent they want you to enjoy yourself.

We went two days in a row; the first night was jam packed with mostly locals and had a really welcoming vibe. Second afternoon was much quieter and got to relax while tasting several whiskies advised by the owner. Wish more of these places existed -...