Wijnbar Clos — Restaurant in Amsterdam

I had an excellent dinner at Clos Amsterdam, composed mostly of small dishes (appetizers) plus a dessert. The beautifully presented dishes each used a thoughtful, original, appealing-looking, delightfully-tasting combination of textures, flavours and textures, to excellent effect. Just to give a couple of examples, adding pecans upon a light Hollandaise sauce covering white asparagus made the dish even more interesting, and adding a slight spiciness into the spare ribs’ sauce plus a cool and crunchy bit of chopped greens below them both worked really, really well.

Although I went for the food and not for the wine, I was pleasantly surprised by the high quality and variety of wines-by-the-glass: in other restaurants they usually taste like a consolation prize, but here they were carefully selected, well recommended for the selected dishes, and served at the correct temperature and at the right time.

With this sort of creativity and attention to detail, clearly striving for and achieving “outstanding” and not merely “very good”, the team at Clos have clearly earned their numerous five...

My Dutch friend took me here and it was really good. I would say it's good for mid-sized groups and for smaller groups. Also for dates, it does have outdoor seating with covers on top so even though if it's raining you would be fine.

Inside looked really cozy as well but we chose to sit outside. The service was really nice. Our waiter was very attentive and helpful and recommended great wine and then we opted for the three-course menu.

We got some chicken to start with and it was delicious: really succulent but also crispy and very flavorful. The main course was also really good. I would definitely recommend, but my favorite was the dessert even though now I forget what it's called but it had some rhubarb foam it. And ice cream. It was just very sweet but also tangy and it was just a lot of different textures all at once and I loved it.

I would definitely come here again, mainly for that dessert but overall a great spot. I would recommend it to everyone. We had a reservation but there were open...

Must visit wine and dine in Amsterdam ✨️@closamsterdam

Clos is a hidden gem in Amsterdam, combining a wine bar🍷and a restaurant 🍽. With over 100 handmade wines in various taste categories and price ranges, it offers a relaxed atmosphere with amazing service🍴. The restaurant serves a special, wine-based menu 📋 inspired by winegrowers’ regions, and everything on the menu is delicious 💫.

✅ Well prepared and delicious food ✅ Extensive wine list ✅ Relaxing atmosphere ✅ Friendly and attentive staff ✅ Excellent quality

What we had: 🔸 Sourdough bread with butter 🔸 Rillettes of cod 🔸 Clos fried chicken (favourite) 🔸 Poached haddock 🔸 BBQ Iberico pork (favourite) 🔸 Frangipane cake

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