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• February 10, 2008 - 15:09pm

D’Vijff Vlieghen – it means ‘The Five Flies’ – restaurant in medieval Amsterdam is a landmark, full to bursting with everyone from business diners to tourist busloads to couples who love it. The nine dining rooms ramble over five classic 17th century townhouses, each dining room a different expression of the Dutch Golden Age. The Rembrandt Room features etchings, the Knights’ Hall a collection of armour and so forth. Groups can book different rooms or hire the whole amazing place to seat up to 300. The founder, one Nicolaas Kroese, started it all in 1939. He had gigantic charisma that attracted attention from everywhere. Plaques on the chairs commemorate past guests: Walt Disney, Gianni Versace, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis. Chef Tom Houtkoop creates exciting New Dutch cuisine dishes, using mainly organic veg and other respectful sourcing, presenting a la carte, seasonal, vegetarian five-course, and tasting menus. Dishes might include starter of brandade of stewed eel with grilled courgette and fried langoustine, main of casserole of spring chicken served in a sauce of Hoeve Nekum wine and chervil and dessert of mocha tartlet with crispy meringue and fennel chips. Finish with a typical jenever. There’s no more famous restaurant on the Spui.

Please note this restaurant is completely non-smoking.