Café Luxembourg

Delicious food, fast service, and great Amsterdam dining experience!

We stopped by Cafe Luxembourg for dinner in August 2023 after our first day of exploring Amsterdam. It was a challenge to find a restaurant having space for 4 people around 6-7pm. We were walking by people sitting outside, relaxing, and happily eating and felt very lucky getting seated there as well.

The food didn't disappoint! All the dishes we ordered were truly delicious and had a nice presentation! We really enjoyed our dinner while watching passers-by on a typical Amsterdam street. Thank you Cafe Luxembourg for such a great finishing for our first day in Amsterdam!

We certainly recommend Cafe Luxembourg if you are in the area looking for a local Amsterdam dining experience. (Not local food though.)

Food ordered
Beef Carpaccio - excellent, tender, melting in the mouth with perfect accompaniments!
Quiche Luxembourg - perfect!
Chicken Satay - tasty.
Luxemburger - great juicy burger, done exactly as ordered - medium rare!
Kids Satay - our 8y older daughter loved it!
Dame Blanche "Chocotoff" - don't miss this one!
Apple Pie with Ice cream - good as it's supposed to be.

Paul is an incredible server. The croque madame with the egg was wonderful and the limincello spritzer was out of this world. We came back here because we hoped to find Paul and say hello and to our delight he was still there. Great cafe. Delicious food and drinks and Paul made each time we visited a treat.

In a city packed with people for an event, we really struggled to find some place to eat. Almost everywhere was full however we stumbled across this place which was happy to take us.

A bit no nonsense, and definitely nothing fancy, I really enjoyed our evening here. We sampled quite a few small bites off the menu and were mostly satisfied with the results.

Great drink selection and service provided by hard working staff.

I suspect this is known more as a cheaper spot in the city - it seemed to cater to a younger crowd. I enjoyed it nonetheless and would be happy to return.

Pros:

Great service.
Decent food
Reasonable price.
Great ambience for lunch or dinner.
Plenty of room inside, but outside tables were usually taken
Get a table by the window and you can see all the activities outside.

Cons:

This is not really a negative thing but I have to add that while the food was decent it wasn't outstanding. I mean none of the things we ordered stood out.

Still, this is still a place to visit while hungry walking around Amsterdam. I definitely would come back here again

This was right down the street from the conference I was at and I was looking for mussels. Cafe Luxembourg did not disappoint. In fact, they had some nice seating in a heated porch area that overlooked the plaza-ish area that was pleasant. They had Karmeliet trippel on tap which was great and the onion soup was pretty good. Mussels was a good size serving and came with fries and aioli. Plenty more on the menu to try as well. Service was friendly and the place was doing a solid business.

We ate here multiple times on our vacation in Amsterdam. Amazing food and great outdoor seating area. The croque madame is an absolute MUST for brunch. Outstanding!

Yum, we loved everything. The tomato soup was extra delicious. We ate everything while people watching in the little square.

Greeter was rude and couldn't find our reservation for party of 8. When I found it on my email she was even more rude and said they would seat us. It was 100% outdoor seating at the time but they seated us in the very back of the inside part of the restaurant. We were the only ones in there and heat was sweltering. Food was average. I wouldn't recommend it.

Lovely place inside and great outdoor seating. You must try the CROQUE MONSIUER! It is absolutely incredible.

I really really really enjoyed this wee cafe in Amsterdam. We went twice while we were in town for drinks only (late night) and really had a great time. Everything about Cafe Luxembourg is so chill and relaxing, I really felt cozy and happy both times we visited. It's a great place to sit outdoors with your best friends, chat and just be happy.

The first time we visited was simply because the bar next door was too packed to even go near, and we noticed that there were cute out door seating available here, so we took a seat and ordered drinks. The prices were cheap enough we didn't feel like we were even in Amsterdam (as things are quite expensive in this city). Luxembourg is right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the University area and its a great place to people watch. Loads of people on their bikes, in cars and walking about, it really felt like we were in the center of it all.

Funny thing about this place is that both times we were here, towards the end of our nights, it started pouring rain. The first night, we were able to hide under their canopy until we decided to basically run back to where we were staying, but the second time, we weren't so lucky as it started to rain just as we were leaving.

The staff here are very friendly and very accommodating. It seemed a little on the slow side to get the bill each time, but the way things run here in Amsterdam, the bar staff carry around little pouches to exchange money right then and their and don't have to go back to the till to cash out. I really appreciated that.