Where to Eat鈥� Greek Food in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The first green shoots for this article were planted way back in early November, when 鈥� on one particularly rainy and windy night 鈥� I found myself unable to walk more than half a block from my own front door for dinner. I didn鈥檛 have high expectations for Greek food in Amsterdam (I鈥檇 been to a couple of Greek restaurants here years ago, and they鈥檇 been abysmal) so perhaps that made it a little easier for The Greek Embassy to blow me away. This? Fifty metres from my front door? I was converted!
But before singing about my new love of Greek food from the rooftops, I decided to explore options for eating it in the rest of the city. Surely things had moved on from my decades-old memories of lacklustre feta salads and greasy meat?
But before singing about my new love of Greek food from the rooftops, I decided to explore options for eating it in the rest of the city. Surely things had moved on from my decades-old memories of lacklustre feta salads and greasy meat?聽And perhaps they have. But good grief, Greek food is still hard to come by. Of the 12 places I had on my list to try, three had closed down, one is temporarily shut for renovations, two turned out not to be Greek at all (just general Mediterranean), and one is so far away I鈥檓 not sure it counts as Amsterdam. So after a lot of research and not nearly enough actual eating, here we have it: a very short shortlist of Greek restaurants in Amsterdam! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
But before singing about my new love of Greek food from the rooftops, I decided to explore options for eating it in the rest of the city. Surely things had moved on from my decades-old memories of lacklustre feta salads and greasy meat?
But before singing about my new love of Greek food from the rooftops, I decided to explore options for eating it in the rest of the city. Surely things had moved on from my decades-old memories of lacklustre feta salads and greasy meat?聽And perhaps they have. But good grief, Greek food is still hard to come by. Of the 12 places I had on my list to try, three had closed down, one is temporarily shut for renovations, two turned out not to be Greek at all (just general Mediterranean), and one is so far away I鈥檓 not sure it counts as Amsterdam. So after a lot of research and not nearly enough actual eating, here we have it: a very short shortlist of Greek restaurants in Amsterdam! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Where to Eat鈥� Greek Food in Amsterdam
Guide Location: Netherlands » Amsterdam
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Vicky Hampton
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Guide Location: Netherlands » Amsterdam
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Vicky Hampton
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- The Greek Embassy
- restaurant KAIA
- Meat & Greek
- Dionysos Taverna
- Ikaria Park
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