30ML Coffee & Food Arena in Bijlmer Centrum (D,F,H)

I've been coming here for years and it has become my go-to weekend ritual, which tells you everything. A couple of minutes from Bijlmer Arena Station, no reservation needed, and even on busy weekends there is always a spot inside or on the terrace, which in summer is the main reason to come. Coffee is self-service, they call your name when it is ready, and it comes with a small cookie on the side, a detail that sounds minor but lands well. The Norwegian breakfast is the one to order, and the poached eggs are excellent too. What makes the place work beyond the food is the team, staff from all over Europe, genuinely multicultural, and even when it is packed on a Saturday they hold it together. Not the cheapest option in the area, but there are not many options in Bijlmer on weekends full stop, and 30ML is open on Sundays. A reliable spot that I keep coming back to and have never left disappointed.

Really ridiculous prices for what you eventually get.

Love this place! It’s a great way for brunch dates, morning coffees or a quick snack ☕️🧁

A really nice coffee place in the heart of Bijlmer. Tasty coffee , hot and cold (the freddo is my favorite!), and delicious food. A Bijlmer classic!

Short staffed, so we waited 45 minutes for our Eggs Benedict

Had a lovely visit getting coffees and pastries here! The lemon poppy seed loaf was super yummy and moist

Convenient location not far from Bijlmer Arena Station. Muffin was a bit stale, coffee was good. Service efficient.

Had good experiences at their location in Utrecht. I thought I'd just sit down for a coffee and a piece of cake. It wasn't busy, but apparently the two ladies behind the counter were too busy chatting to take an order. I left when someone came to pick up a coffee, and that person was apparently able to be served immediately.

Flat White is of average quality. I don't like Snickers bars.

The atmosphere is cozy. The only downside: drinks have to be picked up at the counter and called out, which is a bit confusing. I wonder why, as the food is brought to the table. Perhaps due to a shortage of staff? Otherwise, I enjoyed it.

Super cute place with interesting food & drink choices. Loved the kimchi toastie and the iced peach/matcha latte. Cool vibe, super friendly service and close to bus/train/metro. Also in proximity to Johan Cruijff Arena.

A rather chilly experience. You have to order your drink at the till and the rest of your order at the table, and then wait a long time, meaning your drink doesn't arrive at the same time as your food. The four waitresses are hidden away in the kitchen. The pancakes are dry, with no extra sauce, even though the price reflects a more elaborate product. The dining room and restrooms are far from clean.

Service was not nice and expensive, the orange juice was good

This place is very good for breakfast

It is outrageous to pay 4.50 euros for a cup of coffee.

Good place! The staff is very friendly, food is really tasty, coffee is PERFECT. I would definitely recommend it🔥

The worst sandwich I ever had. Avocado toast with quarter real avocado and spread avocado from a supermarket that was clearly out of date.

Delicious avocado toast. Rather noisy. No table service, and therefore rather expensive.

Enjoy a nice cup of coffee and delicious fresh pastries

The food and drinks were delicious. But I had to wait 10 minutes at the counter for my order to be taken. The girl preferred using the tablet. It wasn't very busy either. Our food was brought to our table (after a long wait), but we had to pick up our own drinks. It wasn't much trouble when there are six people behind the bar to bring our own, right?

Someone figured it sounds much nicer to call a drink "hot chocolate" instead what it is- a warmed supermarket chocomel. I couldn't drink it cause it's awful, certainly not chocolate, nor it was hot. Management, please call spade a spade

Good place with a nice coffee. Açai bowl was good as well

I visited two mornings in a row last week while visiting from Germany. The lavender matcha is sooo darn good! I had to order it twice. The manager of the establishment is so sweet and made sure that I liked my order and the food. I can’t wait to come back for another concert and visit this spot and the manager 😘

7 euros for a dirty chai, but with 3 degrees outside, the door is wide open and can't be closed? Everyone's inside with their coats on. I find it strange.

We paid 7€ for a decaf late macchiato. The decaf supplement is 1,10€ which I find ridiculous. In no way the wholesale price justifies this price. The size portions are rather small. Quality wise it’s okay.

Great Place and good brunch option

Coffee was great and the vegan apple pie was very delicious! Please introduce more vegan options like vegan pancakes!

Confused that this place only has 4.3 stars (at time of writing), deserves higher. We went twice during a weekend stay in Amsterdam and the food was fantastic every time.

Amazing food:super fresh sour dough bread and salmon, holland sauce is delicious and eggs made just perfect! Orange juice is huge and perfect sweet-sour ratio 😍 As for atmosphere, this is the first place where I felt like Christmas in Amsterdam in December 🥹🫶🏼 +!! one of the best capuchinos I’ve tried in my life (had to order again, couldn’t help myself)

A bit noisy, but the food is good. Ordered the Norwegian eggs Benedict. Eggs were poached perfectly.

We went here before a concert and it surprised us: they serve delicious food in a cozy place. The matcha drinks were also good. I didn’t think I would have found more than one vegan option, and it was so tasty too (I had the apple cake)!

Nice place to have a breakfast, with nice coffee!

Good for my English again 🤗, everyone around here speaks English. Nothing wrong with that. After staying at the women's hostel, I was eager to have breakfast/lunch. Brown toast with avocado and cappuccino with coconut milk and hazelnut syrup. Both were delicious!! I also found the service to be very pleasant and helpful, despite the crowds. Patience is a virtue.

Absolutely amazing little find in Amsterdam. Food was really good anf watermelon lemonade- my new favourite 😍

You have to order inside and wait at the other counter until your coffee is made. You can, however, help yourself to a cookie, honey, sugar, caramel cubes, etc. You then have to bring it to your table yourself. They will collect it when it's empty. Most of the staff don't speak Dutch, but that's almost always the case these days. Legend 1) Terrible! I advise against it, I'll never come back! 2) Too bad, below my expectations, I won't be back. 3) Okay, nothing wrong with it, but nothing special, nice for a one-time visit. 4) Fine, worth coming back. 5) Excellent! I recommend it, I'll definitely be back!

Super friendly and accommodating staff, nice coffee and great brunch! I would recommend it ❤️

This place gets very busy during the lunch break for people working nearby, so if you want a quiet visit, it's best to avoid that time. You order via a QR code. Drinks are announced, and you have to pick them up yourself at the bar. Food is brought to your table. This can cause some chaos and is especially inconvenient for the staff, who constantly have to loudly announce (at least during peak hours) which drinks have just been made, and they're not always attentive. Our drinks were made quickly. The coffee was good, and the lemonade was very generous and mild. The food took a little longer. The toasted sandwich was delicious with the sriracha mayo and ketchup. The blueberry pancakes were a bit dry, but combined with the maple syrup, the dish was perfectly balanced. Now for the atmosphere: I found it very cold inside, and it was incredibly noisy during the lunch rush, making it difficult to hear each other. The staff worked like a well-oiled machine, hence four stars.

The terrace is great, especially when there is sun.

My friend and I had brunch here. We ordered club sandwiches and it was balanced and in size of mounth bite. My match latte tasted good too. We had only a small table and when our food came, the staff immediately took another smell table and put it next to our table. The staff was very considerate. : )

The best coffee in town, I always take a cappuccino with oat. The service is great, I always enjoy to see the friendly faces and willing to serve and have a nice conversation. I work nearby but I recommend to visit this place because the food is delicious too.

Super tasty salmon toast and the bramble was some of the best iced coffee I had in this area 😍 it was so sweet and flavorful (I got it with oat milk)

Had avocado toast with eggs..good enough , the flat white was tasty 👌

Dine in for breakfast, we ordered Tuna Melt(grilled cheese) which was good and Norwegian with poached egg served at standard. The matcha latte however a bit disappointed but overall vibe is pleasant.

Really enjoyed our time, food was yummm.

Cosy little spot near Bijlmer, great for students and young professionals. Personally, I got a "rainbow cake" - pretty yummy - and ginger orange tea to go with it. The drink was just right, not too hot but not cold either, you could really feel the ginger, which imo makes for great tea! Will be returning for sure <3

I had a matcha and a carrot cake. The worst matcha of my life. It was absolutely disgusting, and even disgusting isn't a strong enough word to describe how bad it was...especially considering the price of a matcha... The carrot cake was classic, the atmosphere was pretty good, and the terrace is nice.

Delicious freshly brewed coffee Not cheap

I had a cup of coffee recently; my wife and I have been back a few more times since then. They're so good! And the vibes are so relaxing. 💯 A big 5 stars from me.

The mint tea and Watermelon Lemonade (with sparkling water) were delicious 😋.. .I ordered the blueberry pancakes and my husband ordered the wasabi Salmon ... both was amazingly delicious 😋... I would definitely recommend

This is my spot the food is good the chia latte is good.

The food is fine to average and the service is sloppy, with used cutlery all over the place left outside in the sun, with drying mayo on it gross. When I explained that to one of the employees they said Yes they knew and didn't seem to be bothered. When we pay, we pay for a nice area to sit on the terrace and good service so cleanliness and a good service is the least we should expect. Not going there again if they don't clean up. Disappointing!

Terrible service. Over an hour of waiting for avocado toast. No apologies; we almost felt like we were bothering them.

When you go regularly the service gets worse

Came here because I wanted away from my abusive house situation, so I could use some food and decent HUMAN interaction. Barista guy was initially really nice, even charged my Airpods. I ordered eggs benedict as I haven’t had breakfast, but I missed that there was ham on them. When he came to bring my breakfast over, I said I must have missed that, but that I don’t eat meat. He was nice and said: ah, okay, no problem, we’ll fix it. I apologised and he took it away. Then another worker (brown hair, glasses, tall) immediately came to me with the exact same plate. She stood before me, and seemed lost: I clarified that her co-worker already brought the eggs benedict to me and that I already told him I don’t eat meat. She kept asking: “No, did you order this with the QR-code?” I was confused: was she angry I was seated at a table without a QR-code and that I ordered through another table…? So I cautiously replied: “Yes…?” And she then went on to say that ‘it’s not their fault’, because the menu said it had ham on it. At this point I was confused to what she was trying to convey, as her co-worker had said they could easily take care of it. So… was she trying to make sure I wasn’t angry at them? I explained to her that I already told her co-worker that I probably just hadn’t read that part, to which she kept angrily vent at me about how I could have somehow and that “it’s not their fault”. I was very weirded out since I already had said it was because of me… like if you don’t want to take ham off the toast for me and want me to do it myself, this is a bizarre way to make that clear? Like, I just paid €15 for eggs on toast and a bit nice energy, while you get like about as much to be there an hour… be a bit kind or just don’t work in horeca. I say this as someone who is a barista themselves and the girl really has no heart for the game. Her rude conduct made me very uncomfortable and I asked her what her point was. I didn’t understand why she was trying to pick a fight with me, as I already said I hadn’t properly read the menu myself. She rolled her eyes and said she wasn’t picking a fight with me, and then muttered real annoyed to herself that she would take care of it…? Again, the barista guy comes back to me and asks if I wanted something else or really just the same thing without ham. So I say, I really just don’t want the ham, I don’t need anything else or to see the menu, I even apologised yet again. It was obviously easily fixed after that, but the girl didn’t even apologise for her behaviour to me or anything… Some people have real problems and don’t need some international student’s baggage dropped on them at the coffee bar! 😭 I didn’t even feel safe enough to get up, I was just frozen in my seat.

cute caffee, friendly english speaking staff, a bit loud inside, average amsterdam prices, iced mango matcha was really good

I visit often for coffee and breakfast. Today, I tried the American Deluxe pancakes, but they were dry and dense - more like bread than fluffy pancakes. The replacement had the same issue. Since many others in reviews have also mentioned dryness, I suggest changing the recipe or not advertising as American pancakes (which should be fluffy) to avoid repeated complaints.

Lovely Coffee, great people and lots of seating. EVEN EGG CHAIRS😫

It is a little pricey for the options, but the food is fine. The drinks are also ok. However the service is not very good. understandably it was busy due to the Stray Kids concert but waiting 30 minutes for drinks is a little too much. My siblings and I were waiting for our food, two of us got it and one was still missing. The chef came to us and said "I asked you if you had the eggs benedict and you said no" when he never asked us this only our table number, and we hadn't even complained or asked when our food was coming. The cook was also rude to other customers and we saw him yell at the waiters and even nudge one out of his way. He was a classless man.

Very nice place, but very expensive. Friendly team.

We went here for breakfast. The iced coffee and mango iced matcha were really good. The acai bowl was still a bit frozen and more like ice cream, but tasted good and the hummus bread was also delicious! The staff was nice and we really liked the interior.

Great coffee from a real coffee machine (not a capsule/pre made) with big variety of milk. Norwegian omlete was great and tasty. Bread was a bit dry but worked well with sauce. Service is very mid: a waitress confused our order. Also the drink pick up system is very weird. If you as a waiter already bring us food, why not to grab a drink too? I guess I will never know… Overall very positive experience!

Cold coffee, spoons not clean, toilet also filthy, and the service does not speak a word of Dutch, do not do their best either.

Delicious coffee and super sandwiches! Very expensive though €6.5 for a fresh juice.

The pancakes and coffee were nice but it’s just unfortunate the workers don’t care enough to do a quick wipe and sweep from time to time. We had to look for a clean table as most of them had stains and I even received dirty cutlery.

Super delicious food and drinks. Great place with outdoor seating.

My own order came in incorrect milk/foam/coffee ratio. Milk for a cappuccino was badly frothed, with a lot of bubbles. Not what I am used to from 30ML.

Toilet was very dirty. Trash bin was overflowing with paper towels. Furthermore, the staff is friendly and cheerful.

Amazing place! The staffs are lovely, the atmosphere is welcoming, and the food&beverage is more than mouthwatering😍😍😍

great coffee in small cups takes a while to get there fromt eh station but a lovely place to sit and relax and enjoy some food & drinks. if i ever have any money to buy it, because unilever beleggingsbank and my cash at brinks is stolen

I am glad I tried out this café! I am astonished by the place, the quality of food and the staff is the best!!😋

In itself a fine club sandwich, but €15.50 is very expensive. Quite sparsely topped, 2 or 3 slices of chicken fillet (sandwich topping, so not the ‘fresh’) and was genuinely shocked by the €6.50 they asked for a completely normal small Frappuccino (without whipped cream or extra syrup). Tables dirty, menu also dirty and you have to pick up your order yourself. For this price I really expect more service and quality!

Good coffee, can get loud and packed when full

We are regulars and always get iced matcha with coconut milk and cappuccinos (iced lattes also delicious when the sun is out) and they are both always 10/10! We also love the toast and the sandwiches, favourites are the avocado toast and the Norwegian toast. Always a good vibe and always 10/10 presentation from staff and atmosphere!

Great coffee and even greater sandwiches. Also the guys working over there are always kind and quick. Highly recommended

Food was sooo good!!! And the waiters and all the staff members are great!!!! A bunch of cutie pies honestly, 10/10 would go again

Nice guys, but 6.35 for a normal iced latte goes too far in my opinion. I asked if it was correct, but this was seriously the price they ask for it 🥴

Ginger tea was very strong: more like a hot ginger shot. Still two stars because we got hot water when I asked for it. Delicious cookies with tea.

The place itself looks very nice and I think very elegant. I ordered a latte macchiato and a brownie. The coffee is drinkable...but not tasty at all (plain latte macchiato). The brownie... it's worth nothing. On a small plate, you get a small brownie cube bought from Lidl. For that kind of money, you'd think you'd be getting a freshly baked cake, not a multi-manufactured frozen or pre-made one.

Coffee very expensive, medium cup

Ordered a single sandwich and took good 10 minutes to recieve them even though the product was already on the counter

Son of owner opened door for my mother on her scootmobiel. Subhan Allah that was so nice of him. She enjoyed the hot chocolate while waiting for her pancakes. And had a lovely cappuccino on top of it. Amazing breakfast experience! Alhamdulillah!

The food was overpriced and mediocre. I ordered the kimchi toast and omelette, but I’d rate the taste a 4/10. The rocket leaves served with the omelette were extremely bitter, which made the dish even less enjoyable. The service was good, but overall, the food didn’t meet my expectations and definitely wasn’t worth the price. Just a place to go if you’re nearby & need a quick breakfast

I've only been here for breakfast so far, but it's always very good and filling, and the ambience is great too.

It is one of the few good cafes near johan cruijff Arena (Ajax stadium). The coffee was very good and so was the muffin. Price is reasonable, and staff is very helpful.

I've passed by many times, but now I just tried it once. It does look cozy inside. Nice seating areas, but very noisy. Dirty menus. No problem ordering at the counter. Food is served at the table. Drinking jugs are tasty, but way too many ice cubes. So little for a lot of money. Pancakes deluxe with apple; way too much sauce and very little apple. Couple of pieces. No apple on the pancakes, just a few mini slices on the plate. Too bad, there is certainly room for improvement here. No details to report in terms of service. Not striking in a positive sense and not in a negative sense either.

Hardworking, attentive and customer-friendly staff. Nice place to meet up with family or friends.

overpriced and cheap food, really disappointed, not coming back!

Loved the food, amazing service!

Here you can enjoy delicious food. Quite a strange concept, food is brought to you but you have to pick up drinks inside.

Delicious breakfast with Pancakes de luxe

I ate a very good avocado toast The service was perfect and the location is good Thank you it was a nice breakfast

Can't say anything other than that it is one of my favorite lunch spots. Nice and healthy, delicious and the coffee is also great. Love it!

Ordered a hot chocolate today. She indicated it was Tony's chocolate. I just saw the man shamelessly pouring chocolate milk from a carton. Just be honest, man. Honesty will get you the furthest!

I ordered a Cortado and it tasted like shit. I will not come back again. The customer service was terrible as well.

Lovely staff, fast service, great coffee 👍🏻

Amazing place, wish they opened one on Ijburg 😊

The food is great, kudos to the chef! Highly recommend it.

Always a pleasure to visit this place. Great staff 👍👍

Nice setting to eat or drink something.

I was there with my kid of 2 years old for a coffee and brunch. I would not recommend the kids sandwich, in the food section, which was a chocolate bread with small pieces of banana on top. After asking why it was in the food section and not on the sweets, the waiter told me he would ask the manager and never come back to me. Just keep ignoring me it is not very professional.