Café Emmelot in Burgwallen-Oude Zijde

Called in this cafe bar for a few drinks. Great atmosphere, staff friendly also great service. Watched the world go by as people come and go.

excellent staff and amazing atmosphere, i would go again and again and recommend to anyone

I've been there, great relaxed atmosphere, I definitely felt at ease there, drank a delicious beer moretti

Certainly the best cafe bar for a traditional dutch atmosphere and amazing Staff. Made to feel welcome from the moment I walked in. A special thanks to Ruggero Gem,celeste,Monique,Anna,until the next time Many Thanks Tony.

Don’t go there!!! The staff is rude. I ordered a local beer, not knowing there are two. The Barwoman didn’t even told me or ask which one, just gave me one. Turned out there are two and I had the wrong one. So I came back to tell her, first the lady ignored me, till the guy came and I explained it to him. Both didn’t even cared. She just continued ignoring me. So I tried to talk to her several times till she said in a very arrogant way: „It’s not my problem, that you ordered wrong“. In the end they weren’t willing to give me the right order. This is not how you treat customers. Then taking 5€ for a small beer and not even serving it you need to get it yourself and pay immediately, probably so you cannot complain afterwards. And to continue the doorman was very impolite too! Worst Bar experience in my whole Life.

Great bar loved it had a very good time good drinks, felt very comfortable and cozy Thank you to Rina and Cem for showing us a good time

Nice atmosphere, outdoor seating with heaters and blankets for the cold weather decent selection of drinks and friendly staff, only negative thing is the mens bathroom lock is broken and has been for a number of years

The waiter was very attentive. We visited January 1st. It was cold and rainy. Owner should provide the wait staff with a rain jacket at least.

Good coffee (€6/coffee), good service, good spot. A coffee stop before continuing to visit Amsterdam.

Nice pub in Amsterdam, great staff! 👍

nice for a drink. Amsterdam conviviality

For a café and bar, nice service and cool people. Lots of locals and tourists go there. Had a lot of fun there.

A beer sat outside the best bar in Amsterdam. What more can I say

Tea with Apple and cream, pay attention

Terrace is nice and service is not too bad

Service staff is rude and stupid.

Me and my men loved the bar and the superior bartender Jam. Hope to visit the bar on our next trip back-to Amsterdam

Great spot with nice comfy seats outside to people watch. Service from our waiter (Gem) was great 👍

I really loved this bar, perfect place and cold beer, what Else do I need? 🫶

Amazing place with even better service Cem took amazing care of us and made us feel so welcome

Great service by Cem and a lovely vibe. Can’t wait to come back! X

AVOID!! Really rude male staff member who I could never imagine having to deal with at home. Disgusting behavior 🤢

Terrible service and horrendous staff member. Should be locked away along with the food.

This was the worst experience i had in Amsterdam. The waiters are REALLY rude. I do not recommend it since there are better bars around. Don’t go there if you can avoid it.

Unbelievably rude service and not tourist friendly. The waiter was very icy towards us from the start and we ordered some paninis and coffees. He came back to let us know half the paninis could not be done because they were frozen still and said "unless you want to eat frozen food" with disdain. Then there was a minor miscommunication about our order and the waiter rolled his eyes and swore in frustration. When we confronted him about his problem he said "this isn't the UK, go to Starbucks". They clearly do not like tourists here so save your money. Ended up going a few doors up for somewhere with lovely staff, freshly cooked food (not frozen) and coffees. Blessing in disguise really. Horrendous service from someone who clearly has trouble doing the bare minimum for their job.

Encantador, realmente lo disfruté. El tipo que nos sirvió era muy amable (vivía en Brighton) delicioso pastel de manzana. Recomendado. No pensé que fuera demasiado caro.

A great place for a little morning coffee. Very well received by a magnificent smile from the waitress

Great location and view. But we have been waiting for the waiter for so long to order. We decided to leave the place and search for another bar. We do not recommend this place.

Surprised they have a minimum consume fee and ask for tips for mediocre service, coffee and sandwiches were cold

Very rude guy there You don't have the right to scream at costumers (no respect at all)

Had a beer here yesterday during the Amsterdam City Walk. As a Brabander, I was happy that I had found a real Amsterdam café, with real Amsterdam café owners. As it should be. And the beer was delicious too.

Our favourite pub\bar in Amsterdam. Friendly servers and a nice selection of drinks. The Amstel always tastes good, not watered down like some places. Expensive...but the whole of Amsterdam Central is. Love the gluwein\mulled wine in the winter months and the hot chocomel. Table service. So nice to sit by the canal and watch the boats go by. You can order Febo to your table using a qr code that's usually on the table menus. They serve a few food items but we've not tried any so can't review them. See you soon, Café Emmelot! 🧡

Most unfortunate experience in Amsterdam and Europe till now. Rasist behaviour with customers. Male waiter just knows how to be aggressive and shout. This is so insensitive that he shouted on kids and women even at 12:00 noon time. This Cafe is worst place to go and specially with that particular male waiter in.

Don't go to this bar! Terrible attention from the waiter, an older Dutch man, we couldn't wait long, right? I was waiting for my friend, saving the table for the 4 of us, and the man in a very bad way told me twice to leave now, yelling at me why I couldn't wait there. The attention is really disappointing.

It was wonderful to sit here on the terrace again, friendly service from Rachelle and Jeroen. And just order a snack from the Febo via QR code that was brought to the terrace.

Gem and Sharon were great! Gave us great recommendations for other things to do in the area, gave us great drinks and we made friends with a fellow american! We had a great time :) if we’re back in Amsterdam we will definitely make a point to come back to cafe emmelot!

Regular cafe in Amsterdam in the Red Light District. Very nice service and an atmosphere like before. Simply great.

Best drinks and service here! Sharon & Gem were the best

Sharon and gem were the best of the best in Amsterdam!

The beer is not worth their attention and rudeness.

Place with very good atmosphere, good service and very pleasant

The male server there working September 29th around 13:00 is rude and aggressive. He physically pushed me out of his way and when I went to talk to him his reasoning was he was “working” and had a tray full of drinks. Yet he insulted me as he walked inside. I was not in the way and was off to the side on the sidewalk. A simple “excuse me” would have been fine, not putting his hands on me. The fact he got defensive instead of apologizing is ridiculous. Never push anyone, especially a woman.

A nice café right on the canal, good music, nice staff, a little more expensive, but you don't treat yourself to anything else 😉😁 The apple pie is sooo 😋

Trouvé par hasard pour boire un café. Terrasse très sympathique, au bord du canal. Excellent apple pie maison. A goûter absolument

Waiter was very rude and condescending.

Staff are rude and terrible service , don't even know how to pour a Guinness

Great bar where service was good and staff were very good

Este bar está muy cerca del RLD pero no ruidoso e ideal para tener una charla con una muy buena elección de bebidas y no tan caro como algunos de la zona.

Delicious food, best steaks we’ve had in Amsterdam, very friendly and polite staff.

Great to sit canal side for a few drinks, friendly and helpful staff

I don't really appreciate it when they give you a big beer when you don't specially ask for one, otherwise all was fine, we are not in the UK we are "a beer" automatically is a pint.

Many thanks for your hospitality

Had a drink on the terrace. Very attentive and friendly service.

Top location with top service right on the water in the Red Light district of Amsterdam. Prices are a bit steep, but you definitely pay for the view.

They serve steamed milk as cappuccino for 4.5 euros. The service is unimaginably rude and the hygiene of the place simply left the chat. It has a nice location but you can easily find better cafés and pubs if u just walk a bit further. Totally disappointed from the experience.

The waiter was totally stressed and you could really tell

Ideal for having coffee, beers or drinks. Very good atmosphere. Great service

Good place for a drink or a snack

Waited a while to be served, went into the bar and they served someone that came in after me first then proceeded to tell us the comment we made wasn’t nice when all we said was we were waiting outside for 20 mins while the server walked past 3 times and looked at us but never took our order even tho he was taking everyone else’s. Couldn’t even tell us where the toilets were shocking service. First bar in Amsterdam we haven’t been made to feel welcome.

Just avoid going to this cafe! It was an awful and disrespectful treatment by the old black bartendress lady, she was soo rude with the clients and she was not respecting the waiting order of the clients and start yelling if someone complains, she was like i will serve who i want even if other people waiting before and if you don’t like it just leave!!! We just left after being shocked, other bartender was like sorry about that but he couldn’t spaek with her !

It was okay but they close pretty early to be so close to the center

there was a one waiter who was extremely rude. he literally touched my arm, told me to leave and accused me for lying(which i didn’t). he told us that we haven’t ordered anything but actually we ordered some tea and we never received anything. when we tried to state that we actually ordered something he got extremely rude. it was ridiculous. never visiting here ever again. absolutely disgusting behavior.

this cafe literally has the most ridiculous workers ever. Waiter was so racist and rude. do not even consider going here.

Never seen such an arrogant and uneducated waiter… terrible customer service. Will never come back again.

Nice location, you can certainly spend nice evenings. Were only there for drinks, so I can't comment on the food.

Super super good amazing service guys definitely recommended!!

Terminamos aquí tres veces, la primera con amigos, y luego terminamos aquí. Un montón de asientos, buen servicio, amplia selección y gran ubicación!

We ended up here three times - the first with friends, then we just happened to keep ending up here. Lots of seating, good service, wide selection, and great location!

Veldig effektiv og vennlig servitør. Perfekt plassert langs kanalen. Skriver litt til siden jeg må ha 100 tegn for å levere anmeldelse

En nydelig plass og et perfekt pitstop i Amsterdam. Hyggelig personale, rask betjening og flott beliggenhet. Fint å sitte langs kanalen og se på livet.

Cozy brown café, nice to sit on the terrace and watch people while enjoying a beer!! Operation fine,

Great place and awesome staff with great memory's 😉. Will call again.

One of the best terrace, bar and ambiance of Amsterdam, living next door and still one of my favorite places

Without further notice the host rushed us out of the restaurant and took out our drinks out of our hands being rude and aggressive.

The waiter treated us horrible. They never told us that the bar was closing, they sold us beer and after 10 minutes they told us that we had to stop at that second and leave. We stopped to finish the beer and one of the people took the glass out of his hand. RUDE, RUDE, AND UNFAIR.

Very bad! The waiter saw us setting for more than half an hour, even when we called him he didn’t come! Disgusting person!

The only reason this cafe has people is for its location. That's honestly amazing. BUT Service ❌️❌️❌️❌️ Hygiene ❌️❌️❌️❌️ Taste ❌️❌️❌️❌️❌️ I paid 4.5 euros for this terrible steamed milk that they sold in the name of cappuccino. On top of that, they gave us wrong orders. He was rude, tooK around an hour to get us a beer and coffee. The spoon was used. I only have terrible things to talk about this place.

Lovely cafe by the canal. Took a breather and just sat there with my beer for a good while.

A place to relax by the river ✌️🖕

Nice cafe with waterfront location. "The English Guy" is a nice and quick waiter. Prices are a bit more expensive, 0.5 beer around €9 but the rest is good.

The coffee tastes bad, you are charged immediately after the drinks are served, and the waiter is also impolite. You can order from the Febu restaurant, but it is just as bad as this one. Disappointment.

Bad place with worse waiters. My wife was feeling bad and didn’t want to drink anything, I tried to order a beer, waiter didn’t accept one drink and asked us to go.

Good atmosphere, excellent music and very good service!!!

Server bordering on rude. Beer served without a glass! Shows himself to be anti-French.... To be avoided

The glass of red wine was terrible, but the waiter's attitude was worse. It took him about 35 minutes to serve us (the place was not full) and he told us that we had to pay in cash, then he forgot about the order and asked us again, when we went to pay he asked us if in cash or card, we gave him cash (€50) and he told us that he didn't have change for €50, we told him that we didn't have less and he left angry with a bad face and came back and threw the change at us on the table. A horrible glass of wine and a small beer €9.5, the waiter's service is priceless. Fantastic experience, I don't recommend it to anyone with all the other places there are.

Terrible attendance. Rude waiter, designed to coerce customers' consumption on the instructions of the owners.

The waiter is rude, doesn't accept the card except when we were about to leave because we don't have cash. He finally accepts that we pay by card. He even tries to scam us at checkout with a higher amount, making us believe it was a “machine error”. To flee !

What a horrible woman behind the bar. Not a single shred of sympathy. Lashes out at customers for no reason. It was because I had already paid, otherwise I would have preferred to leave. Furthermore, very expensive and no atmosphere inside.

Real Amsterdam pub, cozy and with top service

Nice location right by the channel 👍

The woman who works there is an absolute liar and doesn’t like her job.I have waited for my friends to come and they took the chairs that I look out for my friends.Considering that there are people who’s waiting I said okay you can take it at the end.While I was still sitting the woman who works there(blonde) came and said ‘Don’t stare at me’???? I thought she was high and I said ‘What’s your problem?’ She didn’t say anything and went back to work.I went inside to complain and she started making lies and saying she didn’t say anything like that.Im sorry but considering your age you should have learned that lying isn’t a good habit.Why would I stare at you?Are you a famous person?Are you a politician?Who are you to stare at?When you don’t have anything to say you start making excuses such as ‘this is a free country’Learn how to communicate first then you can defend your country as much as you like.You couldn’t answer to me without lying :d

Good Energy and awevice in the right place. Good vibes

Fantastic service, great location. Okay prices

Had nice local beer , good ambience near to glass house

The staff was very nice, but we waited more than 30 minutes for 2 Aperol Spritz in the evening. Tastes a little better and isn't quite as expensive as elsewhere. The location right on the canal is very nice, the heaters make it easy to sit outside even when the temperatures are cool.

1 big pc for 🧊! Sory I have to brake me self whit hand ! Guy loking nor very proud of he job

Service is terrible. Not tourist friendly. Will never go back to this cafe. 😏

Worst service. Not tourist friendly. Will never go back to this cheap cafe. The crew staffs are not accommodating. Waste of time going here.

Great pub in a beautiful location. Right on the canal, which is the perfect place to watch the world go by!!! Super friendly staff, great pint and even better iced coffee!!! 😍😍😍

Very rude waiter, who doesn't even take the time to know what we want to order, and the prices are very expensive. There are much better places in Amsterdam! The only positive point: its location!