Restaurant Black and Blue - Reguliersdwarsstraat in Grachtengordel-Zuid

We had two appetizers, the bruschetta was awesome but the smoked eggplant was mediocre with almost a fake smoky flavor that was over the top. We got two tenderloins which were extremely bland which we were surprised because everyone rates the steaks so highly. The restaurant is quite beautiful though a little tight and the service was fairly on point.

The food was delicious, so was I.

Unfortunately was one of the worst steaks that I ever had. The meat had no taste and was definitely not fresh. We also ordered green sprouts but that also tasted bland.

We had dinner there tonight with 7 friends. Both the fish of the day and the differently cooked pieces of beef were super tasty. The service was relaxed but adequate

We were here yesterday, very nice decoration, good service and atmosphere, wine glasses were well filled, tasty alcohol-free cocktails, food was good. Nothing to complain about, definitely something to come back to. Oh and the regulars are always fun!!

Quality food and raw materials used well, they also have the vegan cut which I really appreciated. The service was a little slow.

A really good pub where you can eat excellent meat.

Great service with very easygoing people. Food was delicious. Totally recommend!

Wonderful experience, the chef came over too our table. He made sure all the customers were satisfied, the steaks we ordered were well seasoned and made with love. On the other hand the waiter look unprofessional and unexperienced, over all the food was amazing and if i had to give a tip i would improve the looks and professionalism.

Very nice restaurant. It was quiet when we were there, which was nice, service was not rushed to eat our meals. The steaks were very good and seasoned well, with as many fries as you want. Well worth a visit

I recently visited this restaurant and had mixed feelings about the experience. On the positive side, the food was undeniably delicious – clearly made with care and great flavor. The staff were kind and hospitable, which added a nice touch to the evening. However, there were a few things that took away from the overall experience. The cleanliness of the place left something to be desired, and unfortunately, the wine was disappointing – though, to be fair, that seems to be a common issue in Amsterdam. While I appreciated some aspects of my visit, I can’t say I would personally recommend this restaurant overall.

Xia is the best waiter in the entire restaurant, super friendly and really great service

Great food and service. However, the discount where supposed to get threw "the fork festival" was not accepted when we received the bill. We asked what when wrong, but they told us the discount was not applied due to a bug in the system. No other compensation was made.

Nice atmosphere, impeccable service and tasty dishes. We tried his beef and salads just fantastic.

Had to sing this a star. ⭐. So the food is amazing, one of the best steaks I have had in a very long time. The aubergine starter was also extremely good. So top marks on food Atmosphere was really nice we had a small table in the corner, there was a large party but they did not disturb us at all. I dinged in the service as - there was a long delay between the steak and sides arrival - one of the chips was missing and they attempted to give my colleague chips that were sat cold for a while. They then took them back and refried them (based on the colour) But all said I recommend

My boyfriend and I went to this restaurant for our Valentine’s Day dinner, the day after Valentine’s. So luckily it wasn’t that busy and we reserved for a table. When we got there the host wasn’t really welcoming. It just seemed like he didn’t want to be there. He gave us 2 choices for tables, one literally next to the entrance door and one very close to the other tables. Since I didn’t want to constantly get cold air while I eat or having people go in and out right next to me, we chose for the other tables that was very close to the other tables. I had to squeeze into the table because of how close the tables are to each other and my butt was literally on the other guests table. When we got seated, we didn’t get a menu. I assume the host forgot to give us menus. We waited half an hour and someone finally came and they wanted to take our orders and we said we didn’t get the menu yet. He apologised and went to grab the menu. After he left to get a menu, immediately someone else came in and wanted to take our orders. It went from nobody even paying attention to us for 30 minutes, to 2 waiters wanting to get our orders in a span of 2 minutes. After we got the menu we had to wait another 20 minutes to get our orders taken by the waiters. And another 30 minutes to get our food on our tables. The waiter gave us 1 portion of fries and said that if we wanted the second portion to let them know. I was tired of the constant waiting that I just didn’t bother to get the second portion. The food was okay overall, the steak was a bit dry, as it didn’t came with sauce. I also had a pornstar martini, it was also okay. Didn’t taste great but it was okay. The service was just simply not worth it. It was a lot of waiting and them simply not paying attention to you. It is a cute restaurant but it’s a shame that the service is bad.

Delicious meat with grilled vegetables. The salad dressing is a little spicy. It's worth asking for it on the side. Friendly service.

Good service friendly staff, #jason

Delicious food with a good glass of wine!!

Delicious meal with nice service

The service was haphazard. The meat on all three dishes was dry and chewy. The atmosphere was warm and cozy, quite attractive

The food is incredible and the service is brilliant :) very very busy but we were still seen to and served very quickly! Very impressed

Delicious food, the recommended chef's special was delicious and the service was also great. Definitely recommended!

We had dinner here with an international group of 35 people. Beautiful space, great service and delicious food.

Service was fantastic and food was delicious

food was delicious, quite quiet on a Thursday evening after the holidays

We had dinner here with our family just after Christmas.. beautiful restaurant, nice atmosphere and good service! I had a Steak with pepper sauce... steak was fine, pepper sauce was not my taste... I indicated this... and it was resolved very well... a lot of attention... immediately made a new one and some extra pieces of meat as a surprise... this was not necessary, but that made the Service even more special!! The rest of our family had a great meal anyway... that in combination with the good service we experienced makes this a distinctive business for us!!

Visited on 25th December 2024. We arrived around 10-15 minutes late due to turning up at the wrong Black & Blue restaurant - but the staff were still very welcoming. I ordered the mushroom & truffle soup which was amazing and my partner had the steak which was also amazing. The waitress took the time to understand how my partner would like his steak cooked and was attentive throughout the whole service. Even though the restaurant was very busy, we still had excellent service and would definitely return if we come back to Amsterdam again!

Xia Joris and Yasmine really deserve a raise, top service

Lovely restaurant with great food and decor. Thoroughly enjoyed my steak tartare and hake fish meal.

The best service and good from the town, highly recommended!

First time at this restaurant. We had a restaurant gift card which was no problem. We could choose where we wanted to sit. Very friendly staff. Especially the lady from Peru 😬 and the food was very tasty. Highly recommended.

We were a large group, noisy and hungry, everyone had to be served at the same time, taking into account different orders. It was delicious, cozy, New Year's Eve, all the service was friendly and patient

First of all, I am grateful for the prompt feedback and assistance in booking a table for the business meeting Linda Oppelaar Team Sales Black and Blue Restaurants Amsterdam 👏👏👏 I like the delicious food, the attentive service of the staff and the festively decorated hall for Christmas. All this together creates a great mood and a desire to come back here again. Kind regards, Marina Shemchenkova Partner of the business club BNB in Amsterdam

Pleasant! Delicious food and great service. Even without a reservation we got a nice table.

We have now eaten several times at Black&Blue in Reguliersdwarsstraat and the food is always of high quality, nice choice of wines, very friendly and attentive staff also stand out and complete the evening out. The whole ambiance is right!

Staff were super attentive, steaks were delicious and just as I'd expect them to be cooked, other food was also delicious (tart tatin and burrata)... Went with colleagues and had a great time. The only reason I took off a star is because there was a bit of a funky smell in the restaurant. It's an old city, so I'm guessing it has nothing to do with them but with something going on the pipes somewhere, and probably isn't like this every day. But it was a little off-putting for a person with a sensitive nose 😉

Really cute place and I really wanted to like it, but the food wasn't outstanding and the service was unattentive. I went with friends and we were so excited at the cute decor and nice table that they had reserved for us. After that, it took a really long time to get a server to take our drink orders. The appetizers (ham bruchetta and beef carpacio) were good, but the main course was kind of a downer, we all had some variety of steak and no one was particularly impressed. All in all, nothing exciting and nothing horrible. I also don't recommend the oysters as they seemed to be overly large and fishy tasting. Ordered sweet potatoe fries as well, they were delicious but came well after the main course as if they had forgotten to put them in the order.

Cozy and very good food, friendly service but busy, food came before drinks, dishes were not on the bill... but I definitely recommend it and I will definitely go back

Good food, good price/quality ratio

We had our christmas party of almost 50 people, we really enjoyed. The service, the food, the ambience. The service was so fast , the portion are enough. Alot of food.

Delicious food! Good atmosphere and friendly staff. We will definitely come back.

Romantic place, fast service and well presented. The cuisine was delicious with quality products, unlimited fries for those with a sweet tooth

Restaurant with a pleasant setting, interesting and good dishes, the beers are very good but the waiters get lost in their orders. The area is very lively and the evening can last late into the night.

French fries in Amsterdam just hit different. Order the fries.

My daughter had booked high tea for my birthday here. I found that very disappointing, 2 very small sandwiches per person and the rest only scones and chocolates. Unimaginative and not what a high tea should be. We had the chocolates packed because they are really not tasty, just chocolate. The service was very friendly by the way.

At 5pm on Sunday we were served quite poorly. Had to go inside after waiting for a while on the table outside. The girl and guy were quite slow, but oysters and the wine were fine. Small but okay. Service should be definitely improved, as you may lose clients , because we don't want to go back and be served like this again ,🥲 Places around do have 👍👍

Food was OK. What made it a really bad experience was the service. Inattentive, dismissive, and incompetent. I would avoid it. It is too bad, because the location is great and the cooks do a good job. Fire the front of the house.

Slightly run down interior. The meat was awesome but the side dishes were of a much lower class.

Food is decent. Location is pretty good. Service could be a little faster.

Very tasty food for my birthday. The people were nice, the food tasty and the atmosphere cozy. All in all highly recommended!

I went to eat at this delicious restaurant with The Fork. The place is really nice, there's a nice atmosphere. The dishes they served us were delicious, delicious tartare and very soft grilled fillet, delicious ice cream chocolate dessert. Good service. I highly recommend it. The prices written on the Fork are exactly those we found in the restaurant.

Great tasty food, service had not been busy for very long so some small mistakes here and there, but this was well compensated by the hospitality level. The serious downside is that there were noisy, almost shouting neighbors next to our table. Management did not intervene at our insistence, so we had to do this ourselves.

We had a birthday yesterday and we enjoyed it so much. Food was really delicious. Staff were really friendly and helped us with everything we asked for. We had 2 people with allergies and our waitress, Sacha, noted them and guided us through a menu. Also they organised firework with a cake. Chef, Chris, was checking on us couple of times if food is okay. Thank you guys!

We had dinner as a group of 8 people, the service was good, the starter shrimp OK, the Black Angus steaks were disappointing in their taste, the doneness was medium, surprisingly chewy, apparently the meat was not the best raw material, everyone had the same experience. The steak didn't come with a separate sauce or it wasn't noticed to order something that could have improved the taste. The finger salt and pepper were "hidden" under the salad and when you noticed it, you could improve the taste a little.

What a bad thing! Cocktails from a machine and charged a price from a professional cocktail shaker who puts love into it. At the Hoxton around the corner there is love and passion, for the same price, which was really shameful. A non-chilled martini glass with a substance in it that tastes remotely like a cosmopolitan. With a slice of lime on the edge instead of an orange peel in it. Have to go back to the bar for some cranberry juice. A pornstar martini that was anything but creamy, with a kind of soap suds as a collar. Ordering a Bacardi cola was a kind of graduation assignment. Seems simple Bacardi and Coke to me, if I have different wishes I will let you know. No, no diet coke, no, no spicy rum, yes ice cubes. There was just a straw attached to it. A dry roll with herb butter that was rock hard and could not be spread. Shrimp croquettes as big as half my little finger for a hefty amount each. After the first drink we left quickly, they will never see us again. 55,- payment 3 drinks sandwich and shrimp croquettes. We are not stingy, but to earn your money this way, pfoehhh

Very tasty food, prices are fairly standard for Amsterdam. The interior is very beautiful. Very special, because you don't have a 'Dutch' accent, they automatically start talking in English.

We went with a big group, mostly we had beef tartar, tenderloin and Rib Eye, good quality, small portion considering the price. We tried the oysters, sorry but they weren’t fresh. It’s a nice restaurant, in a crowded bar/pub. Outside tables available, they need to improve the service, they didn’t follow a normal order to bring the different dishes.

Black and Blue truly impressed with its inviting atmosphere. The ambiance was warm and welcoming, creating an ideal setting for a relaxed evening out. However, I did find the drink menu and wine list to be on the pricier side, which may not accommodate every budget. Unfortunately, the service left much to be desired. The staff appeared inattentive and slow to respond, which detracted from the overall experience. As for the food, the main course was delightful—bursting with flavor and expertly prepared. However, I felt it could have benefited from a more generous serving of vegetables on the side; just two little cherry tomatoes seemed insufficient to balance the dish, especially given the price of the mains. Overall, while the atmosphere and food were enjoyable, the average service and high drink prices made it a less than perfect dining experience. With a few improvements, this restaurant could elevate its offerings to match the quality of its cuisine and ambiance.

Absolutely unacceptable to be refused entry to a restaurant for which we had reserved 1 month in advance specifically for the New Year's Day meal. Reservation validated by the restaurateur. We paid an exorbitant amount for a taxi to get to the restaurant, only to find ourselves at 10:30 p.m. without a restaurant and without a plan B. Many of us were refused entry to the restaurant with a reservation, it's shameful. We missed the fireworks because we had to look for somewhere ready to accommodate us so we could eat.

Lovely steak and a helpful staff. Nice visit!

Delicious food and a very fast service.

What can i say nice place. Food was good drinks also. But no go. Even its summer its so cold around 22 pm. All other bars make there outdoors heaters on they not?? I aksed because of the wind??? Why the other can??? I wanted to have one mire drink but i got to cold ;-(

Steaks there are excellent! Also love the design and atmosphere. Quiet place in the citycenter. Take one star off because of deserts- they were too sweet and pretty simple to my liking. Cheese plate was big but cheeses were supermarket quality (good but nothing special) Overall, recommend this place 👍🏻

Excellent food for a very fair price. We were treated very kindly by the nice waitress. The tournedos was too far gone, after I reported this I received a new one without any problem that was well cooked. The chef came to our table to apologize and was also very friendly. I will definitely come here again!

I visited this place with my colleagues when I was in Amsterdam for work. Great service, quaint ambiance and yummy sweet potato fries were highlights for me. My steak was prepared perfectly as well. Nice place for people to visit. Great neighborhood and route to walk through to get to this restaurant.

Nice and vibrant restaurant. We arrived early for dinner and the team was attentive. Tasty drinks & food. Nice decor and recommended

Nice restaurant in the city center of Amsterdam, where you are served excellent food, with friendly staff. In the backyard of the restaurant you can enjoy your food in peace and you are separated from all the hustle and bustle that takes place in busy Amsterdam.

Cozy place, waiters are polite and really helpful ...but the food is really not that good for what they charge

Prices are OK and the service is really nice

Not sure why this place doesn’t have better reviews. We had a fabulous time, and on a Friday night too. Service was much better than expected from what we read, despite the busyness. Shout out to Jaynardo for being a fantastic host — really enjoyed his company.

Totally cozy. Super staff. Time for a chat. Delicious food with very tasty coffee. Thanks (Delphine)!

Great food and very attentive staff

An extremely pleasant place. Very good and kind service from the staff. Time well spent with a friend in the company of the best margarita 🍸. I recommend a visit when you are in Amsterdam. Thank you ❤️🌈🍸

Really nice place, the staff is amazing and really kind Daisy🫶

Excellent restaurant in the center of Amsterdam. Good dishes for a great price in a cozy restaurant.

I loved the experience both service and food were awesome

Eat very tasty. Staff super friendly. You really feel comfortable there.

Great meal and the staff were super 😁

Lovely, bustling bistro in the heart of the Jordaan neighborhood, Amsterdam. You're on The Netherlands, so you have tonpit your hand up if you need something, otherwise they let you be to enjoy your meal. Excellent food, great vibe!

I had booked a High Wine at Black and Blue for two people. It was really delicious, and the service excellent! The food was more than enough, and it was lunch for us too. It's not quite in the photo, but there were also three fried snacks per person. We didn't finish the sweet snacks, so we were given them in a container. I will definitely come back here again! Thank you.

I had a delicious meal again! Staff was friendly and fast. I would like to thank the chef for the excellent food.

Good atmosphere, beautiful decor, delicious food and a clean restaurant. We ate here with 6 people and we were sometimes a bit chaotic when ordering. Service was patient and very friendly. Absolutely great!

Got food poisoning from the garlic bread

Atmospheric restaurant in the pleasant Reguliersdwarsstraat. The food (much from the Josper, really delicious!) and the wine were fantastic. Received good tips for sharing a number of dishes. The employees were super friendly and helpful. We would love to come back someday.

Excellent food and a very nice atmosphere.

Very nice and private atmosphere, very good food

nice hang out place both inside and outside. indoors not everyday

We didn't eat there, however the cocktails are excellent, the setting is really pleasant and the staff are available and very friendly!

This restaurant features a charming decor that closely resembles the style of a Van der Valk Hotel. The staff were exceptionally friendly and accommodating, adding to the pleasant atmosphere. The food was good.

Very good cocktails and friendly Bartender

Came to eat with the Fork. Excellent food. However, grilled vegetable was very salty! Steak was good, and fries very tasty. Service good.

Despite the fact that this is a tourist spot, we as natives had a delicious meal in a nice atmosphere.

Very pleasant restaurant, we enjoyed ourselves! I recommend the burger, the meat is excellent. Thank you for the welcoming

- Issue with couple next to us due to having selfie, no fault of staff - male member of staff ensured we were cared for and ensured we felt happy and safe at the restaurant as well as caring for couple we felt were in the wrong (caring for all staff) - Ilias- male staff member who care for us was brilliant, i mentioned briefly that it was my friends birthday and he brought us a cake on the house and when we asked for some more wine brought it to us himself. True gentleman and a brilliant place to eat. - This seems like a place where there are many locals so i can understand that tourist can probably be annoying but everyone’s needs were accommodated to. - Ilias was really comforting when another couple were annoyed at us taking a selfie but there was a member of staff who spoke dutch with the couple and complained about the ‘way we were’ unaware that my colleague also spoke dutch. - Food 10/10 over all service 7/10, one or 2 of the out of front staff were slow and unbothered by customers if it was Ilias alone 100/10, so attentive and kind. Would recommend this place completely overall.

top restaurant, great service, great decor and very, very good food!

The two of us wanted to have a drink here on the terrace outside. Seated here. After almost half an hour, the waiter asked us whether we should order at the bar and have a drink outside. No, she would be there soon. Forty-five minutes later, no one had come to ask us what we wanted. In the meantime, other people who arrived on the terrace later than us were served and helped to a table inside. (We only wanted to have a drink outside on the terrace) Too bad because it looked like a nice and good restaurant.

Had a wonderful evening, delicious food and the service was very attentive and fast.

Lovely vibes. Ilias, Antonis and the rest of the team assisted us through delivering a trip of unforgettable experience! Till the next time.

Great location and food, gorgeous decor, super friendly and efficient staff. We had a really nice evening thank you!