Om d'Vijff Vlieghen (The 5 Flies)
D’Vijff Vlieghen – it means ‘The Five Flies’ – restaurant in medieval Amsterdam is a landmark, full to bursting with everyone from business diners to tourist busloads to couples who love it. The nine dining rooms ramble over five classic 17th century townhouses, each dining room a different expression of the Dutch Golden Age. The Rembrandt Room features etchings, the Knights’ Hall a collection of armour and so forth. Groups can book different rooms or hire the whole amazing place to seat up to 300. The founder, one Nicolaas Kroese, started it all in 1939. He had gigantic charisma that attracted attention from everywhere. Plaques on the chairs commemorate past guests: Walt Disney, Gianni Versace, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis. Chef Tom Houtkoop creates exciting New Dutch cuisine dishes, using mainly organic veg and other respectful sourcing, presenting a la carte, seasonal, vegetarian five-course, and tasting menus. Dishes might include starter of brandade of stewed eel with grilled courgette and fried langoustine, main of casserole of spring chicken served in a sauce of Hoeve Nekum wine and chervil and dessert of mocha tartlet with crispy meringue and fennel chips. Finish with a typical jenever. There’s no more famous restaurant on the Spui.Please note this restaurant is completely non-smoking.
Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable.
Please note that this restaurant will open for lunch for groups of 20 people or more.
Please be aware that in case of a delay you need to notify the restaurant immediately, or your table will be given away after 30 minutes
Please note that for bookings of 8 people or more the a la carte menu is not available.
You will be provided with surprise group menus, as follows:
- 3 courses: €36 p.p
- 4 courses: €42.50
- 5 courses: €47.50
- 6 courses: €52.50
Opening hours:
Mon - Sun 5:30pm - 10pm
Every chair in the restaurant carries a small copper plate engraved with the name of a famous guest who once visited the restaurant. Past guests include:Walt Disney, Gianni Versace, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis.
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The 5 Flies, a great event night! Try the taster/surprise meal, great value and stunning quality.Recension
d'Vijff Vlieghen is a beautiful restaurant with lots of atmosphere and a celebrity clientele. The food is lovely though not fantastic, and quite pricey. A nice holiday experience but not somewhere I'd recommend to locals.Recension
Everything at The Five Flies was lovely. Pricey, but we were expecting that. Once we had decided to ignore the price, the food was decidedly delicious. My advice for the overwhelmed is to order whatever you know you like; you won’t be disappointed. The deserts deserve special praise. We couldn’t pin down exactly what The Sauce tasted of but we agreed that the closest description was, “the dreams of children”. That course led to many interesting conversations. My recommendation is to go. Just go. But make sure you have enough money to be careless with the wine list. Phew!Besökare
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