Squat Restaurants in Amsterdam
Zaal 100 – Restaurant 100
Zaal 100 is a squatted premises that is a podium for all sorts of alternative arts and of course, they have a volunteer-run restaurant 4 days a week bringing quality affordable food to the community. The restaurant is called Resaurant 100 and is vegetarian.
Enter the building and there is a bar on your right-hand side (drinks are cheap). Past the bar is the restaurant area, say hi to the people at the counter and they will explain how it all works. They are friendly and welcome new faces. As with all these squat restaurants, you help as much as possible, taking plates back to the serving area and empty bottles back to the bar.
The cost of the food is 10€ 3 courses or 8.50 for 2 courses (updated 2024) You can’t find better value than that!
They start serving at 18h00 and you should phone first to reserve food as when the food is finished, it is finished. Call them on 020 6880127 to book.
The Address is “De Wittenstraat 100”, see the entrance in the pic above.
Every monday – From 4 March 2025
Every second Wednesday – vegetarian
Every Thursday – vegetarian
The End of the World
‘End of the World’ or in Dutch ‘Einde van de Wereld’ is a lovely ‘squat’ restaurant. It started in a disused workers canteen on the abandoned Java Island, east of Central Station. The Java Island was developed and the original squatted building was torn down and the developers provided funds for the restaurant to rehouse into a boat on the same island. As with all these restaurants, it is run by volunteers and serves good, wholesome, inexpensive food. You go to the counter to order and pay for your food and drink. When your food is ready they call out your name and bring it to you.
Bread and delicious garlic and herb butter are on all tables.
They have a vegetarian and a meat main course.
Veggie costs 7€ (4€ for a half portion)
Meat costs 8€ ( 5€ for a half portion)
Dessert costs 2.50€
You can see the menu each week here, click ‘Menu deze week’ but it is in Dutch so get Google Translate working for you.
Open on Wednesdays and Fridays only
They start serving at 18h00 and when the food is finished, it’s finished. You can phone them to reserve food on 020 419 0222 but only for goroups of 6 or more and then you have to let them know a few days in advance.
To get there, get bus 43 or tram 7 to Azartplein and then walk along the Javakade to the ship called Quo Vadis and pop inside.
