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Surprise your Valentine with a romantic dinner at the Waag! Click here for our Valentine menu Do you not have Adobe Acrobat Reader ? Download here the latest version.

On Sunday the 15th of January 2012 mr. Paul Willemse, in cooperation with Restaurant-Café In de Waag organises a full NewYear’s dinner for the homeless people of Amsterdam. Mr. Paul Willemse is voluntair and initiator of this dinner which he has organised for the 14th year in a row. Around 100 homeless people are expected [...]

Both Christmas days we opened. We serve both a la carte and a special Christmas menu.More information about our Christmas menu can be found under menus. We recommend to book in advance.    

On New Year’s Eve our restaurant is closed from 16:00 PM. We hope tot see you on the 1st of January from 11:00 AM for lunch or dinner.  

Christmas tasting December 11 from 16:00 Come on December 11 from 16.00 hours to the Christmas tasting in the Waag. Chief cook  Dorian Zomeren cook snacks from the Christmas menu. We offer you the opportunity to gain inspiration for your Christmas dinner and questions to the chief cook.The tasting will be framed by musician Franc [...]

RESTAURANT – CAFE IN DE WAAG  1996 – 2011   This astonishing building, in the middle of the Nieuwmark square, was build in 1488 as one of the gates to the city of Amsterdam. Throughout the centuries the building has had many different functions.   Since 1996 Restaurant-Cafe In de Waag is situated on the [...]

From Friday February 17 we have a new lunch- snack- and dinner menu. You can view under ‘Menus’.

The Waag on the Nieuwmarkt is the oldest secular building in Amsterdam. The first stone was laid on 28 April 1488. The building originally formed the eastern gateway in the city wall and was called the St. Anthony Gate. At the beginning of the seventeenth century the city wall was demolished, the water round the [...]