Dauphine's- fantastic fish-****

Another first for me in Amsterdam, and what a delightful restaurant this is. Dauphine's is situated at the back of the Amstel station. It was a friend's local and had no high expectations of a restaurant 'at the back of Amstel station'. J and I cycled in the heat up the Amstel and then left under the bridge to Dauphine's that was buzzing on a hot Summer night to meet Spanish 'D', Belgian 'E' and their 2 month baby 'B'.

We were a tad early and wanted to sit outside, we were immediately greeted and told there would be around a 20-30 minute wait. No problem we could grab a drink at the air conditioned bar. The interior is huge for Amsterdam, the restaurant located in what used to be a Renault garage. It's pretty impressive seating around 240 covers, perfect for events and parties.

If I was to put together a restaurant menu, Dauphine's selection would probably be exactly what I'd choose, from the Fruits de mer, to classic French bistro food, oysters, shellfish including soft-shell crab (I loved this!, fresh fish to their huge hamburger. The service is swift, and the food absolutely suprisingly well presented and tasted great. We felt like we were on holiday, but no we were just 15 minutes cycle outside Amsterdam. Maybe it's 20 minutes, but I urge you to try Dauphine's. I'll be sure to be heading back in the not so distant future.

http://www.caferestaurantdauphine.nl/en/