Restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Precise Peruvian at a price that makes sense.

Nazka brings technically precise Peruvian cooking to Amsterdam's De Pijp at the €€€ price point, holding a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and a Google rating of 4.7 across nearly 1,000 reviews. The fully plant-based menu option is a genuine alternative, not an afterthought, and the wine list is strong. Booking is easy, making this one of the city's most accessible fine-dining options at this quality level.
Yes, and the answer comes quickly once you see what Nazka is doing on a plate. This Peruvian restaurant on Van Ostadestraat in Amsterdam's De Pijp neighbourhood holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, carries a Google rating of 4.7 across nearly a thousand reviews, and has earned a direct recommendation from the We're Smart Green Guide for its plant-forward approach. For Amsterdam diners who want something sharper and more technically ambitious than the city's standard bistro circuit, Nazka is a strong call at the €€€ price point.
The cooking here is modern Peruvian, shaped visibly by the Lima fine-dining tradition: think the structural rigour of restaurants like Central and Kjolle, applied to primarily plant-based ingredients with European precision. Chef Koosh Kothari's menu is available in a fully plant-based version, which the We're Smart Green Guide flags as an example of how to put vegetables at the centre of a serious tasting menu without the result feeling like a compromise. The Michelin distinction, while not a star, signals consistent technical quality and kitchen discipline — the kind of cooking that rewards attention.
Visually, the plates track closely to what the Lima-influenced fine-dining format produces: precise, composed, colour-forward presentations where the freshness of the ingredient does most of the aesthetic work. If you sat across from a Nazka dish and a plate from Atomix in New York City — another city's take on ingredient-led fine-dining outside European tradition , you'd find similar ambitions, though at meaningfully different price levels. Nazka, at €€€, sits well below what comparable technical cooking costs in New York or London.
The wine list has been specifically called out in both the Michelin and We're Smart Green Guide assessments as strong. That matters for a restaurant built around plant-based cooking, where wine pairing is often an afterthought. Here it is clearly not.
There is no publicly available lunch menu data in the current record, so a direct price comparison between daytime and evening services isn't possible here. What the available evidence does suggest: if a lunch service exists, it's worth prioritising for your first visit. Peruvian fine-dining in Lima's leading restaurants , the tradition Nazka is working within , tends to be lunch-dominant by design, and the cooking style (acid-bright, freshness-led) reads well in daylight. For a second visit, an evening booking allows you to work through the wine list more seriously. If you've been once and went at dinner, a midday return will likely feel like a different restaurant in the leading sense: lighter, faster-paced, and easier to extend into the afternoon.
As a practical note: given the booking difficulty is rated as easy, timing flexibility here is real. You're not fighting for a table the way you would at a starred Amsterdam address. That makes it direct to test both services across two visits rather than having to commit to one.
Book Nazka if you want technically precise cooking at a price that doesn't require a special-occasion justification. It sits at €€€, which puts it a tier below Ciel Bleu, Flore, Spectrum, and Vinkeles , all €€€€ addresses where you're paying for stars and the full ceremonial experience. Nazka delivers Michelin-recognised quality without that overhead. If you're travelling from outside Amsterdam and want a single dinner that represents the city's current cooking ambition, this is a more interesting answer than the obvious hotel-restaurant choices.
It's also the right call for plant-based diners who don't want a separate, lesser menu. The fully vegan version here is the point of the restaurant, not a workaround. That's genuinely rare at this technical level, in Amsterdam or anywhere in Western Europe. For context, the We're Smart Green Guide places it alongside Lima institutions like Central and Kjolle as reference points for plant-forward fine dining done right.
If the Peruvian format doesn't appeal, Bistro de la Mer offers a different €€€ experience in Amsterdam, and our full Amsterdam restaurants guide covers the range from casual to starred. For Netherlands dining beyond the city, De Librije in Zwolle, Aan de Poel in Amstelveen, and De Bokkedoorns in Overveen are worth considering if you're building a wider itinerary. And if you're still in Amsterdam for the evening, our Amsterdam bars guide and Amsterdam hotels guide have everything you need to plan around it.
| Detail | Nazka | De Kas | Wils | BAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | €€€ | €€€ | €€€ | €€€ |
| Cuisine | Peruvian | Organic | World Cuisine | Farm to table |
| Michelin recognition | Plate (2024, 2025) | , | , | , |
| Plant-based menu | Full version available | Partially | Varies | Varies |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Google rating | 4.7 (984 reviews) | , | , | , |
Address: Van Ostadestraat 354, 1073 LT Amsterdam. De Pijp is well-connected by tram; check our Amsterdam experiences guide for neighbourhood context. For wineries and producers worth visiting while in the region, see our Amsterdam wineries guide.
Go in knowing this is a serious Peruvian tasting-menu restaurant, not a casual Latin American spot. The cooking is technically precise and plant-forward, with full vegan menus available , so if you're not plant-based, don't let that deter you; the menu works at that level regardless. At €€€ in Amsterdam's De Pijp, you're getting Michelin Plate-recognised cooking at a price that's meaningfully lower than the city's starred addresses like Spectrum or Vinkeles. Booking is easy, so there's no pressure to plan weeks ahead. Pay attention to the wine list , it's been specifically flagged as strong, which matters in a plant-forward tasting-menu format where pairing is usually underserved.
Specific group booking policies and private dining capacity are not listed in the current venue record. Given the De Pijp neighbourhood setting and the restaurant's positioning as an intimate fine-dining address, large groups (8+) should contact the restaurant directly before booking to confirm availability. For groups of 2–4, booking difficulty is rated as easy, so a standard reservation should present no problems. If you need a venue with confirmed private room options for a larger Amsterdam dinner, Ciel Bleu and Flore are both €€€€ addresses with more formal event infrastructure. For comparable pricing in the €€€ bracket for groups, check our Amsterdam restaurants guide for venues with confirmed group capacity.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nazka | The modern Peruvian cooking at this newish restaurant is nothing short of spectacular. It combines thrilling freshness with an elegant approach that never strays into fussiness. The wine list is one...; You can order this Peruvian plant-forward cuisine brought to you by chef Koosh Kothari in a 100% pure plant version! There are obvious influences from the well-known cuisines that shine in Lima in the We're Smart Green Guide: Central, Merito, Kjolle, ... This restaurant is an example of how to put pure plant products on the plate with flavour and simplicity. So we can recommend a visit with great conviction. The wine selection is also very good!; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€€ | — |
| Ciel Bleu | Michelin 2 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Bolenius | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| De Kas | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| Wils | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| BAK | €€€ | — |
A quick look at how Nazka measures up.
Go in knowing you're booking a Michelin Plate restaurant (awarded in both 2024 and 2025) with a clear point of view: modern Peruvian cooking shaped by the Lima fine-dining tradition, with a strong plant-forward option that earns recognition in the We're Smart Green Guide. Chef Koosh Kothari's menu can be done fully plant-based without compromise, which is rarer at this price tier than it should be. At €€€, it sits a tier below Amsterdam's top tasting-menu destinations like Ciel Bleu, making it a realistic choice for a serious weeknight dinner rather than just a special-occasion splurge. The wine list has drawn specific praise, so don't skip it.
No group-specific booking data is in the public record for Nazka, and the restaurant's Van Ostadestraat address in De Pijp suggests an intimate dining room rather than a banquet-style space. For groups larger than four, it's worth contacting the restaurant directly before assuming availability. If a large private dining setup is the priority, Wils or De Kas offer more documented capacity for group bookings.
Nazka is primarily known for €€€ · Peruvian in Amsterdam.
Nazka is located in Amsterdam, at Van Ostadestraat 354, 1073 LT Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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