Restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Serious plant-based tasting menu, 26 floors up.
TWENTYSIX is Amsterdam's most technically focused vegetarian tasting menu restaurant, sitting on the 26th floor of a Zuidas tower with panoramic city views. The kitchen earned a Michelin Plate in 2025 and holds a 4.8 Google rating, applying full classical technique to plant-based cooking at the €€€ tier. Booking is easy, making it a strong choice for a special occasion without the difficulty of Amsterdam's €€€€ tier.
If you are looking for a serious vegetable-forward tasting menu in Amsterdam, TWENTYSIX is the right booking. The restaurant earned a Michelin Plate in 2025, confirming what its 4.8 Google rating across 140 reviews had already signalled: this is a kitchen applying full classical and contemporary technique to plant-based cooking, not a health-food concept dressed up as fine dining. For anyone who has visited once and is weighing a return, the answer is yes — the technical ambition here is consistent enough to reward it.
The address alone sets expectations: TWENTYSIX sits on the 26th floor of a building in the Zuidas business district, accessed via the Molteni store on the ground floor. That entry route is not incidental — arriving through a design showroom before ascending to a restaurant that high above Amsterdam's financial quarter creates a distinct separation from street-level dining. The elevation means the room has panoramic views over the city, which directly shapes the spatial experience. This is a large-format setting, not an intimate counter. If you are choosing between TWENTYSIX and a smaller, more hushed room for a private conversation, factor the scale and likely ambient energy of a high-rise dining room into your decision. For a special occasion where visual drama and a sense of occasion matter, the physical setting works in the restaurant's favour.
The Michelin recognition for TWENTYSIX is specifically tied to chef Peter Lute's conviction that plant-based ingredients deserve the same technical rigour applied in any serious kitchen. The Michelin Plate designation in 2025 signals that the guide's inspectors found the cooking technically accomplished and worth recommending, even if it has not yet reached star level. What that means practically: you should expect balanced, constructed flavour combinations built from vegetables, with classical technique visible in saucing, textures, and composition. This is not minimalist or raw-focused cooking. The kitchen uses the full range of culinary tools to make vegetables the centrepiece of every course, which puts it closer in spirit to De Nieuwe Winkel in Nijmegen , the Netherlands' most technically decorated vegetarian restaurant , than to a farm-to-table bistro.
For context on where plant-based fine dining sits internationally, Arpège in Paris has spent decades demonstrating what a Michelin three-star kitchen can do with vegetables as the primary subject. TWENTYSIX is earlier in that trajectory, but the direction of travel is clear. Within the Netherlands, the comparison to watch is De Nieuwe Winkel, which holds two Michelin stars for plant-based cooking and sets the benchmark for what this category can achieve domestically.
TWENTYSIX works leading for diners who already eat at the €€€ tier and want a creative tasting menu that does not rely on meat or fish as its backbone. If you came once and found the vegetable-focused format genuinely compelling, a return visit to track how the kitchen is developing is well justified , the 2025 Michelin Plate recognition suggests the kitchen's ambition is being noticed. If you are uncertain whether a fully vegetarian tasting menu suits you, this is a higher-commitment test than, say, a mixed menu where one or two vegetable-led courses appear alongside other options.
For solo diners, a high-rise restaurant in the Zuidas at this price point is a perfectly reasonable choice , tasting menus are designed for single-seat dining, and the views provide their own company. For groups, the format and setting are better suited to parties of two to four than to larger celebratory tables, though without confirmed seat count data it is worth checking capacity directly when booking.
If Amsterdam is part of a wider Netherlands dining trip, TWENTYSIX pairs logically with a visit to Aan de Poel in Amstelveen or, further afield, De Librije in Zwolle for a contrasting style at higher star level. For more Amsterdam options across all categories, see our full Amsterdam restaurants guide, and for planning the wider trip, our Amsterdam hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide cover the rest.
Access to TWENTYSIX is via the Molteni store on the ground floor at Beethovenstraat 305, 1083 HK Amsterdam , allow a few extra minutes on your first visit to locate the entrance. The restaurant is in the Zuidas district, Amsterdam's business and finance quarter, which is well connected by tram and a short walk from Amsterdam Zuid station. Booking difficulty is rated as easy, meaning you should not need to plan weeks ahead for most dates, though tasting menu restaurants in this tier do fill on weekends. No phone or website data is confirmed, so book directly through the restaurant's own channels when you find them. Hours are not confirmed in our data , verify before travelling.
Price range is €€€, positioning TWENTYSIX at the mid-to-upper tier of Amsterdam dining, below the €€€€ level of restaurants like Ciel Bleu and Vinkeles. No dress code is confirmed in our data, but at this price point and setting, smart casual is a safe baseline.
Quick reference: Zuidas, Amsterdam | €€€ | Michelin Plate 2025 | 4.8 / 5 (140 reviews) | Booking: easy | Entry via Molteni store ground floor, Beethovenstraat 305
See the comparison section below for how TWENTYSIX sits relative to Bolenius, De Kas, Wils, and other Amsterdam options in the creative and vegetable-forward dining space.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWENTYSIX | Creative | €€€ | Easy |
| Ciel Bleu | €€€€ · Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Bolenius | Modern Dutch, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| De Kas | €€€ · Organic | €€€ | Unknown |
| Wils | €€€ · World Cuisine | €€€ | Unknown |
| Ron Gastrobar | €€€ · Creative French | €€€ | Unknown |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
The entrance is not obvious: you access the restaurant through the Molteni store on the ground floor at Beethovenstraat 305, then ride up to the 26th floor. Build in a few extra minutes on arrival. The kitchen is entirely vegetable-forward — chef Peter Lute's conviction that plant-based ingredients deserve full technical treatment is the entire premise, not a side note. If you are expecting a token vegetarian option or a menu that leans on dairy and eggs as a crutch, this will surprise you.
The Zuidas address and €€€ price point suggest a polished crowd. A jacket or neat dressy-casual is a reasonable baseline for a tasting menu at this level in Amsterdam. Nothing in the venue data specifies a dress code, so avoid anything too casual and you will be fine.
At the €€€ tier, TWENTYSIX earns its Michelin Plate by applying serious culinary technique to vegetables rather than treating plants as a supporting act. If you are already comfortable spending at this level for a tasting menu, the creative ambition here is a legitimate reason to choose it over a more conventional meat-led option. If you are price-sensitive or unconvinced by vegetable-forward formats, the value case is weaker.
A tasting menu format at a destination restaurant on the 26th floor of a Zuidas tower is a reasonable solo evening — the kitchen's progression does the work, so you are not reliant on table conversation to carry the experience. No solo-specific seating such as a chef's counter is confirmed in the venue data, so check the venue's official channels to check seating arrangements before booking alone.
Yes, with a practical caveat. The 26th-floor setting in Zuidas and a Michelin Plate-recognised tasting menu give it the architecture of a special occasion dinner. It works best when the person you are celebrating is open to a fully plant-based menu — if they are expecting a classic protein-led celebration meal, look at Ciel Bleu or Ron Gastrobar instead.
For vegetable-forward dining at a lower formality level, De Kas is the more relaxed Amsterdam benchmark — greenhouse setting, seasonal produce, no tasting menu pressure. Bolenius and Wils both operate in the creative tasting menu tier with more protein on the menu if plant-only is not your preference. For a high-floor special occasion with classical technique and fish and meat, Ciel Bleu at the Okura is the direct alternative at a similar or higher price point.
If a fully plant-based progression is the format you want, the Michelin Plate recognition confirms the kitchen is executing at a serious level, and the €€€ price sits in line with comparable creative tasting menus in Amsterdam. It is not the right format if you want choice or a la carte flexibility. Diners who have eaten at Bolenius or Wils and want to see what a committed vegetable-only kitchen can do at the same technical tier will find it worth the booking.
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