Clubs in Amsterdam have a rating problem, and the bars are the ones who exposed it. Of the 64 revealed, rated nightlife rooms Tizy tracks in Amsterdam, the 34 that Google tags "bar" average 4.44. The 6 it tags "night club" average 4.25. The 6 it tags plain "club" average 3.87, and the 3 tagged "disco club" average 3.63 (measured 2026-10-06, tizy-db). That is a 0.57-point gap between a bar and a club in the same city, and it is not a quirk of one bad room. Nine of the 16 clubs on this page sit under 4.0. Not one of the 34 bars does; the worst three bars are tied at 4.0, and the best, Backstage Bar on Oudezijds Armsteeg, is a 4.9. The gap is a category average, not a law. Club Church, the best-rated "club"-tagged room at 4.4 across 917, beats the five lowest-rated bars on its own. But there is no club in the city above 4.6, and there are five bars at 4.8 or better. So the opinion on this page is a modest one: if you are choosing between an Amsterdam room Google calls a club and one it calls a bar, the bar is the better average bet, and the two clubs that break the pattern are named in the next sentence. The best night clubs in Amsterdam by the numbers are both on Rembrandtplein. Escape at number 11 is a 4.6 across 12,306 reviews, the most-reviewed club in the city by a distance, 11 PM to 4 AM seven nights and 5 AM on Friday and Saturday. Club Prime at number 22 is a 4.6 across 3,087, doors at 8 PM every night, 3 AM close midweek and 5 AM at the weekend, in Google's €10–20 band. Those two rooms hold 15,393 of the 27,887 reviews written about the 16 clubs, 55 percent of the city's club opinion on one square, and they are the two the live Google local pack puts first for this exact search. Behind them: Club Church on Kerkstraat, the 4.4, open Wednesday to Sunday with a 4 to 8 PM Sunday slot that is its own thing. Warehouse Elementenstraat out in Westpoort, a 4.3 across 356, the only room on this list that posts no hours at all, because it runs on event nights. Bon Ton on Stadhouderskade, a 4.3 across 227, is a strip club Google files as a night club, Wednesday to Saturday 9 PM to 5 AM, and the listing identifies as women-owned. Bitterzoet on Spuistraat, 4.2 across 1,574, Thursday to Saturday only, 11:30 PM to 4 AM. Eagle on Warmoesstraat, 4.1 across 286, Thursday to Sunday from 10 PM. Then the room everyone else leads with. Shelter, under the A'DAM tower in Noord, is the first name on I amsterdam's list and the first on Resident Advisor's, and it is a 3.6 across 787 on Google, the lowest-rated room tagged "night club" in the city. Its hours run Friday and Saturday night through to 7 AM, the latest close on this list by two hours, and that is the point of it. The editors and the reviewers are scoring different nights. Same story for the big rooms on the squares. Panama on the eastern docks is a 3.6 across 2,314, Friday and Saturday only, the third-most-reviewed club here. Club NYX on Reguliersdwarsstraat is a 3.6 across 1,644 and sits third in the local pack anyway. Chin Chin Club on Rozengracht is a 3.7 across 1,456, Thursday 7 PM to 4 AM and 5 AM at the weekend, and the page at rank four of Google's results for clubs in Amsterdam is Chin Chin Club's own site, which ranks Chin Chin Club first. Oliva at Rembrandtplein 17 is a 3.7 across 897, Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday. Bar Exit, same address as NYX, 3.7 across 384 in the €20–30 band, opens its doors at 3 PM Wednesday to Saturday. The Leidseplein side streets hold the three disco rooms: El Punto Latino on Lange Leidsedwarsstraat, 3.8 across 897, nightly from 10 PM; Club Candela on Korte Leidsedwarsstraat, 3.6 across 481, nightly from 11 PM and 10 PM Thursday to Saturday; Lovelee on Lijnbaansgracht, 3.5 across 274, Thursday to Sunday from 8 PM, the lowest rating on the page. Price buys nothing on this scoreboard either. The two rooms in Google's €20–30 band, Shelter and Bar Exit, average 3.65. The two in the €10–20 band, Club Prime and Eagle, average 4.35. Now the practical part. Nine of the 16 sit in the belt between Rembrandtplein and Leidseplein, so the walk between most of them is ten minutes. Five run seven nights: Escape, Club Prime, El Punto Latino, Bar Exit and Club Candela. Panama and Shelter are weekend-only. Bitterzoet and Chin Chin are Thursday to Saturday. Of the 15 rooms that post hours, 13 close at 5 AM on a Saturday morning, Bitterzoet at 4 and Shelter at 7, so the city's real last call is five. Doors are 18 and up, because 18 is the Dutch drinking age, and the ID check is at the door, not the bar. The techno warehouses the editors rank, BRET, RAUM, Lofi, Doka, Thuishaven, RADION and Garage Noord, are on Tizy's Amsterdam map but not yet in the rated, revealed set this page scores, so they are not ranked here, and that is a gap in the data, not a verdict on the rooms. Night clubs in Amsterdam, the best clubs in Amsterdam, Amsterdam clubs tonight, the techno clubs Amsterdam is known for abroad: it is one list, ranked by rating, with the review count printed beside each one on purpose. The bars index sits beside this page, with 34 reasons the average is higher over there, and the Amsterdam nightlife hub holds the whole city. You don't have to guess which of these rooms is alive at one in the morning, or cross the IJ to find out. Tap it and listen.
Amsterdam clubs (84)
Escape
★ 4.6 (12,306) · $$
club
Great beer selection
Great cocktails
Live music
Live performances
Club Prime
★ 4.6 (3,087) · €10–20
club
Outdoor seating
Great beer selection
Great cocktails
Live performances
Bitterzoet
★ 4.2 (1,574)
club
Wheelchair accessible
Club Church
★ 4.4 (917)
club
Panama
★ 3.6 (2,314)
club
Chin Chin Club
★ 3.7 (1,456) · $$
club
LGBTQ+ friendly
Transgender safespace
Club NYX
★ 3.6 (1,644)
club
El Punto Latino
★ 3.8 (897)
club
Great beer selection
Great cocktails
Live performances
Cocktails
Warehouse Elementenstraat
★ 4.3 (356) · $$
club
Live music
Live performances
Cocktails
Dancing
Oliva (restaurant & club)
★ 3.7 (897)
club
LGBTQ+ friendly
Transgender safespace
Wheelchair accessible
Shelter Amsterdam
★ 3.6 (787) · €20–30
club
Live music
Live performances
Cocktails
Dancing
Bon Ton Stripclub Amsterdam
★ 4.3 (227)
club
Live performances
Cocktails
Dancing
Trendy
Eagle Amsterdam
★ 4.1 (286) · €10–20
club
Live music
Live performances
Dancing
Groups
Club Candela
★ 3.6 (481) · $$
club
Cocktails
Dancing
Trendy
Groups
Bar Exit
★ 3.7 (384) · €20–30
club
Outdoor seating
Great cocktails
Karaoke
Cocktails
THE OTHER SIDE
★ 4.2 (182)
club
Live music
Live performances
Cocktails
Dancing
Parallel
★ 4.2 (129)
club
Great beer selection
Cocktails
Dancing
Trendy
Club John Doe
★ 3.2 (561) · €10–20
club
Outdoor seating
Great cocktails
Live music
Live performances
A’DAM The Loft
★ 4.4 (86)
club
Live music
Live performances
Cocktails
Dancing
OUT Latin Club
★ 4.1 (123)
club
Cocktails
Dancing
Trendy
Groups
Lovelee
★ 3.5 (274)
club
Live music
Live performances
Cocktails
Dancing
Jimmy Woo
★ 3.1 (567) · $$
club
Great beer selection
Great cocktails
Karaoke
Live music
Westerunie Amsterdam
★ 4.0 (88) · $$
club
Outdoor seating
Great beer selection
Live music
Live performances
Sexclub Golden Key
★ 3.9 (90)
club
LGBTQ+ friendly
Transgender safespace
Wheelchair accessible
CLUB ÈRR°
★ 4.6 (35)
club
Great cocktails
Live music
Live performances
Cocktails
Club Up
★ 3.3 (181) · €10–20
club
Live performances
Dancing
Trendy
Groups
Escape DeLux CLUB
★ 3.9 (68)
club
Cocktails
Dancing
Trendy
Groups
Ibiza Lounge Amsterdam | Nightclub Leidseplein
★ 3.4 (137)
club
Outdoor seating
Great beer selection
Great cocktails
Cocktails
nachbar
club
BRET
club
Supperclub
club
Radio Radio
club
SISSI'S Amsterdam
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Skatecafe
club
Lofi
club
Doka
club
Yellow House
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Club Leidse
club
Garage Noord
club
Thuishaven
club
TILLATEC
club
RADION
club
Het Sieraad
club
De Fik Garden
club
CLUB RAUM
club
House of Noa
club
Paal69
club
Toekomstmuziek
club
murmur
club
dubble
club
ISOamsterdam
club
WestWeelde
club
Woodstock'69
club
Amsterdamse Bos
club
Het Salon
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Veronica Schip
club
Manii Beach
club
Ijburg
club
Huis van Iemand Anders
club
Bronze Beach
club
Waterhouse Studios
club
Sportpark Riekerhaven
club
Ijland
club
Houtbaar Haarlem
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Supperclub Cruise
club
CONTACT
club
Kadinsky Cafe
club
Het Veronica Schip
club
Phono Lake
club
H7 Warehouse
club
Het Dorp
club
De Roze Tanker
club
MeWe Amsterdam
club
Bar Theo
club
The Stargate
club
Zwart Goud Record Store
club
Noorderlicht Café
club
De Hangout
club
Loop51
club
Akhnaton
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Benelux BAR
club
Clink Noord
club
Onder Hans
club
Baron Van Jutphaas
club
Hear Amsterdam before you pick
Tizy streams these rooms live. Open the app to listen in and find where the night is actually happening.
Based on published hours for 22 of 84 clubs in Amsterdam we track, most close past 4am on Saturday (16 of the 22 with hours on file). Check each venue card above for its own hours — where a room is streaming live you can hear if it's still going.
Which clubs in Amsterdam have the best rating?
By rating, Escape leads Amsterdam's clubs at 4.6★ across 12,306 reviews in our data. See the ranked list above for how the rest compare.
Which clubs in Amsterdam are open right now?
Open-now changes through the night. Use the live indicators above (or the "Amsterdam open near me" view in the Tizy app) to see what's running this minute.
What's the best night to go out in Amsterdam?
Weekends are busiest, but the best night depends on the scene you want. Listen in live on Tizy to find where the energy is before you travel across town.
Can I hear what a Amsterdam venue sounds like before going?
Yes — that's the point of Tizy. Venues that stream live let you listen to the room in real time, so you pick by sound, not guesswork.
