Tizy Nightlife Index › Amsterdam

Best clubs and bars in Amsterdam, ranked

The top 100 nightlife venues in Amsterdam by Tizy Score — a published formula, not a paid list. 197 venues graded, 77 unrated (fewer than 50 reviews). Edition v0, 2026-09.

Search demand: 1,900 Google searches a month for “best clubs in amsterdam” and 1,600 for “best bars in amsterdam” (national, Google Ads via DataForSEO, 2026-09).

City index

70.6

Graded venues

197

Upcoming events

937

Searches / month

23,600

A / B / C / D / E

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Coverage: measured — Quality, Popularity, Programming, Transparency, Authority, Freshness. Liveness: not yet measured in Amsterdam; weights renormalise over the measured components so no venue is penalised for a gap in our data.

#	Venue	Grade	Score	Category	Rating · reviews	Q	P	G	T	R	F	Searches/mo	Flags
1	Melkweg	A-	82.7	Live music venue	4.4 · 10,397	66.6	91.0	100.0	75	98	77	—
2	Escape	B+	79.6	Night club	4.6 · 12,306	100.0	90.4	57.4	100	78	17	—
3	Paradiso	B+	78.9	Live music venue	4.6 · 11,766	76.6	92.0	92.5	25	94	77	—
4	THE OTHER SIDE	B+	77.5	Disco club	4.2 · 182	79.6	58.3	85.8	75	91	71	—
5	Shelter Amsterdam	B	73.6	Night club	3.6 · 787	53.8	73.9	84.9	75	98	77	—
6	Cinetol	B	72.5	Live music venue	4.7 · 282	80.2	53.6	80.0	75	65	75	—
7	Club John Doe	B	70.8	Night club	3.2 · 561	35.9	71.1	100.0	100	88	77	—
8	Parallel	B-	69.4	Night club	4.2 · 129	79.8	50.1	84.0	25	85	66	—
9	Duke of Tokyo	B-	69.2	Karaoke bar	4.6 · 2,047	84.9	74.2	48.1	100	56	35	—
10	Warehouse Elementenstraat	B-	67.7	Night club	4.3 · 356	85.8	64.0	61.6	50	87	17	—
11	BIMHUIS	B-	67.5	Jazz club	4.7 · 1,255	78.2	63.7	59.5	100	31	76	—
12	OOSTerBAR	B-	66.4	Bar	4.3 · 117	66.6	53.5	56.6	75	80	71	—
13	Club Up	B-	66.3	Night club	3.3 · 181	45.2	57.0	86.0	75	86	76	—
14	Club NYX	B-	65.4	Club	3.6 · 1,644	40.3	73.8	92.9	50	82	77	—
15	A’DAM The Loft	B-	65.1	Night club	4.4 · 86	85.2	52.3	63.6	25	84	38	—
16	Cafe De Kashmir Lounge	C+	64.7	Lounge bar	4.4 · 1,129	76.2	64.2	48.8	100	27	76	—
17	San Francisco Bar & Club	C+	64.2	Bar	4.0 · 397	51.6	61.8	55.2	100	85	51	—
18	Panama	C+	64.0	Club	3.6 · 2,314	40.0	79.4	87.9	50	82	65	—
19	Bitterzoet	C+	62.6	Club	4.2 · 1,574	69.4	69.4	54.7	50	53	71	—
20	Chin Chin Club	C	59.8	Club	3.7 · 1,456	45.2	74.5	57.7	100	46	65	—
21	Waterkant	C	58.5	Bar	4.4 · 4,622	69.0	73.8	32.4	75	51	37	—
22	Oliva (restaurant & club)	C	58.2	Club	3.7 · 897	45.8	70.6	64.3	50	81	42	—
23	Club Prime	C	57.6	Night club	4.6 · 3,087	100.0	64.9	17.2	100	5	17	—
24	PRIK	C	57.3	Gay bar	4.5 · 933	83.5	62.6	35.7	100	20	17	—
25	Bar Feijoa	C	55.7	Cocktail bar	4.6 · 722	73.4	57.8	29.9	100	40	17	—
26	Café The Flying Dutchman	C	55.2	Bar	4.2 · 460	60.3	57.4	34.3	100	59	17	—
27	Belushi's	C-	53.4	Sports bar	4.4 · 2,773	73.6	66.6	19.9	100	26	17	—
28	Aran Irish Pub	C-	53.4	Irish pub	3.9 · 2,117	48.0	63.5	26.6	100	61	38	—
29	De Kroon Bar	C-	52.3	Bar	4.2 · 441	60.4	60.8	27.4	100	44	17	—
30	Club Church	C-	51.3	Club	4.4 · 917	79.0	58.9	32.6	50	14	42	—
31	W Lounge	C-	50.7	Cocktail bar	4.0 · 922	44.9	68.0	42.1	50	55	49	—
32	Café Hill Street Blues	C-	50.1	Lounge bar	4.6 · 3,950	86.2	66.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
33	Ganbei Karaoke - Private karaoke & Cocktailbar	C-	50.0	Karaoke bar	4.9 · 292	96.2	45.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
34	Proeflokaal Arendsnest	D	49.6	Bar	4.7 · 4,531	83.9	68.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
35	VINYL ROCKS Amsterdam	D	49.5	Pub	4.8 · 825	90.4	54.3	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
36	Backstage Bar	D	49.4	Bar	4.9 · 522	92.1	50.6	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
37	VIC's BAR	D	49.1	Bar	4.4 · 211	69.7	54.3	19.9	100	19	17	—
38	Beer Tasting Room In The Wildeman	D	48.7	Bar	4.7 · 2,376	83.8	62.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
39	Cafe Gollem Amstelstraat	D	48.7	Pub	4.7 · 1,401	86.0	58.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
40	BeerTemple	D	48.6	Pub	4.6 · 3,943	81.3	66.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
41	Bar Brother	D	48.6	Pub	4.9 · 255	92.5	44.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
42	Café Chris	D	48.5	Pub	4.7 · 1,154	85.9	57.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
43	Zum Barbarossa	D	48.5	Cocktail bar	4.5 · 429	68.9	55.8	25.7	50	43	17	—
44	Spijker Bar Amsterdam	D	48.5	Gay bar	4.7 · 324	91.2	46.7	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
45	Cafe Pollux	D	48.4	Pub	4.7 · 1,076	85.8	56.4	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
46	H.Murray's Amsterdam	D	48.4	Irish pub	4.8 · 375	90.1	47.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
47	Café De Dokter	D	48.0	Bar	4.8 · 541	87.6	50.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
48	Mulligans Irish Music Bar	D	47.9	Irish pub	4.6 · 1,845	82.2	60.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
49	Rosalia's Menagerie	D	47.6	Cocktail bar	4.8 · 1,220	83.0	57.4	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
50	Cafe the Barrel	D	47.4	Bar	4.8 · 381	87.1	48.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
51	De Heeren Van Aemstel	D	47.3	Bar	4.6 · 2,691	78.9	63.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
52	Bar Oldenhof	D	47.2	Cocktail bar	4.8 · 913	82.9	55.1	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
53	Molly Malone's Irish Pub	D	47.0	Irish pub	4.5 · 3,045	77.3	64.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
54	Café Old Sailor	D	46.9	Pub	4.5 · 3,619	76.4	66.2	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
55	Barney's Uptown	D	46.8	Bar	4.6 · 1,774	78.8	60.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
56	De Nieuwe Anita	D	46.7	Live music bar	4.7 · 754	82.0	53.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
57	The Cave Rock Club	D	46.4	Live music bar	4.7 · 607	81.8	51.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
58	Proeflokaal de Ooievaar	D	46.2	Pub	4.6 · 696	80.8	52.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
59	Café Oporto	D	46.2	Pub	4.6 · 687	80.8	52.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
60	Brouwerij 't IJ	D	46.1	Brewery	4.6 · 8,259	70.5	72.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
61	BigShots Bar	D	46.1	Hookah bar	4.6 · 1,640	76.9	59.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
62	Het Elfde Gebod	D	46.0	Bar	4.6 · 979	78.7	55.6	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
63	Cafe de Pianist	D	45.9	Piano bar	4.7 · 333	82.6	47.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
64	O'Reilly's Irish Pub	D	45.7	Irish pub	4.4 · 3,816	72.4	66.6	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
65	Jazz Café Alto	D	45.7	Jazz club	4.6 · 2,943	73.5	64.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
66	Plan No.3	D	45.7	Cocktail bar	5.0 · 317	90.6	46.6	0.0	75	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
67	Café Fonteyn	D	45.6	Pub	4.5 · 1,277	76.3	57.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
68	Dutch Courage \| Cocktail Bar Amsterdam	D	45.6	Cocktail bar	4.7 · 861	78.1	54.6	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
69	Nieuwe Diep Distillery	D	45.6	Bar	4.8 · 592	87.7	51.6	0.0	75	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
70	Café Bigshots	D	45.5	Sports bar	4.5 · 719	78.2	53.2	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
71	Law & Order Cocktail Bar	D	45.3	Cocktail bar	4.7 · 664	78.0	52.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
72	Freddy's Bar	D	45.3	Bar	4.6 · 612	78.5	51.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
73	Jimmy Woo	D	45.3	Night club	3.1 · 567	31.2	61.9	37.4	75	64	17	—
74	Tales & Spirits	D	45.2	Cocktail bar	4.6 · 1,963	73.4	61.3	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
75	Krux Brouwwerf	D	45.2	Brewpub	4.7 · 384	80.0	48.1	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
76	Soundgarden	D	45.1	Live music bar	4.5 · 2,213	72.6	62.2	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
77	The All Out Amsterdam	D	45.0	Karaoke bar	4.7 · 344	88.0	47.2	0.0	75	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
78	24K Karaoke Bar	D	44.9	Karaoke bar	4.4 · 1,006	75.1	55.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
79	Bar TwentySeven	D	44.9	Cocktail bar	4.7 · 502	77.9	50.3	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
80	The Old Bell	D	44.8	Pub	4.4 · 2,277	71.5	62.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
81	Flying Dutchmen Cocktails \| Cocktail Bar Amsterdam	D	44.8	Cocktail bar	4.6 · 1,461	73.4	58.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
82	World of Karaoke \| Prive Karaoke & Cocktailbar	D	44.5	Karaoke bar	4.8 · 156	89.7	40.9	0.0	75	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
83	café R. de Rosa	D	44.4	Bar	4.7 · 154	81.2	40.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
84	LuminAir	D	44.3	Bar	4.4 · 2,745	69.0	64.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
85	Hiding in Plain Sight	D	44.3	Cocktail bar	4.6 · 979	73.4	55.6	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
86	La Dilettante Amsterdam - Natural Wine Bar	D	44.3	Wine bar	4.8 · 332	77.5	46.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
87	Bar Bukowski	D	44.1	Bar	4.4 · 2,407	69.1	62.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
88	Pulitzer's Bar	D	44.1	Bar	4.5 · 720	73.9	53.2	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
89	Bar Buka Amsterdam	D	44.1	Bar	4.8 · 266	86.4	45.1	0.0	75	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
90	Bar Bario	D	44.1	Bar	4.6 · 261	78.0	45.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
91	Café Sportpark	D	44.1	Pub	4.6 · 185	79.6	42.2	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
92	Hoppe Amsterdam Spui....	D	44.0	Bar	4.4 · 2,158	69.1	62.0	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
93	Blarney Stone Irish Pub	D	43.9	Irish pub	4.4 · 889	72.4	54.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
94	De Sluyswacht	D	43.8	Bar	4.4 · 1,855	69.1	60.8	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
95	Eagle Amsterdam	D	43.8	Night club	4.1 · 286	76.8	45.7	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
96	Bar The Tailor	D	43.7	Cocktail bar	4.6 · 615	73.4	51.9	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
97	Door 74	D	43.6	Cocktail bar	4.5 · 1,811	68.6	60.6	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
98	Sins of Sal	D	43.6	Cocktail bar	4.8 · 473	82.4	49.8	0.0	75	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
99	Brouwerij ’t IJ - ’t Blauwe Theehuis	D	43.5	Brewpub	4.4 · 3,271	66.1	65.4	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph
100	Café Eddy Bar	D	43.5	Bar	4.5 · 456	73.8	49.5	0.0	100	0	17	—	unmatched-graph

Q quality · P popularity · G programming · T transparency · R authority from the venue–artist graph (city percentile) · F freshness (L liveness is unmeasured until venues stream). Searches/mo = Google searches for the venue by name (the external label the weights are learned against; it is not a component). Flags: dampened = movement capped at ±15 per edition, review-velocity = review growth quarantined. Greyed rows: rating snapshot older than 180 days. Methodology · JSON: /rating/api/v0/city/amsterdam

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