Best Restaurants for Date Night in Amsterdam
Looking for the best restaurant for date night in Amsterdam? Mangia Pizza pairs candlelit, wood-fired atmosphere with award-winning Neapolitan cooking across four intimate locations — ranked #43 in The Best Pizza Awards and featured by iamsterdam.com among the city's finest.
Book a Table NowWhat Makes a Restaurant Right for Date Night
A great date night restaurant needs more than good food — it needs atmosphere, a menu built for sharing, and a room that feels intimate rather than rushed. At Mangia Pizza, every pizza is hand-stretched and baked in a wood-fired oven at over 370°C, the dining rooms are warm and low-lit, and the pace is unhurried — the kind of place where a two-hour dinner feels natural, not forced.
Founded by Antonio Cavoto, who started making pizza in Naples at age 13, Mangia brings real Neapolitan romance to Amsterdam — not the manufactured kind. Ranked #43 in The Best Pizza Awards, with chefs who've placed in national pizza-baking competitions.
Why Mangia Pizza Works for a Date
🕯️ Intimate Rooms
Four smaller-format locations across Amsterdam, not a cavernous chain restaurant — every table feels like it's yours for the evening.
🍷 Built for Sharing
Antipasti, a pizza to split, a bottle of Italian wine — the menu is designed around two people eating slowly together.
🔥 Real Theatre
The open wood-fired oven is part of the room — watching your pizza go in raw and come out blistered is its own kind of conversation starter.
🚶 Walkable Settings
Locations near Vondelpark, the canals and the Jordaan mean an easy pre- or post-dinner stroll built into the evening.
What to Order for Two
The dishes that work best for a shared, unhurried date night dinner:
Full menu including pasta, antipasti and wine list: View Full Menu →
Where to Go, Depending on the Night
Not every date night wants the same setting. Mangia Pizza's four Amsterdam locations each suit a different mood:
- Vijzelgracht 33, Centrum: canal-side, central, easy to combine with a pre-dinner walk along the water — the pick for a classic Amsterdam evening out.
- Amstelveenseweg 63 & 65, Zuid: steps from Vondelpark, ideal for a walk-and-dinner date, or dinner after a day at the Rijksmuseum or Van Gogh Museum nearby.
- Marnixstraat 198, Jordaan: tucked into Amsterdam's most romantic neighbourhood — narrow streets, canal houses, and a genuinely local feel.
Book Ahead
Date night tables fill up, especially on weekends — reserve online or call ahead so you're not waiting at the door.
Reserve Your Date Night Table
Award-winning Neapolitan pizza, an intimate room, and a menu built for two. Four locations across Amsterdam.
All Mangia Pizza Amsterdam Locations
📍 Amstelveenseweg 63 — Zuid
1075 VV Amsterdam
🕒 Daily 12:00–22:00
📍 Amstelveenseweg 65 — Zuid
1075 VV Amsterdam
🕒 Daily 12:00–22:00
📍 Marnixstraat 198 — Jordaan
1016 TJ Amsterdam
🕒 Daily 12:00–22:00
About Mangia Pizza Amsterdam
Founded by Antonio Cavoto from Naples, Mangia Pizza is ranked #43 in The Best Pizza Awards and featured by iamsterdam as one of the city's finest pizzerias. With four locations across Amsterdam, Mangia brings authentic Neapolitan cooking — and the kind of room worth booking for a date — to every corner of the city. Read Our Story →
Book Your Date Night at Mangia Pizza
Four locations across Amsterdam — Centrum, Zuid & Jordaan
