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De Kas

The tall glasshouse in Park Frankendael was built in 1927 to raise trees and plants for the city's parks. When it was to be pulled down, it was turned into a restaurant instead, and since 2001 its kitchen has cooked from what is grown in the greenhouse and in a field outside the city.

What it is
Restaurant
Opened
2001, with its plant-to-plate kitchen: the greenhouse was turned into a restaurant in 2000
Area
Park Frankendael
Nearest museum
National Maritime Museum, 2.4 km

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    What De Kas is known for

    1. The greenhouse

      A municipal nursery of 1927, its glass roof high over the dining room, in the park of an old country house in the east of the city.

    2. Its own garden

      Herbs and edible flowers grow in the greenhouse, and vegetables in a field in the Beemster, about twenty kilometres away: some three hundred kinds in all.

    3. Picked in the morning

      The menu follows what is ready to pick, and changes with it.

    What to know

    • The greenhouse was built in 1927 as a nursery for the city's parks
    • The restaurant calls itself one of the first farm-to-table restaurants in the world
    • Book ahead: the menu changes with the harvest

    Where De Kas is

    Address

    Kamerlingh Onneslaan 3
    1097 DE Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Nearest station

    Hogeweg, on the tram, about two minutes away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    A greenhouse of 1927

    The greenhouse was put up in Park Frankendael in 1927 to grow trees, grasses and exotic plants for the city's other parks. By the end of the century it was no longer needed and was to be demolished.

    Instead it was turned into a restaurant in 2000, and since 2001 the restaurant has cooked from its own garden.

    De Kas: common questions

    Where is De Kas?
    At Kamerlingh Onneslaan 3, in the Oost district of Amsterdam. The nearest station is Hogeweg, on the tram, about two minutes away.
    Which museums and sights are near De Kas?
    National Maritime Museum is 2.4 km away, Heineken Experience is 2.7 km away, Rembrandt House Museum is 2.8 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is De Kas known for?
    The greenhouse, Its own garden, Picked in the morning. A restaurant in a city greenhouse of 1927 in Park Frankendael, cooking since 2001 from what it grows in its own glasshouse and fields.
    When did De Kas open?
    In 2001, with its plant-to-plate kitchen: the greenhouse was turned into a restaurant in 2000. The greenhouse was built in 1927 as a nursery for the city's parks.

    What visitors say about De Kas

    Rating from Google

    4.7

    3,749 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 19 October 2026.

    Read every review on Google

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