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Topkapi

Restaurant Bar Travel lounge

👍 Very nice place and friendly staff, they offer Arabic food and hookah or shisha. The weekend gets very busy so you are advised to book your table in advance to avoid disappointment. They recently renovated and upgraded the seatings for a better experience. This is my no. 1 place in Amsterdam to spen... People often mention good, shisha, nice, service, Arabic, music,


Address

Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 37, 1017 NG Amsterdam, Netherlands

Website

www.topkapiamsterdam.com

Contact

+31 6 30030185

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.80 (369 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 3 PM to 3 AM
  • Saturday: 3 PM to 3 AM
  • Sunday: 3 PM to 1 AM
  • Monday: 3 PM to 1 AM
  • Tuesday: 3 PM to 1 AM
  • Wednesday: 3 PM to 1 AM
  • Thursday: 3 PM to 1 AM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (12) shisha (10) nice (8) service (8) Arabic (6) music (6)
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  • 4/5 Amna A. 1 year ago on Google • 359 reviews
    Very nice place and friendly staff, they offer Arabic food and hookah or shisha. The weekend gets very busy so you are advised to book your table in advance to avoid disappointment. They recently renovated and upgraded the seatings for a better experience. This is my no. 1 place in Amsterdam to spend the night. Like if you found my review helpful.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kameron 4 months ago on Google • 33 reviews
    10/10 customer service and a nice atmosphere with live music for the hookah
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Waleed A. 6 years ago on Google
    maybe the only place serve shisha or haplipapli. it is a restaurant and Arabic bar. it is Arabic night the play live music at night and all the time is Arabic music. if you look for Arabic night that the only place to visit in Amesterdam. they serve all type of drinks and has a large screen fo see football matches
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Emirati N. 4 years ago on Google
    Horrible service and attitude. Went inside and the guy took ages to come and when he came he didn’t have any menu so I asked for it. He went then and brought it after some time and didn’t even say a thing he just put it in my hands and left. I asked for some things and he said they didn’t have it. I said then it’s fine I’ll be leaving. He didn’t even say a thing he took and the menu and left. Never ever had such bad attitude and service this place should shut down. No wonder it was empty.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Real T. 5 years ago on Google
    We were buying the 20 tapas for 2 people socialdeal coupon and food was pretty good and the quality was fine and we would have been comfortable to give 4 stars BUT... ...although it said on the social deal homepage each person gets 10 tapas we were told there that we can only order 10 diferent ones and the amount would be doubled. This in itself was not a big problem, however, the portions we got were not double portions as told by the waiter. We guess that they have this system so they can secretly give customers smaller portions because they don't need to split them across two small plates which would raise suspicion. Additionally since we don't buy bottled water because it is an environmental detriment, we always ask for tap water in addition to ordering a regular drink, however, the waiter was refusing to serve tap water. In general they were rather stingy and w/o a coupon the food prices are very expensive (imagine paying EUR 7,50 for 4 pieces of fried calamari rings). Because of this poor customer service we will give 2 stars.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 lama n. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing mix grilled must try it + good real shisha 👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Paul K. 3 months ago on Google • 5 reviews New
    Great spot for a shisha and relaxing time with friends!

  • 5/5 P. S. 4 months ago on Google • 5 reviews
    The best place! Service and food are top class!!! Recommend everyone to come by!

  • 5/5 kre8tiv M. 2 months ago on Google • 4 reviews New
    As an American visiting this beautiful country. This restaurant is amazing. Shisha and food is a great combination.

  • 5/5 appie r. 4 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Very cozy setting, and great Arab Cuisine! Will definitely come back again.

  • 5/5 Jaspreet S. 4 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Excellent service will come back for sure !

  • 4/5 Badr A. 4 months ago on Google
    Good shisha, but a bit pricey

  • 4/5 Harry S. 2 years ago on Google
    Shisha in Amsterdam is quite expensive 😳 Service and Shisha is good in Topkapi. Sitting outside is possible. Visited September 2021

  • 3/5 Amirhossein A. 5 years ago on Google
    We had a reservation on February 14th through social deal at restaurant topkapi amsterdam. the reservation involved 20 pieces of tapas. 10 tapas per person. when we accepted our order, the waiter said that we should do 10 orders together, but that they will fill in the amount of dubble. we found this very weird. and not nice. my wife does not eat a lot of meat, but I do. we were allowed to order 5 first. but at the 2nd round of 5 order I did not agree and told the waiter that I want 5 separate and my wife also 5 separately. he said it does so longer. did difficult. but eventually agreed. Should not they just comply with what they offer? so a tip for all: do not agree with what they say but what the real order content. the food is really tasty. Very good.

  • 5/5 Binod's Vlog #TRAVEL K. 2 months ago on Google New
    Amazing place to chill and relaxed. Service is nice and shisha is amazing.

  • 5/5 Ruchi V. 4 months ago on Google
    Best shisha in Ams!

  • 1/5 dennis t. 11 months ago on Google
    Shisha for 30€. The taste wasnt good at all. You get only shisha stones inside. No one told us that real shisha tabak is only available outside the bar. Staff was unfriendly too

  • 3/5 Michael V. 5 years ago on Google
    Great food and Shisha for a good price

  • 5/5 Max H. 7 years ago on Google
    Super good food and the Tapas dishes were quite big each. Ended up ordering way too much. Don't see how all you can eat would work :P service was good as well :)

  • 1/5 Tobias D. 6 years ago on Google
    We were there on a monday. The bar was completly emtpy. It has a very nice look but it so overall it was a horribile experience. The guy who welcomed us was not very friendly. He didn't offered us a menu or card for hookas and drinks. At the end we pay 28€ for one "normal" not even good hookah and one small Beer. So if you struggling to find a good bar this one for sure the wrong choice to go

  • 3/5 Murillo B. 4 years ago on Google
    Average food, lots of people smoking inside and bad service

  • 2/5 Aaron Z. 4 years ago on Google
    The music is way too loud to have a conversation, the prices are high and meal sizes too small. The waiters seemed unprofessional and were not very friendly.

  • 2/5 Anders G. 4 years ago on Google
    Cold venue and limited menu for lunch. Would not recommend too highly though the food leftovers from the night before heated up ended up being quite tasty even if I felt ripped off

  • 5/5 Helen C. 6 years ago on Google
    Food was surprising good. Tasty fresh and good value. Excellent service. Definitely recommend. Mario was super nice!

  • 3/5 badr S. 2 years ago on Google
    Don't go there if you are not used to Arabic music

  • 5/5 khaleghi m. 2 months ago on Google • 1 review New
    Nice place to chill,nice music,nice shisha


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Halal food
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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