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Here you eat the tastiest croissants in Amsterdam

best croissants Amsterdam

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: here you eat the tastiest croissants in Amsterdam.

A crispy croissant with thousands of layers... Crunchy on the outside, soft and airy on the inside, divine! But where can you still find truly delicious homemade croissants? These are our favorite spots in Amsterdam for an irresistible croissant.

Not homemade?!
Quite bizarre, we thought, but it’s really true: the croissant from (almost all) bakers in the Netherlands is anything but homemade. They receive, just like supermarkets, frozen croissants delivered from the factory. This doesn’t sound so nice, but factory croissants aren’t bad. A bit of butter on top, some jam, that can be delicious.

But food snobs like us sometimes want the real deal, in other words, croissants baked by the baker themselves. Here you will find them, the tastiest croissants that are more than worth the bike ride.

Long lines for sourdough croissants
Jonas Nouwen recommended the croissants from the sourdough bakery Fort Negen. He did this in the delightful podcast (with the brilliant title) What’s Cooking the Podcast, which he makes together with Jeroen Doucet. Sourdough is anyway hotter than hot at the moment, it seems like everyone around me has a sourdough starter (dough that has the same composition as the final dough, but has been made earlier) in the kitchen. These sourdough croissants are incredibly delicious and have countless layers. If you love sourdough, then this is really a croissant to score very quickly. But be prepared: you are not the only one, so brave the long line. It’s worth it.

Jan Evertsenstraat 31, Amsterdam

Classic French butter croissants
At the French bakery Le Fournil de Sébastien, where I find EVERYTHING delicious, all products are 100 percent homemade. The butter croissants are considered by many to be the very best in Amsterdam. They are made fresh in the middle of the night. Go early in the morning, when they are still stacked high, and don’t leave without taking a few baguettes with you, perhaps the best in the Netherlands. The first store opened at Olympiaplein in Amsterdam-Zuid, but there is now also a Le Fournil in Amstelveen and a Le Fournil in Hilversum.

Olympiaplein 119, Amsterdam (+ Amsterdamseweg 189, Amstelveen + Gijsbrecht van Amstelstraat 131, Hilversum)

Also really French
Another great spot for better bread and viennoiserie (luxury pastries): Gebroeders Niemeijer. The croissants are made by hand, with butter and French flour. A croissant here is three days ‘in the making’; on day 1 they make the pre-dough, on day 2 the dough, on day 3 they fold the butter into the dough and shape the croissants. They bake the croissants slightly darker than many other bakers, which makes the thin outer layer lightly crispy, while the inside remains soft, open, and buttery. Do come on time: the croissants are freshly baked several times in the morning; in the afternoon they no longer bake croissants.

Nieuwendijk 35, Amsterdam

Organic croissants
The French are of course masters in baking croissants, so anyone who loves French croissants, with that rich butter flavor, is also in the right place at Noé Boulangerie & Patisserie Bio. All products are made from flour from Moulin Marion, an organic mill in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Everything here is 100 percent organic and prepared by hand daily and freshly baked. And it tastes amazing. There are now three locations in Amsterdam, where you can not only go for your croissant fix but also for fantastic bread, delicious coffee and tea, and last but not least: amazing pastries.

Vijzelgracht 20 + Gustav Malherlaan 399 + Bloemgracht 2, Amsterdam

Whole grain croissants
Hartog has been known for ages for its compact whole grain bread. This bakery, which has existed since 1896, mills the whole grain flour itself. Through the windows on the street side, you can follow the process from grain to bread. The flour contains the whole grain, making it very high in fiber. Not only the bread from this old-fashioned bakery is baked with it, but also the croissants. This results in coarse, dark croissants that are very tasty.

Wibautstraat 77, Amsterdam

Artisanal croissants from father to son
Bakery de Bakkerszonen – and that name is no coincidence – is from Johan Hartog and Martijn Meijer, the two sons of well-known Amsterdam baking families. At the renovated Mosveld in Noord, they sell not only (throughout the year!) oliebollen but also real croissants; delicious crispy butter croissants. Un-resist-able!

Mosveld 113, Amsterdam

Irresistible work croissant
Also very tasty: the croissants from sourdough baker (and sourdough pizza from the wood-fired stone oven) Bakhuys. We often come here for the bread, which is made with slow fermentation and baked on a stone oven floor. Each bread and each croissant contains the best ingredients according to ancient recipes. Divine! A top spot where you can also work comfortably. Just watch out for the crumbs in your keyboard ?

Sarphatistraat 61, Amsterdam

Croissants not to forget
Vlaamsch Broodhuys, you might almost forget this household name, but please don’t. Dimitri Roels was born in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, near the Belgian border, and first came into contact with the baking profession in elementary school, through a classmate who turned out to be a baker's son. He followed various baking courses and after a brief detour in restaurant kitchens, he saw the light: in 1996 he founded Vlaamsch Broodhuys together with his love Diante and introduced the general public to artisanal, flavorful sourdough bread. Vlaamsch Broodhuys bakes like top chefs cook: with high-quality ingredients, culinary passion, and years of experience. And connoisseurs and enthusiasts know: not only is the bread here amazing, the croissants are also top-notch!

Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat 64 + Amstelveenseweg 176-178 + Elandsgracht 122 b/g + Haarlemmerstraat 108 + Middenweg 43 + Stadionplein 113 + Van Woustraat 78h + Vijzelstraat 109, Amsterdam (and now you can also find Vlaamsch Broodhuys in Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Den Bosch, and Schiedam).

The tastiest frozen butter croissants 
Overslept? No time? No desire to go out? For those moments, FavorFlav’s Wieke swears by the frozen butter croissants from Crisp. The dough of the croissants comes from Brittany and consists, among other things, of fruity AOP butter from Charentes-Poitou. Wieke: ‘They are delivered frozen and after 20 minutes in the oven, you can enjoy the tastiest croissants. Promise!’