Frenzi Italian Restaurant

I had a great experience at Frenzi Italian Kitchen & Bar. The seafood pasta was delicious, with perfectly cooked shrimp and a rich, flavorful sauce that complemented the dish wonderfully. The presentation was inviting, and the fresh basil on top was a nice touch. The ambiance of the restaurant was cozy, and the staff were attentive and friendly. However, I found the prices slightly on the higher side... Overall, still a fantastic place for a quality Italian meal. Worth a visit!

A small friendly restaurant that is well worth a visit. The photos don't really do the food justice. It was very good. We all had pasta and each dish was as good as the other. Wine was reasonably priced. The service was friendly and polite. Toilets are the only thing that let the place down. Not much you can do about the size but it was very untidy, piles of used paper towels bursting out of the bin.

What liked: a lot of lunch options, you can order pasta, risotto and meat for lunch (not just sandwiches as in many other places) Food was good, but not exceptional, I liked the veal stew the most. Wine list is small, I couldn’t find a good red wine and the one that we ordered (~6 eur per glass) was mediocre.

A small restaurant ,located in front of the canals of Amstel river with great view and Italian cuisine. The menu is small with 5-6 starters ( brusqueta al pomodoro , focaccia ,salata caprese , plateue of cheese and meat) pasta 6-7 (carbonara , Ragu , gnocchi with gorgonzola and pepper ravioli with mushrooms) 3 kind of pizzas (but you can also choose your own ingredients) and main dishes like ossobuco , lamb chops , etc. We ordered a bottle of red wine (25 euro) from Sicily (I didn't like the fact that the bottled was opened in the kitchen and not in front of us) . We ordered 3 x ossobucos , one pizza Margherita and one focatia (focaccia was like a pizza with tomato sauce) The pizza was good , and the ossobuco was tastfull but small in portion. We totally paid 136 euros for that meal. The service was quick , helpful with the menu but the tables weren't cleaned before our meal. In total is a great place for a beer/ wine and some finger food with a beautiful view but I wouldn't recommend it for a full meal (pricy - small portion - not a real Italian restaurant ,but close to ) . Also is away from tourists and the loud touristic zone of amsterdam.

My kids really enjoyed the pasta here, and the adults liked everything too. It was nice to sit outside in the shade on a warm summer day. The wait staff was very nice.

Would definitely come back for the lamb chop! Risotto is also very nicely done. Tiramisu’s also worth trying.

I had one of the best burgers ever, the location is lovely in the heart of Amsterdam.

Had dinner several times here, before and after the change of owner. This time it was a disappointment. With two people we ordered 2 starters to share. Just one arrived. Drinks came halfway during the starter. When the mains arrived we reported the missing starter, and it was served within minutes and became our side dish. If you call yourself an Italian restaurant, then you have to serve a decent tiramisu. This one didn't came near a real Italian version but did radiate a sence of cheap ingredients and maximizing profit. Acoustics haven't improved under the new owner, so having a decent conversation isn't easy.

Such a good random find for us on our trip. It was very easy to get a table, and we were served right away. The inside is cozy and inviting. We ordered bruschetta to start. This was a disappointment and is the reason for not getting a full 5 star review from us. The bread seemed stale, and the tomatoes were not ripe. The pesto sauce on it was delicious though. We also got carbonara which was amazing! The pasta tasted homemade, and the sauce was perfect. Delicious and decadent but not overly heavy. We got this to share since we had a late lunch, and we wish we could've eaten more here! We'd definitely come again and would stick with ordering their pasta dishes.

So good! Crispy! Delicious and hot!! Must try! Has a line but line goes by super fast!

Dont sleep on cocktails here. The mojito knocked my socks off and I was sloshed by the time I finished the first one...definitely had another one too! The service was so freakin good. They were each and every one so nice and accommodating. We arrived before the switched over for dinner but they let us come in and hang out and drink in the mean time. They chatted with us for a while and promised to make our drinks extra special. They gave us some recommendations and it was time to order before we knew it. Food was great! The only thing that disappointed were the cheese filled pizza puff things because they got a little soggy. Would absolutely come again.

I really enjoyed my meal at Frenzi. Outdoor dining was a beautiful view of the boats going through the canals. Staff was more attentive than other restaurants I've experienced in Amsterdam. My Parmigiana di Melanzane was great, and their Tiramisu was delicious! I would definitely recommend this place.

Lovely fresh sandwiches. Charming cafe with friendly service and free Wi-Fi. Great place to rest and fuel up.

I just remember everything we had here was amazing! Sooo good that I wanted to keep ordering!

This is a wonderful little establishment!!! The Ossobuco was amazing. If you sit outside you are right on the canal. Would happily come back!!

Food was really authentic and tasty. Unfortunately, they forgot our order and the cook closed the stove by the time they remembered us. We had to order pizzas and they did write off one of the pizza. Very nice ambience.

Arrived this day and we were hungry , it was early so not to much open @5:00pm. Frenzi was great, good selection of drinks and beer.the pizza was delicious, nice crust good sauce. Eggplant parm , pappardelle with lamb ragu, and Bronzino.. all so tasty and nice portions . Service was good as well. Great place to go.. Get the focaccia bread and chili oil , too...

Frenzi wasn't too busy when we arrived around 8:30p on a Monday, we were sat quickly and put in for drinks. It was a quaint place on a street corner across from the canal. My espresso martini was excellent and our focaccia arrived shortly after - though to call it focaccia would be a lie. It was a pizza dough with tomato paste and basil atop it. I found it tasty, though not what we were expecting. Our mains came out shortly after. My sweet potato gnocchi with bleu cheese cream sauce was DIVINE. It was also topped with fresh basil and the dish was creamy and full of flavor, the gnocchi cooked perfectly. My friend did not particularly enjoy his sea bass dish, though it looked appetizing enough to me. Unexpected with some twists and turns 3/5.

We loved this place when we visited in July. It has a very chill atmosphere, great drink menu, and the food was so good, we went back a second time during our short 3-day stay. Our young teen ate a whole pizza each time and tried other items as well. Pappardelle with lamb is terrific. Nice location on the edge of shops and canal on the other side. Would love to go back sometime.

Service was poor. We watched as other tables received their entrees, ate, and left, before we received ours. Manager made excuses but did not remedy the situation.

AMAZING food!!! Loved it!! We came here for dinner and loved it so much that we came back 2 days later! The first time our waiter recommended their daily special which was tapas tower (chef's choice) with a bottle of wine for 35 euros!! The tapas dishes that they picked for us were really tasty and so much of it too. See photos for all that was included. The staff was super nice and helpful as well. On the second night they didn't have the same special but they have tapas for 2 on the menu (not including wine) for 25 euros! This time I feel like there were more dishes included. Still tasty, still a great meal.

Dinner at Frenzi was ok, it was down the street from our reservation to Ice Bar and we wanted "Modern European" food. This place had great reviews so we decided to splurge a bit. We ordered the entree, starter, and dessert for 28.50 Euros. I ordered the halibut carpicacco and the spinach ravioli with pesto. My gf tried my ravioli and mentioned it tasted earthy - I would agree but I didn't think it was terrible. I DID not like the halibut - had a biter taste, in my opinion halibut should be left simple due to it's very minimum taste of fish. When overcomplicating it can turn into a slimy mess. Service was great though!

A lovely Italian dinner. We ordered a bottle of red wine and ate our plates clean. My friend ordered the veal and said it was decent. The atmosphere is great! Overall, good experience.

We were super hungry, and decided to stop here for brunch without checking any reviews, and I'm glad we were spontaneous! The food was actually really good despite the high prices (then I realize all of Amsterdam is also pricy). I ordered the Spicy Chick and felt that the composition was perfectly orchestrated. You have a heat kicking with every bite without being too spicy. You have tender chicken with every bite. Each bite was tasty without an ingredient overpowering one another. I also enjoyed the olive bread which really elevated the sandwich. I didn't get to try my party's food, but all of them said it was really good as well.

Nice causal small spot, varied menu, and didn't seem like it's difficult to get a table. This is a good spot to go with a varied tastes in a party, they have a few tapas plates and then pasta/meat dishes for dinner. The Bivette of beef was cooked perfectly and on top of a huge portion of sweet potatoes. The pumpkin gnocchi was also good, but the gnocchi were very large in size, so not all the way cooked, and a little heavy with the cheese on top. The best was the olive tapenade that came in the beginning. No free wifi.

I almost forgot this lovely canalside cafe (though with the number of canals in Amsterdam most of them happen to be next to a canal). The thing that I liked the most about the place were the really comfortable couches that were out the front, and the view of course. Even though it was pretty close to the heart of the action, and in the middle of a Saturday afternoon, there was still a couple of seats available for us to sit down next to the canal and have a drink. The other thing that stood out was the excellent staff, which should always give a place a good rating. Okay, while a packed place does suggest popularity, a place like this, where there are people but also space to sit, suggests that it is a lot better.

Great atmosphere for fancy or casual dinner. Staff are friendly and knowledgable. I had the rabbit; just delicious. Highly recommend this place for dinner.

Excellent. I had their special which was baby sole which was lightly seared in butter. It came with frites and a salad. It was amazing! Light with just a hint of a crust with light butter flavor. My husband had cannelloni on the rocks. If came with a light sauce and lots of clams, razor clams, mussels and cod. He said it was fabulous. With a beer and glass of wine our tab was €46,40. Easily the best meal we have had in Amsterdam!

I always use Yelp when I travel, and was thrilled to find this highly rated restaurant right next door to where I'm staying! I chose house wine and lamb curry, and was very pleased with each. The lamb curry was so flavorful that I will definitely come back and have it again before I leave Amsterdam. The servers were very pleasant and the service was excellent.

Very much enjoyed my meal here. The tapas is well portioned, and the main dishes are quite large. Definitely worth the price. Get the lamb with rice dish; you get way more lamb than rice. Low beer selection, but the lack of choice is delightful. Service is friendly. They had plenty of wine options as well. Great for groups between 2 and 4.

After all reviews, we were interested give Frenzi a try. Overall impression: Most visitors seem tourists. The wines are good and the cheese platter is ok but a bit small in a country that is known for cheeses. The coffee is drinkable. Customerservice is Dutch standard and friendly. Tip: - The gruner veltliner wine from austria was nice, if you like sweet wines

But I just came for Belgian beer! Seriously, some work colleagues and myself were walking around Amsterdam after our global sales meeting and just exploring and doing an impromptu pub crawl. We almost went into the larger much more touristy bar just over the canal in the direction of Rembrandt Square when we decided we wanted someplace a little more quaint. You can always snag Americans on the promise of Belgian beer and the signage is what caught our eye and we wandered in for some drinks. Four hours later we left a little bit drunk, but entirely full on a delicious meal. I can't lie about some American stereotypes and after several days of 2 slices of bread, one piece of mystery meat, and playing "Whose Sandwich got a Pat of Butter?" in grand Dutch tradition we were all ready to crush some substantially sized meals. Three of us split the charcuterie sampler which ended up being so much more than some sliced meat, cheese and olives (though all were found and excellent). There was also a warm chorizo that was insane, traditional Dutch croquettes, but served with proscioutto and Gouda cheese as a filling, and a crab cake (only alright, but made up for by the rest of the sampler). Following the sampler each of us had a different of the house recommended pasta. For one I believe it was handmade pasta and each of ours was to die for. I had a fettuccine in pesto sauce with steak tips that was fresh, light, and excellent. The other members of the party had variations on ravioli that were excellent. I finished this off with a fantastic non-traditional tiramisu, that was outshone by the unbelievable gelato that they had (that night was hazelnut and honey.) In terms of ambiance, I found it filled with quiet locals or at the very least respectful tourists. The beer selection was excellent as well with several different choices of Dutch, German, and Belgian beer on tap as well as in bottles. We moved to wine later in the meal and the selection there was solid and reasonable. I will make sure to find this establishment on my next trip to the Netherlands.

Found this little gem our first night in Amsterdam. Cute little place right on the canal and short walk from our hotel (Radisson Blu). The place was pretty full but we were able to walk in and sit down without a reservation. We ordered the chorizo appetizer, the orzo with lobster and the prawn pasta, all super fresh and delicious! The ambiance and food was great, food is moderately priced but service wasn't the best. Overall I'd recommend for a good meal.

Great little place for sandwiches and coffee. Looks like a good dinner as well but injust went for brunch. Try the capresi rosso ... Awesome.

If you are used to US big city (NYC, DC, SanFran etc) standards in food quality and creativeness Frenzi is along those lines. Would have never stopped in here if it weren't for the torrential downpour me and my boyfriend were stuck in. I very much dislike spending my money on Italian food, which to me is the least dynamic ethnic cuisine. Not here, it could certainly be called Italian fusion and was much more exciting than your typical american mom and pop. Not surprisingly, since the Dutch are very friendly, the service was excellent. Great selection of wine and beer. Loved the hip atmosphere and local artwork.

Nice surroundings, nice place. Excellent and creative food! Filled with locals! Go there!

Great place, great service, great food. Last night I had a very nice surprise by stopping for dinner at this place. The place is quite small but tables have the right space and are nicely spread in the room. There are also some tables outside if the evening is nice and also a nice bench where you can lounge. The starter was a smoked salmon roll filled with rapes and anchovies. Very delicate and perfectly presented. The pesto sauce added to brighten the color of the dish also added a very nice bite. I had involtini as main course. A nice slide of veal wrapping some great provolone cheese and ham. Of course the meat is cooked with sage and great oil (organic). The meat was really tender and not too well done, perfect. A very nice and abundant dish. It comes with baked potatoes, again well cooked and tender. To finish, a great cheese cake served with fresh white melon and a small pot of watermelon ice cream. A cheese cake is not a cheese cake if you do not get strawberries..... and right on.. strawberries on top!! I do not love whipped cream but that comes on the plate and is not too bad after all to dip you cake in it :) White dry whine from Umbria (Italy) ... very very good!! As I mentioned, service was very good. The girl serving us was really nice, gentle and knowledgeable of the food we were going to get. The pace between dishes was a bit too slow but it gave us time to appreciate the food and have a nice long dinner. Maybe if you are short of time this is not a good choice. Molto bene!! :) Not the cheapest, but either not too expensive considering the amount of food and the wine.

This is probably one of my favorite lunch places In Amsterdam. Everyone's meal in my party was absolutely amazing and I would have ate anything on the menu. The waitstaff was so accommodating of everyone in my party and made sure to connect with each of the guests. I cannot wait to come back!

Review is for lunch not dinner. Supposed to be Italian but lunch menu is ordinary Dutch sandwiches. Overpriced and dry on plain toast. Boring interior and a touristy crowd. Only plus is location near the opera with seating near the amstel.

Amazing location and excellent service!! Food was top notch! Super flavorful. My meat was a little dry but honestly everything else was so wonderful I totally didn't care.

We had a lot of fun at this he place ! Great outside seating and great food . The sampler platter was great !

Very very cute interior but for an Italian place, the coffee is terrible! On the other hand, they have wifi and a good wine list. Didn't try the food but like others have said the menu looks very Dutch rather than Italian, lots of sandwiches and the like.

We enjoyed our afternoon drinks outside while watching the canal. Bloody Mary served in a wine glass was an average, but the rest was perfect. Loved fresh flowers (lilas) everywhere!

Must say this Restaurant has it all: great location, innovative receipts with service and food at very reasonable prices. When in Amsterdam, Frenzi is the place to go. This place has great potential and is a real fine. Our meal was excellent.

It's one of those little places that you hope to find. Homemade everything done well. Crafted cocktails, tapas, a little Italian influence and local things, too. The honey bbq ribs deserve special mention.

if i could give it 3 and a half stars i would. But bottom line this place is not really an italian restaurant it's a "dutchified" italian restaurant. nice location and a nice restaurant inside. service was good. wine was very good. maybe i was misinformed by thinking it was a traditional italian restaurant because i came there expecting real italian food. my boyfriend had the pasta ravioli special. that was good. i had the black pasta with mussels and salmon. it was ok. mussels could have been better. our friend had the papperadelle with chicken. i enjoyed their dishes much more than mine. dessert we had sorbet and the chocolate tower. no complaints there.

Perfect low-key dinner. Excellent service, charming little place close to our hotel at Radisson Blu. Great food. Had lamb with risotto and gnocchi. House ref is great.

I went for lunch and had a very reasonably priced goat cheese, red pepper and honey sandwich. The cheese was absolutely divine. And they have free wifi.

We sat by the canal, which was cute. Quick to get a drink but had to waive down someone to get food. The food was pretty good, but both of our sandwiches were all over the plate. We had to reassemble them to actually eat it. We then had to waive someone down to get the check, I'm learning that's how it is in Europe tho. Overall it was good.

Quaint and cosy place with great sandwiches on what tastes like home made bread! The goat cheese w honey and rocket was perfect and enough for two! The parsnip soup with smoked salmon was a meal itself - so much so we only finished half. Highly recommend for a casual bite.

Frenzi people are quick and friendly! Food has been great both times I ate here. Definitely a place I'd suggest to other people - just the way it came to my attention. The cafe is cosy and decorated in a friendly fashion.

My boyfriend and I were visiting Amsterdam for a few days and stumbled upon this adorable restaurant. The food was exceptional. I had the goat cheese ravioli and he had the basil gnocchi. The drink selection was good and included local beers. Definitely a place to check out if you're around the area!