Restaurant Sama Sebo Amsterdam

Indonesian restaurant disguised as brown cafe

Restaurant Sama Sebo is one of the oldest and most famous Indonesian restaurants of the Netherlands. You can lunch or dine à la carte but the specialty is: Rijsttafel.

Indonesian Rijsttafel

Sama Sebo, located at Amsterdam's most prestigious shopping street, is really THE place to enjoy the original Indonesian Rijsttafel (literally: rice table): prepared in the right way and eaten in the proper manner. It consists of dryboiled rice and an indefinite number of side dishes, which are seasoned or not, sauces and... chicken.

Ikan Bumbu Bali

If you like fish, you may not miss the Ikan Bumbu Bali! Grilled mackerel with hot spicy Balinese sauce, prepared in the traditional Indonesian way. It's not included in the Rijsttafel menu but you can order it as an extra side dish.

Famous guests

Freddy Heineken, beer tycoon and one of the richest people in the Netherlands, always had his own table at this restaurant.

Tina Turner, David Bowie, Woody Allen, Mohammed Ali and the Everly Brothers dined here, as did many Dutch celebrities, including Princess Christina of the Netherlands and Jorge Guillermo, the COBRA artists Karel Appel and Corneille, Johan Cruijff, Jaap van Zweden, Herman Brood, Rutger Hauer, Dries van Agt, André Hazes, and many more.

Location

Sama Sebo is located at the corner of PC Hooftstraat and Hobbemastraat in De Posthoorn, an establishment that had existed at this location since 1894.

Reservation

Restaurant Sama Sebo exists of 2 differents rooms: a restaurant area and a bodega area. Go for the more romantic and cosy bodega when you're with 2 persons or a small group.

Make your table reservation well in advance as most days are fully booked.