Gay Bars with outdoor seating in Amsterdam

Boys (and girls) just wanna have fun

Winner of a 2011 nationwide poll, Prik enjoys a major following among talented drinkers — cocktails, bubbly...

Centrum · Spuistraat 109, Amsterdam

• dancing
• outdoor seating
• mixed gay/straight

Café The Queen's Head

Kitchy elegance in the Zeedijk

Unpretentious and straight-friendly gay bar originally opened in 1998 by drag queen Dusty and John, overseen since...

Nominated for Best of GayCities 2023 - Drag Cabaret

Zeedijk · Zeedijk 20, Amsterdam

• 30+
• 40+
• 50+
• drag
• go-go boys
• outdoor seating
• bears
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cabaret

From the old days, but updated

Gay bar that registers as the one of the city's oldest, first opened in 1964, with different management since...

Amstel · Amstel 54, Amsterdam

• drag
• go-go boys
• outdoor seating
• happy hour
• cocktail lounge
• cabaret

Looking for something further east?

A gay neighbourhood café-bar located in the eastern part of the city, beyond the gay zones, but stocked with...

Oost (East) · Mauritskade 100 A–h, Amsterdam

• outdoor seating

Breakfast by day, drinkees by night

A schizo gay-friendly establishment which specialises in all-day breakfast (traditional eggs, shakshuka, pancakes,...

Grachtengordel-Zuid · Utrechtsestraat 19, Amsterdam

• outdoor seating
• after work
• mixed gay/straight

Girls will be girls

Amsterdam's one proper lesbian bar, though one which, in keeping with modern sensibilities, identifies itself as...

De Pijp · Albert Cuypstraat 124, Amsterdam

• lesbian
• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• dancing
• outdoor seating
• karaoke
• comedy club
• bar food
• LGBTQ+ owned
• women-led

Taboo's drinkee-snackee sister

Gay institution Taboo took over the retired rum bar next door and voilà, a Taboo sibling was born! Offering...

Reguliersdwarsstraat · Reguliersdwarsstraat 43, Amsterdam

• trans-friendly
• 20+
• 30+
• drag
• outdoor seating
• mixed LGBTQ+
• $$

Quiet and manly eating and drinking on the Lijnbaansgracht

Indoor/outdoor canal-side gay spot for food — hot and cold, including sandwiches, light dishes and a daily...

Grachtengordel-Zuid · Weteringstraat 60, Amsterdam

• outdoor seating
• mixed LGBTQ+