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What are the opening hours of The Chicken Bar?
We are open 7 days a week from 13:00 to 22:00. Delivery and takeaway run daily from 16:00 to 21:30. Learn more →
Do I need to book a table?
We advise booking ahead, especially in the evening. Reservations are online only, via our booking form or TheFork, not by phone or WhatsApp. A reservation is final once you receive the confirmation email. Learn more →
How big is a whole chicken, and a half?
A whole chicken is 1200 grams (42 oz), a half is 600 grams (21 oz). Both come straight off the rotisserie. A half chicken with fries and a side is a solid dinner for one; a whole chicken is made for sharing. Learn more →
Which fries do you serve?
Hand-cut Vleminckx fries, from the famous family fries counter on the same street, according to many the best fries in Amsterdam. Learn more →
Do you deliver?
Yes, 7 days a week from 16:00 to 21:30 via UberEats, Deliveroo and Thuisbezorgd.nl. Order through the platform of your choice. Learn more →
Can I pick up my order myself?
Yes, takeaway is available daily from 16:00 to 21:30. Drop by the counter at Voetboogstraat 6-8 and take your chicken into the city. Learn more →
Are there vegetarian options?
The fried chicken burger has a vegetarian option (the green badge on our menu), and the sides make a meal of their own: Vleminckx fries, grilled vegetables, green salad, corn cob, coleslaw and more. Learn more →
Where exactly is The Chicken Bar?
Voetboogstraat 6-8, a small side street between Spui and Kalverstraat, two minutes from the Flower Market and Koningsplein, in the same street as the Vleminckx fries counter. Learn more →
Can we come with a group?
The menu is built for it: whole chickens and sides for the middle of the table. Book online ahead so we can seat the whole group together. Learn more →
Is The Chicken Bar part of Vleminckx?
Same family, same street. The family behind the Vleminckx fries counter (anno 1887) opened The Chicken Bar in 2018, with Fish & Fries at Muntplein and The Dutch Chocolate Bar on Heiligeweg completing the quartet. Learn more →
Guides
For the hungry and curious
Rotisserie chicken in Amsterdam
Looking for real rotisserie chicken in Amsterdam? The Chicken Bar has built its whole restaurant around one giant rotisserie, in a side street between Spui and Kalverstraat.
Chicken with the famous Vleminckx fries
The fries next to your chicken are not just any fries. They are hand-cut Vleminckx fries, from the family counter that Amsterdam has queued at for decades.
Whole or half chicken? A sharing guide
One question decides your evening at The Chicken Bar: a half chicken for yourself, or a whole one for the middle of the table? Here is the honest arithmetic.
Chicken wings in Amsterdam: buffalo or fried
Two kinds of wings, one kitchen that takes them seriously. Buffalo wings and fried chicken wings, in 5, 10 or 15 pieces, home made like everything else here.
Chicken burgers, and the vegetarian option
Two burgers, one rule: home made on our own recipes. The fried chicken burger even hides a vegetarian option behind the green badge on the menu.
Dinner near Spui and Kalverstraat
Shopping bags, museum feet, canal miles: the centre makes you hungry. The Chicken Bar sits in Voetboogstraat, the little street between Spui and Kalverstraat where Amsterdam actually eats.
Rotisserie chicken, delivered
Some evenings the couch wins. Good news: rotisserie chicken is one of the few restaurant dishes that arrives home as good as it left the spit.
Group dinner in the centre of Amsterdam
Feeding a group in the city centre usually means compromise. A table full of whole chickens and sharing sides is the opposite of compromise.