Visitors searching for indian takeaway amsterdam options will find Rasoi at Maasstraat 10 in the Zuid area, a short tram ride from the centre, with takeaway by phone and delivery to hotels and apartments through UberEats and Thuisbezorgd. The kitchen runs from noon Thursday to Sunday and from 4PM early in the week, closing at 10PM.
Now, if you are a tourist reading this, you might be wondering why anyone flies to Amsterdam and eats Indian food. Give us 800 words. We hear this question a lot, usually right before someone orders a second naan.
The travel days when you need real food
Every trip has that evening. You know the one.
You have walked twenty two thousand steps, the museum queue ate your afternoon, and the canal-side restaurants near your hotel all have laminated menus in six languages, which every seasoned traveller knows is a warning sign. Your feet are done. What you want is not another mediocre schnitzel. What you want is a hot, generous, deeply seasoned meal arriving at your accommodation while you lie horizontal.
This is precisely the evening Indian takeaway was invented for. A Chicken Dum Biryani arrives sealed in its own steam, a complete meal in one pot. A Butter Chicken with garlic naan repairs the day. And you eat it in your socks, which no canal-side terrace allows.
Why Amsterdam does Indian food surprisingly well
Here is something guidebooks skip. Amsterdam has a serious Indian food scene, and it makes historical sense.
The Netherlands has deep ties with South Asian cooking through its Surinamese community, so Amsterdammers grew up around roti, spice and slow gravies. The local palate was never afraid of heat. Into that city, restaurants like ours arrived cooking regional Indian food properly, and found an audience that already knew the difference.
At Rasoi, that means a menu organised by region rather than by fear. Mutton Rogan Josh from Kashmir, its red colour coming from Kashmiri chillies that look fierce and burn gently. Amritsari Chole Bhature from Punjab. Bengal Fish Curry done Kolkata style. Three friends opened this kitchen believing Amsterdam deserved Indian food made the slow way, and in 2023 TripAdvisor gave it a Travellers Choice award, earned from a full year of reviews written by exactly the kind of traveller reading this.
The tourist ordering guide, from people who feed tourists weekly
Some honest guidance, because an unfamiliar Indian menu at the end of a long day can feel like an exam.
First, trust the heat markings. Ours are sincere. Korma and Butter Chicken are gentle, anything marked very hot, like the Vindaloo, means it completely. Jet lag and Vindaloo is a combination we recommend only to the brave.
Second, order for the table. One biryani, one gravy, breads to share. Indian food lands in the middle and everyone reaches in, which also solves the eternal travel-couple problem of menu envy.
Third, dietary worries dissolve here. The meat kitchen is 100% Halal, the vegetarian mains run nearly twenty dishes deep, and several go vegan on request. Whoever is in your travel group, they eat.
And if questions remain, opening times, group bookings, what travels best, our FAQ page answers the things guests actually ask.
Takeaway, delivery, or the third option
Delivery to your hotel or rental is the horizontal option, and we respect it.
But there is a version many visitors miss. The Zuid area around Maasstraat is the Amsterdam locals actually live in, quiet streets, neighbourhood shops, the city with its guard down. Taking the tram south, collecting your order in person, and walking a little of the Rivierenbuurt before heading back gives you dinner and a neighbourhood in one trip. Call 06 820 62 867 on the way and the bag is packed when you arrive.
Or skip the bag entirely and sit down. The dining room does signature cocktails built around chai and saffron, Roomali Roti stretched thin enough to read through, and a Phirni Brûlée that ends an Indian rice pudding with a French caramel crust. Friday and Saturday evenings fill with locals, so book ahead if your itinerary is tight. A room full of Amsterdammers on a weekend is, incidentally, the strongest restaurant review a tourist can witness.
One meal of your trip, spent well
You came for the canals, the museums, the bikes that nearly kill you at every crossing. Fair.
But somewhere between the Rijksmuseum and the flight home, one dinner belongs to the city’s quieter talent, the one where a tandoor in Zuid runs at 480 degrees and the onions have been cooking since before you finished breakfast. Three nights in Amsterdam. Spend one of them tasting how far this small city’s table really stretches.
