In the summer this is one of the best outdoor cafes with one of the most beautiful terraces in Amsterdam. While you enjoy your Grolsch beer you can watch loads of boats passing by.
On less sunny days many magazines are there to get you through a rainy day (instead of the beer you could try a "verse munt thee"). It is one of the few cafès in Amsterdam with a generous space - and extremely high ceilings. Nice place to visit!

Eetcafe met een grote snack menu en terras aan het Spui.

with a big terrace view over Prague - and Marc & Spencers on the opposite of the street :-) Also a place for internationals and expats - which makes it worth paying the entrance fee. It's party time!

In the summer the big terrace by the riverside in the front is great to sit and to watch people passing by. On a rainy day its also fine sitting inside - the part in the front with the big windows is as good as when you`re sitting outside - but there is also a large area in the back with more space. It is a very peaceful place to spend a couple of hours for reading the news, a good book or drinking a cup of tea & coffee.

The Ijsbreker has a very long history. In the 17th and 18th century the building was used as a guesthouse where in winter the persons who broke into the ice of the frozen Amstel River (ijsbrekers) used to stay. The guesthouse burnt down in the 19th century but the new building by the same architect van Gent, who also built "Het Concertgebouw" in Amsterdam, kept the original name.
It was later used as a meeting place for the social party, female organizations ("Vrouwen zonder corsetten"), it is said that Ajax was founded there and Geert Mak, a famous Dutch writer whose books are also translated into English, wrote about the history of the "Ijsbreker" (in Dutch: ”een bres in de stad”).

In 1979 De Ijsbreker opened as a café with a theatre and music centre and over the years thousand of concerts where given, sometimes also books where presented. After 25 years the music centre moved to the "Nieuwe Muziekgebouw" at t' IJ - where it still has its place in the 21st century.

As written earlier - today De Ijsbreker is still a popular place where it is nice go for a drink or something to eat during the day while enjoying the great view of the Amstel River - which is nowadays not very often frozen anymore :-)

Its situated on a quite expensive but very nice spot with view at the Herengracht in Amsterdam - and so the prices are at an "average" higher level:-)

Takeaway for eg. lunch is also possible. All you can eat menu for lunch and dinner.

In de omgeving bevindt zich de Universiteit van Amsterdam en so zitten vaak jong en oud samen. Meestal en grote menu met lekker eten.

Op het website is te lezen, dat het gebouw een oud pakhuis uit 1880 is en erder gebruikt wordt als sigarenfabriek. .."De naam gebaseerd op de naam van de hoofdrolspeler uit een gelijknamige Vlaamse serie - Kapitein Zeppos was een held van de jaren 60, een Europese mix van 007 en Batman, strijder tegen het kwaad en brenger van het goede...
Bob van Buren is de oprichter van muziek café restaurant Kapitein Zeppos - hij speelde al jaren sax en met zijn voorliefde voor de muziek richtte hij ook de Zeppos Big Band op, waarmee ze regelmatig in Kapitein Zeppos optraden."
Kapitein Zeppos heeft een zaal (La Folie) die te huuren is en in de Zeppos Café - Chantant wordt nog steeds live muziek gemaakt (kijk voor de muziekagenda).