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• OMG Finally!

I'm so glad I no longer have to treck all the way to Rotterdam to eat at the amazing Spirit. Spirit is my favourite restaurant of the Netherlands and now it's finally opened its Amsterdam location and it's well worth the wait. Spirit is vegetarian but goes out of its way to make sure that everything that can be vegan is vegan, so you're looking at around 70-80% of everything being vegan and everything is clearly marked with allergens etc. It's also 100% organic bio, which is pretty impressive! Spirit is set up as a huge buffet, with more than 50 dishes at any one time and every single one of them is delicious. You grab a plate, fill it up and then pay by weight. I think a lot of people think buffets aren't going to be great quality food but Spirit is the exception that proves the rule! All the dishes are fresh and are never left to get dried out or overdone. It's a crazy mix of food styles, lots of asian, some italian, bit of dutch, whatever they feel like but rest assured it's all awesome. They do breakfast till 11am and if you're there in time for it, you MUST get the almond waffles, they're the best in town. For the lunch and dinner menu they have the massive buffet but also a soup station, a lot of puddings (including two mousses) and a separate ice cream bar (which is all vegan). There's a bar with a good selection of vegan wines and beers too, if you're into that sort of thing, It's amazing that Amsterdam now has a fancy restaurant that has so many choices for vegans and if you've never been, you should get there STAT!