British food in Amsterdam: a full English, a Sunday roast and where to find the Marmite

Dutch food has its charms (a warm stroopwafel, bitterballen with a beer, a raw herring if you're brave), but some mornings only a fry-up will do. Here's where Brits in Amsterdam go for a taste of home, and what it costs.

The short version

• Greenwoods on the Singel does a full English for €19.25 (about £16) and a cream tea with clotted cream for €9.95 (about £8.30) [1].
• St James's Gate on Rembrandtplein serves a Sunday roast from 3pm on Sundays for €34.50 (about £29), with toad in the hole on the side [2].
• Kelly's Expat Shopping has two Amsterdam shops, in De Pijp and Oud-West, selling Cadbury, McVitie's, Heinz, Bisto and Branston [4][5][6].
• Waterstones on Kalverstraat sells British food alongside the books [7].
• For the footie, the pubs on Rembrandtplein and Leidseplein show the Premier League [3][2].

Pound conversions use the Bank of England spot rate of 5 November 2026 (£1 = EUR 1.2002).

A proper cuppa and a full English

The Dutch drink plenty of tea, but it's usually a teabag on a string dunked in a glass of hot water, with no milk offered. If you want a brew that's strong enough to stand a spoon in, bring your own or buy it from the British shops below.

Greenwoods at Singel 103 is the long-standing British-style café in the centre. It's open daily from 8.30am to 4pm and is walk-in only, apart from the teas below [1]. Prices from its Amsterdam menu when we checked in November 2026 [1]:

English Breakfast tea is on the menu. The cream tea and high tea need booking: the cream tea by reservation, the high tea by phone or email [1]. Greenwoods also has a sister café in Edinburgh, which tells you they take scones seriously.

Several of the Irish pubs below do a full Irish, which is a full English with an accent. At St James's Gate it's two eggs, two rashers of bacon, three sausages, Heinz beans, two hash browns and toast for €21.50 (about £18), from 9am to 3pm [2].

The Sunday roast

The Sunday roast is harder to find in Amsterdam than it should be. The best confirmed option when we checked:

• St James's Gate, Rembrandtplein. Sunday roast from 3pm on Sundays only, €34.50 (about £29): sliced Irish entrecôte, mash and herb-roasted potatoes, broccoli, honey-roast carrots, onion purée, stout gravy and a Yorkshire-style "toad in the hole" [2]. It's beef, not a joint carved at the table, but it'll do.
• O'Reilly's, Paleisstraat. Has been listed as serving a Sunday roast, but its own site didn't show the menu or price when we checked, so ring ahead on +31 20 624 9498.

If you'd rather do it yourself, Dutch butchers (slagers) will cut a rib of beef or a leg of lamb to order if you ask a day or two ahead, and the Bisto and Paxo come from the British shops.

Pubs for a pint and the footie

These pubs had current menus, sport listings or 2026 sites when we checked. Kick-offs are an hour later than at home.

Three Sisters' menu lists shepherd's pie, cottage pie, chicken pie and a lentil pie, plus draught Guinness at €8.50 (about £7) [3]. A small draught lager there was €4 (about £3.30) and a larger one €7.90 (about £6.60) on the menu we saw, though the menu doesn't say what size each is [3]. Dutch bars pour lager in small glasses (a fluitje or vaasje) unless you ask for a pint, so order by size.

British shops: Marmite, PG Tips and Christmas pud

Dutch supermarkets stock some British basics, but for the full range you need a specialist.

Kelly's Expat Shopping is a small chain of British and American shops with two branches in Amsterdam [4]:

• De Pijp: Ferdinand Bolstraat 139, open 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sundays [5].
• Oud-West: Kinkerstraat 189–191, same hours [6].

The brands it lists include Cadbury, McVitie's, Weetabix, Branston, Heinz, Bisto, Mr Kipling and Jaffa Cakes [4]. Both shops close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and 2 January, and on King's Day, so stock up before the holidays [5][6]. It also has a webshop that delivers across the EU, with a €20 (about £17) minimum order [4]. We couldn't see Christmas puddings or mince pies listed online, so ring the shop in November if you need them.

Waterstones at Kalverstraat 152 is the British bookshop in the city centre, and lists British food among the things on its ground floor [7]. Handy for a last-minute packet of something while you're picking up a paperback.

Bringing it from home

Since Brexit, you can't bring meat or dairy products from the UK into the EU in your luggage, so the bacon, sausages and Cheddar have to stay behind (the exceptions are things like powdered infant milk, baby food and special foods needed for medical reasons) [8]. Tea, biscuits, chocolate, crisps and Marmite are fine. Ordering from a UK website can bring customs charges and Dutch VAT, so EU-based shops like the ones above are usually cheaper in the end.

Christmas, Bonfire Night and other British moments

• Christmas: Book a pub for the Boxing Day fixtures early; they fill up. Christ Church Amsterdam holds carol services in December [9].
• Pancake Day: Easy. The Dutch eat pannenkoeken all year round, so you'll be spoilt for choice.
• Bonfire Night: No public bonfire in Amsterdam that we could find. Have a toffee apple and wait for the Dutch New Year's Eve fireworks.

What it all costs

A British breakfast out costs roughly €19 to €22 (about £16 to £18) in the centre, and a pub main €19 to €26.50 (about £16 to £22) on the menus we checked [1][2][3]. Our guide to the cost of living in Amsterdam compares the weekly shop and eating out with London and the UK average. Our community group for Brits in the Netherlands swaps tips on where the crumpets have turned up this week, and you can join here.

Sources

1. Greenwoods Amsterdam: menu (prices checked November 2026)
2. St James's Gate Amsterdam (menu and fixtures, November 2026)
3. Three Sisters Pub: menu (undated menu on the pub's site, checked November 2026)
4. Kelly's Expat Shopping: About us (site dated 2026)
5. Kelly's Expat Shopping: Amsterdam De Pijp (2026 hours)
6. Kelly's Expat Shopping: Amsterdam Oud West (2026 hours)
7. Waterstones Amsterdam
8. GOV.UK (FCDO): Netherlands travel advice, entry requirements (checked November 2026)
9. Christ Church Amsterdam

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