In-Room Dining for Two, Done Properly
How to plan a relaxed dinner for two served in your Amsterdam hotel room, from timing the order and setting the table to choosing dishes that suit sharing.

Hazel eyes, vintage silk and a glass of something good before the lift.
People tend to notice her eyes before anything else. Bianka's are hazel, and in the mirrored walls of a hotel lift they seem to change colour between the lobby and the fourth floor, green one moment and honey the next. Then comes the hair, long and light brown with sun-kissed ends, and a way of standing that is quietly sultry without any effort at all. She is 23, stands 165 cm, has a softly curvy figure, and makes her home in the Jordaan, among the narrow canals and hidden courtyards of the old quarter.
The second thing people notice is how attentive she is. Bianka remembers how you take your coffee after hearing it once, and she listens with a warmth that lets a long day of meetings slip from your shoulders somewhere around the mezzanine. If the lobby is busy when you come down, she waits with a patient smile and never once glances at the clock. Her look leans towards boudoir elegance, dark lace and vintage details, which sits beautifully on a velvet banquette in a candlelit bar. Vintage fashion is a genuine passion: she can date a silk scarf by its print and will happily tell you which little shop on the Elandsgracht gave it up.
Food and wine complete the picture. Italian cooking is her way of looking after friends, slowly and generously, and she talks through a good risotto with real affection. Wine tasting is where she lights up most, which makes a hotel sommelier her favourite person of the night. She believes a good bottle should be opened slowly and shared generously, and she asks about the vineyard long before the price. Luna shares that love of a well-chosen glass, should you want a second option. English is the language she speaks, softly and without hurry. Bianka shines on lingering evenings, a dinner that nobody wants to end and a nightcap after it, with the lift called only when you are both ready.
If Bianka plans the evening, it starts an hour before anyone is hungry, in a small wine bar on one of the Jordaan's quieter canals. She orders two different glasses so that the two of you can compare, and she wants to hear which one you would take home. There is usually a detour after that, past a vintage shop window on the Elandsgracht, where she will point out a silk scarf and guess its decade with total confidence.
Dinner is Italian and unhurried, the sort of place where the risotto takes twenty minutes and nobody complains. She talks about food the way some people talk about travel, remembering every dish by the table where it was eaten. When the plates are cleared, she suggests a digestif at your hotel bar rather than somewhere new, so the evening can wind down slowly, a floor at a time.
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How to plan a relaxed dinner for two served in your Amsterdam hotel room, from timing the order and setting the table to choosing dishes that suit sharing.
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From €180 / hr · Longer stays on request · Jordaan