A "Belgian restaurant" with boring Belgian beers, that sounds genuine, but the food is not that Belgian. When I walk by (on my way to Arendsnest) with Belgian friends, we always check the menu for a laugh. Inside, they try to imitate an atmosphere that doesn’t exist, it feels uncomfortable to me. The food is nice, but the beers are not interesting at all - no place for ratebeerians.

Visited with caesar. Nice restaurant with very good food. Good atmosphere and friendly staff. Would definately visit again. Beer is indeed limited to belgian beers. Still, a beer restaurant in the Netherlands with these standards is quite exceptional so remains a good pick.

Great food, several dishes made with beer as well. Nice old interior, almost kitsch. Good atmosphere. The restaurant restricts itself to Belgian beers, which in the current craft beer revolution is not quite understandable. They have decent belgians, but still. If you want to make that perfect beer & food pairing, Belgian beers will come a long way, but fail on some parts. Still, I had a great time.

We passed this restaurant many times during our visit to Amsterdam in late March / early April as it’s right next door to ‘t Arendsnest and on Sunday evening we decided to go in for dinner. I’d looked at the website beforehand so I should’ve known to expect somewhere a little upmarket rather than a cosy brown café serving dishes of hearty Belgian stew. The Lieve is nothing like that at all! It’s opulent and elegant in a fin de siècle sort of way, with potted palms, chandeliers and luxuriant rich colours. We hadn’t booked but the friendly waiter told us they had one table left and ushered us to a squashy sofa in a mezzanine area where he explained the three “eating experiences” available – Living Room, Gastronomic and Baroque. We chose the Living Room experience as it seemed that the others were intended for a full evening of leisurely dining. I must say that the food was excellent, from the amuse bouche onwards, and the menu suggested beer pairings with each dish. There was a fairly extensive but unexciting list of Belgian bottled beers available as well as wine. I feel we didn’t really do justice to Lieve as it’s got a lot of things right – a comfortable atmosphere, superb food paired with beer, and absolutely the place to go for a good gastronomic experience at less than astronomic prices (the food was no more expensive than anywhere else although I think the beers were priced a little on the high side, in the same way that wine is in other restaurants). It’s just that I need to be geared up for whiling away a whole evening in a restaurant before I go there.

One of the fore-runners in promotinjg beer and food pairing in Holland. They do not do beer only, you’re still very well able getting a good wine too. My only recommendation would be to break out of the European (Belgian) beer focus and list other beer styles, thus pairing options, however, this is one of few places (yet) to indulge in good ambiance and fine beer and food pairings in Amsterdam.

I have eaten here before and thought the food quite good. It’s also strategically and ideally located next to the Arendsnest. But as a RateBeer destination I can’t say too much about it. A few Belgian macro beers. That’s it...