Romantic Dinner or Lunch in the Dark Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
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Overview
Heighten your senses and pleasure your palate during a 4-course dining in the dark experience in Amsterdam. Rather than eating in a standard restaurant, enhance your sensory experience of food and drink while allowing blind waiting staff to deliver delicious dishes to your table in the pitch-black darkness. Select your meal from an illuminated selection outside and then plunge back into the darkness to enjoy this unique lunch or dinner.
- It's a dining experience you'd struggle to get anywhere else
- A great choice for foodies visiting Amsterdam
- This experience is wheelchair and stroller accessible
- Don't worry—the restrooms are illuminated
Sample Menu
Starter
Surprise starter
Every dish at Ctaste is a surprise. Due to the lack of sight, every bite is a new sensation. Beforehand yo u tell us what you don't like to eat.
Starter
Second surprise starter
International renowned Chef's signature dish between courses
Main
Surprise main course
Whether you like meat, fish, vegan or vegetarian, we take every wish serious and try to surprise every guest. We have 19 years experience.
Dessert
Surprise dessert
Fruit, icecream, pastries, cake and a surprise effect. We'll take care of an amazing dessert for you and your table partner.
What's Included
- Dinner3 Course dinner is: Starter, main course and dessert | 4 course dinner is: Starter, Extra course, main course and dessert
- 2 amuse bouche
- Private table
- Alcoholic BeveragesWine or beer pairing is available for additional €20,00 p.p. ask your waiter
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Goudsbloemstraat 209, 1015 JN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ctaste is located had de Corner of Goudsbloemstraat and Lijnbaansgracht. In the heart of the Jordaan area in the centre of Amsterdam.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Please be advised not to wear White clothes
- All rest rooms are in the light
- Mobile phones and cameras will be kept in a personal locker during the duration of your dinner
- Organs, bones, fat, insects, or any other extreme ingredients are never served on the menu
- Children from 6 years and up will like and understand the dining experience
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Featured review
We had a delightful experience 🍽
Ellie , Mo and Michael made our experience incredible!
After our meal we were able to guess what we had eaten , lol I was so off
Before our meal they had questions regarding allergies
Such an interesting experience
Reviews
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based on 49 reviews
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What a different, interesting, & fun experience. I was in a completely black room. The host/food server & wine server both did such a good job at making sure I didn't hurt them or myself. They were great at instructing me on where items were. I had the 4 course meat meal & it was excellent; however, I wasn't able to correctly guess what I was eating. Haha. It absolutely educated me on a small portion of what the visually impaired go through. I definitely recommend trying it.
I’m so glad we took the time to do this unique experience—it was absolutely worth it. I would highly recommend it!
A wonderful dinner experience in the dark. Knowing what it is like for the blind is a lesson that is needed to remind ourselves to think of others and what life is like without one’s senses.
Take the time to experience it. It was eye opening literally in the dark. Every person without blindness must experience it.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you very much for your kind words. Glad to have you, hope to welcome you some other time again.
We had a delightful experience 🍽
Ellie , Mo and Michael made our experience incredible!
After our meal we were able to guess what we had eaten , lol I was so off
Before our meal they had questions regarding allergies
Such an interesting experience
This was such a unique experience. I’m so happy we did it. I loved trying to figure out what we were eating. Everything was so well thought out and planned. If I make it to Amsterdam I would do it again
Great experience! The staff was so nice and the food quality was great. The time between each course was perfect.
I was afraid, that the room would only be dim so you still could see shadows. But it was so dark, you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
We didn’t know what to expect with this evening. The food, staff and everything was outstanding! Uses different senses while experiencing fabulous food was a really eye opener and got our group talking for weeks after wards!
This experience was awful. The environment was pitch black. The food we were eating was never identified to us and was unidentifiable to taste. The way the food was served made it nearly impossible to eat with provided silverware and therefore we made a mess the table was extremely tight and uncomfortable. Overall one of the worst experiences with Viator
Overall the experience was enjoyable and informative. But the restaurant was chilly and the time between courses was too long
Tasting food in a pitch black atmosphere was an amazing experience, allowing your senses other than sight to take over.
Your hearing, touch and taste senses become heightened and once you adjust to the dark you sit baa k and enjoy the evening.
Really unusual experience. Food and service were excellent! So glad we did this one, definitely a memory!
Such a fun experience! Food was good too! It’s a different way of evaluating what you are eating without seeing it.
The food was amazing, the service was impeccable. My sister and I enjoyed the challenge of eating with senses other than our eyes!
Amazing experience, with amazing food, and awesome staff. The experience is unique and we enjoyed the dinner
Certainly a different experience trying to guess what you’re eating in total blackness
I still don’t know how the waiters served the food
What an amazing experience. Such a unique experience. Amazing tastes and fine food that I just simply just enjoyed extremely.
A very interesting experience. Food was tasty, host was convivial. Viator site mentioned infrared photo; however, when we asked about it our waiter seemed to know nothing about it. Also, it would have been nice to get a copy of the menu afterwards (so we’d know exactly what we’d eaten). Highly recommended!
We weren't sure what to expect, but it turned out to be a great experience. It was interesting to try to navigate our dinner without being able to see. The food was great too!
It was a very interesting experience and good food. It was fun trying to figure out what you’re eating.
The experience was great.
The food was horrible you really need to have food people would actually like. To pay that kind of money and leave starving is not good.
What a great experience! Food was excellent. Dinner was completely in the dark. It really tested all other other senses. We would highly recommend.
So much fun, and such a cool experience. The food was delicious and the service impeccable. I really enjoyed the optional quiz at the end where you get to guess what you ate!
It was a really cool experience, very strange but in a good way. Different and definitely something to do at least once.
The food was much better than expected with high quality ingredients. And, the service was better than most restaurants with lights. Truly amazing!
Such a cool experience would 100% recommend! All the staff were so lovely as well. Thought I would have been a bit scared but it was so fun
This is an experience! Really heightens your sense of perception, smell and taste. We really enjoyed the fun of this and even having the opportunity to chat in the dark in itself was a great experience! Our waiter was lovely and introduced himself by humming when he entered the room- we’ll not spoil anything- try for yourself😁
Great start with friendly & accommodating people on the front desk. It really is completely dark, was concerned about the quality of the food though it was really well thought through to make you question the different textures & cheeky surprises. The blind waiters were fun, relaxed & helpful. Definitely loads to chat about exploring your senses & lack of them. Only a few splatters & disappointing empty forkfuls - we couldn’t have enjoyed it more & certainly an experience in life I wouldn’t have wanted to miss. Go!
A little "uncomfortable" at the beginning but very interesting experience to put you outside of your comfort zone. Our visit was even more exciting with a server running into me a couple of times from time to time and getting lost on the way out... good stuff!!!
What a great awareness and consciousness-raising experience for both your senses and for people who have visual impairments!
We had the package without drinks, but ordered 2 large bottles of water and 3 soft drinks for a very reasonable 25€.
Professionally conducted, clear and easy-to understand explanations. Don’t be nervous, it’s an exciting and novel experience, but repeat visits with different people are a great and different experience every time.
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