Loved by neighbourhood residents of the Canal Belt, celebrities, students and some lost tourists.
Brandon is a very cosy old brown café in the canal district. It is run by Amsterdam native Rogier, who took over the bar from his father.
On Friday and Saturday nights, when the bar is full of people, the tables and chairs are pushed aside to create a dance floor with a DJ in the funny corner booth. It is a crazy place.
This quite unusual café is especially loved by local Amsterdammers. It is a place where people meet. Most tourists on their way to the nearby Anne Frank House or coffeeshop ignore Brandon.
Brandon is located on the ground floor of a 17th-century corner house on Keizersgracht and has a typical ojive façade* (from the 19th century).
Interior
Brandon is a small, old-fashioned café with 2 areas and a hallway:
- a small room where you can order your drinks. It has a traditional bar tap and characteristic, tiered sideboard behind the bar.
- a 'living' room where you can sit or stand.
The walls and ceiling are still brown from smoking in earlier years.
The café's interior retains a classic and traditional feel, adorned with old pictures of the Royal Family and Ajax (the old Brandon owners were donors to the Ajax football club) on the wall, and many other details including a variety of mounted animals.
* A type of façade not so common on Amsterdam's canals.
