Cantinetta Wine & Pasta

Outstanding pasta made fresh everyday. We go here frequently as we live in the neighborhood and I like to get either the carbonara, cacio e pepe, or similar dish with just a few basic ingredients that really showcases the pasta itself.

The place looks so cozy and the food smelled great. Unfortunately serving took so long that we never got to experience the taste of it. After waiting for an hour after ordering and the waiters being indifferent we decided it could not be north it even if the food appears nice… Shame

80 minutes to be served 1 simple pasta dish and 1 rare steak and potato — by the time it arrived at our table-​dried out — there serious problems with this kitchen — i am wondering about the other reviews here???

Nice place and service but the food is just okay. I had the carbonara and it was a little bit salty. My husband had the pasta arrabiata which was too hot (he really loves spicy food but his dish was REALLY hot!). But our dinner was not a disaster! We loved the antipasto di Cantinetta — with Italian salami, mozzarella, etc — and the dessert, a very special chocolate cake prepared with olive oil.

Nice Wine and Pasta place. They have been here for two years and this is my first visit.
Not cheap but good quality.
Will be back!

Homemade pasta and guanciale (think pancetta that comes from the pig’s cheek). Those two items are enough to provide me with an excellent dining experience but this little gem does not stop there. The ambiance is nice and I love sitting outside on a warm evening. This restaurant is the farthest thing from pretentious. The wine selection is good and not too expensive with the caveat being that I’m not an especially discerning wine drinker.
I always have excellent meals here and rave about it to anyone who will listen. If you really enjoy pasta, then you have to give this place a try.

Delicious! Had the carbonara. Everyone is friendly. One chef so the wait time is lengthy but it’s worth the wait. I was even made a special drink because the menu offered nothing sweet enough for me. Love this place and I’m sad I don’t live here. I’m going to miss the hospitality and great food.

On the way from home to the airport, my love and I decided, on spec, to search for a restaurant in the Admirals neighborhood in Amsterdam Oud — West.
We agreed that we would settle down wherever we would find a parking spot for our oversized American family van, jokingly called the «rapper’s delight — car ‘.
After driving some back and forth, we saw an appropriate spot on the Clerqstraat.
From the corner of my eye I spotted an incredibly fun neighborhood place. ‘Fun’ in this case based on the interior, obviously something I care about as an interior design freak. And what a coincidence that I was graving for a mouthwatering pasta already the whole day long.
It proved to be a hit: Cantinetta, wine & pasta.
The sweetest personal (that’s a surprise every time, unfortunately) even had reading glasses for me, because I still have to get used to throw those in my bag every day. Black reading glasses for men and red reading glasses for women.
We shared the most delectable pieces of lettuce and homemade grilled pizza with anchovies to start with. In addition, a salad with pecorino cheese.
As a main course a wonderful pasta vongole and we also ordered the ‘pizza bianca ’ with olive oil, rosemary and sea salt, because it looked so good at our neighbors. It was also the ultimate excuse for being able to dip it into the pasta sauce .
We have been told that the wines are unique here, but we as a non — and moderate drinker, have no experience with it.
And last but certainly not least, we ate the most divine cookies ever. A combination of salt, lemon and rosemary. Even just for those, it is worth going back.
The only downside I must warn you in advance about, is the fact that your clothes and hair need a thorough wash after visiting their restaurant. Apparently the extraction is not doing it’s job so well, as in many restaurants in Amsterdam .
Nevertheless, a restaurant that definitely takes a place in my top 10!

I joined Unilocal just to write this review. I visit Amsterdam every year. This year after visiting a local bookshop I passed by Wine & Pasta, and returned that evening for dinner. What a wonderful restaurant. Being from San Francisco I am always on the lookout for neighborhood restaurants where you are made to feel at home and enjoy great food at the same time. Cantinetta has that perfect combination of ambiance and delicious food, with some great tasting wine as well. You can be sure that when I am next in Amsterdam I will return.

Amsterdam West has been undergoing some serious gentrification the last 2 years. Just in the past year 4 new restaurants have opened up in short stretch of the De Clercqstraat. A friend and I had wanted to go to Café Fier on the same street but it was full and the waiting time for a table was 90 minutes. So off we went looking for somewhere else and stumbled upon this place. The place looked warm and cosy, especially inviting on a cold, rainy night and more importantly they have tables available. The offerings are simple — a good selection of pasta and wine. Not extensive but enough to do the job. All pastas are handmade and they also serve a small selection of pizzas and salads/​antipasti. They probably squeeze one too many tables in the small space so you end up sitting less than arm’s length with the other diners but that kind of add to the casual vibe of the place. All products that they used are locally (i.e. holland) sourced and organic whenever possible. A great addition to the neighbourhood and certain for some fuss-​free good food on a weekend when you don’t feel like venturing too far out the city.