Please note that since writing this blog post, Divan has closed down
While I’ve habitually always based my choice of after-dinner drinking establishment on which bar is closest to the restaurant I want to review, of late it’s come to be the other way round. Ever since I’ve been writing for the World’s Best Bars website, it’s been a punishing drinking schedule of trying out the newest and / or best recommended bars in Amsterdam. Yes, it’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it.
Hence, in a bid to line my stomach before hitting Bar Oldenhof, I went to Turkish restaurant Divan on the same street. It looks kind of like a brown cafe, but with smilier staff. While waiting for another friend, we ordered a bottle of Turkish red and some bread with humous and yoghurt dips. That was lucky because neither our friend nor the service seemed to be running particularly on time that evening, and it was only after nearly an hour of sitting down that we finally ordered.
