Amarone (restaurant)

Amarone is a restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded one Michelin star in the period 2008–present.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Amarone
Amarone Restaurant (Rotterdam)
Restaurant information
Established	September 2006[1]
Head chef	Jan van Dobben
Food type	French with Japanese influence[2]
Rating	Michelin Guide
Street address	Meent 72a
City	Rotterdam
Postal/ZIP Code	3011 JN
Country	Netherlands
Seating capacity	50
Website	Official website

The original head chef of Amarone was Gert Blom.^[8] Chef Blom and maître Harry Baas were co-owners of the restaurant from 2006 until Baas left in 2015.^[9] Present owner and head chef of Amarone is Jan van Dobben. Chef van Dobben worked together with Gert Blom for six years and became the co-owner of the restaurant in 2017.^[10] A year later, in July 2018, he completely took over the restaurant from Mr Blom.^[11] Chef van Dobben, together with his wife, Yoshiko Takayama-van Dobben, restaurant-manager Jasper Verhagen and sous-chef Yuri Wattimena, retained his Michelin-star in December 2018.

GaultMillau awarded the restaurant in 2019 with 15 out of 20 points.^[12]

In 2019, Restaurant Amarone situated on the 60th place in the "Lekker 500" ^[13]

On August 22, 2019, Amarone had to close its doors after a major fire. There was a short circuit in a wall socket in the basement. After a renovation, the restaurant reopened on February 21, 2020.^[14]

See also

• List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands