A natural wine bar on the Overtoom where the garden feeds the kitchen

Otto Volante is the sort of wine bar that does not announce itself. On the Overtoom, it pairs a relaxed room with a kitchen that cooks with real ambition, and FavorFlav's Sharon van Lokhorst calls it a discovery. The name means "roller coaster" in Italian, which turned out to be apt. The place opened on 11 March 2020, four days before the first lockdown. It previously traded as Schnitzelparadijs, and chef Riccardo Russo fell for the large space that cannot be seen from the street, the cellar and the garden. Russo is Italian and studied oenology before working as a sommelier. He later ran his own restaurant in Pietrasanta, Tuscany, and cooked at Daalder, Guts&Glory and restaurant Breda in the Netherlands. He also co-founded Bar Centraal, known for natural wine and serious food. At Otto Volante he follows no single cuisine. Ingredients are mostly local and organic, and many are grown, foraged or fermented in the back garden, where a small shed holds the kimchi, kombucha and miso that appear on the plates. The menu is short: a rotating four- or five-course option and a small weekday à la carte. FavorFlav praises the amuses, a kohlrabi dish served several ways, dry-aged cod, and guinea fowl with cantharelles as the highlight. Dessert is a plum cake with amazake ice cream. The wine list runs to more than 300 natural wines. The reviewer notes that Het Parool recently gave the restaurant a 6, and that the team stands by its cooking. Otto Volante is open Wednesday to Saturday, 18:00 to midnight, and also welcomes guests for a glass at the bar with snacks from the menu. The sunny terrace opens for lunch in summer. The address is Overtoom 534H. A good night out in Amsterdam often starts well before the dance floor, and a table somewhere unfussy is part of it. That is the idea behind Vibra: a community for LGBTQ+ nightlife in the city, where you can find events, buy tickets and earn Pulse points for showing up, so loyalty to the places and people you love is rewarded. Dinner first, then the night. Source: FavorFlav.com — Bij deze wijnbar én restaurant in Amsterdam kun je geweldig eten en drinken (2026-09-20)