Fabel Friet is five shops in Amsterdam, not one, and they do not all close at the same time. The original counter is at Runstraat 1 in the Nine Streets, open 11:00 to 21:00 every day. Nieuwendijk 10A keeps the same hours. Oude Hoogstraat 21 opens at 12:00 and runs to 21:00 Monday to Thursday, 22:00 Friday to Sunday. Leidsestraat 85 opens 12:00 to 22:00 daily. Damrak 58 is the late one: 11:00 to 22:00 Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 to 23:00 on Friday and Saturday. A cone of fries with Parmesan and truffle mayonnaise costs €7.15; plain fries with mayonnaise cost €4.95. Card is preferred but cash is accepted. Every shop is takeaway only, and the operator says the queue usually delivers your fries inside 10 minutes.
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shops in Amsterdam | Five: Runstraat 1, Nieuwendijk 10A, Oude Hoogstraat 21, Damrak 58, Leidsestraat 85 |
| Original location | Runstraat 1, 1016 GJ, in the Nine Streets |
| Earliest opening | 11:00 (Runstraat, Nieuwendijk, Damrak) |
| Latest closing | 23:00 Friday and Saturday, at Damrak 58 only |
| Signature order | Chips, Parmesan and truffle mayo, €7.15 |
| Cheapest cone | Chips with mayonnaise, €4.95 |
| Payment | Card preferred, cash accepted if there is change or you have the exact amount |
| Seating | Takeaway; no indoor seating and no reservations |
| Phone and email | 020 303 1422, [email protected] (one number for all five shops) |
Which Fabel Friet location should you actually go to?
Pick by the time on your watch, not by the queue. All five shops cut the same Agria potatoes and run the same double-fry, so the only real differences are closing time, opening time and what is around the corner. If it is after 21:00, only Damrak and Leidsestraat are still frying. If it is 11:15 in the morning, Oude Hoogstraat and Leidsestraat have not opened yet.
| Location | Postcode | Opening hours | Go here when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runstraat 1 (the original) | 1016 GJ | Every day 11:00–21:00 | You want the canal-side shop the photographs come from, in the Nine Streets between Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht |
| Nieuwendijk 10A | 1012 CR (the operator’s contact block says 1012 MK) | Every day 11:00–21:00 | You have just come off a train and do not want to walk far |
| Oude Hoogstraat 21 | 1012 CD | Mon–Thu 12:00–21:00; Fri–Sun 12:00–22:00 | You are between Nieuwmarkt and Dam Square, and it is the weekend |
| Damrak 58 | 1012 LL | Sun–Thu 11:00–22:00; Fri–Sat 11:00–23:00 | It is late. This is the only Fabel Friet open past 22:00 |
| Leidsestraat 85 | 1017 NX | Every day 12:00–22:00 | You are heading to or from Leidseplein, Vondelpark or Museumplein |
Two of those shops did not exist in most guides written about Fabel Friet. Damrak 58 and Leidsestraat 85 are the newer pair, and a lot of pages, including an earlier version of this one, still list only three.
What time does Fabel Friet close?
There is no single answer, which is why so many listings get it wrong. Three shops close at 21:00, one at 22:00 every night, and Damrak stretches to 23:00 on Friday and Saturday. Closing times move by up to two hours depending on which door you walk to and which day it is.
| Day | Runstraat | Nieuwendijk | Oude Hoogstraat | Leidsestraat | Damrak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| Tuesday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| Wednesday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| Thursday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
| Friday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
| Saturday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
| Sunday | 21:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
Opening times split the same way. Runstraat, Nieuwendijk and Damrak raise the shutter at 11:00. Oude Hoogstraat and Leidsestraat start at 12:00. If you are planning an early lunch, that hour matters.
How much does Fabel Friet cost?
A plain cone of fries with mayonnaise costs €4.95, and the Parmesan and truffle mayonnaise cone that fills the social feeds costs €7.15. The menu is deliberately short: four fixed combinations, a build-your-own route, four Holtkamp croquettes, two other fried snacks and cans of soft drink.
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Chips with mayo (Classic) | €4.95 | Contains egg and mustard |
| Chips, Parmesan and truffle mayo | €7.15 | The signature order; contains milk, egg and mustard |
| Chips, cheddar and spicy mayo | €7.15 | Contains milk, egg and mustard |
| Chips, cheddar, mayo, curry and chopped onions | €7.50 | The most expensive fixed combination |
| Chips, medium, on their own | €3.95 | Listed as allergen-free |
| Topping: Parmesan or cheddar | €1.95 | Contains milk |
| One sauce / two sauces | €1.00 / €1.50 | Mayonnaise, vegan mayo, ketchup or curry ketchup |
| Premium sauce surcharge | +€0.25 | Truffle mayo, spicy mayo, piccalilli mayo or peanut sauce |
| Chopped onions | €0.10 | Allergen-free |
Building your own cone does not save you money
Nobody does this arithmetic, so here it is. Build the signature cone yourself and you pay €3.95 for the fries, €1.95 for the Parmesan, €1.00 for a sauce and €0.25 for the truffle upgrade. That is €7.15, to the cent the same as ordering it off the fixed menu. Chips plus one standard sauce works out at €4.95, again identical to the Classic. The build-your-own section is there so you can swap the topping or take two sauces, not to undercut the set items. The only genuine saving is skipping the cheese: fries with one sauce and no topping is €4.95 against €7.15, a difference of €2.20 for a handful of grated Parmigiano.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Holtkamp croquette, beef (classic) | €3.25 |
| Holtkamp croquette, veal | €3.25 |
| Holtkamp croquette, cheese | €3.25 |
| Holtkamp croquette, shrimp | €4.25 |
| Frikandel | €2.95 |
| Cheese soufflé | €3.25 |
| Add bread | €0.65 |
| Add sauce to a snack | €0.75 |
| Soft drink can, 33 cl, or water 50 cl | €3.00 |
Drink prices include €0.15 of statiegeld, the Dutch container deposit. You get it back by returning the can or bottle to a supermarket collection point, not to the fry counter.
Can you pay with cash at Fabel Friet?
Yes. Card is preferred, but cash is accepted. The operator’s own answer is that cash works “if we have enough change or exact payment”, so a €50 note for a €4.95 cone may not fly, while a €5 note will. Plenty of write-ups about this shop, including an earlier version of this page, state flatly that Fabel Friet is card-only and that cash is refused. That is wrong, and it is the kind of wrong that sends people looking for a cash machine they do not need.
The practical advice holds either way: bring a card. Contactless is what the counter is set up for, the queue moves faster on card, and you avoid the change question entirely.
How long is the queue, and when is it shortest?
The operator says you usually have your fries within 10 minutes, and customer reviews put the worst of it around 15 minutes. The line looks worse than it is because the shop fronts are narrow and the pavement is narrower.
At weekends Fabel Friet puts up to four crowd managers on the street to keep the queue in shape, hold the pavement clear for pedestrians and wheelchair users, and steer customers away from eating directly outside neighbours’ windows. That is a deliberate staffing decision by a business that has become a neighbourhood problem to manage, and it is the clearest signal available about when the pressure peaks: weekends, and the hours either side of dinner.
If the Runstraat line is out of hand, walk. Oude Hoogstraat, Damrak, Nieuwendijk and Leidsestraat sell the identical product from the identical recipe, and none of them attract the same photograph.
What makes these fries different from a normal Dutch snack bar?
Three things: the potato variety, a two-stage fry with a cooling step in between, and the skin left on. Fabel Friet calls the result Dutch chips rather than French or Belgian fries, and the process is published rather than implied.
- Agria potatoes grown in Dutch soil. Agria is a high-starch, yellow-fleshed variety bred for frying. It gives a floury interior that holds up under a heavy wet topping instead of collapsing.
- Pre-fry, cool to 5 °C (41 °F), finish fry. The first pass at a lower temperature drives moisture out and part-cooks the potato. Cooling it to fridge temperature before the second, hotter pass is what sets the shell. That 5 °C figure is the operator’s own number and is more specific than anything competitors publish.
- Skin on, which also cuts waste by around 10 percent. Leaving the peel keeps the earthier potato flavour and, by the shop’s own reckoning, removes roughly a tenth of what would otherwise be thrown away.
The frying medium is 100 percent plant-based sunflower oil. Some guides name a specific branded frying fat here; the operator names sunflower oil and nothing else, so that is what this page says.
The Parmigiano Reggiano is bought from Boselli in Parma and grated fresh over hot fries so it softens on contact. The truffle mayonnaise is made in house.
Is Fabel Friet vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free?
The fries themselves are gluten-free and vegan; the Parmesan topping is neither vegetarian nor vegan. That second half surprises people, so it is worth stating plainly.
| Requirement | Where you stand |
|---|---|
| Gluten-free | Fries are gluten-free. The fry oil is filtered separately from the gluten-containing snacks to avoid cross-contamination. Croquettes, frikandel, cheese soufflé and bread all contain gluten. |
| Vegan | Yes, with vegan mayonnaise. Fries are fried in sunflower oil kept apart from non-vegan products. Fabel Friet is listed on HappyCow. |
| Vegetarian | Yes, but not with Parmesan. Parmigiano Reggiano is a protected-designation cheese made with animal rennet, so it is not vegetarian. Order cheddar, or go without the topping. |
| Nut allergy | Avoid the peanut sauce, which contains peanuts, lupin and soy. |
| Halal or kosher | No certification is claimed. The operator states the fries are fried in sunflower oil, that fries and snacks are kept separate with separately filtered oil, and that no product contains alcohol. |
Allergen information sits behind an information icon next to each item on the published menu, so you can check a specific sauce before you order rather than asking across a counter with 20 people behind you.
How many calories are in a Fabel Friet cone?
Fabel Friet does not publish calorie figures, and no reliable number exists for its portions. This is a question people search for and every answer online is a guess, so here is the honest position.
EU food-information law obliges a takeaway counter of this kind to declare the 14 regulated allergens, which Fabel Friet does per item. It does not oblige calorie labelling on freshly prepared, unpackaged food, and Fabel Friet has not volunteered it. Portion size is not standardised in grams on the menu either. The only size named is “medium”. Any calorie count you find attached to this shop has been reverse-engineered from a generic fries entry in a nutrition database, not measured from a Fabel Friet cone. If the number matters to you, ask at the counter or email [email protected] rather than trusting an app.
Can you reserve a table or order online?
No to both, with one exception for large orders. Fabel Friet describes itself as a takeaway business, so reservations are not possible and there is no delivery or click-and-collect. You order at the counter.
The exception is worth knowing if you are feeding a group: orders over €75 can be arranged in advance by WhatsApp or by email to [email protected]. At €7.15 a cone that is a shade over ten portions, which puts it within reach of an office lunch or a boat party rather than a corporate account.
On seating: the operator says there is no indoor seating and treats every shop as takeaway. A couple of small pavement tables stand outside the shop front in the photograph on this page, but they are not a dining room, and in practice most customers eat standing or walk to a canal edge with the cone in one hand.
What is the Cruise and Fries canal cruise?
It is a one-hour Amsterdam canal cruise, guided live in English, where the fries are served on board. The ticket includes a cone with Parmesan and truffle mayonnaise, or with ketchup, or with Parmesan alone, plus a drink. It departs from De Kade at the Rosewood, and the operator lists prices from €29.95 per person. Booking runs through Flagship Amsterdam rather than through the fry counter.
Whether that is good value depends on what you are buying. The fries and the drink account for roughly €10 of it; the rest is the boat, the hour and the guide. As a canal cruise with a built-in snack it is competitively priced. As a way to eat Fabel Friet it is the most expensive route by a wide margin, and the queue at Runstraat is shorter than an hour.
How does Fabel Friet compare with Vlaams Friteshuis Vleminckx?
Vleminckx is the older, cheaper, sauce-led counter; Fabel Friet is the newer, pricier, topping-led one that stays open later. They are the two fry shops most visitors end up choosing between, and they answer different questions.
| Fabel Friet | Vlaams Friteshuis Vleminckx | |
|---|---|---|
| Shops | Five, across the centre | One hatch, Voetboogstraat 33, plus a sauce counter opposite |
| Closing time | 21:00 to 23:00 depending on branch and day | 19:00 daily, 20:00 on Thursday |
| Signature | Parmesan and truffle mayonnaise, €7.15 | Fries with a choice from 23 sauces; sauce is charged on top |
| Cheapest cone | €4.95 with mayonnaise | Cheaper, but the counter boards are the only current authority |
| Payment | Card preferred, cash accepted | Card and cash both taken at the window |
| Trading since | Grew from the Runstraat shop through the pandemic years | Facade reads ANNO 1887 |
| Choose it for | A late cone, a cheese-and-truffle order, or a shorter walk from wherever you are | The sauce range and a lower base price, if you are out before 19:00 |
The scheduling point is the one that decides it most often. Vleminckx shuts at 19:00 six days a week. If you are looking for fries after dinner, Fabel Friet on the Damrak is the answer and Vleminckx is not open.
Our full write-up of the older counter is here: Vlaams Friteshuis Vleminckx, hours, sauces and the best time to queue.
Getting to each Fabel Friet
All five shops are inside the canal ring and every one of them is a walk from a landmark you already know. Amsterdam renumbers tram routes often enough that printed line numbers age badly, so this page names the fixed points and leaves live route numbers to the GVB and the OVpay system, which is what you will tap with anyway.
| Shop | Nearest fixed points |
|---|---|
| Runstraat 1 | In the Nine Streets, between Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht, within walking distance of Dam Square and the Anne Frank House |
| Nieuwendijk 10A | The Centraal Station end of Nieuwendijk, a short walk from Dam Square and Kalverstraat |
| Oude Hoogstraat 21 | On the street connecting Nieuwmarkt with Dam Square; Rokin is the nearest metro 52 station |
| Damrak 58 | On the straight line between Amsterdam Centraal and Dam Square, opposite the stretch of water at the top of the Damrak |
| Leidsestraat 85 | Between Leidseplein and the canal belt, walking distance to Vondelpark, the Rijksmuseum and Museumplein |
Mistakes people make at Fabel Friet
- Hunting for a cash machine. Cash is accepted. The card is faster, but you are not locked out without one.
- Queueing at Runstraat at 20:45. That shop shuts at 21:00 and the queue is cut before the clock is. Damrak runs an hour or two longer.
- Turning up at Oude Hoogstraat or Leidsestraat at 11:15. Neither opens until 12:00. Runstraat, Nieuwendijk and Damrak are already frying.
- Ordering Parmesan as the vegetarian option. Parmigiano Reggiano is made with animal rennet. Cheddar is the vegetarian topping.
- Photographing before eating. Grated Parmesan on hot fries is at its best in the first minute and turns claggy after that. The picture will still be there in ninety seconds.
- Eating outside somebody’s front window. The crowd managers ask people to move to the canal edge for a reason, and the shop empties the municipal bins around it three times a day to keep up.
What Fabel Friet does about the crowds it creates
A viral fry shop in a residential canal street is a problem for the people who live above it, and the operator publishes what it does about that in unusual detail. Whether or not it is enough is a live argument in the Nine Streets; the figures themselves are worth having, because no travel write-up carries them.
| Measure | Detail |
|---|---|
| Crowd management | Up to four crowd managers outside at weekends, keeping the pavement passable for pedestrians and wheelchair users |
| Litter partnership | Works with Stichting Het Koffiehuis, which runs day activities for homeless and undocumented people, two hours a day, 365 days a year |
| Bin emptying | Empties the municipal bins near its shops three times a day, which it counts as 27 extra emptyings per day on top of the city service |
| Cleaning radius | Says it cleans hundreds of metres around the shops, rather than the 25 metres required |
| Employment | 140 young Amsterdammers on the payroll, including people with barriers to employment supported by an external UWV job coach |
| Waste | Frying with the skin on removes roughly 10 percent of what would otherwise be discarded; frying oil is plant-based |
Frequently asked questions
How many Fabel Friet locations are there in Amsterdam?
Five: Runstraat 1, Nieuwendijk 10A, Oude Hoogstraat 21, Damrak 58 and Leidsestraat 85. All are in the city centre and all share one phone number, 020 303 1422. The operator says it is not selling franchise licences and is keeping the brand to Amsterdam.
Which Fabel Friet is the original?
Runstraat 1, in the Nine Streets. The operator describes the business as having started as a small fry shop in the Runstraat and having built its name through the pandemic years by serving the neighbourhood.
What time does Fabel Friet open?
Runstraat, Nieuwendijk and Damrak open at 11:00 every day. Oude Hoogstraat and Leidsestraat open at 12:00 every day.
Which Fabel Friet is open latest?
Damrak 58. It closes at 22:00 Sunday to Thursday and 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, an hour or two after every other branch.
Does Fabel Friet take cash?
Yes, although card is preferred. The operator accepts cash when it has enough change or when you pay the exact amount.
How much are the Parmesan truffle fries?
€7.15 for the fixed menu item. Assembling the same cone from the build-your-own section costs exactly the same, so there is no saving in doing it yourself.
Are Fabel Friet fries gluten-free?
The fries are. The oil used for them is filtered separately from the oil used for gluten-containing snacks. The croquettes, frikandel, cheese soufflé and bread all contain gluten.
Can you order Fabel Friet online or reserve a table?
No. It is a takeaway counter with no reservations and no online ordering. Orders above €75 can be arranged in advance through WhatsApp or email.
How long will I wait in the queue?
Usually under 10 minutes according to the operator, with customer reports of about 15 minutes at the busiest moments. Weekends are the peak, which is when the crowd managers are on duty.
What else is worth a stop nearby
Every Fabel Friet sits inside a ten-minute walk of something else worth the detour, which makes a cone a reasonable pivot point in an afternoon rather than a destination in itself.
- From Runstraat: the Nine Streets run into the canal belt, where Winkel 43 and its apple cake and the brown cafe Cafe Chris are both short walks, and the leaning canal houses are worth the wander.
- From Damrak or Nieuwendijk: de Bijenkorf and Beursplein with its Charging Bull are both on Dam Square, and Het Houten Huis, one of the city’s two surviving wooden houses, is a few streets away.
- From Oude Hoogstraat: the street runs towards Nieuwmarkt, with Staalmeestersbrug and the Seven Bridges view a short walk south along the canals.
- For a proper sit-down afterwards: Foodhallen in Oud-West, the covered Ten Kate market street beside it, or the speakeasy Door 74 if you are staying out.
- If you want something sweet instead: Rudi’s stroopwafels makes them on the spot, and a warm one straight off the iron is the counterpart to a hot cone of fries.
- To eat outdoors: take the cone to Sarphatipark or one of the city’s other picnic spots, which is exactly what the crowd managers would rather you did.
How we checked this page
Every address, opening time, price and dietary statement above was read on 20 August 2026 from Fabel Friet’s own website: the five individual location pages, the published menu, and the operator’s FAQ and impact sections. Where this page and the operator disagreed, the operator won.
Four things were corrected rather than carried forward. The previous version of this page said Fabel Friet was card-only and refused cash; the operator says cash is accepted when there is change. It listed three shops; there are five. It named a specific branded frying fat; the operator names plant-based sunflower oil. It described the Nieuwendijk shop as having a larger kitchen and a faster queue; the operator calls that location compact, and publishes no queue-time difference between branches.
Two things were deliberately left unresolved rather than smoothed over. The operator gives the Nieuwendijk postcode as 1012 CR on the location page and 1012 MK in the contact block, so both are shown above. And no calorie figure is published anywhere, so none is quoted here.
No tram or bus line numbers are printed on this page. Amsterdam has withdrawn and renumbered routes repeatedly, most recently across the 2018 network revision, and stale line numbers are the single most common error in Amsterdam venue write-ups. Fixed points and metro 52 stations do not change; check live routes on GVB before you travel.
Last updated 20 August 2026. Opening hours for all five locations, the full menu with current prices, the payment policy and the dietary information were re-read from fabelfriet.nl on this date. Menu prices at independent food businesses move; the boards at the counter are always the current authority.
