420 Cafe a.k.a. "Cafe De Kuil"
Oudebrugsteeg 27
1012 JN Amssterdam, Netherlands [Get Directions]
Phone: +31 020-623-4848
Hours: 10:00am-Midnight Everyday
When you call your coffee shop the 420 Cafe, I am expecting a laid back environment with A LOT of pot smoke in the air. And when I walked into the 420 Cafe while on my 2008 Cannabis Cup coffee shop crawl,that is exactly what I found.
Centrally located in close to what I consider the middle of the city, 420 Cafe is a place where you can go by yourself and will making new friends in no time. The main reason in my opinion that it’s such a great place to socialize is the long picnic style table and benches that are in the back of the shop. It’s almost impossible not to say hello to the person right across the table from you as you both sit back and enjoy a fatty.
The bud that 420 Cafe entered into the 2008 Cannabis Cup was called 420 Haze. I vaguely remember the bud so thank god I was able to sit down and write a review as I smoked it. Also, when we were at the 420 Cafe we met a couple in their early 40’s from Tennessee. They were bikers and had a pretty good nose for good bud. So they actually "helped" me with the review. I’ll be posting it later today or tomorrow morning.
The Shop itself it pretty nice. As you walk in you can help but feel welcome with all the rich, dark hardwood. Almost immediately you are greeted by the bud tender behind the bar. They have a decent size menu but since I was there specifically for The Cup, I only went with their entry. I wish I would have tried a bit of their hash or one of their indicas. Oh well, there is always next time. 
It’s a bit of a narrow building (as many shops are) with a very cozy feel, great staff and enough room for everyone to sit back and unwind. A great place to party for sure!
ABOVE – A chunk of some 420 Haze
420 Cafe is definitely a coffee shop that I will be visiting on my next trip to Amsterdam. One thing I will never forget about my trip was sitting in the back of the 420 Cafe chatting with the couple from Tennessee and getting WASTED. As we are sitting there, another couple comes over and sits down. They are from Japan and are obviously there for The Cup as they both have passes around their necks. Neither of them introduce themselves so the 4 of us just kind of sit back and hang out.
Anyway, to make a long story short, the Japanese guy rolls up a fat ass joint of some 420 Haze and mixes in a little hash. About half way through the joint he looks RIPPED. I could of swore his eyes were shut but he was able to look around and talk with his girl. I hope I don’t offend anyone but the first thing that came to mind was "man, that guy is seriously Chinese eyed". (For those who don’t know, "Chinese Eyed" is a slang term for really baked). That 1 thought in my head made me start cracking up. Now remember, there are 5 other people at the table with me and none know what I am thinking/laughing at.
Everyone just kind of looked at me and brushed it off as me being high. But man was I laughing hard. That’s one thing I really like about Amsterdam and The Cannabis Cup, you never know who you are going to meet or where they will be from. Definitely and international party. –Chubbs
Grade: A
Pros: Cool Vibe, Great Staff, Lots Of Seating, Comfortable, Size, Location
Cons: No Credit Cards, No ATM, Gets A Little Loud
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Sounds like an awesome place to chill and unwind.
Seems like the best coffee shop so far.
Can’t wait for the review of there cup entry.
Loved this place as well, One of the only shops that played rock music instead of the usual Techno garbage they pump out at most coffeeshops. Just got back a day ago Chubbs, I will have my first couple reviews by next week. Peace
They got ROOR bongs there to smoke. it s wounderfull nice location.
Tried the ‘Nevilles Haze’ at 420 which had a beautiful after taste. When we asked about it we were told it’s one of the ‘Greenhouse’ strains so we duly found the coffee shop and WHAT A MENU and a nice place to sit outside, quite gutted this was just before we had to get our flight home but it will be high on the list next time
This coffee shop was great I went there this past saturday.
I had the 420 Kush (potent and heavy) and blueberry heavy but smokes good.