Rob, Ric and Sara are working at the hotel on Arena Boulevard, so the walkable list comes first and it is genuinely decent. Centre options are underneath if the mood changes — they are one direct metro away, not an expedition.
I read their actual menu rather than guessing from the cuisine, and the vegan dishes are marked as vegan by the restaurant: aubergine dengaku with miso glaze 13.8, Indonesian balado over fries or rice 13.5, fresh rice-paper rolls with tofu and hoisin 13.8, a homemade quinoa vegan Persian burger, sayur lodeh vegetables in coconut 6.8, frites with vegan mayo. That is a real vegan menu, not one dish grudgingly offered.
Closest thing to the Andaz on this whole page, entirely vegan, open late, and 2,243 reviews at 4.7 means it is not a novelty. If the evening moves into town, this is the one.
The highest-rated vegan restaurant in Amsterdam by a distance, on more than three thousand reviews. Furthest and dearest of these, and worth a taxi if tonight is meant to be an actual dinner rather than a refuel.
Vegetarian with plenty vegan, long-established, and an easy walk from the Andaz along the canal.
Vegan, in De Pijp, and the cheapest of the good ones.
Not a vegan restaurant, but Indian is the cuisine with the deepest vegan bench, the kitchen runs to midnight, and Rob's favourite thing to cook is Indian food. I have not seen their menu, so that is reasoning rather than evidence — worth a phone call before you commit.
Sharing plates, world kitchens, big vegan section. Heesterveld — a small creative courtyard, outdoor seating, industrial room. Not a café despite what Google calls it: this is a proper dinner. They recommend two dishes per person plus a side.
Thai red curry with chicken 18.8 · Bavette & Thai salad 14.8 · Prawns en papillotte, dashi-soy broth 14.8 · Pan-fried salmon, teriyaki, mango salsa 14.8 · Aubergine dengaku, miso glaze (vegan) 13.8 · Korean bulgogi over fries 13.5 · Oma's Angus burger 13.5 · Fresh frites 5.9
Reserve on their site (Tebi, up to 12) or 020 233 8150. Kitchen shuts 21:30 — that is the number that matters, not the 23:00 closing time.
Oma Ietje's French-Mediterranean sister, 200m from it and run by the same people. Brasserie — French classics with a sunny twist. Too new to have a review count worth quoting, so this is a recommendation by parentage rather than by evidence. The fallback if Oma Ietje is full, and the longer kitchen if you eat late.
020 21 81 795 · reservations via their site.
Döner and grill. The menu runs buns, wraps, kapsalon, döner box, Turkish pizza, chicken snacks and baked potatoes — I read that off their delivery listing rather than a menu card, so treat it as the shape of the place, not the full list. 472 reviews at five stars is not an accident. Closes earliest of the four.
On the boulevard itself. The don't-stop-working option.
Highest-rated proper restaurant anywhere near the Andaz, and it is a fine-dining room rather than a place you walk into. Shut between lunch and 18:00, so it needs a reservation and a decision now rather than at eight o'clock.
Tapas, and the easiest of these with three people who have been working all day — order as you go, nobody has to commit to a main at seven.
Indian, close in, and the kitchen runs to midnight — the safest option if the working day drags and you decide late.
Nearest of the lot and perfectly rated — on fifteen reviews, so call it promising rather than proven.
Nepalese. Highest-rated thing open in the centre tonight, and the latest kitchen on this list.
Italian, and three and a half thousand reviews at 4.8 is a serious number. Early close — you would need to be on the 19:00-ish metro.
Tapas, five minutes from Centraal. Sharing, late, and easy with three people who have been staring at a screen all day.
Ramen, right by Centraal — the least walking of any centre option once you're off the metro.
Argentinian steak. If it's going to be a proper sit-down dinner, this and Babal are the two with a kitchen open late enough not to rush.