Our story
Syrian roots, modern table
Mosaic was born from the kitchen and hospitality of Damascus, brought with the calm and craft of a real evening out.
The table of Damascus
In Syria, everything revolves around the table. Not around a single dish, but around the whole: dozens of small mezze, bread that keeps coming, fire from the grill, a glass of arak that turns milky white when water is added. Food is never just food there. It is togetherness, conversation and hospitality. That is the table Mosaic comes from.
What Amsterdam was missing
Amsterdam has wonderful Lebanese, Turkish and Mediterranean addresses. But Syrian cooking, Damascene, refined, with its own ritual around arak and wine, had no modern home in the city. That became the idea behind Mosaic: not a copy of what already exists, but the table of Damascus, brought to the level of a proper evening out.
Why Mosaic
A mosaic is built from small pieces that say little on their own but together form a picture. So is the Syrian table: dozens of small dishes that make the whole. And so is an evening with us, where every guest, every dish, every glass is one piece. You see it in everything: the deep blue, the gold, the mosaic lamps that set the room glowing.
2026, on the Overtoom
We found our place in Oud-West, on the Overtoom, a few minutes from Vondelpark. An intimate room, not a large, loud hall, but a place to sit close together. Velvet, crystal, decorative plates on the wall and the deep blue you find again in the tiles and courtyards of Damascus. A room that feels like an evening, not a lunchroom.
What makes Mosaic different
The signature
Two things. First, the Damascus Table: a sharing menu that keeps the whole evening moving, with cold mezze, warm mezze, the charcoal grill and a sweet finish. There is nothing to choose. Second, the drinks culture: arak served the traditional way with water and ice, wine from Syria and Lebanon, including Bargylus, Grand Vin de Syrie, and our own Mosaic Spritz built around fresh pomegranate. And for the brave: Kibbeh Nayyeh, hand-finished raw beef kibbeh.