The 20 shops in this poll were selected because they were the ones with the greatest number of positive comments on the main site when I started this topic back in 2005. Since then many individual coffeeshop topics have been started and each has its own for/against poll. I’ve long thought it would be interesting to get a summary of those polls in one list. Now, at last, I’ve applied some SQL to the database and got a snapshot of those polls as of today. This may not be 100% accurate because there are some inconsistencies (some shops have more than two options in their polls, for instance) but it should be mostly correct. I hope it makes interesting reading.
Grey Area: for 209, against 31, for minus against 178
De Kuil: for 140, against 11, for minus against 129
Homegrown Fantasy: for 136, against 12, for minus against 124
Dampkring: for 138, against 17, for minus against 121
Amnesia: for 132, against 13, for minus against 119
Pink Floyd - Dampkring 2: for 136, against 21, for minus against 115
Abraxas: for 96, against 11, for minus against 85
Basjoe: for 93, against 9, for minus against 84
Rokerij: for 82, against 7, for minus against 75
Mellow Yellow: for 84, against 9, for minus against 75
Bluebird: for 82, against 9, for minus against 73
Dolphins: for 80, against 7, for minus against 73
Tweede Kamer: for 71, against 3, for minus against 68
Nes Cafe: for 69, against 8, for minus against 61
Greenhouse Effect: for 69, against 9, for minus against 60
Barney's: for 101, against 46, for minus against 55
Central: for 63, against 13, for minus against 50
Stix.: for 54, against 4, for minus against 50
Greenhouse: for 68, against 22, for minus against 46
Rookies: for 44, against 3, for minus against 41
Picasso: for 43, against 3, for minus against 40
Willie Wortel’s Indica.: for 42, against 2, for minus against 40
Noon: for 50, against 14, for minus against 36
Green Place: for 42, against 6, for minus against 36
Old Church: for 49, against 16, for minus against 33
Willie Wortels Sativa: for 39, against 6, for minus against 33
Siberie: for 33, against 2, for minus against 31
The Coin: for 29, against 1, for minus against 28
Coffeeshop 36: for 31, against 5, for minus against 26
Prix d'Ami: for 38, against 12, for minus against 26
Club Media: for 26, against 1, for minus against 25
Rick's Cafe: for 30, against 5, for minus against 25
Kadinsky: for 28, against 4, for minus against 24
Paradox: for 24, against 1, for minus against 23
Resin: for 25, against 4, for minus against 21
Kashmir Lounge: for 20, against 0, for minus against 20
Cannabis College: for 20, against 1, for minus against 19
Bushdocter: for 36, against 17, for minus against 19
Rastababy: for 32, against 13, for minus against 19
Baba: for 22, against 4, for minus against 18
La Tertulia: for 22, against 4, for minus against 18
Sheeba: for 18, against -, for minus against 18
Dutch Flowers: for 30, against 13, for minus against 17
Ballonnetje: for 21, against 4, for minus against 17
Anyday.: for 20, against 4, for minus against 16
Willie Wortel's Sinsemilla: for 19, against 3, for minus against 16
Blue Velvet: for 17, against 1, for minus against 16
Little: for 17, against 1, for minus against 16
de Kroon: for 17, against 2, for minus against 15
Softland: for 17, against 3, for minus against 14
Chocolata: for 16, against 3, for minus against 13
El Guapo: for 15, against 2, for minus against 13
Rusland: for 16, against 3, for minus against 13
Route 99: for 17, against 4, for minus against 13
Blues Brothers: for 19, against 7, for minus against 12
Sanementereng: for 12, against 1, for minus against 11
Utopia: for 12, against 3, for minus against 9
Betty Boop: for 18, against 9, for minus against 9
Theehuis: for 9, against -, for minus against 9
Overkant Hortus: for 11, against 3, for minus against 8
Yo-Yo: for 11, against 3, for minus against 8
Future: for 8, against -, for minus against 8
Hill Street at the Market: for 9, against 2, for minus against 7
Soft Temple: for 8, against 1, for minus against 7
Yanks: for 8, against 2, for minus against 6
Carmona: for 7, against 1, for minus against 6
Route 66: for 6, against -, for minus against 6
Birdy: for 5, against 0, for minus against 5
Goa: for 7, against 3, for minus against 4
De Republiek: for 4, against 0, for minus against 4
The Other Place: for 6, against 2, for minus against 4
de Graal: for 5, against 1, for minus against 4
Kosbor: for 5, against 1, for minus against 4
1e Hulp: for 4, against 0, for minus against 4
Doors Palace: for 4, against 1, for minus against 3
The Otherside: for 7, against 4, for minus against 3
Eastwood: for 3, against 0, for minus against 3
Bij: for 3, against 0, for minus against 3
Supermarkt: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
Spirit: for 4, against 2, for minus against 2
Easy Going: for 3, against 1, for minus against 2
Anytime, Alkmaar: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
Magic: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
Johnny: for 3, against 1, for minus against 2
Coffeeshop D & L: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
Papillon: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
Leidseplein: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
The Pink: for 2, against 0, for minus against 2
Easy Times: for 4, against 3, for minus against 1
222: for 3, against 2, for minus against 1
Rock-It: for 3, against 2, for minus against 1
Kingston: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Florence: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Andalucia: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Kronkel: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Super Fly: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Millennium: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Scolo: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Second Cheech en Chong's: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Double AA: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Flower Power: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Old Style: for 1, against 0, for minus against 1
Kabouter: for 2, against 2, for minus against 0
Chai Shop: for 1, against 1, for minus against 0
Domino: for 0, against 0, for minus against 0
La Paz: for 0, against 0, for minus against 0
De Oude Kerk / Bushman: for 1, against 1, for minus against 0
Coffeeshop Happiness: for 0, against 0, for minus against 0
The Loft: for 0, against 0, for minus against 0
De Vrolijke Gaper: for 0, against 0, for minus against 0
Miami (Terneuzen): for 1, against 2, for minus against -1
Falkie: for 0, against 1, for minus against -1
Funny People: for 3, against 8, for minus against -5
Bulldog: for 15, against 24, for minus against -9
Smokey: for 14, against 27, for minus against -13
La Canna: for 8, against 60, for minus against -52
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Knucklehead
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I couldn't see Katsu either,so checked it out and scores at -MikeD. wrote:Is Katsu listed. Would say no but could just be ripped.
For 96 against 7,so thats plus 89...which would put it into 7th place...
I originally voted for Paradox,but since discovering Katsu,would now get my vote..
"That cats something i can't explain"
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DazedandConfusedinOR
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You’re right, Katsu didn’t get picked up. There’s probably a few others that didn’t too. I used a simple SQL query to extract the data based on text in the heading and options. Where these don’t follow the standard pattern they don’t get found. If I get time at some point I’ll try to standardise them and/or improve the query.
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craig bell
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best shop
Im actaully surprised that theres been little said about central. This was the first shop i visited and have returned every time ive been back. Ok admitted u cant smoke inside. But when your in there u see locals coming in to buy there smoke. That speaks volumes in my book. And to be honest ive always had a 5 star experience in this shop, Great selection of weed ok pre weighed but if youve got scales like me u can test it and im sure youll find it bang on unlike grasshopper and rastababy
Barney's
I recently visited Amsterdam for the first time and found that I preferred to buy and leave instead of sticking around. Unfortunately, I didn't get to check out The Grey Area but of all the shops I visited I found Barney's to simply have the most crystally buds. I just stopped going anywhere else after I made that discovery. The vibe and atmosphere of the shop is unimportant to me because I would rather just smoke and then go somewhere nice like a Belgian bar on the Spuistraat.