Dinner time in the Netherlands?

I don't remember the times being much different from the States. This guide to Amsterdam restaurants seems to verify that.

"Amsterdam restaurants opening hours:
Most restaurants in Amsterdam are open from 18:00 till 23:00. Also, there are a lot of breakfast bars and cafés that are opened all day. The Dutch usually eat lunch between 12:00 and 14:00 and have dinner between 19:00 and 21:00. In most restaurants the kitchen closes around 22:00, however there are also places for midnight snacking."

I did notice that the places we went in Leiden were open later. College town!

Sidebar: I highly recommend the yogurt. Try it if you can. There are so many kinds. Go to a grocery store and take a look. Even the tiny market in Zandvoort had a dairy walk-in where one entire wall was filled with yogurt and kefir options. No wonder the Dutch men are world's tallest.

I remember Rick saying in his book (at least in 2012) that the Dutch eat lunch and dinner at the same times Americans do. Maybe in Seattle, but not in New York. Dinners, particularly outside of Amsterdam, were early - about 6-7 PM. I remember going to a restaurant in Utrecht at 8:30 PM and it was almost empty, and I was clearly a late customer. I went past there the next night at 6 PM and it was packed. I asked my hotel hostess about this, and she said the Dutch were boring, so they eat an early dinner, then go home and watch TV (yes, her words). Sure enough, since the Dutch famously don't put curtains on their windows, I can confirm that at 8 PM, many of them are indeed watching TV.

Amsterdam, as is often the case in larger cities, ate dinner later.

Around 8 PM is a normal time for eating out.

Thanks, everyone. Lo, I'm a big yogurt fan, and I haven't had kefir since I lived in Poland years ago.