{"id":71672,"date":"2025-09-02T13:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=71672"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:16:18","slug":"toet-amsterdam-brasserie-europaplein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/toet-amsterdam-brasserie-europaplein\/","title":{"rendered":"Men of Trump open Toet: bistro with French influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The concept can be captured in three words: creative, outspoken, close to the essence. TOET works with Mediterranean classics and an Italian twist: think gnocchi with lobster, langoustine carpaccio, grissini with mortadella and anchovy mayo. No frills, but taste with conviction. The address, right across from the RAI, makes it a logical place for business lunches, pre-dinner or post-dinner drinks and dinners that are allowed to run out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>space<\/strong> (interior by <strong>King Kongs<\/strong>) looks modern and warm - light wood tones, generous bar, open sightlines. By day, TOET feels like a sunny city room; by night, the vibe shifts to energetic restaurant with a bar that keeps up. The tone is <strong>Trump relative<\/strong>, but <strong>even more contemporary<\/strong>; exactly that makes it a worthy second installment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71694\" title=\"raymond-plat-and-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-trump-csf240046-25-scaled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"raymond-plat-and-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-toet\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/raymond-plat-en-niels-leijssenaar-restaurant-troef-csf240046-25-scaled-1-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TOET is more than \"new to RAI.\" Its location gives it a <strong>mix of audience<\/strong>: conference attendees, local residents, Zuidas diners walking into the Rivierenbuurt. The map is built on <strong>sharing and eating through<\/strong>: a rhythm of bites, primi and secondi that invites you to slide and share. Wine list? Fresh Mediterranean, with plenty of depth for classics at the table. Reservations are via their own site; opening <strong>early July<\/strong> is attached, with address and name already on the facade.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"TOET feels like summer on a plate - light, vibrant and seasoned just right.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The promise of TOET: <strong>accessible elegance<\/strong>. A place where the cuisine sets the tone and the bar extends the evening. Ideal for those who appreciate Trump but fancy a <strong>Europaplein variant<\/strong> with Mediterranean schwung.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het concept laat zich in drie woorden vangen: creatief, uitgesproken, dichtbij de essentie. TOET werkt met Mediterrane klassiekers en een Italiaanse twist: denk aan gnocchi met kreeft, langoustinecarpaccio, grissini met mortadella en ansjovismayo. Geen opsmuk, wel smaak met overtuiging. Het adres, recht tegenover de RAI, maakt het een logische plek voor zakenlunch, voor- of naborrel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/toet-amsterdam-brasserie-europaplein\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-71672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[80768,71696],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Tweede zaak van het Troef-team, recht tegenover de RAI","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"<strong>TOET<\/strong> is de nieuwe aanwinst aan het Europaplein: een eigentijdse brasserie waar Mediterrane smaken, Italiaanse zwier en city-glow samenkomen. Het is de <strong>tweede zaak<\/strong> van het team achter Troef \u2014 en dat voel je: sfeer, ritme, service.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Toet","adres":"Europaplein 67","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/toutpatisserie.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80771,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71672\/revisions\/80771"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71696"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71672"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=71672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}