With their authentic Middle Eastern stuffed pitas and soups having gained a huge fanbase via their food truck, pop-ups and a stand at Market 33, in Amsterdam South, Pita Queen's founders, Rutger Stout and Mohamed Mahraoui, have now set up shop in two bricks-and-mortar spaces: one in the Zuidas district and the other here. All the menu iterations, from charmoula tiger prawns and falafel specials to tasty tagines and warming bowls, are homemade, organic and halal, with a dedicated app making ordering takeaway a cinch.

Taking a grand space and then installing an eatery that feels fancy but whose remit is sending out perfectly executed comfort classics has become something of a Hoxton trademark, and the high-ceilinged, parquet-floored Breman Brasserie in the brand's latest Amsterdam opening is no exception. Named after the building's original architect, the restaurant's breakfast, lunch and dinner menus take their inspiration from turn-of-the-century European and South American cuisine, while the soaring, shimmering back bar wouldn't look out of place in Buenos Aires' Casa Rosada. If weather permits, grab a seat on the large al fresco terrace and graze on the likes of tuna ceviche, mussels escabeche and spiced aubergine croquettes, moving on to mains that include vodka pomodoro rigatoni, and beef merguez sausage, before rounding things off nicely with a wedge of Dutch apple pie or selection of native cheeses.

Cat lovers may take a while getting to the pared-back menu in this vast, concrete- and pine-clad former shipyard workers' canteen, with Ruben, the resident black-and-white moggy who prowls the attached bakehouse, proving quite the distraction, but when they do, Ruben is unlikely to get another look-in. Helmed by Sandar Overeinder, who worked alongside Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, beautifully presented plates such as toast with porcini mushrooms and yolk, and borlotti beans with North Sea crab and fennel make the most of the local larder, while the swoon-worthy sweets - don't leave without trying the Advocaat VRR, which goes into this happy customer's top-three desserts of all time - and gorgeous list of natural wines are the icing on the (in-house-baked) cake.

Opening last year on Javastraat, one of east Amsterdam's coolest streets, Soil East serves up the same kind of joy-inspiring, plant-based plates that put sibling café Soil West, a stone's throw from Vondel Park, on Amsterdam's foodie map. Dreamed up by chef Gustavo Bottino, a former hardcore carnivore who now creates delicious vegan food for everyone, dishes, which are designed to be shared, include miso salad, kimchi fried rice, laksa and a "pulled pork" made with jackfruit. Drinks range from kombuchas and seriously good coffees to local craft beers and a tight list of noteworthy wines and ports.