Find your spot in Belgium.
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Find your spot in Belgium.

Restaurants, cafés, bars, brunch, food markets, hotels and spas across Belgium.

562 places to discover· showing 61–120

Cocktail bar

Bar Bulles

Address
Oostmeers, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
€€

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Bar Burbure

Address
Burburestraat 8, Antwerpen

Bar Burbure is a straightforward neighbourhood bar in Antwerpen—the kind where the pace is set by conversation, not a clock. It sits firmly in mid-budget territory, which means no fuss, no pretence, just a decent drink and company that doesn't rush you out. The room feels lived-in rather than designed, and that's the point. It's not a destination bar; it's the bar you stumble into because it's on your street and the door is open. Best on quieter weekday evenings when you can actually hear whoever is opposite you. Weekends and Friday nights can get louder. Come if you want a regular's welcome without needing to be a regular.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Bar Chapel

Address
Kerkstraat 150, 2060 Antwerpen, Belgium, Antwerpen
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Bar Des Amis

Address
Rue Sainte-Catherine 30, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Bar Leuv

Address
Parijsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, Leuven
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Bar Llanes

Address
Rue du Marché au Charbon 88, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Bar Lume

Address
Vrijdagmarkt 33, 9000 Gent, Belgium, Gent
Price range
€€

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Cocktail bar

Bar Magritte

Address
Rue de l'Amigo 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Bar Oswald

Address
Neuseplein 14, 9000 Gent, Belgium, Gent
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Bar Ran

Address
Kuipersstraat 4, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
€€

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Cocktail bar

Bar Rustic

Address
Oude Markt 50, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, Leuven
Price range
€€

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Bar du Matin

Address
Chaussée d'Alsemberg 172, Ixelles

Bar du Matin is the sort of place that exists because people need it, not because it was designed to be discovered. In Ixelles, where the bar scene can tip toward self-consciousness, this is a straight drink in a room where nobody performs. The mood is genuinely low-key—come for a beer or a coffee, stay for an hour or three. Service is unhurried and friendly. It's not a destination, but if you live nearby or are passing through the neighbourhood, it's worth knowing about. The space is small, so timing matters on weekends.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Barok Antwerp

Address
Melkmarkt 11, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium, Antwerpen
Price range
€€

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Basile Cuisine Gourmande

Address
Chaussée de Charleroi 13, 1360, Perwez (Thorembais-Les-Béguines), Perwez
Phone
+32 471 98 54 63
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Basile earns its Gault & Millau score through steady, well-executed cooking—the kind of place that doesn't need to shout about itself. You're in Perwez, a small Walloon commune, so this is genuinely local dining rather than destination restaurant theatre. The kitchen respects ingredient and technique without pretending to reinvent the wheel; the wine list and prices match that honest tone. Service is attentive but not hovering. It suits anyone who eats to taste something good, not to tick a box or post on Instagram. The room is small enough that noise carries on busy nights, so a Tuesday feels better than a Saturday if you want conversation to breathe.

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Bib GourmandItalian

Basta!

Restaurant Basta. Par Gianni Caruso. Un lieu nouveau, contemporain, lumineux et convivial. Un repaire gourmand de copains et de copines. Au mur, nos racines, la Sicile, l’Italie, la dolce vita et le goût de la fête. Chaussée de Tirlemont 118, 4520 Wanze – Huy – Liège

Address
chaussée de Tirlemont 118, 4520, Wanze, Wanze
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 85 24 08 00
Michelin
Bib Gourmand
Gault & Millau
13 / 20

Restaurant Basta. Par Gianni Caruso. Un lieu nouveau, contemporain, lumineux et convivial. Un repaire gourmand de copains et de copines. Au mur, nos racines, la Sicile, l’Italie, la dolce vita et le goût de la fête. Chaussée de Tirlemont 118, 4520 Wanze – Huy – Liège

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Bauhaus

Address
Langestraat 135, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
€€

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Cocktail bar

Beer Capital Brussels

Address
Bd Anspach 89, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles
Price range
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Cocktail bar

Beerlovers Bar

Address
Rotterdamstraat 105, 2060 Antwerpen, Belgium, Antwerpen
Price range
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Cocktail bar

BelRoy’s at Nine

Address
Lijnwaadmarkt 9, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium, Antwerpen
Price range
€€

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Benoit Bernard Dewitte

Address
Beertegemstraat 52, 9750, Kruisem (Ouwegem), Kruisem
Phone
+32 9 384 56 52
Gault & Millau
16 / 20

Benoit Bernard Dewitte is a 16-point Gault & Millau restaurant in the small Kruisem area, meaning the kitchen operates at a high technical standard without the price tag or formality of Michelin establishments. The food is the point here—careful, considered cooking that respects ingredients and doesn't rely on trends. This is the kind of place locals know and return to, where a birthday or anniversary feels properly marked without pretension. The room is straightforward, service is attentive but relaxed, and the bill sits at mid-range. Book ahead on weekends; weekday evenings tend to be quieter.

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Bienvenue Chez Vous

Restaurant Bienvenue Chez Vous, Delsaut Cédric, Raffinement, Créativité, Convivialité Resto Cosy, Romantique, Cuisine française de qualité

Address
Rue Pépin 33, 5000, Namur, Namur
Phone
+32 477 29 96 83
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Restaurant Bienvenue Chez Vous, Delsaut Cédric, Raffinement, Créativité, Convivialité Resto Cosy, Romantique, Cuisine française de qualité

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Bieratelier

Address
Wijngaardstraat 13, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
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1 / 5
Bib GourmandGastronomic

Biestro H-eat

Ervaar de smaak van verfijnde gerechten bij H-EAT. Laat je verrassen door creatieve culinaire combinaties in een warme en stijlvolle setting. Reserveer nu!

Address
Hingenesteenweg 48, 2880, Bornem, Bornem
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 3 501 30 01
Michelin
Bib Gourmand
Gault & Millau
13 / 20

Ervaar de smaak van verfijnde gerechten bij H-EAT. Laat je verrassen door creatieve culinaire combinaties in een warme en stijlvolle setting. Reserveer nu!

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Billie's

Address
Kammenstraat 12, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium, Antwerpen
Price range
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Brunch

Boentje Café

Address
Place Saint-Denis 14, Forest

Boentje is a straightforward neighbourhood café that does brunch properly—good bread, honest preparations, and enough coffee to justify lingering. It sits in Forest, a genuinely residential commune south of the city centre, so it draws locals rather than tourists; the room feels lived-in and unpretentious. Midrange pricing means you're not paying for concept or hype, just a solid breakfast or early lunch. Weekends get busy—arrive early or expect to wait—but that crowd energy is part of the charm. Best for people who want to eat like they live nearby, not like they're ticking a box.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Boutique & Boissons

Address
Vlaanderenstraat 66, 9000 Gent, Belgium, Gent
Price range
€€

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Boutique Hotel Le Foulage

Address
Goezeputstraat 29, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
€€€

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Boutiquehotel 't Fraeyhuis

Address
Minnewater 15, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
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1 / 3
Bib GourmandFrench

Brasserie N4

Bienvenue chez Brasserie N4, découvrez nos services d'hôtellerie et de restauration et le paysage à couper le souffle de la forêt d’Anlier.

Address
La Roche Percée 1, 6630, Martelange, Martelange
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 63 60 04 28
Michelin
Bib Gourmand
Gault & Millau
13 / 20

Bienvenue chez Brasserie N4, découvrez nos services d'hôtellerie et de restauration et le paysage à couper le souffle de la forêt d’Anlier.

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Brugespub

Address
Vlamingstraat 53/b, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
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Gastronomic

Bruun

We focussen op een zeer lichte, zuiver smakende keuken met aandacht voor product, seizoen en lokale leverancier.

Address
Dendermondesteenweg 532, 9070, Destelbergen, Destelbergen
Price range
€€€
Phone
+32 9 229 31 99
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Bruun sits outside the usual Brussels–Antwerp circuit but delivers serious, thoughtful cooking that earns its Gault & Millau 15 score. This is not casual dining—the menu is built around precision and seasonality, and every plate asks you to pay attention. The room is calm and the pacing deliberate, which means dinner here stretches across an evening. Premium pricing reflects both the cooking and the care. Book ahead, especially Friday and Saturday; weekday evenings are easier to secure. The location in Destelbergen means you're eating outside the tourist crush, which suits the restaurant's unhurried temperament.

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Gastronomic

Bruut

BRUUT staat voor een mooie synthese van onze Vlaamse keuken, waar terroir en tradities een eigentijdse uitstraling krijgen.

Address
Meestraat 9, 8000, Brugge, Brugge
Price range
€€€€
Phone
+32 50 69 55 09
Gault & Millau
16 / 20

BRUUT staat voor een mooie synthese van onze Vlaamse keuken, waar terroir en tradities een eigentijdse uitstraling krijgen.

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

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Bib GourmandGastronomic

CCnomie

Address
rue Haute 38, 5500, Falmignoul, Falmignoul
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 82 22 24 95
Michelin
Bib Gourmand

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Bib GourmandFrench

Cadre Culinaire

Votre restaurant de cuisine française de référence à Huy. Des menus 3, 4 ou 5 services... un lunch tous les midis, le Cadre Culinaire a tous les atouts pour combler vos papilles !

Address
rue des Rôtisseurs 4, 4500, Huy, Huy
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 85 25 55 25
Michelin
Bib Gourmand
Gault & Millau
13 / 20

Votre restaurant de cuisine française de référence à Huy. Des menus 3, 4 ou 5 services... un lunch tous les midis, le Cadre Culinaire a tous les atouts pour combler vos papilles !

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Cafe Rose Red

Address
Cordoeaniersstraat 16, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Brugge
Price range
€€

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Caffènation

Address
Hopland 46, Antwerpen

Caffènation treats coffee as the point, not a side note. It's the kind of place where you can taste the difference between origins and roasts without pretension or unnecessary ceremony. The mid-range budget means you get care without paying for decor or table service. It works best for a solitary morning, a working breakfast, or a catch-up with a friend over two hours and two cups. The room is small and fills quickly at weekends, so a weekday visit gives you the best experience. Not a destination in itself, but an essential stop if you're in Antwerpen and want to know where locals actually drink their coffee.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Vegetarian

Café Aba-Jour

Address
Oudburg 33, Gent

Café Aba-Jour is a straightforward vegetarian café in Gent that takes plant-based cooking seriously without pretension. The menu works because it's built around seasonal vegetables and grains, not meat substitutes doing the heavy lifting. It sits comfortably in the mid-budget tier — the kind of place you'd eat at once a week if you lived nearby. The room has the easy rhythm of a local café: no reservation theatre, no multi-course pacing, just good coffee and a plate you actually want to finish. Best on a quiet weekday when you can linger, though weekend brunch draws a crowd. Fair warning: if you're tourist-area hunting, Gent's centre gets busy at noon; timing matters.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Brunch

Café Capitale

Address
Rue du Bailli 4, Ixelles

Café Capitale is a mid-range neighbourhood café in Ixelles where brunch and coffee are the point. It sits squarely in the local fabric—you'll see regulars, people working on laptops, groups of friends splitting plates on weekend mornings. The pacing is relaxed and meant for lingering, not rushing through. Weekend brunch draws a crowd, so arrive early or expect a wait. It's the kind of place to know if you live or work nearby, or if you're spending a leisurely Ixelles morning away from the tourist core.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Café Den Turk

Address
Botermarkt 3, 9000 Gent, Belgium, Gent
Price range
€€

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1 / 6

Caillou

Address
Knokkestraat 282, 8300, Knokke-Heist, Knokke-Heist
Phone
+32 50 66 91 77
Gault & Millau
16 / 20

Caillou sits in Knokke-Heist's dining landscape as a competent, unpretentious restaurant where the Gault & Millau score (16) signals real kitchen discipline without the formality or price tag of fine dining. The cooking is seasonal and grounded, the sort that rewards attention without demanding ceremony. Service is straightforward and paced for the meal, not the occasion. It works well for anyone who wants good food and doesn't need white tablecloths or theatrical plating to feel the effort. Knokke-Heist summers draw tourists, so off-season or weekday lunches are calmer; Saturday nights book ahead.

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

1 / 6
Bib GourmandChinese

Car Bon

Address
chaussée de Waterloo 552, 1050, Ixelles, Ixelles
Price range
Phone
+32 2 346 64 60
Michelin
Bib Gourmand
Gault & Millau
13 / 20

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Castle of Duras

Address
Park 1, 3803 Sint-Truiden, Belgium, Sint-Truiden
Price range
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Cecila By Melanie Englebin

Cécila by Mélanie Englebin. Restaurant gastronomique à Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve à proximité de Bruxelles.Mélanie Englebin, primée par Gault & Millau. Laissez-vous séduire par sa cuisine, vous faisant plaisir avec des menus gastronomiques élaborés à partir de produits frais du marché et de saison. Bienvenue

Address
Avenue du Parc 3, 1340, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Phone
+32 10 61 84 12
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Cécila by Mélanie Englebin. Restaurant gastronomique à Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve à proximité de Bruxelles.Mélanie Englebin, primée par Gault & Millau. Laissez-vous séduire par sa cuisine, vous faisant plaisir avec des menus gastronomiques élaborés à partir de produits frais du marché et de saison. Bienvenue

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Gastronomic

Chaga

Embark on a bold and refined culinary journey with Chef Kevin Lejeune. A fine dining experience in Brussels that awakens the senses.

Address
Avenue Marnix 21, 1000, Brussels, Brussels
Price range
€€€€
Phone
+32 2 615 40 50
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Embark on a bold and refined culinary journey with Chef Kevin Lejeune. A fine dining experience in Brussels that awakens the senses.

Good for

Reservation only

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Chateau Beausaint

Address
Rue du Taillet 3, 6980 La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, La Roche-en-Ardenne
Price range
€€€

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Cocktail bar

Chemistry & Botanic's

Address
Pl. de la Vieille Halle aux Blés 49, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles
Price range
€€

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Bib GourmandChinese

Chez Chen

Address
chaussée de Dinant 873, 5100, Wépion, Wépion
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 81 74 74 41
Michelin
Bib Gourmand

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Brunch

Chicago Café

Address
Rue du Bailli 25, Ixelles

Chicago Café reads as a straightforward American diner transplanted to a residential corner of Ixelles. The brunch is the draw: filling plates, decent coffee, no fuss. It sits in the mid-price band, so you're paying for honest food and a relaxed pace, not décor. The crowd is mixed—locals, families, the occasional tourist who's wandered off the main drag. Service is friendly and unhurried, which suits the weekend vibe. Go Saturday or Sunday morning if you want a proper breakfast without queuing for an hour; weekday mornings are quieter still. It's not a destination restaurant, but if you live or work nearby it becomes the place you know.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

1 / 6
Bib GourmandChinese

Ching Ching

Ching Ching, Chinees restaurant te Emblem, met een verfijnde toets.

Address
Oostmalsesteenweg 140, 2520, Emblem, Emblem
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 478 88 88 82
Michelin
Bib Gourmand

Ching Ching holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which means it delivers generous, well-made food at reasonable prices—the Michelin sweet spot. This is Chinese cooking stripped of pretence: flavours are honest, portions fair, and the bill won't sting. The room is relaxed and unfussy, the kind of place where regulars have their standing orders. It's not a destination dinner or a special-occasion venue, but rather a reliable neighbourhood table where you eat well without ceremony. Book ahead on weekends; weeknights are quieter and easier.

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Château de Namur

Address
Av. de l'Ermitage 1, 5000 Namur, Belgium, Namur
Price range
€€€

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Château de la Chapelle

Address
La Chapelle 3, 4163 Anthisnes, Belgium, Anthisnes
Price range
€€€

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Gastronomic

Château du Mylord

Le Château du Mylord vous invite à découvrir une cuisine raffinée et créative dans son restaurant gastronomique, mettant en valeur les produits du terroir. Martin Simonart élabore des plats exquis, mêlant tradition et modernité pour une expérience gustative inoubliable.

Address
Rue Saint-Mortier 35, 7890, Ellezelles, Ellezelles
Price range
€€€€
Phone
+32 68 54 26 02
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Le Château du Mylord vous invite à découvrir une cuisine raffinée et créative dans son restaurant gastronomique, mettant en valeur les produits du terroir. Martin Simonart élabore des plats exquis, mêlant tradition et modernité pour une expérience gustative inoubliable.

Good for

Reservation only

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

1 / 5
Bib GourmandBelgian

Ciro's

Address
Amerikalei 6, 2000, Antwerpen, Antwerpen
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 3 238 11 47
Michelin
Bib Gourmand

Ciro's holds a Bib Gourmand rating, Michelin's mark for restaurants serving good food at fair prices. This is Belgian cooking done well—the kind of place that doesn't chase trends, just executes the fundamentals with care. The mid-range budget means you're eating properly without paying for tablecloths or ceremony. Service is warm and unhurried. It's the sort of restaurant Antwerpen regulars have on rotation, the one you go to when you want to eat properly and leave happy. Book ahead on weekends; weekday evenings are easier.

Good for

Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Citadelle de Namur Café

Address
Route Merveilleuse, Namur

The Citadelle de Namur is one of Belgium's most impressive military monuments, and this café sits within its walls—a logical refuel point if you're spending time inside. The views over the Meuse and surrounding countryside are genuine draws, especially from a terrace if one exists. Service is unpretentious café-style: order at the counter, no fuss. Food is simple (coffee, pastries, sandwiches, soup), priced mid-range. It's not a destination restaurant, but it's honest and well-placed. Go if you're already visiting the fortress; expect a mix of tourists and local walkers, particularly on weekends and school holidays. Weekday mornings are quieter.

Rating data via Belgium Impulse editorial. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Cocktail bar

Cocktailbar

Address
Naamsestraat 20, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, Leuven
Price range
€€

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Cocoon Douce Heure

Address
Chau. de Warneton 170, 7784 Comines-Warneton, Belgium, Comines-Warneton
Price range
€€€

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French

Cocotte

Address
Koning Leopoldlaan 94, 3920, Lommel, Lommel
Price range
€€€
Phone
+32 11 25 41 53
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Cocotte sits in Limburg's quieter east, a genuinely highly Gault & Millau-rated French restaurant that doesn't broadcast itself. The cooking is disciplined and confident—the kind of place where you taste the care in each plate. Premium pricing reflects the sourcing and technique, not the room's scale or fanfare. Service is attentive without fuss. It rewards the diner who shows up hungry and ready to sit for two hours. Expect no gimmick, no tasting-menu-only pressure—just French cooking done well. A Tuesday lunch here feels like a genuine escape, while Saturday dinner is the occasion night locals book months forward.

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

1 / 3

Commotie

Address
Victor Braeckmanlaan 367, 9040, Gent, Gent
Phone
+32 495 32 59 79
Gault & Millau
16 / 20

Commotie sits at that useful middle ground: it's scored 16 by Gault & Millau, which means the kitchen has real skill and consistency, but the price tag and tone stay approachable. This is where Gent locals go when they want to eat well but not navigate a tasting menu or dress code. The cooking is direct and confident, without the grandeur language that can cloud restaurant menus. Service keeps pace with the kitchen—attentive but not fussy. Expect to spend two hours over dinner and come away satisfied that your money went toward food, not theatre. Book ahead at weekends; weeknights usually have room.

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

Coquum

Coquum est un restaurant où l’on mange une cuisine gastronomique, brute, aux saveurs franches tantôt fumées ou lacto-fermentées, avec ce petit « twist » du Chef qui ne vous laissera pas indifférent. Un endroit intimiste où l’on partage la passion du Chef depuis sa cuisine ouverte.

Address
Rue au Bois 226, 1150, Bruxelles (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre), Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Phone
+32 2 850 41 67
Gault & Millau
15 / 20

Coquum est un restaurant où l’on mange une cuisine gastronomique, brute, aux saveurs franches tantôt fumées ou lacto-fermentées, avec ce petit « twist » du Chef qui ne vous laissera pas indifférent. Un endroit intimiste où l’on partage la passion du Chef depuis sa cuisine ouverte.

Rating data via Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Gault & Millau Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

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Bib GourmandFrench

Cul de Poule

Situé au cœur de Binche, l’atelier culinaire Cul de Poule vous propose une cuisine française raffinée et créative …

Address
avenue Wanderpepen 44, 7130, Binche, Binche
Price range
€€
Phone
+32 64 65 09 73
Michelin
Bib Gourmand
Gault & Millau
13 / 20

Cul de Poule is a Bib Gourmand–ranked French restaurant doing honest, well-executed cooking at fair prices in Binche. The Gault & Millau score of 13 signals confidence in technique without pretension: this is midweek dining where the food speaks louder than the room. Service is warm and unhurried. You'll eat well without ceremony, without marking up the bill, and without needing a reservation months ahead—though midweek booking is still wise. The kind of place locals keep to themselves until word spreads.

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Top rated

Rating data via Michelin Guide Belgium 2025, Gault & Millau Belgium 2025. Discovered via Michelin Guide Belgium. Always check the restaurant's own channels for current hours, pricing, and booking.

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