The best restaurants Mons

This Mons gastronomic mecca now has a new, more spacious setting. Lisa Calcus reigns supreme in the kitchen, Nicolas Campus in the dining room. From fish and game to fine poultry and choice meats, they offer a varied menu featuring grilled lobster. The cellar master knows perfectly how to accompany it with fine, exclusively European wines. The cheeses on offer are mature, and the gourmet desserts and fresh bread are homemade. The menu follows the seasons and is renewed every two weeks.

In this restaurant run by Agnès and Eric with a wooden frame, you feel at home. On the menu: salads mainly, but also soups, focaccia sandwiches. What is special here is the composition of the very hearty salads, such as the Mallard: smoked duck breast, caramelized apples with honey, salad, raw vegetables, dried fruit, balsamic cream. We enjoy homemade aperitifs such as dandelion wine, violet lemonade, rhubarb wine, but also speculoos coffee, cuberdon milkshake and homemade desserts.

Mimi and Laurent offer healthy, tasty cuisine with seasonal and local produce, for flexitarians who love creative dishes bursting with vegetables. Many vegetarian and vegan options. The menus are small but always fresh. Starters include Greek-style eggplant confit in a terracotta pot, feta and oregano crumble; mains include pulled pork, apple and stoemp hash; and lasagne with scarmozza, raisins and walnuts. Comforting, all that!

Cheese lovers are in for a treat: in addition to French specialties and gourmet burgers, La Vache à carreaux offers such delights as camembert with caramel, dried onions and Calvados, creamy roasted goat's cheese with apricot, honey and almonds, and comté chicken with chorizo and mozzarella... all of which can be washed down with a fine wine. which can be washed down with a good wine. The burgers are far from ordinary, like the Burger des Moines with Belgian Maredsous cheese topped with a homemade cocktail sauce. There are also a number of equally appetizing salads and delicious desserts. Bon appétit!

It is at the Château Blanc de Jurbise, an 18th century castle-farm, that your host Raffaele, known as the Marquis de Beaulieu, welcomes his guests amidst beautiful antique objects from the Age of Enlightenment. In one of its wings, the castle houses candlelit tables. A princely room with a meticulous decoration. A very refined French cuisine is served, with names linked to this golden period of the French aristocracy: the Gourmandises champêtres de la Reine, the Petit Couvert au Trianon, the Festival des Astres solaires...

The regulars go there with their eyes closed and probably don't even notice the splendid wood-clad façade anymore. One goes there alone, with family or friends for one of the many special beers (Saint-Feuillien on tap) or for the dish of the day. The big appetites will court the suggestions or specialties such as the pork chop " à l'berdouille ". The establishment is one of the favorites of the most famous Montois, Elio Di Rupo, former mayor of the city.

An address to recommend to carnivores. Luc Broutard treats his loyal customers to exceptional "grand cru" meats. The house specialty remains beef: onglet, entrecôte, tartare... and the refined rib of beef is rare and delicious. Seasonal dishes and fish balance the menu of this chic brasserie, where it's a pleasure to feast in a particularly plush dining room. With 400 to 500 references of wines and various other quality spirits (Scotch, Japanese, Swedish whiskies...), there's something for everyone.

Looking for an introduction to Walloon gastronomy? Here's a warm, no-fuss place where you can eat well and locally. At Le Camerluche (which means "comrade" in slang), you'll receive a warm welcome (thanks to chef Loïc, the wood and the fireplace), and your belly will be filled with Chimay escabeche, beer-battered rabbit legs, horse fillet or pork chop à l'berdouille, a delicious local specialty with a sauce made from mustard, vinegar and chopped gherkins. The selection of craft beers is not to be outdone.