The best French cuisine restaurants Tournai

At the edge of the main road, we are surprised by the calm and the hushed atmosphere of the place. Bertrand Jacquin, the chef, does not compromise on quality. Every week, we discover a new lunch with products from the market. The speciality, lobster, is highlighted in the menu of the same name. The other menus also vary according to the seasons. To accompany your dishes, you will have the choice between many references of wines: more than 160 references from France and elsewhere, but also whisky, gin and rum.

Owned by the Trappist beers of Chimay, the Auberge represents the beers and cheeses of the same name in the store or on the menu. A must-see destination, the Auberge offers a restaurant with Chimay flavors, a brewery, a boutique, a hotel and the famous Chimay Experience Museum. In addition to the numerous dishes cooked with the local Trappist, Poteaupré is a privileged place to discover the particular vintages and almost all the Chimay on cask. To digest all this, several walks start from the inn.

In a typical, unadorned but recently renovated setting, the chef offers French and Belgian cuisine accompanied by local beverages: Saint-Feuillien, Binchoise beers, etc. One of the city's oldest institutions, next to the town hall on the Grand-Place, so typical of the region... Enjoy traditional dishes, particularly offal (cervelle meunière, if it's on the menu, is a delicacy). L'Industrie is also one of the few places where you can find the famous "doubles de Binche", buckwheat flour and beer pancakes.

This gourmet address offers market cuisine, with a regularly renewed menu in line with the seasons. Chef Cédric Manderlier's cuisine is contemporary, inventive and faithful to original flavors, refined and created from noble products - culinary haute voltige. Certain "timeless" dishes remain on the menu all year round, such as Holstein beef entrecôte, turbot filet or langoustine tartar. In summer and winter alike, you can enjoy the pleasant light of the covered veranda.

Meatball bars are springing up everywhere! Meatball's Bar has chosen the Rue de Marcinelle as its location, spilling out onto the sidewalk with tables and high chairs. The contemporary industrial decor completes the ambience. At the table, you can choose from five types of meatballs (beef, vitoulet - a mix of pork and veal -, veggie...), four sauces (tomato, chef's curry...) and a side dish (fries, pasta, vegetables...). You can also put dumplings in soup or slice them on bread, sandwich-style. A good-natured, trendy bar.

Vincent and his wife Ling, originally from China, offer local cuisine. Seasonal produce is sourced from their farm or from nearby farms. Madame is in the kitchen and sets the scene, sometimes with a more exotic touch... Egg rolls and noodles are made with vegetables from the farm. The rest of the menu is more classic and local: american, escabeche, charcuterie boards, brochettes... and some nice suggestions. The setting is rather contemporary. A good place to eat in the region.

In this local bistro, the setting of the old bowling alley has been preserved. It's a warm, family atmosphere for a meal with friends who appreciate a fine selection of beers, especially local, and wines. Irène knows her job in the kitchen, and without showing off, comes up with a few dishes in which she puts her heart and soul. She even comes to the dining room to check on the customer's satisfaction! As with this Orval beef steak, served with real French fries! While Philippe, the owner, serves bistro-style. It's not expensive, and you're satisfied and full when you leave.

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!

Comptoir 17 is a trendy place to choose from a dozen meat, fish or vegetarian burgers, in a wholemeal bun and with fresh, quality produce. Like the Royal: pure beef, smoked duck breast, pan-fried foie gras, fig confit, caramelized onions and cherry tomatoes, or the Blue Cheese (pure beef, Fourme d'Ambert cheese, caramelized onions, salad, port sauce). Wraps, great salads and regional beers are also on the menu. Rough brickwork and exposed beams, small terrace in front and back.

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...

In July 2022, after 29 years at the helm of the restaurant, Duche (Christophe) handed over to his chef de salle, the young Joris Meurant. While the team has remained the same, the restaurant has undergone a facelift, with a new decor that is modern, warm and elegant. The setting is changing, but the cuisine is still succulent and well-presented, with seasonal variations, including local products (meatballs and rata) and French dishes. Very attentive and professional service. Don't forget to book before you go.

Close to Mons, this table - with a Michelin star star - offers tasty dishes of gastronomic French cuisine. Warm welcome.

Nestled on Chimay's Grand-Place, where it's always a pleasure to stroll, the Grand Café is an ideal place to stop for a drink or a bite to eat: burgers, fresh pastas, pizzas and salads (the table's strong point), at reasonable prices and in gargantuan quantities. Escavèche is also on the menu. Not great cuisine here, but a good place to stop after a visit to the château, 150 metres away. What's more, its gigantic summer terrace is undoubtedly the most beautiful in the city center, so you might as well make the most of it!

The Brasserie Binchoise was founded in 1986, but the Brasserie tavern arrived 14 years later. Here, you can taste and buy the beers brewed on the premises, and take a guided tour of the Brasserie, but you can also eat and drink. The menu features regional brewery dishes: shrimp croquettes, ham on the bone, onglet, entrecôte bûcheron... The dishes are rustic, hearty and generous. Sauce brasseur recommended, of course. In short, the assurance that you won't die of hunger or thirst, and that you'll leave satisfied.

This charming 13th century farmhouse is home to a family business that has made a very good name for itself today. In a very pleasant rustic decor (exposed beams, red bricks, an imposing fireplace...) you will enjoy simple and well-executed dishes with generous portions. The suggestions change regularly according to the arrivals and the seasons. Beautiful pieces of meat and fish are cooked. The establishment also proposes typical regional dishes: Flemish carbonnade or hot toast with maroilles. You will also appreciate the aperitif board with an assortment of Bruges cheeses and home-made charcuterie. And if you still have room, you can enjoy one of the home-made desserts. The friendliness of the staff completes this country break in all simplicity. We disconnect the time of a meal, and we ask for more.

In a zen and warm setting, pleasantly mixing contemporary and traditional styles, this restaurant is installed in a former butcher shop. As for the cuisine, originality is the order of the day, with a varied menu of French and local flavours to awaken the taste buds. To accompany these plates a beautiful wine list will be proposed to you. The service is attentive and smiling. The superb shaded terrace, on the courtyard side, allows you to enjoy the beautiful summer days. It is obviously an address to remember!

In the renovated buildings of the former National Bank, Quai 10, inaugurated in 2017, is at once a brasserie, a cinema and a video game gaming space. The premises are superb, contemporary, vast and bright, and here you can enjoy local beers and Italian cuisine (risotto with fresh truffles, taglioni alle vongole) with a local touch (carol dumplings, sauce with Charleroi's two beers). Well-crafted, original and hearty dishes. In fine weather, the terrace overlooks the Sambre. Sunday brunch is popular.

Vugo receptors are nerve cells located under the tongue that allow us to identify tastes and smells. The choice of this name is easy to understand when you discover the precision and talent brought to each dish. At the Vugo you can enjoy monkfish with mussels and chickpeas or Steevoorde pigeon with polenta. The desserts make the most of the raw ingredients. The friendliness of the young couple in charge adds to the quality of the place. You will definitely come back again and again.

It is in a green, relaxing and refined setting that you will be welcomed. The Petit Boclé, a magnificent building of character, invites you to share a moment of gastronomic relaxation. French cuisine in flavour, the boss, who cares about the well-being of the customer, works only with fresh and quality products to always enchant your taste buds. A very diversified map puts you in appetite: St-Jacques salad and gambas garlic butter or honey and liver of pan-fried duck to begin this refined meal, duck aiguillettes and its liver pan-fried to continue this gastronomic ballad and why not finish this moment of taste with a champagne sabayon? One of the most beautiful lemon in the region, a terrace and a garden, this is what to spend a pleasant moment in family, or among friends, in a privileged setting.