ARHUS CAFÉ
Read moreTake the time to explore your purchases from the bookstore by sitting down at the Arhus café. Here you can enjoy iced tea, high quality teas and homemade desserts. You can even have lunch here and choose from current suggestions such as homemade stew, mushroom risotto or three-coloured pasta with fine vegetables. The place is bright and spacious. For the music lovers who dare, a piano is freely available... A delicious moment for those who read with moment of exception and sharing.
GASTRO HENRI
Read moreHere everything is fresh and combined with great skill by chef Jonas Aernout and his team. The dishes are changed regularly so that you can always enjoy seasonal products. Among the dishes to share are the famous nachos with spicy tomatoes, Italian ham, croquettes, mini-pizzas or fried shrimps. At lunchtime, you can also try more traditional dishes such as fillet of sea bass with buttermilk purée or beef tartar. A very high quality place.
KAFFEE DAMAST (MUSEE TEXTURE)
Read moreThe Kaffee Damast is a friendly, trendy bistro. It's the perfect place for an aperitif with tapas, a brasserie dish or even a simple coffee break. Even if you're not planning to visit the Texture museum (which would be a mistake, after all...), drop in for a visit to this designer brasserie, which is pleasant and sometimes even musical. Concerts are regularly held here, including the VlazzJazzJamsession on the3rd Sunday of the month.
RESTAURANT DAMIER
Read moreThe Hotel Damier, with its rococo facade, offers gourmet dining of the highest quality, tastefully decorated by the De Coene brothers in shades of green and wood that blend perfectly with the green plants and paintings. Large chandeliers, a soaring glass ceiling and wooden floors shape this noble room. The very nouvelle cuisine plates are colorful assemblages as delicious as they are beautiful! Aesthetically pleasing, with emulsion sauces alongside meats and fish cooked to perfection. Brasserie dishes, on the other hand, are less sophisticated.
BELGIUM PIER
Read moreUnique in Belgium, this rotunda sits at the end of a jetty that plunges more than 300 meters into the sea. Built in 1894, destroyed and restored more than once, the jetty is currently being restored to its 1930s appearance. In the meantime, you can still enjoy its restaurant, with its 360-degree panorama of the sea and beach. You can follow the rhythm of the tides while enjoying honest brasserie dishes, devouring a waffle after a stroll or just having a coffee or a drink for fun. A coastal icon!
VIER
Read moreBas and An both have extensive experience in the restaurant business. They have just opened a table in the magnificent cloister of a former clinic. On the plate, while portions are limited, this choice guarantees the freshness and seasonality of the products, which are sublimated in detail. In autumn, for example, you can enjoy marinated mackerel as a starter, rosemary lamb with a legume salad as a main course, finishing with a delicious rhubarb ice cream with yoghurt and honey. The flavors are well-balanced and the dishes elegantly presented.
CASANOVA
Read moreThis Casanova will charm you in an instant! This gourmet restaurant on the seafront overlooks the beach and the North Sea, where the products are magnified on the plate. Start with prawns (fresh or in croquette form), continue with Ostend-style plaice or North Sea bouillabaisse, and finish with a soft chocolate fondant, all served in a bright, contemporary room lit by sunshine and hints of orange in the decor (I hear this color whets the appetite).