The best restaurants Belgium

If you're in a hurry, don't bother: here, you'll find time to enjoy a wide range of dishes, often late into the night. The establishment is nestled in a pretty villa in a shady park. This is real cooking, just the way we like it. Spaced-out tables offer the comfort and discretion appreciated by a clientele of regulars. Service is friendly, efficient and attentive throughout the meal. The establishment has four comfortable guest rooms. Definitely an address not to be missed in the Condroz.

Its name comes from the first owner, whose father was a veterinarian. She is said to have put a pig fetus in a jar of formaldehyde! In April 2017, Thierry Vanbrabant and his wife Sandra took over this old establishment dating back to 1747. They kept the name - but not the jar! - and decided to fit out the rooms with exposed beams and a vaulted cellar. The menu is traditional, with homemade dishes and, wherever possible, local produce. It's best to book in advance to avoid disappointment.

Over the years, the house has kept its charm and its old classified staircase. The menu is really audacious, using rare ingredients, game, vegetables of yesteryear... Like this fillet of doe, its pumpkin and chestnut mousse, fried parsnips, cranberries and light mustard sauce... A revelation. The hake fillet, fried potato mousse, with parmesan crumble and burnt onion juice is just as invigorating. To conclude: a waffle from Liege, with its pear infused with bergamot and its pear - tonka bean sorbet. A real trip.

A well-balanced mix of conviviality, exchange and reflection... At the start of a "project kot", four young people enthusiastically launched this café-citizen where debates and other militant events are organized. The menu is praiseworthy and includes a number of seasonal specialities, both organic and home-made (pasta, quiches, soups, sandwiches...). With special beers and some cocktails from far away places. Nice decoration and concert evenings, including regular jam sessions. Don't hesitate to check their Facebook page for the calendar.

It's a truly charming house, built of local stone on the outside, with a warm decor inside that marries wood and stone to perfection. And when it comes to cooking, the emphasis is not on gourmet cuisine, but on an honest family spirit that emphasizes gourmet pleasure and conviviality. In addition to a few fine bottles of wine, special beers and a menu of non-industrial spirits that takes us out of our usual habits: whisky, gin, peket... A pleasant stopover on the shores of Lake Neufchâteau. It's fast, it's cheap and it's good!

In an elegant setting, chef Philippe Burton offers classic but well-crafted gastronomic dishes: beef tartare and hollow oysters from Brittany flavored with lemon oil, aubrac entrecôte, "bordelaise" potato mousseline... For several years now, he has even been developing a low-calorie, slimming menu. It's one of the few French gastronomy restaurants in Liège that holds its own, with quality service. On the downside, it's best to book in advance.

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.

A bookshop that lets you devour more than just paper! Cook & Book is an ambitious concept whose main asset is to nourish body and mind almost simultaneously. Several rooms, with a menu featuring simple cuisine (salads, steak tartare with fries, well-stocked toasts and a few well-prepared hot dishes). Before or after your coffee, we highly recommend a visit to the literature section. Wolubilis, with its event halls, is right next door, for extra culture!

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.

Le Cap des Trois Provinces is a small restaurant on the border of the provinces of Liège, Namur and Luxembourg. Opened since the end of 2012, this modest restaurant has quickly made a name for itself in Condroz. Anchored in the heart of the small village of Ocquier, Le Cap des Trois Provinces will make you discover the flavours of a refined cuisine. Creativity and originality are the key words of this cuisine, which you will be able to discover throughout a shared moment in this establishment. Thibaut Laffut favours local and seasonal producers. He will choose his own (organic) vegetables and his butcher is located a stone's throw away... enough to offer a neat cuisine with clearly gastronomic accents. But the chef also excels with a brewery type menu such as his famous balls, for which you come from far away! Hamburgers, spaghetti, chicken skewers... the quantities are huge and the price is very low.

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.

Fabrice Aroni, a child of the region, has chosen to create and simmer classic French cuisine and a deliberately reduced menu to guarantee freshness. The great thing is that he gets his raw materials from within a radius of up to 15 km of his home. As he says himself, it is as well to make the small shopkeepers live. On the wine side, you will find only Italy and France only. Don't wait any longer and come and discover the delicious fresh dishes of this good map of the region. Outside terrace.

For the great bite, this address near the Grand Place serves as a huge boeuf of beef, gambas and large ribs. The service is charming, and the summer is a pleasure to enjoy the terrace with views of the Draps and St Martin's Cathedral. Here is a family restaurant all for good eating (and in quantity) or for a small break in the afternoon.

The dining room of this gastronomic restaurant is elegant and warm, in the image of chef Philippe Duret's cuisine. The à la carte menu features noble, local produce alongside more traditional brasserie dishes. The dishes are hearty and feature game, not forgetting Orval cheese. The least we can say is that it's gourmet! Whether sitting by the fire in the marvellous veranda, or in summer on the terrace, the decor of the place remains friendly and welcoming in all seasons. A real treat!

What a great adventure, that of Maxime and Louise! Above all, what a great idea to focus on the seasons, sustainability and local products to offer a menu that goes beyond the roundabout. The terroir and its raw materials have given birth to Racines, based on the principle of slow food. Taking the time to do things well and to present them well. You can choose from a single menu (2, 3 or 4 courses) to compose your meal. At the wine bar, you can nibble on a glass or two of wine, bubbles and even kombucha. And it's lovely!

Chief Van Hau N'Gguyen is wearing... Hau the Vietnamese food! This one is honored in a very airy and bright setting. Located in a magnificent villa from the beginning of the last century, in a nice residential area, this is an exceptional address. The products used are very fresh and the recipes from South-East Asia finely elaborated (partly based on ingredients from the market). The chef is passionate about wines and offers his beautiful discoveries, organic or nature (l) s. The reception by the hostess is attentive.

If you're looking for a warm Portuguese welcome, family-style cooking in an authentic setting and good home-cooked food (by the owner and his wife), you'll find it at Casa Santos. This no-frills restaurant offers a short menu of Lusitanian specialties (francesinha, cod à Zé do Pipo...) with one or two tasty French offerings and an equally short but well-chosen wine list. Worth mentioning: the democratic prices and the delicious prawn platters.

The house offers some small restoration but is decorated with as much love as nobility! Omelettes and pan-fried dishes share the bulk of the menu and make the diner salivate. The Do Vî Ferdinand omelette (potatoes, onions, mushrooms, bacon, cream and pékêt) is the speciality of the owner. And this dish has a story it will tell you. Always around the egg, the robust Matoufé is THE traditional local preparation to be tasted before leaving the region. A beautiful culinary trip that we recommend!

Good value for money, La Buvette serves a rather graphic cuisine on the plate, made with clearly stated seasonal ingredients. Guests are seated in an old butcher's shop, the hooks of which remain on the ceiling, in a setting enhanced by dark tones. The menu is also available in a vegetarian version and shows off all the chef's science. The wines on the menu are anything but sad, and their prices too, rest assured. Make a reservation to dine on the ground floor, as the first floor is a little less original.

ABC Mateos mixes Brussels and Spanish tradition by offering delicious tapas (in a very popular Street Bar formula) directly linked to the daily arrivals of fish and shellfish. Sea snails, shrimp croquettes, fish soups, grilled sardines, fried smelts, paella, oysters, all accompanied by a glass of white wine... Small selection of Spanish wines to take away. You can lick your fingers and keep them clean to start a seafood platter, if ordered. In short, this is much more than a fishmonger's, welcome to Max's!

The decorators who worked on this restaurant-bar had a free hand! They were able to make this place a place above the fray and it shows. A great challenge for the chef, who has followed suit with a menu that can be described as international. He has succeeded in this challenge and the cuisine excels in all areas, with an obvious love for seafood, beautiful meat preparations and Belgian touches. There are also some nice veggie surprises. To impress the gallery, note that Cospaïa was a republic of Umbria from the 15th to the 19th century.

Algerian restaurant, couscous specialities.

A few blocks from the Jambes bridge, the Pain Quot' is in the air of time while keeping the specific DNA of the sign (falsely aged decoration, large table of hosts, counter presenting its tempting suggestions, beautiful luminaries), the clientele of regulars has its marks there. It is good to stop there for a breakfast, a soup, a sandwich, a piece of pie. The specialities are succulent and of quality like the Tuscan plate or the beef basil sandwich. We do not forget the suggestions and superb cakes. Other address: rue du Collège, 5.

Hailing from Fano in the heart of Italy's Adriatic region, Luca the chef was born in the pans... in his parents' own restaurant, Ristorante Monte Cucco, educated in the purest Italian culinary tradition. Flavors, fresh pasta, inventive cooking and everything homemade, even some cold cuts, while the olive oil is extra virgin, nothing else. Chitarrine nere with prawns, tacconi with broad beans and guanciale, homemade osso buco... If you've had enough of Belgian cuisine (or not), it's tempting.

Pieter and Salima have set up their restaurant in an old forge. And this authentic and rustic setting gives all its charm to this place full of warmth and conviviality. De Bralle offers a traditional and tasty cuisine. On the menu, you can enjoy a duck breast or a sirloin steak. In the afternoon, the restaurant is also a tea room. Hikers and cyclists will appreciate a little gourmet break. An address much appreciated for its quality cuisine and its conviviality!

This is the place to go for vegetarian and vegan cuisine, but it's not just salads filled with lettuce and vegetables! In this small restaurant, you can enjoy new flavors in the more substantial form of burgers, falafels, quiches, soups, salads and daily specials that vary according to the season. We particularly like the seitan salad, a plant-based meat made from wheat protein, full of color and flavor. All superbly presented. In short, a great address in Kortrijk!

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.

You'll love this gastronomic restaurant with its classic setting, and especially the garden where you can enjoy lunch or dinner when the weather's fine. French and Belgian cuisine are perfectly balanced on a menu of refined seasonal dishes. Each month has its own unique menu. There's also a fine selection of beers and cocktails. Au Beau Jardin also offers a more economical brasserie side with more rustic, local cuisine. You can sample the daily suggestion or choose from a selection of salads and snacks.

Nice address on the heights of the city. Enjoy a meal in a rustic setting with a piano. On sunny days, you can sit out on the terrace overlooking the verdant garden and its portico for adventurous kids. Portions are generous without being too Christian and the menu changes every month, with suggestions focusing on game and meat: civet de biche, terrine de gibier et foie gras, supreme de pintadeau et son jus corsé au porto... The adjoining La Sparsa brewery produces a pleasant amber ale of the same name, Spa's only beer.

Le Cantil is a restaurant, wine bar and delicatessen all in one. This winning trio owes its success to two associates: one with a passion for wine, the other for good products that come together. Daily specials and local tapas are always fresh and often surprising. The ideal place to take a breather after a hard day's work, or simply to meet up with friends. The products on offer are predominantly regional: the establishment's policy is to favor the short circuit. All this is accompanied by expert advice.

Pasta, salads, sandwiches and other snacks make up the unpretentious menu of this little eatery, all prepared with ultra-fresh, well-matched ingredients in generous quantities. The decor is authentic, as is the name "de werf", which means "the building site". Even the waiters wear work belts like builders! The terrace is more than pleasant, even in winter when it's colder, thanks to the heat lamps and small blankets. There's also a good selection of local craft beers to wash down your meal.

This former brewery was once an annex of the town hall... hence its name. In July and August, the terrace is very popular. The interior, for its part, has kept its charm with its old stones. The food is simple, tasty, rather copious and, to say the least, original with, for example, the menu of dishes served only with beer, such as the cooked plaice fillet, white butter sauce flavoured with Hommel beer, tomato, mushrooms and shrimps, Flemish carbonade à la Trappiste Rochefort, endives salad and French fries.

De Mayeur is a restaurant synonymous with convivial cuisine. The chef, Patrick Vandecasserie, was at the helm of Villa Lorraine and son of another chef legend, Freddy Vandecasserie. The combination of these two conceptions of local cuisine results in an address that smells of slow-cooked dishes, traditional preparations and respected taste. When tradition meets legend, a Ruisbroek restaurant that has been somewhat forgotten by the younger generation is given a new lease of life. At the back, a terrace allows you to enjoy the fresh air.

Enter a universe where comfort and zenitude are the key words. After a few steps over a pool, you can sit down in the restaurant with its contemporary and natural decor or on the terrace. Chef Ivan Puystiens offers a fair and original cuisine based on fresh products with the aim of surprising (especially the Oh Experience Menu), in the marriage of flavours and presentation. As a starter, the truffle risotto was delicious, as was the grilled turbotin as a main course. Everything is homemade, the pastries, the macaroons and even the bread.

The concept of this wash bar is to combine the useful with the pleasurable, or even the choreable with the pleasurable, as you watch your laundry run while enjoying a bagel or a slice of toast and listening to the gentle hum of the drums. If you're tired of washing your jeans with hotel soaps, don't bother! The sofas are soft, and the menu is plastered on the bottom of old drawers overlooking the tiled counter. Salads, bagels and burgers are packed with colorful, tasty vegetables, fresh, healthy, affordable, central and inevitably trendy.