The best restaurants Flandres belges

The atmosphere, the decor, the service and, of course, the good food... All the ingredients are there for you to spend a pleasant moment in this restaurant or on its sunny terrace, in the heart of the Grand' Place. Dominique and her team know how to welcome guests, always with a smile, and Chef Philippe's dishes are a delight. While the meat and fish à la carte are traditional (Black Angus' sole meunière...), the suggestions of the moment are sometimes more exotic. Either way, you'll never be disappointed!

Angélique welcomes you to this warm, family-run restaurant where you can enjoy classic dishes, with a focus on seafood specialties, all very well executed. You'll be eager to try the shrimp croquettes, a delicious sole meunière or the magnificent mussels prepared with care. The service is unpretentious. We love the family atmosphere that emanates from the place. Everything is homemade, right down to the bread baked by chef Carole. What's more? A lovely wooden terrace to soak up the sun on sunny days.

The name says it all: here, the specialty is lobster. This noble animal is served on a 750 g plate in plain, grilled, thermidor, Armoricaine or waterzooi (a typical Ghent stew) versions. Other house specialties include shellfish platters (oysters, various shellfish, langoustine, crab, razor clams, gambas, shrimp, lobster, etc.), bouillabaisse (which can be garnished with crab or lobster), à la carte fish of the day (sole meunière, swimming halibut, etc.), and traditional Belgian mussels and French fries. The dining room is rather small, so book ahead.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Wine bar and caviste at the front, high-flying restaurant at the back, Sans Cravate invites you into its chic country-style dining room. Both classic and inventive, it's clear to see that chef Henk Van Oudenhove is having fun in the kitchen with a champagne sauerkraut garnished with mortadella and confit pork cheek. How original! He's also a king of sauces (watercress with garlic cream to accompany white fish, for example). A real treat, of course, with a superb wine list and Véronique's warm welcome.

It's worth the detour for the delicious organic and vegetarian bowls you can have fun putting together, and for its really reasonable prices. Right from the entrance, a buffet topped by a pretty wooden counter offers dishes with unexpected, healthy ingredients. The choice is dizzying, and you can also add some nice toppings (avocado, seeds, hummus, tofu, seaweed...). The Tibetan mama bowl with brown rice, curry and coconut sauce, steamed vegetables and kimchi (fermented Korean cabbage) was hearty and delicious. Kombucha and natural wines are also on the menu.

Here, culinary specialties are served with Orval beer. And it's around Karel Van der Cruyssen that the restaurant forges its identity: First World War hero, priest then abbot(abt in Flemish) and, above all, creator of the famous local beer. No wonder the restaurant serves an entire menu based on this beverage (yes, yes, even the dessert!). You'll also be able to try the only Flemish chicken-based carbonnades, which are lighter and tastier. In summer, enjoy the sunny terrace, and in winter, the central fireplace.

There's nothing pretentious about Uncle Babe's, just a fine menu of gourmet burgers served on old-fashioned, enameled oval soup plates that hold huge portions. The bar is dressed in copper, and it's more than pleasant to settle your stomach with these behemoths topped with good meat and hand-picked noble ingredients. On the other hand, prices remain very reasonable, making this a highly recommended address. The menu also includes a number of fine salads. In the evening, continue with a glass of wine or a cocktail.

Located in an old Patershol house, this restaurant is masterfully run by young chef Thomas De Muynck and his wife Lien Van de Velde. The warm, intimate interior immediately puts you at ease. Here, there's no choice à la carte; you come for a menu (vegetarian or not) and let yourself be carried away by the chef's sometimes subtle, sometimes more straightforward combinations, such as mussels in saffron sauce and fideua, or Limousin veal in three ways with pickles and chanterelles. The lunch menu is a real bargain given the quality.

A pretty building perched high up on the hillside, a terrace with a splendid view of the Flemish Ardennes: this is a very pleasant way to start. On the plate, elegance is also the order of the day. The cuisine is classic, Franco-Belgian and resolutely gastronomic. Two menus to choose from (3 or 5 courses) feature noble dishes that change with the seasons. For example, you can opt for a guinea fowl fillet with cognac, celeriac, parsnips and kale, or an interesting duckling with shiitake, kale, cranberries and chicory for the main course.

Just a stone's throw from the sea wall, this is one of the most charming addresses on the coast! Open from breakfast to aperitif, t'Koethuis is famous for its waffles (they're always among the best on the coast), but its brasserie menu doesn't leave you indifferent either. You can enjoy pasta, salad or solettes. While the interior is warm and inviting in winter, it's the courtyard - all decked out in flowers and lit up at night - that steals the show. Little do we know that the restaurant's rather banal façade conceals this marvel.

For lunch, the restaurant offers pasta, (the generous linguine, tomato, pesto and basil are to die for), but also pies and salads, not forgetting the excellent Flemish carbonnade (with homemade fries) or shrimp croquettes. But save room for sweet treats: apple pie on marzipan, raspberry clafoutis cheesecake style, crispy meringue with fresh cream and chocolate, divine hot chocolate (topped with marshmallows), homemade pancakes with warm cherries, vanilla ice cream and almonds.

An institution in De Panne! This quality brasserie offers its sunny terrace or a cosy interior. You can enjoy traditional dishes, improved tapas, accompanied by delicious cocktails or a beer from the large variety offered. The planks of assorted tapas, but also the salads with generous and copious compositions, the meats cooked to perfection. Add to this a smiling team, good advice and low prices, which makes it a very popular address. It is better to reserve.

The Japanese restaurant par excellence! A few steps from the Kinepolis cinema. Before or after a session, there are ideas to dig, whether you are in two or in groups. Here, in any case, you'll be given a kimono to better immerse yourself in the atmosphere. For five years now the Sakura has opened its doors, and the least we can say is that this establishment has attracted a loyal clientele. A restaurant where you can get to the Japanese grill, the teppanyaki. To the sakura, remember that everything that is cooked is in your eyes, in the midst of great flames. But do not worry, no risk of seeing your order skeleton. The chef knows his job!

To the delight of regulars, La Table de Flavie has moved not far from the Kaai. Now in a larger, superbly decorated space, you can enjoy authentic, inventive and tasty cuisine. Of course, the focus is on seafood, and the presentation of dishes is always meticulous. Dare to try this sea bass cooked with semolina, grilled vegetables and red bell pepper coulis, seasoned with Moroccan herbs and served with a fresh herb salad. The warm welcome is a real plus for this charming Nieuwpoort address.

You will find the same sign in Ghent and Brussels. Amadeus' specialty: spare ribs at will. Trendy brewery atmosphere, with a busy decoration, with checkered tablecloths... The wine, payable according to what you drink from the bottle ("à la ficelle", as they say in Belgium), is certainly not a grand cru, but the formula seems to be a great success. Instead, we suggest that you choose a bottle to accompany ribs with honey and spices, which you will find difficult to finish on the first plate.

Close to the dam, nestled between several other restaurants, La Goulue stands out by its Art Nouveau decoration. It is comfortably placed on a soft chair or a soft seat, under a reproduction of the painter Toulouse-Lautrec (to which the name of the place naturally pays tribute), whether one specialty of fish or meat. Generous plates that hold the body. Mussel lovers will not miss those called "La Goulue", whose sauce is raised by a small secret house secret… and a nice and friendly mansion that makes the show in the vortex of the service.

First of all, the setting: a panoramic view of the beach and sea at the end of the sea wall. Enjoy the sunsets over a cup of coffee, pick from the selection of snacks: oysters, homemade shrimp croquettes or opt for refined cuisine. De Witte Berg or "White Mountain" specialties: noble local produce set with vegetables and fruit and cooked to perfection, such as bouillabaisse à l'ostendaise, back of cod on creamy leeks and white wine sauce, as well as a menu of grilled meats and salads.

Welcome to the Cardinal de la mer specialist! Joost Nollet and his wife Françoise have been delighting their many loyal customers for over 35 years. The restaurant seats just 30 diners, inviting you to enjoy the intimacy. Lobster is Ostend's undisputed expert when it comes to sublimating seafood platters and lobster. Situated opposite the Kursaal, the pleasant restaurant is an invitation to indulge: lobster à l'armoricaine, or with green pepper, saffron or tarragon, lobster stew with asparagus, etc. A real treat!

This seaside Popeye brewery(Zeezotje in Flemish) has a good reputation. Here, you can enjoy local tapas (meatballs with Brugse Zot beer, scampi and lemongrass meatballs, herring fillets with Bismarck sauce)... or a more hearty bistro-style dish (meat, fish, salad or pasta...) or just a cheese board with wine. The Zeezotje salad with various smoked fish and horseradish sauce is a real treat. You get what you pay for, efficiently served, with a smile and Belgian humor to boot. We also like the flexible opening hours.

A restaurant with Zen decoration, white beams, wooden furniture and rattan, it's a really pleasant place with a lot of fish. Baked lobster, herb butter, basil linguini, cod back, potato, leek and shrimp stoemp, chives sauce, grilled tuna steak, tomato, olive and caper fetticini marmalade and green herbs, North Sea bouillabaisse with half lobster, chocolate mousse and pistachio ice cream, fresh fruit plate and Bourbon ice cream. A smiling and friendly service.

This is a sign across the country. Yet we are far from fast-food chains here: everything is done with fresh products, most of which are organic. Whether for breakfast, lunch or afternoon pies or afternoon pies to enjoy bakery and coffee, we will always find something to eat for a few euros. The oak staircase, parquet and wooden furniture give the place a natural and convivial atmosphere, reinforced by the presence of a large common table where everyone is invited to sit.

A vegetarian fast food... it exists! It is even a concept in Belgium, since there are three of them in the country. Healthy, fast and ultra fresh food in a trendy setting. On the menu, vegan burgers, salads, bowls, wraps, soups, all with an interesting variety of ingredients. You can order quickly, eat well, healthy and at a low price and take away if you want to picnic. You can quickly get into the habit with a vitamin smoothie, a salad with super foods: kale and goji berries, etc. The fast food of the future to eat healthy after the advent of McDonald's!

The ^18th-century façade reflects the delicate, elegant interior décor. For more than 15 years, this intimate, subdued atmosphere has been the perfect setting for refined lunches and romantic dinners. To top it all off, the restaurant boasts one of the most beautiful terraces in Ghent. The four-course lunch menu is very interesting. On Saturday evenings, only the six-course tasting menu is served. The dishes are both fine and gourmet, you can't go wrong, everything is appetizing and well executed!

Are you looking to treat yourself while having a good time? De Roos will satisfy you... Take a seat in the dining room or on the terrace if the weather permits and enjoy the home cooking with fresh seasonal produce. Let yourself be tempted by eel specialities, fresh fish or bouillabaisse, all finely prepared. This is one of the most famous tables in Nieuwpoort. Steve in the kitchen handles fish and seafood to perfection, and his wife Natacha in the dining room ensures a good meal in a friendly atmosphere.

The restaurant is located at the entrance of Nieuwpoort-Bad when you arrive from Nieuwpoort-Bad. So close to the fish auction, you can naturally enjoy seafood, but also one of the 10 carpaccios of beef or one of the 6 salmon carpaccios. Lobster is also one of the specialties, while the beef fillet, the calf of veal or the cute net represent the meat. The kitchen is contemporary and innovative: So don't hesitate to choose your dishes as an appetizer or a dish of resistance - the dishes change at least every six weeks. The wine list, with its little hundred references, does not have to blush. Special mention for discreet and attentive service.

One of the oldest family-run restaurants in town. Opened in 1918 by a family of fishermen, who started out as fishmongers, the house has endured, evolved and the whole town runs here. The menu changes daily and features only the freshest artisanal products of the day. The chef respects the tastes and flavors of market produce. Creative, fresh and delicious. The kitchen is open, so there's nothing to hide. Ah! de Mangerie means "moment of pleasure"; the tone is set. A second De Mangerie has recently opened along the Promenade Albert ^Ier.

After an adventure in the gastronomic restaurant business, chef David Selen now offers a bistronomic table. In his Improviste restaurant, with a superb view of the Waregem racecourse, you can enjoy a refined and precisely prepared cuisine. You can choose from a multi-course menu. We advise you to also choose the wine assortment, as they are well chosen. The chef comes by at the end of the service, creating a very friendly relationship with the customer. L'Improviste is really worth a visit!

More than 100 years ago, great-grandfather Callewaert ran a small fishermen's café along the canal. Already eel was a specialty. Today, he has kept this rustic setting, the gingham tablecloths and the eel "in the green" is still present, alongside brewery dishes (wood-grilled meats, carbonade, fresh fish from the North Sea, coq au vin...). Excellent quality/price ratio. You should know that the restaurant, in collaboration with a neighboring brewery, produces several beers: the Blinker or the Damme Nation among others.

Three mills, but above all a pepper mill in this brasserie which opens its window to snack lovers. Inside, the tables show that it is always possible to enjoy the dishes on the menu, which are mostly steaks and other butchers' pieces served with great generosity, in every sense of the word. Here, it's "à la bonne franquette" and that's also why we like this small restaurant, very nice. Fries are obviously king here, cooked according to the rules.

Impossible to miss Rubens, this great restaurant, brasserie, tea room, with the imposing terrace (180 places) and with the majestic façade. Here, each one will find its happiness. That it is right to drink a drink and to eat a waffle the afternoon, or to appreciate a full meal, you will be welcome. Grilled meats, fish, croquettes with shrimps and mussels in season, a french cuisine of good level. Do not hesitate to taste the house speciality: the coast with the bone roasted on stone of lava, Béarnaise sauce, with a beautiful view released on the sea.