Bruges
Bruges' best breakfast restaurant has already gained a following with locals and visitors for its all-day breakfasts including everything from eggs and…
Must-see restaurants in Belgium
Belgian Coast
Lesser known than Knokke's other upmarket offerings, Bistro Marie serves beautifully prepared meals in equally classy surrounds, just a block back from…
Belgian Coast
Set in a beautiful historical villa and terrace, Bistro Villa Julia offers Flemish fine dining, with meals prepared from fresh local ingredients.
Bruges
Fine dining in an opulent setting. Le Mystique offers à la carte seasonal set menus (recommended) for lunch and dinner. Dress to impress.
Bruges
A cool late-night bistro with marble tabletops and a decent range of Flemish staples including fresh Zeebrugge shrimps.
Brussels
An all-day brasserie from restaurant designer Frederic Nicolay – the man behind Grand Central, BarBeton and Kumiko – Flamingo gets busy at lunchtime as…
Brussels
Featuring a leather and copper interior, this café offers a range of quinoa-based superbowls and other market-fresh nibbles for lunch. Its terrace gets…
Brussels
A pilgrimage to Takumi is in order for all donburi (rice bowl) lovers. From minced chicken with caramel sauce to veggie shitake all the way to miso…
Brussels
Belgian cuisine is given a chic, modern twist within a magnificent, if reverberant, 19th-century bank building. Classical stained-glass ceilings and…
Brussels
This little corner restaurant designed by Frederic Nicolay focuses on seasonal and organic produce and offers a minimalist but quality menu on its…
Brussels
Under the motto 'love, drink & eat' and alongside a fresco by the Hello Monster collective, Origine serves delicate seasonal dishes. Try the daily special…
Brussels
The strapline at JAT’ is 'Caffeine makes you sexy', but its tempting selection of sweet bites – think crumbling carrot cake, seductive salted caramel…
Brussels
Selling honest, ethically sourced lunches to a predominantly Eurocrat crowd, Domenica holds up its values of quality and sustainability with homemade…
Brussels
Across from its organic grocery shop 'The Stock', Contrebande is a beer bar with a brick interior and a lovely terrace on which to sip your blonde craft…
Brussels
It may be only a stone’s throw from Rue des Bouchers, but this timeless bistro with its lace curtains, resident cat, marble-topped tables and magnificent…
Brussels
Sea-bass ceviche, quinoa burgers and pulled-pork sandwiches are among the Peruvian-inspired street food sold at this jungle-like restaurant, where hanging…
Brussels
With a sun-catching terrace that romantically overlooks the park, heaving Cŏcīna specialises in hard to find Italian recipes like calamarata (thick ringed…
Brussels
A carefully curated seasonal menu and stunning terrazzo bar make this Italian-inspired restaurant the perfect setting for an aperitivo or a tête-à-tête…
Brussels
From bruschetta drenched in olive oil and delicate swordfish carpaccio to homely portions of pasta cacio e pepe (pasta with pecorino cheese and black…
Brussels
This Flemish community centre on Oude Graanmarkt square features lectures, workshops and an eponymous cafe with one of the city’s best terraces. Run by…
Brussels
Vismet is popular and stylish in a simple, vaguely minimalist fashion, with rows of tiny bulb lamps and high-up mirrors like rectangular steersman’s…
Brussels
With blazes of neon, street-art wallpaper and homemade dim sum dexterously prepared in an open kitchen, Dam Sum offers a tiny taste of Hong Kong. Plump…
Brussels
Housed in Brussels’ architecture school, this simple lunchroom of raw concrete and naked pink technical rails serves affordable daily specials like extra…
Brussels
Fika serves Swedish pastries such as Kanelbullar (cinnamon fluffy pastries) and Havreflarn (oat-flake biscuit with chocolate), along with quality coffee…
Brussels
Pintxos (the Basque version of tapas) snake past on an 80m-long conveyor belt. Colour codes include blue for fish, green for veggies, red for pork, and so…
Brussels
Locals get their waffles in this old-fashioned cafe under the glass arch of the Galeries-St Hubert. It's a little timeworn and dowdy inside, but wicker…
Brussels
The brisket, ribs and pulled pork at Holy Smoke are cooked low and slow in a smoke pit brought over from Dallas. Southern BBQ is a way of life here, with…
Brussels
Overlooking the canal, cosy Le Phare du Kanaal specialises in healthy seasonal nibbles like homemade granola, sweet potato soup with cumin, and…
Brussels
Mushroom fans will be in heaven at this homage to funghi: dine on black chanterelle, black trumpet, truffles and more. The dark-coloured decor mimics the…
Brussels
Cosy in a cramped Parisian-bistro sort of way, this place serves excellent if somewhat pricey Belgian food. Wall murals and ceiling clouds pay homage to…
Brussels
This cosy, hard-to-leave cafe is a sanctuary of healthy organic breakfasts (think açai bowls and matcha chia puddings), homemade vegan lunches and…
Leuven
With an extensive tree-shaded terrace, this rambling student classic uses road signs, lanterns and very rough walls dangling with builders' tools to add…
The Ardennes
At first glance this pub-restaurant might not look like the most impressive of Stavelot's eating establishments, but service is friendlier than most and…
The Ardennes
Occupying a superb 18th-century half-timbered farmstead building on the roadside 300m north of the entrance to Fourneau St-Michel, L'Auberge du Prévost is…
Antwerp
For years, locals have sworn that this bustling, fashionably dishevelled former fishmongers’ shop serves the best seafood in town. Finally the owners are…
Northeast Belgium
For years, great pub food has draw diners to what was – until more recently – a traditional low-key café…so much so that these days the place essentially…
The Ardennes
Like a culinary metaphor for Verviers population, La Seigneurie's menu is a slightly discordant mixture of Belgian, North African and Mediterranean. The…
The Ardennes
BOM's riverside terrace has the best castle view of any Bouillon eating establishment. They serve great smoothies and offer the unusual luxury of an…
Liège
Liège’s mascot Tchantchès hangs from a ceiling moulding in this classic panel-walled cafe-restaurant, which remains an utterly authentic locals' place for…
