The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Faraya
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Rank 1. Faraya
Lebanese
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An open kitchen and a chef's table sit at the heart of this Michelin-starred modern restaurant in Grimbergen, where the team has been running a genuinely personal operation for a long time. The chef's classical training holds firm underneath techniques that lean quietly toward Asia, producing combinations that sound eccentric on paper and make complete sense on the plate. The vegetarian menu gets the same serious attention as everything else.
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A Michelin-starred corner restaurant near the Brussels fish market where the menu is a surprise and the philosophy is not. The chef builds tasting menus around local, seasonal produce, then quietly pivots to something like wasabi sorbet without breaking a sweat. The room is deliberately unpolished, the wine list leans natural, and every decision on the plate seems to have been argued over before it arrived.
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Kobe Desramaults, who made his name at In De Wulf and Chambre Séparée, runs this Michelin-starred creative dining room in central Brussels with a lounge soundtrack and an open kitchen counter at its heart. The set menu changes daily, which keeps the chef honest and the regulars guessing. Expect bold, ingredient-focused cooking where the produce does most of the talking, and service polished enough to feel made-to-measure without being stiff about it.
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Rank 7. La Paix
French Fusion Japanese
A two-Michelin-star restaurant that has traded its old corner spot opposite the Anderlecht slaughterhouses for a grand Belle Époque hotel, La Paix is mid-move and temporarily closed. The kitchen's signature territory is French technique pulled toward Japanese restraint, with serious seafood running through most of it. A destination fine dining room, the kind where you dress up and clear your afternoon.
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San Degeimbre's contemporary brasserie sits inside Brussels' converted rail freight terminus, a post-industrial complex that still feels faintly surprised to be hosting dinner. The menu roams Belgium, Peru, and Asia without asking permission, so waterzooi turns up with a jolt of yuzu and duck magret finds itself alongside soy and garlic in an orange sauce. The mezzanine counter overlooking the open kitchen is the seat to ask for.
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Rank 9. Bozar Restaurant
Modern French
Karen Torosyan's pâté en croûte, made by reservation only and shown to you unbaked before it goes into the oven, is the kind of production that makes you sit very still. This two-Michelin-star modern French restaurant occupies a Victor Horta Art Nouveau building, so the room is already doing a lot. The kitchen revives ancestral French and Belgian technique with a precision that borders on meditative, puff pastry very much included.
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Brutalist concrete and a casual room that makes no apologies for either. Kline is a modern neighborhood restaurant where the menu leans on local sourcing, vegetables, and seasonal instincts, with global flavors folded in wherever they fit. The à la carte lineup skews well toward vegetarian and is designed to share. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place where the food does the talking without the room dressing up for it.
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Tucked near the old fish market, this Greek taverna runs through a long modern corridor before opening into a brick-walled, wood-tabled room that feels lifted from a quieter part of Athens. The menu leans into mezzes and the kind of full-flavored cooking that makes a meal stretch pleasantly long. The wine list pulls from Greece and skews affordable. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 12. Biga
Neapolitan Pizza
The name refers to the pre-fermentation technique behind the dough, which is blended from wholemeal flours yet still lands with the airy lift you expect from a proper Neapolitan pizza place. A Neapolitan team runs the kitchen in Schaerbeek, folding Belgian produce like Brussels sprouts and purple cabbage into the rotating creative pies alongside southern Italian seafood. No alcohol on the premises, but the wine shop next door has you sorted.
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Rank 14. Henri
Modern French
A cobbled terrace on one of Brussels' cooler streets sets the tone for this laid-back bistro. The menu roams freely, landing somewhere between classic French technique and Mediterranean ease, with the occasional Thai detour just to keep things interesting. The wine list and local beers get as much attention as the food. Regulars seem to treat the place as a neighborhood right rather than a reservation.
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Rank 15. Jayu
Contemporary Korean
Twelve stools around a counter, one table, three bells to signal the start of service, and a two-hour tasting menu in twelve courses that Sang Hoon Degeimbre shapes around Korean fermentation, fruit, and spice. The room reads like a speakeasy, all theatrical hush, and the food leans into doenjang, umami, and smoke rather than the usual European fine-dining playbook. A Michelin Selected restaurant tucked behind the noise of Rue de Flandre.
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Rank 16. Alley Mian
Lanzhou Noodles
A cook pulls and folds noodles to order in full view of the dining room, which sets the tone for everything at this small, no-reservations noodle shop near the Théâtre de la Monnaie. The broth is Lanzhou-style, built deep and left unadorned. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, and the lunch queue most days makes the argument more plainly. Go early, go hungry, and don't expect to linger.
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Rank 17. Róka Gelato
Dessert
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The Art Nouveau interior by Horta, all stained glass and sinuous ironwork, sets the scene before anyone's opened a menu. This is classic fine dining in the old Brussels sense, the kind of room where sauces are taken seriously and the fourth generation of the same family is still running the pass. A Michelin star. The wine cellar doubles as a private dining room for those who want something a shade more contemporary.
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Rank 19. Piola Pizza
Pizza
A Neapolitan pizza spot in the Saint-Josse neighborhood where the dough gets treated like a serious project, soft inside with a caramelized edge that holds up without fuss. The menu mixes Italian classics with seasonal combinations, ingredients imported from Italy, and a rotating selection that keeps things from going stale. Cocktails, including a mandarin one worth ordering, round out the picture. It holds a spot on 50 Top Pizza Europe and 50 Top Pizza World.
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Rank 20. Le Petit bon bon
Belgian French
The open kitchen takes center stage in this grand brasserie inside the Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria, where Christophe Hardiquest is doing something quietly ambitious with the classics. The menu runs Belgian and French brasserie through a more considered kitchen, so the vol-au-vent and shrimp fritters arrive with a little more intention than you'd expect. Traditional tableware, plush room, the kind of lunch that turns into afternoon.
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Rank 21. Replica
Coffee
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Rank 22. Les Jours de Damas
Middle Eastern
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Rank 23. Kosto
Coffee
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Rank 25. Le Pain Levé
Bakery
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Rank 26. Yoka Tomo
Southern Japanese
A small, no-frills Japanese restaurant tucked into a residential Schaerbeek street, with an open kitchen and just enough seats to make a reservation feel like a small victory. The chef cooks southern Japanese food from scratch, the kind built on careful seasoning and technique rather than show, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for the trouble. A thoughtful sake list keeps pace with whatever comes out of that kitchen.
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Rank 29. Soleil Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 31. Beaucoup Fish
Seafood
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Rank 32. Koul
Coffee
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Rank 33. Wide Awake
Coffee
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Rank 34. Mok
Coffee
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Rank 35. Damn Good Café
Coffee
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Rank 36. Gaston
Dessert
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Rank 37. Da Long Yi
Sichuan
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Rank 39. Kras Mat
Breton French
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Rank 40. Tortilleria Benelux
Artisanal Mexican
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Rank 41. Ajiyoshi
Japanese
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Rank 42. Drache
Coffee
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Rank 44. French Kiss
French
The grill is the engine here: the owner works it personally, calling the timing on every cut of meat that leaves the kitchen. French Kiss is an old-school brasserie in Jette that earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand running a straightforward game, grilled meats, shallot sauces, shrimp fritters, Brussels waffles, and fries that arrive actually hot. The room runs warm and the portions run generous, which is its own kind of argument.
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Rank 46. senzanome
Italian, Sicilian
Tucked into the Sablon, one of Brussels' more self-satisfied corners, Senzanome is a fine dining room where the chef has spent years building a loyal following on Sicilian instincts run through a serious technical filter. The interior is cool and spare, pale tones and clean lines that step aside for the plate. Tasting menus carry the room's ambitions; the wine list leans deep Italian. It holds a spot on the 50 Top Italy ranking of the world's best Italian restaurants.
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Rank 48. Addis Stories
Ethiopian
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Rank 49. Kage
Tea Cocktail Bar
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Rank 52. Nénu
Contemporary Vietnamese
The organizing idea at this contemporary Vietnamese restaurant in Saint-Gilles is anh nhau, a tradition of sharing food and drink with people you like, which turns out to be a fine excuse to order three dishes minimum. The kitchen takes classical Vietnamese flavors somewhere quieter and stranger, lamb wontons and duck's tongues landing alongside smart cocktails. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place that makes a Tuesday feel considered.
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Rank 53. Auntie Café
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Frank
Coffee
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Rank 56. Era
Middle Eastern
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Rank 58. Corica
Coffee
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Rank 59. Lafeh
Lebanese
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Rank 60. Kitsune Burger
Vegetarian
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Rank 61. Maison Dandoy
Bakery
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Rank 62. Nüetnigenough
French
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Rank 64. L'Express
Lebanese
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The Matongé district's energy seeps right into this small neighborhood restaurant, where the cooking leans on old-school French comfort food with quiet creative detours. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, Le Tournant pairs unfussy, grandmother-style dishes with natural wines chosen by a sommelier who takes that job seriously. The room fills with locals who clearly have a regular table, and the food tastes like someone actually cooked it rather than assembled it.
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Rank 66. Barkboy
Coffee
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Rank 67. Savage
Vegetarian
A grocery-bakery at the door sets the tone before you've sat down. Savage is a plant-forward set-menu restaurant in the Saint-Boniface neighbourhood, where the single nightly lineup leans on herbs and vegetables, with meat or fish available to add from the refrigerated counter by the restrooms, which is a very Savage way to handle the choice. The terrace catches the neighbourhood's easy energy, and the cooking is precise enough that the radish cream and the marinated carrot get their own moment.
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Rank 68. Lil’ Bouche
Coffee
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Rank 69. ANJU
Contemporary Korean
Sang Hoon Degeimbre, the chef behind L'Air du Temps, strips things back here to explore his Korean roots. In a minimalist room in Saint-Gilles, the kitchen puts out sharing plates built around hotpots, kimchi, and slow-cooked meats, the kind of food that reads as generous rather than studied. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the sort of contemporary Korean spot where the bill won't send you outside to quietly recalibrate.
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Rank 70. Agnes
Modern French
A former presbytery beside a village church, Agnes is a Michelin-starred modern French restaurant where the room still feels like someone's home and the cooking leans hard into classical sauces and impeccable sourcing. The chef's style is generous rather than showy, hop shoots and hare sitting comfortably alongside Burgundy wine pours. A crowd of knowing diners tends to fill this kind of place and never look at the clock.
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Rank 71. L'épicerie Nomad
Mediterranean
The slate menu here draws no line between starters and mains, which sets the tone for a casual, tightly packed eatery where the cooking roams freely between mezze, couscous, and grilled beef. The Mediterranean and French instincts sit comfortably together, and the wine list is short but considered. It's the kind of neighborhood spot where no one's trying to impress you, yet the kitchen clearly has ideas.
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Rank 73. Gazzosa
Italian
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Rank 75. Fish Tank
Seafood
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Rank 76. Ornina Syrian Sweets
Syrian Bakery
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Rank 78. Lil Bao
Taiwanese
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Rank 79. Pois Chiche
Lebanese
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Rank 81. Asturias
Spanish
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Rank 83. Jalou
Dessert
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Rank 85. Lucifer Lives
Coffee
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Rank 86. Bouche
Coffee
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Rank 87. La Charcuterie
Mediterranean
The vintage tiles and butcher's wainscoting are still intact, which tells you this was once a charcuterie and is now a snug sharing bistro in Saint-Gilles. Walk past the deli counter and wine bottles on your way to a table, then order things meant to be passed around: rustic country cooking with a Mediterranean turn that nobody saw coming. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the price point matches the unpretentious mood.
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Rank 89. Lee Chi Ko
Chinese
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Rank 92. humus x hortense
Vegetarian
Gilded ceilings and frescoes of angels overhead, and a plant-based tasting menu below, which is either a contradiction or a perfect match. This Michelin-starred restaurant in Ixelles has been doing zero-waste, micro-seasonal vegetable cooking since well before it was a dinner-party talking point. The sommelière runs a beverage program serious enough to match the kitchen, and the whole operation publishes a sustainability report, because of course it does.
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Rank 93. Racines
Italian
You walk past a small grocery counter before landing in a warm, book-and-bottle-lined Italian restaurant where the menu changes whenever the delivery does. The chef builds the whole thing around short supply chains and hand-made pasta, keeping plates clean and unfussy so the ingredients carry the weight. A natural wine list and a summer terrace make it easy to stay longer than planned.
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Rank 94. La Sardine du Marseillais
Provençal French
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Rank 95. Entre-Nous
Neapolitan Italian
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Rank 96. Selecto
Modern French
A bistro on one of Brussels' more self-consciously cool streets, Selecto earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand by keeping things honest: a short set menu, blackboard specials, and modern French cooking that leans Mediterranean when the mood takes it. The flavors are direct and generous rather than architectural. The wine list tilts French without being smug about it. Regulars seem to have done the math on the prix fixe and decided there's nothing to argue about.
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The open kitchen runs entirely on fire, so you watch everything get smoked, roasted, or grilled from your seat. Flamme is a buzzy gourmet bistro in Saint-Gilles where vegetables take the lead, treated with the kind of seriousness usually reserved for meat. The menu is short, which sounds easy until you're actually choosing. Let the front-of-house guide your wine; regulars say she's never steered anyone wrong.
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Rank 98. Eight
Bakery
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Rank 99. La Boule
Bakery
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