The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Ginkgo
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Rank 3. 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 4. Le Petit Mercado
Peruvian
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Rank 5. Badi
Cider Wine Bar
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Rank 6. 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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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 9. Chana
Vegetarian Indian
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Rank 10. Cipiace
Italian
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Rank 11. Nuovo Rosso
Italian
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Rank 12. Fight Club
Pizza
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Rank 14. 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 15. Boulengier
Bakery
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Rank 16. Fish Tank
Seafood
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Rank 17. Stella
Specialty Coffee
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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. 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 20. Kamo
Japanese
A wood-lined counter in Ixelles where chef Kamo runs a quietly rigorous Japanese restaurant, Michelin-starred, with evenings given over to surprise tasting menus and lunches anchored by made-to-order sushi. The cooking is deceptively spare, built on the quality of raw fish rather than trophy ingredients. Minimal presentation, maximal attention to what's actually on the plate, which is the kind of restraint that takes years to pull off convincingly.
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Rank 22. 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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Rank 23. 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 24. 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 26. Grabuge
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 28. Kaiju
Noodles
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Rank 29. 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 30. La Sardine du Marseillais
Provençal French
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The wall tiles and mosaic floors date back to when this was a butcher's shop, and the chef kept them, which tells you something about his instincts. Quartz is a modern dining room in Ixelles where classical French technique gets a personal, locally sourced spin. Sauces are the quiet obsession here, and the cooking has the kind of confidence that doesn't need to announce itself. A neighborhood restaurant in the good sense: serious food, no performance.
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Rank 33. 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 34. Little Apo
Vietnamese
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Rank 37. Jackie Coffee
Coffee
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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 39. Kookoo
Coffee Shop Persian
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Rank 40. Frasca
Italian
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Rank 41. Pépite
Bakery
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Rank 42. Ptitbeur
Beer Bar
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Rank 43. Munch
Thai
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Rank 44. Belle Lurette
French
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Rank 45. Old Boy
Fusion Thai
The open fire does most of the talking at this fusion Thai restaurant in Ixelles, where Belgian produce meets Bangkok street-food instincts and the spicing is careful enough to make you pay attention. Duck breast in green curry with coconut and Thai basil is the kind of dish that sounds like a trend and eats like a conviction. The room is cool and loud, the natural wine list is on point, and getting a table without a reservation is optimistic thinking.
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Rank 46. Entre-Nous
Neapolitan Italian
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Rank 47. Buddy Buddy
Coffee
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Rank 48. Kartouche
Bistro French
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Rank 50. Rascal's Café
British
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Rank 52. La Boule
Bakery
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Rank 53. Daily 3000
Pizza
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Rank 54. Maru
Korean
The pajeon, a crisp pancake paired with sweet vinaigrette and chili sauce, gives you a quick read on what this Korean restaurant near the Châtelain district is doing. The chef plays the sweet-sour-spicy balance with a light hand, and the varied textures keep things interesting. Locals fill the room at lunch for a quick plate or a slower meal with wine, which tells you the room works for both.
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Rank 55. Lucifer Lives
Coffee
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Rank 58. La Bottega Della Pizza
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 60. Mendo
Ramen Noodles
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Rank 61. Kami
Coffee
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Rank 62. Bisous
Dessert
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Rank 63. Bintje
American
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Rank 64. Hopla Geiss
Alsatian Bakery
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Rank 65. Pois Chiche
Lebanese
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Rank 66. Nyyó
New York Vietnamese
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Rank 69. Asturias
Spanish
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Rank 72. Eight
Bakery
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Rank 73. Lil Bao
Taiwanese
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Rank 74. Grain
Bakery
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Rank 75. Comptoir Florian
Coffee
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Rank 76. Moutarde
Bistrot French
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Rank 77. Renard Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 79. Nikolas Koulepis
Greek-French Bakery
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Rank 80. Goods
Bakery
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Rank 82. Elbow Lunch Counter
American
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Rank 83. Honest
Coffee
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Rank 86. Iyagi
Korean
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Rank 87. Certo
Italian
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Rank 88. Bouche
Coffee
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Rank 89. Horta
Portuguese
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Rank 90. Jane
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 92. Ondo
Korean Coffee
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Rank 93. 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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Rank 94. Rebel
Wine Bar
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Rank 95. Gazzosa
Italian
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Rank 96. Lil’ Bouche
Coffee
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Rank 97. Grain
Bakery
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Rank 99. Bombay BBQ
Indian
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