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  1. Rank 172. Da Long Yi

    Sichuan

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  3. Rank 172. Daily 3000

    Pizzeria

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  5. Rank 172. Dastaan

    Indian

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  11. Rank 172. DEBRA

    Contemporary French

    The name comes from a Beck song, and the vintage turntable spinning in the corner means you'll figure that out before anyone tells you. DEBRA is a contemporary French restaurant where the cooking slaloms between classical technique and global instinct, whole roasts alongside sauces that arrive from unexpected directions. The room is warm and a little hip without trying too hard, which, in Ghent, is exactly the right register.


    Address
    Zuidstationstraat 14, 9000 Gent, Belgium · Gent
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  14. Rank 172. Dojo

    Omakase Japanese

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  15. Rank 172. Domestic

    Traditional Boulangerie

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  16. Rank 172. Domestic

    Bakery

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  17. Vintage floor tiles and an open kitchen firing a Josper oven set the tone at this share-plates restaurant in Ghent. The cooking runs international and deliberately unorthodox, with bold combinations that have no interest in playing it safe. The mood is loose and unstuffy, the kind of place where the food takes itself seriously so the room doesn't have to. It's connected to the Michelin-starred OAK, though it has clearly stopped caring about the comparison.


  18. Rank 172. Drache

    Coffee

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  19. Rank 172. Edelrot

    Natural Wine Bar

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  22. Rank 172. Eight

    Bagel Shop

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    Edmond Van Beverenplein 16, 9000 Gent, Belgium · Gent
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–Midnight

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  30. Rank 172. Entre-Nous

    Neapolitan Italian

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  33. Rank 172. Era

    Middle Eastern

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  34. Rank 172. Falafel Tof

    Middle Eastern

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  36. Rank 172. Feast

    Creative French

    Record players on the tables let you swap in your own vinyl, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe at Feast. It's a casual, vintage-furnished restaurant in Genk where the menu runs through small, shareable plates, think smørrebrød with scallops or baked leek with satay sauce, loosely international and playful without making a production of it. Natural wines and crowd-pleasers share the list without any hierarchy about it.


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  39. Rank 172. Ferri

    Vegetarian Italian

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  41. Rank 172. Fight Club

    Pizzeria

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  42. Rank 172. Fiskeskur

    Seafood

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  43. Rank 172. Fiston

    Bakery

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  44. Rank 172. Flamme

    American

    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.


    Address
    Rue de Roumanie 56, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Belgium · Saint-Gilles
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–10 PM

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  45. Rank 172. Flâne

    Wine Bar

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  46. Rank 172. Flipper's

    American

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  48. Rank 172. Fong Mei

    Cantonese

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  49. Rank 172. Forcado

    Portuguese

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  50. Rank 172. Frangines

    Vietnamese

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  52. Rank 172. Frank

    Café

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  53. Rank 172. Frasca

    Italian

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  55. Rank 172. Fringales

    Italian

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  58. Rank 172. Full Circle Coffee

    Vegan Coffee

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  60. Rank 172. Gaston

    Dessert

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  61. Rank 172. Gazzosa

    Italian

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  62. Rank 172. Ginkgo

    Bakery

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  64. Rank 172. Giuseppe's

    Sicilian

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  66. Rank 172. Golden Gai

    Japanese

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  67. Rank 172. Goods

    Bakery

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  69. Rank 172. Graan

    Wood-fired Pizzeria

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  70. Rank 172. Grabuge

    Cocktail Bar

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  71. Rank 172. Grain

    Boulangerie

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  72. Rank 172. Grain

    Bakery

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  74. Rank 172. Gratin

    Brasserie

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  75. Rank 172. Groot Vlaenderen

    Cocktail Bar

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  78. Rank 172. Hau

    Vietnamese

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  80. Rank 172. 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.


    Address
    Rue de Flandre 113, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium · Brussels
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  81. Rank 172. Hermine Pâtisserie

    Breton Patisserie

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  82. Rank 172. Hiro

    Japanese

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  84. Rank 172. Hoffy's

    Jewish

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  87. Rank 172. Hopla Geiss

    Boulangerie

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  88. A converted farmstead outside Gembloux where the kitchen garden isn't decoration but the actual point of the menu. This is a restaurant with a rough, brutalist interior that somehow feels right for the food: organic, playful, and quietly serious about where everything comes from. The chef turns cucumbers or courgettes into multiple things on the same plate, and the wine list is built to keep up. A B&B and bakery share the property, so there's no reason to rush.


  89. Rank 172. Horta

    Portuguese

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  90. Rank 172. Huimian

    Henan Noodle Shop

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  96. Rank 172. Incorrect

    Pizzeria

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  97. A wine-forward French bistro where counter seats face the open kitchen and you can taste a glass before committing, which is either hospitality or smart salesmanship, probably both. The cooking runs to big, unapologetic Gallic territory: bone marrow butters, veal kidneys, whole fish in salt crust for two. The kind of food that makes you order another glass without noticing you've done it.


    Address
    Haarstraat 7/9, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium · Antwerpen
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–3:30 PM, 6:30 PM–12:30 AM

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  98. Rank 172. Iyagi

    Korean

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  99. Rank 172. Izumi

    Japanese

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