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The Best Places to Eat and Do in Belgium

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  1. The open kitchen sits behind what used to be a butcher's counter, which tells you everything about the vibe at this cozy farm-to-table spot in Boechout. The menu runs four or five dishes, built around what's good and nearby, cooked in a way that's rustic without being precious. The room has that gentrified-workshop feel, and the front-of-house charm keeps things loose and warm. A short menu, a sharp kitchen, nothing to argue with.


  2. Rank 172. Jalou

    Dessert

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  3. Rank 172. Jambon Violon

    French Wine Bar

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  4. Rank 172. Jane

    Natural Wine Bar

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  6. Rank 172. 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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  8. Rank 172. Jolicœur

    Coffee

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  11. Rank 172. Julia

    Seafood

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  14. Rank 172. Jus

    Bistro

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  15. Rank 172. Kage

    Tea Cocktail Bar

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  16. Rank 172. Kaiju

    Noodle Shop

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  17. Rank 172. Kami

    Café

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  18. Rank 172. Kamoun

    Syrian

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  20. Rank 172. Kato

    Sushi

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  21. Rank 172. Khobz

    Bakery

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  22. Rank 172. Kitsune Burger

    Vegan Food Truck

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  25. Rank 172. Kookoo

    Coffee Shop Persian

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  26. Rank 172. Korst

    Bakery

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  28. Rank 172. Koul

    Coffee

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  29. Rank 172. Kras Mat

    Breton

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  30. Rank 172. Kraz Gand

    Breton French

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  33. Rank 172. Kultur

    Artisan Bakery

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  34. A log fire anchors the dining room of this stylishly converted old farmhouse in Esneux, and the glass-fronted kitchen lets you watch the chef work the grill. It's a creative restaurant where most of the cooking leans on fire and fermentation, with locally sourced ingredients pushed into genuinely unusual territory. The celeriac cooked in a salt crust with Comté and sherry is the kind of dish that makes you wonder why anyone bothers with protein.


    Address
    Pl. du Vieux Tilleul 14, 4130 Esneux, Belgium · Esneux
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–11:59 PM

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  37. Rank 172. 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.


    Address
    Rue Keyenveld 56, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium · Ixelles
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10:30 PM

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  40. Rank 172. L'Express

    Lebanese

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  42. Rank 172. La Bonne Chère

    French Wine Bar

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  43. Rank 172. La Bottega Della Pizza

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

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  44. Rank 172. La Boule

    Boulangerie

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  51. Rank 172. La Senda

    Salvadoran Latin American

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  53. Rank 172. Lafeh

    Lebanese

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  60. Rank 172. Le Oui

    Bouchon

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  61. Rank 172. 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.


    Address
    Rue Royale 103, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium · Brussels
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6:30 PM–11 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  63. Rank 172. Le Pigeon Noir

    Classic French

    Waiters in full garb, tables packed so close you'll learn your neighbor's order by accident, and a menu built around Burgundian comfort food that has no interest in impressing anyone. Le Pigeon Noir is an old-school Brussels bistro doing classic French country cooking with good produce and no fuss. The room feels like a village café that never got the memo about modernizing, which is precisely the point.


    Address
    Rue Geleytsbeek 2, 1180 Uccle, Belgium · Uccle
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 7 PM–10:30 PM

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  65. Rank 172. Le Veneto

    Bistrattoria Italian

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  68. Rank 172. Lee Chi Ko

    Chinese

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  69. Rank 172. Legrand

    Bakery

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  70. Rank 172. Lekker Huis

    Northern Shanghainese

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  71. Rank 172. Les Années Folles

    Modern French

    The website insists "this isn't a restaurant," which is a bold claim for a place serving modern French-Belgian tasting menus inside a 1920s building with parquet floors and period wooden mouldings. The chef is quietly obsessed with sauces and spices, and has a way with a knife that shows in the plating. He also comes out of the kitchen to serve you himself, which either charms or unsettles, depending on your disposition.


    Address
    Generaal Lemanstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium · Antwerpen
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–9 PM

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  73. Rank 172. Les Brigittines Aux marches de la Chapelle

    Traditional Belgian Brasserie


    Address
    Pl. de la Chapelle 5, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium · Brussels
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–10 PM

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  75. Rank 172. Les Jours de Damas

    Middle Eastern

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  76. Rank 172. Les Potes au Feu

    Modern French


    Address
    Av. de la Plante 4, 5000 Namur, Belgium · Namur
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–9 PM

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  79. Rank 172. LESS Eatery

    Pan-Asian

    The name is an acronym, Love Eat Share Smile, which tells you something about the vibe before you've even sat down. This casual urban eatery on 't Zand runs a wide menu with a strong Asian lean, moving from steak tartare with a Korean kick to Hong Kong-style turbot. You can eat at the bar or settle in for the full spread. Bruges locals pack it accordingly.


    Address
    't Zand 21a, 8000 Brugge, Belgium · Brugge
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 2 PM–6 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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    SevenRooms
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    WebsiteInstagram
  80. Rank 172. Lil Bao

    Taiwanese

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  82. Rank 172. Lina's

    Boulangerie

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  83. Rank 172. Little Apo

    Vietnamese

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  84. Rank 172. Little Bún

    Vietnamese

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  85. A charcoal oven sits at the heart of this cosy Bruges restaurant, where the kitchen builds its menu around local farms and whatever the season is willing to offer. The cooking has a loose, globe-trotting sensibility, so expect familiar Belgian ingredients alongside the occasional surprise. Shared set menus are the move, though the à la carte is there for the independents. Relaxed, unhurried, and not trying too hard to impress anyone.


  86. Rank 172. Lombric

    Natural Wine Bar

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  89. Rank 172. LUMA

    Modern French

    A covered garden terrace backs a warm, elegant dining room in a small Belgian village, and the young team at this modern French bistro leans hard into bistronomic cooking without any apology for it. Seasonal menus shift with real conviction, and the kitchen's instinct for contrast, crispy and yielding sweetbreads, say, is the kind of thing that earns the short drive out here. The Michelin Guide has it listed.


  90. Rank 172. Maccione

    Pizzeria

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  92. Rank 172. Mains

    Bakery

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  95. Màloma sits inside Foster, an ecosystem of farmers, artisans, and entrepreneurs who take sustainability rather seriously. The restaurant itself is bright and elegantly appointed, with a menu built almost entirely around vegetables and fruit, fish or meat making only occasional appearances. The chef lets the ingredients do the talking, which sounds humble until you see what he does with a pumpkin flower. A farm-to-table spot worth the drive into the Belgian countryside.


    Address
    Chemin des Deux Fermes 5, 1331 Rixensart, Belgium · Rixensart
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1:45 PM, 7 PM–8:45 PM

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  98. Rank 172. Mangiavino

    Italian

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