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  1. Rank 192. Ajiyoshi

    Japanese

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  2. Rank 192. Al'Baraque

    Spanish

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  3. Rank 192. Alard

    Palestinian

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  6. Rank 192. Albertini

    Wine Bar

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  7. Rank 192. Album

    Contemporary Bistro

    A converted warehouse on the Vlaamse Kaai that still feels like one, in the way only a good renovation manages. This modern restaurant runs lunch menus and a five-course dinner, built around food that pairs smoky and sweet without apology. The sourdough is made in-house and sold at the door, which tells you where the kitchen's head is at. Picked up a spot in the Michelin Guide.


    Address
    Vlaamsekaai 6, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium · Antwerpen
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–11 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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  9. Rank 192. Amakara

    Japanese

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  13. Rank 192. Astro Boy

    Japanese

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  14. Rank 192. Asturias

    Spanish

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  15. Rank 192. Atelier Gist

    Barbecue Japanese

    Fire and fermentation run the show at this converted barn outside Geraardsbergen, where picture windows frame open countryside and a counter seats you directly in front of the charcoal oven. The cooking pulls Japanese seasoning and citrus into big barbecue flavors, with fermented touches adding a quiet, persistent depth. Natural wines and house-made kombucha complete the picture. A Michelin Selected restaurant that smells like woodsmoke before you even sit down.


    Address
    Goeferdingeplein 21, 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium · Geraardsbergen
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday 12:30 PM–11:59 PM

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  18. Rank 192. Auntie Café

    Cantonese

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  21. Rank 192. Badi

    Cider Wine Bar

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  23. Rank 192. Bar Ami

    Mexican

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  26. Rank 192. Bar Bristol

    Wine Bar

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  27. Rank 192. Bar Brut

    Natural Wine Bar

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  28. Rank 192. Bar Misera

    Seafood

    Tightly packed tables, wine bottles wedged wherever they'll fit, and a menu built around sharing plates with a heavy lean toward seafood: Bar Misera is the kind of casual, slightly chaotic bistro that Nieuw Zuid locals seem to treat as a second living room. The format is snacks first, larger plates to follow, with sides chosen separately. The fish comes bright and acidic, the kind of cooking that makes you slow down.


    Address
    Jos Smolderenstraat 60, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium · Antwerpen
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

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

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    SevenRooms
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  29. Fourteen seats, a short menu, and a chef who treats Belgian comfort food as a starting point rather than a destination. Bar Pêche is a tiny modern restaurant where stoemp and sausage gets quietly reimagined, and the cordon bleu arrives with Italian ham and truffle cheese. The room is relaxed, the ideas are not, and the booking list fills up in a way that suggests word got around some time ago.


    Address
    Bollandusstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium · Antwerpen
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
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  32. The meat hooks are still on the wall and the old butcher's tiles are still glazed in color, which tells you most of what you need to know about this Franco-Belgian bistro tucked into a former slaughterhouse. The menu is short and Gallic and cooked without fuss. Bart co-owns and runs the floor on weekends, and his wine knowledge is the kind you want applied directly to your glass.


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  34. Rank 192. Barkboy

    Coffee

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  36. Rank 192. Batch

    Café

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  39. Rank 192. Belgian Wines

    Belgian Wine Bar

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  41. Rank 192. Beni Falafel

    Middle Eastern

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  43. Rank 192. Bintje

    American

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  44. Rank 192. Bisous

    Ice Cream Shop

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  45. Rank 192. Bistro Chicane

    Flemish Belgian Bistro

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  48. Rank 192. Bistrot De Pottenbrug

    Franco-Belgian French

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  52. Rank 192. Blanco

    Mexican

    Mexican-inspired food in a beach town known more for its oysters and old money than its tacos. Blanco is a lively, airy restaurant in Knokke where the kitchen folds North Sea fish and European accents into a loosely Mexican frame, leche de tigre and chipotle sitting alongside whatever the coast just pulled in. Natural wine and cocktails run alongside the food, and the room draws a crowd that arrived dressed for it.


    Address
    Keith Haringplein 7, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium · Knokke-Heist
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  53. Rank 192. Bloemberen

    Boulangerie

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  57. Rank 192. Bookz&Booze

    Wine Shop

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  58. Rank 192. Bouboule

    Ice Cream Shop

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  59. Rank 192. Bouche

    Coffee

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  62. Rank 192. Boulot

    Bakery

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  63. Rank 192. Brasserie Bowie

    Neo-brasserie French

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  69. Rank 192. Brood

    Bakery

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    Boulangerie

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  74. Rank 192. Bruut

    Belgian

    From the outside it looks like a romantic Bruges townhouse draped in wisteria; inside it's graffiti walls and a chef who clearly has something to prove. Bruut is a tasting-menu-only spot where Bruno Timperman pulls almost everything from within a short drive of the restaurant and turns it into dishes that sound like they shouldn't work but do. The crowd skews adventurous and the wine list leans natural.


    Address
    Meestraat 9, 8000 Brugge, Belgium · Brugge
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–9 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
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  76. Rank 192. BÚN

    Vietnamese


    Address
    Volkstraat 43, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium · Antwerpen
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  84. Rank 192. Cagette

    Korean

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  85. Rank 192. Calmos

    Natural Wine Bar

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  86. Rank 192. Camion

    Vegetarian French Coffee Shop

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  88. Rank 192. Cannolo

    Sicilian

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  89. Rank 192. Cantillon

    Beer Bar

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  90. Rank 192. Cantine

    Mediterranean

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  91. Rank 192. Cécile

    Modern French


    Address
    Brusselstraat 6, 1760 Roosdaal, Belgium · Roosdaal
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

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

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  92. Rank 192. Certo

    Italian

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  93. Rank 192. Chana

    Vegetarian Indian

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  94. Rank 192. Charlu

    Gascon Bistro

    A grand old villa in the Saint-Job neighborhood houses this French bistro where the menu runs firmly southwest, cassoulet and pig's trotters and all. Wainscoting, mirrors, and tables packed close enough to overhear your neighbor's wine opinions set the room. The owner's wine opinions are also available, offered freely and at length. Classic bistronomy, cooked with evident conviction.


    Address
    Chau. de Saint-Job 676, 1180 Uccle, Belgium · Uccle
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 7 PM–10 PM

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  97. Rank 192. Chez Luma

    French

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  99. Rank 192. Chez Richard

    Belgian Bistro

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