Must-see restaurants in Liège

  • Maccheroni

    Liège

    At lunchtime this delightfully welcoming little traiteur (deli-cafe) serves pasta and antipasto so good that they have customers clamouring for tables…

  • Amon Nanesse

    Liège

    Just behind Place du Marché, this rambling antique house with bare-brick walls and heavy beams combines a lively bar specialising in pékèt (gin) shots (€3…

  • Cafe Lequet

    Liège

    Liège’s mascot Tchantchès hangs from a ceiling moulding in this classic panel-walled cafe-restaurant, which remains an utterly authentic locals' place for…

  • Le Bistrot d’en Face

    Liège

    Excellent-quality rural French food served in a candlelit 16th-century building whose traditional gingham-and-beams interior is enlivened by some bold…

  • La Mouette

    Liège

    Shuttered mirror 'windows', blue-glaze seagulls and skeletal lamps create a surprisingly charming ambience, vaguely like a denuded English teashop but…

  • Labo4

    Liège

    Seeking some special chemistry at dinner? Here they take the idea quite literally, seating you between the test tubes and unchanged 1960s wooden…

  • As Ouhès

    Liège

    One of many jolly cafe-restaurants whose ever-busy terraces line Place du Marché, As Ouhès ('Aux Oisseaux' in Walloon) gives itself a slightly more…

  • Terra Terrae

    Liège

    Confident contemporary cuisine with a subtle creativity influenced notably by styles of 'the south' (Provence, Italy, northern Spain) add up to a…

  • Au Point de Vue

    Liège

    Since 1971 it's been named for its (road-blighted) view of the city's 19th-century opera house, though in fact this tourist-friendly brasserie occupies a…

  • Leblanc

    Liège

    Yes, it's a butchers' shop, and having shimmied past the counter you have to walk over a cow – a model, fortunately, grazing surreally beneath a glass…

  • Pollux

    Liège

    Facing Liège's cathedral, Pollux is the city's classic choice for gaufres liégeoises – waffles freshly made while you wait.

  • Chez Nathalie

    Liège

    Decorated with gilt-framed mirrors, copper pots and gingham tablecloths, this lovable spot could audition for the role of bistro in any mid-20th-century…

  • Como en Casa

    Liège

    The concept in this spacious, slightly classroom-like space is to order around five small dishes to share between two. Menus change regularly to use the…

  • Histoire Sans Faim

    Liège

    This friendly, intimate restaurant is on the northern edge of the bar district. Its speciality is pierrade – cook-it-yourself meat or seafood barbecues on…

  • Le Thème

    Liège

    This distinctive little restaurant, tucked away in a hidden yet central alley – worth a wander at any time – serves menu options that are eccentrically…

  • Restaurant La Cène

    Liège

    Outremeuse's most appealing dining option, this classical-style bistro proudly displays its menu of Liégeois and Belgian classics across its windows in…

  • Enoteca

    Liège

    It's the top-quality Italian food that takes the limelight here, with fresh ingredients prepared before your eyes in the central open kitchen. There's a…