The Ardennes
Accessed through a stone archway behind a grand patrician villa, this excellent restaurant does everything right, from the exquisite floral details on the…
Must-see restaurants in Wallonia
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The Ardennes
Appetising aromas of fried garlic intermingle with jazzy music, dangling creepers and a ceiling hung with cookery utensils to create a multisensory treat…
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The Ardennes
Putting their energies into superb, refined food rather than fussy decor, L'O de Source offers a very short menu of gourmet offerings in a paired-back but…
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Wallonia
A few steps from the Grand Place, Oscar is a local favourite for its well-executed cooking that showcases high-quality seasonal produce. The creative menu…
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Namur
Offering great value for quality seafood, this is a family-run restaurant with a warm, unpretentious feel. Daily specials complement a fairly priced menu…
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Wallonia
One of Mons' most popular restaurants, this lively spot deals out bistro favourites complemented by a list of daily dishes with innovative takes on…
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Wallonia
Petite indeed in size, but flexing grand culinary muscles, this place offers beautifully presented modern gastronomic fare, with more than a nod to the…
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Wallonia
Walking past the inviting terrace of this restaurant, it's hard not to salivate at the aromas of butter and garlic wafting from within. Despite the cosy…
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The Ardennes
A comfortably contemporary bistro-style interior brings a gentle touch of modernism to the frontage of the 17th-century convent complex that also includes…
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Wallonia
In the beautifully reappointed 17th-century building that forms the entrance to the Malle Poste Hotel, La Calèche offers elegant fine dining on pressed…
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The Ardennes
This nostalgically old-fashioned post hotel dates from 1768 and has been in the same family for eight generations. Attractively shaded by trees and an…
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Liège
At lunchtime this delightfully welcoming little traiteur (deli-cafe) serves pasta and antipasto so good that they have customers clamouring for tables…
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The Ardennes
If you're in Stavelot on a weekend, don't miss this eccentric delight. The dining room is smothered in bohemian quotes, poems and massed pictorials…
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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…
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Wallonia
In a sleek, modern space with red walls, upbeat jazz and a glass-fronted open kitchen out the back, this friendly restaurant serves excellent bistro…
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Wallonia
On the right bank of the Escaut, Corto Malté has a lovely tree-shaded terrace overlooking the river, with locals tucking into delicious tapas plates,…
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Wallonia
A surprising find in tiny Rochefort, friendly Samthaï serves up steaming bowls of tom ka (coconut and lemongrass soup), flavour-packed red curries (try…
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Wallonia
Walk aesthetically and gastronomically into history at this 18th-century château located 8km north of Mons. Lit by chandeliers and flickering candles, the…
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Namur
Namur's best vegetarian restaurant serves up beautifully prepared dishes made with high-quality organic ingredients. The selection isn't vast, but the…
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Wallonia
On the main square this renowned upmarket restaurant serves painstakingly prepared modern dishes that draw foodies from near and far. Multicourse feasts…
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Namur
This stately 200-year-old building has an interior full of polished brass and waistcoated waiters, and it serves up beautifully executed brasserie cooking…
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Wallonia
Warmly lit and cosy, this French-owned space brings flavours from southwestern France, with specialities like Auvergne-style tripe, duck breast with wild…
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The Ardennes
At first glance this pub-restaurant might not look like the most impressive of Stavelot's eating establishments, but service is friendlier than most and…
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The Ardennes
Occupying a superb 18th-century half-timbered farmstead building on the roadside 300m north of the entrance to Fourneau St-Michel, L'Auberge du Prévost is…
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The Ardennes
Like a culinary metaphor for Verviers population, La Seigneurie's menu is a slightly discordant mixture of Belgian, North African and Mediterranean. The…
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The Ardennes
BOM's riverside terrace has the best castle view of any Bouillon eating establishment. They serve great smoothies and offer the unusual luxury of an…
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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…
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Wallonia
In two small, understated, casually elegant dining areas separated by a tight spiral staircase, this husband-and-wife team present carefully prepared…
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Liège
Excellent-quality rural French food served in a candlelit 16th-century building whose traditional gingham-and-beams interior is enlivened by some bold…
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Wallonia
This loveable spot has streetside seating and a sweet little garden area. It does a great line in Lyonnais-style dishes, with such bouchon classics as…
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Liège
Shuttered mirror 'windows', blue-glaze seagulls and skeletal lamps create a surprisingly charming ambience, vaguely like a denuded English teashop but…
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Liège
Seeking some special chemistry at dinner? Here they take the idea quite literally, seating you between the test tubes and unchanged 1960s wooden…
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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…
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The Ardennes
One of the best in a strip of appealing brasserie-restaurants set just back from the Vesdre River's north bank, this atmospheric place covers the typical…
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Namur
The food is authentic Walloon and French, while the cosy restaurant lays on the charm in thick brush strokes with gingham tablecloths and scarlet-framed…
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Liège
Confident contemporary cuisine with a subtle creativity influenced notably by styles of 'the south' (Provence, Italy, northern Spain) add up to a…
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Namur
The homey candlelit interior here matches the fuss-free atmosphere and service. The cuisine, however, is rather more sophisticated, with plenty of…
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The Ardennes
Just west of Alle, a footbridge crosses Renoir-like water scenes to this punnily named village eating spot whose centrepiece is a large rocking horse. The…
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The Ardennes
Beer flagons dangle from the beams of this compact, traditional Ardennes-style café-eatery, and summer tables overflow onto neighbouring pavements. The…
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Wallonia
Affordable Belgo-French cuisine is served in this high-ceilinged room with exposed-brick walls and a tribe of marionettes hanging from hefty wooden beams…
