Best Tasting Menus in Antwerp

A’sur

A'sur on Volkstraat brings a South American and French framework to Antwerp's restaurant scene, with Venezuelan chef Moisés Diaz positioning vegetables as central rather than supplementary. Expect ceviche with Leche de Tigre and tamarind, sea urchin with cauliflower and Salicornia, and a kitchen that treats produce combinations as the main event. The address sits in one of Antwerp's more locally frequented dining corridors, away from the tourist circuit.

ALBUM

ALBUM serves modern Belgian cooking with contemporary European influences at Vlaamsekaai 6, with a 2026 Michelin Plate and a sommelier-led natural wine list.

ArriKiiati

Deep wine list

ArriKiiati occupies a quiet address on Kommekensstraat in Antwerp's city centre, positioning itself within a dining scene that has grown steadily more ambitious over the past decade. Against a backdrop of Michelin-decorated neighbours and a city increasingly confident in its culinary identity, this address invites closer attention from anyone moving beyond the obvious names on Antwerp's restaurant circuit.

Bar Pêche

Bar Pêche sits in Antwerp’s small-format dining tier, where a 14-seat room and a simplicity-led kitchen put sourcing and restraint ahead of spectacle. It suits diners who care less about menu theatrics and more about how a compact restaurant can make produce, fish, and seasonality carry the argument.

Bar Raket

Bar Raket holds consecutive Michelin Plates for 2024 and 2025, placing it in a dependable mid-range tier where sharing-format cooking punches above its price point in Antwerp's competitive dining scene. At €€ pricing, it offers a credible entry into Michelin-recognised cuisine without the outlay of the city's starred rooms. A solid reference point for value-conscious visitors exploring the Antwerp table.

Bistrot L'îlot

A Michelin Plate-recognised bistro on Antwerp's Eilandje waterfront, Bistrot L'îlot runs a shareable, farm-to-table menu built around vegetable-forward plates and homemade technique. Its adjacent delicatessen on Londenstraat extends the concept beyond the dining room, making it one of the neighbourhood's more practical daily addresses in the mid-range bracket.

Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp

Deep wine list

Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp holds a three-star accreditation from the World's Best Wine Lists awards, placing it among a small tier of Belgian hospitality addresses where provenance and product quality are treated as architectural decisions rather than menu footnotes. Set in the historic Leopoldstraat neighbourhood, it operates across multiple dining and hotel functions within a single landmark property.

Camionette

Run by Camille Dubois and Boqion De Pooter, the project commits fully to plant-based cuisine without the hedging typical of mixed menus. It occupies a distinct position in a city whose fine-dining tradition has long been built around Flemish meat and seafood.

Cena

Cena occupies a quiet address on Door Verstraeteplaats in Antwerp's southern districts, placing it at some remove from the city's more trafficked dining corridors. The restaurant sits within a Belgian fine-dining scene that has steadily shifted toward shorter supply chains and regional ingredient identity, making sourcing decisions the primary lens through which serious kitchens now distinguish themselves. For diners working through Antwerp's upper-tier options, Cena represents a considered stop in that conversation.

Da Costa

Da Costa occupies a quiet address on Mechelsesteenweg in Antwerp's southern dining corridor, where the city's appetite for serious cooking sits alongside neighbourhood restraint. The restaurant draws from a tradition of precise, product-led European cooking that has made Antwerp one of Belgium's more compelling dining cities outside the Michelin spotlight. Booking ahead is advised.

DOJO 2.0

DOJO 2.0 occupies a address on Samberstraat in Antwerp's Borgerhout-adjacent north, placing it at a distance from the city's established fine-dining corridor. The venue's name signals a deliberate reboot, a second iteration with a specific point of view. For those tracing Antwerp's evolving restaurant scene beyond the cathedral district, it warrants attention.

Dôme

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Dôme holds a Michelin star and the top position on Star Wine List's Antwerp ranking, operating as a classically anchored French kitchen with a wine program weighted toward Burgundy, France, and Germany. The format runs lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday, closed Monday and Sunday, with a 610-selection list drawing from a cellar of 5,000 bottles.

Essenz

Essenz holds a Michelin Plate (2025) for its modern French cooking in Antwerp's city centre, sitting at the €€€ price tier where serious technique meets accessible pricing.For Antwerp's mid-to-upper dining tier, it represents a well-regarded entry point into the city's French-influenced restaurant scene.

Évidence

Évidence occupies a quiet address on Indiestraat in Antwerp's 2000 postal district, operating in a city where the gap between casual neighbourhood dining and Michelin-tier ambition has narrowed considerably. The restaurant sits in that contested middle ground, where lunch and dinner services carry distinctly different weights. For visitors mapping Antwerp's dining scene, it belongs on the same itinerary as the city's more decorated tables.

Fiera

On Lange Nieuwstraat in Antwerp's historic centre, Fiera has attracted attention from We're Smart, the plant-forward recognition programme, for a vegetable-led approach that sits at odds with the city's protein-heavy dining tradition. The kitchen shows particular precision with its vegetable dishes, even as the broader menu leans toward conventionally structured plates. Worth tracking as its plant-forward ambitions sharpen.

Fine Fleur

1 Michelin star · Deep wine list

Fine Fleur holds a Michelin star and a leading Star Wine List ranking in Belgium for 2024 and 2025, placing it at the serious end of Antwerp's creative dining tier. The kitchen, led by Jacob Jan Boerma and Thomas Diepersloot, operates Wednesday through Saturday on Lange Gasthuisstraat in the old city. Opinionated About Dining's back-to-back European rankings confirm its standing as one of Belgium's most closely watched modern tables.

Folia

Folia has earned five Radish awards from the Michelin plant-based recognition program, making it one of Belgium's most decorated vegetable-forward restaurants. Chef Bart Gauwloos and restaurant manager Alain Lepage have built a 100% plant-based format on Antwerp's Mechelsesteenweg that rewards serious attention. The menu architecture, not the ingredient list, is the reason to book.

GLASS

A Michelin Plate-recognised French Contemporary restaurant on Antwerp's Vlaamsekaai, GLASS sits within the city's mid-premium dining tier and draws a loyal crowd who return for its focused cooking and canal-side setting. Holding the Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, it occupies a consistent position in the Antwerp restaurant scene, credible enough to benchmark against starred neighbours, accessible enough to visit more than once a year.

Harvest

Harvest occupies a quiet corner of Antwerp's Minderbroedersrui with a program built around local sourcing, fermentation, and near-zero waste. Chefs Stephen Akejelu and Adil Achahbar place vegetables at the centre of every plate, with a fully plant-based menu available alongside the main offering. Recognised by We're Smart Green Guide for its circular approach, this is one of the city's clearest statements about where vegetable-forward gastronomy is heading.

Hertog Jan at Botanic Sanctuary

2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list

Hertog Jan at Botanic holds two Michelin stars and ranked 21st in Europe on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 list, placing it among Belgium's most credentialed fine-dining addresses. Chef Gert De Mangeleer's Modern Flemish menu operates from Leopoldstraat 26 in Antwerp's city centre, with Tuesday evening the sole weekly service window, a format that signals intent as clearly as any award.

Het Gerecht

Het Gerecht occupies a measured position in Antwerp's upper dining tier, where the city's appetite for serious wine lists and considered cooking meets the quieter residential character of Amerikalei. Situated on one of Antwerp's grand boulevard addresses, it draws a knowing local clientele that returns for cellar depth rather than spectacle. For visitors mapping Belgium's fine dining circuit, it belongs in the same conversation as the city's most committed restaurant rooms.

Het Reigershof

Het Reigershof sits in the northern reaches of Antwerp, away from the city's dense restaurant corridor, making it the kind of address you choose deliberately rather than stumble upon. The setting and address position it among Antwerp's occasion-dining options, suited to milestone meals where distance from the city centre is part of the proposition rather than a drawback.

In De Balans

In De Balans occupies a measured position in Antwerp's Kaasrui district, where the city's older mercantile quarter meets a concentrated dining scene. The address places it within walking distance of the historic centre's most serious restaurant tables, making it a practical anchor for occasion dining in a city that has built a credible reputation across multiple cuisine tiers over the past two decades.

Izumi

Izumi occupies a quiet address on Beeldhouwersstraat in Antwerp's city centre, positioning it within a small cohort of Japanese-influenced restaurants operating at the upper end of the city's dining scene. Where Antwerp's premium tier has long been defined by Flemish creative kitchens, Izumi represents the parallel current of precision-led Asian cooking that has taken hold in Belgium's port city over the past decade.

Kato

On a quiet stretch of De Vrièrestraat in Antwerp's city centre, Kato occupies a particular position in the local dining conversation, a restaurant where the gap between lunch and dinner service tells you as much about the kitchen's ambition as the menu itself. Situated among a peer group that includes some of Belgium's most decorated addresses, Kato draws a clientele that treats the table as a reason to plan around, not just fill an evening.

Kommilfoo

1 Michelin star

Kommilfoo holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining European ranking on Vlaamsekaai, where chef Olivier de Vinck applies French technique to ingredients rooted in the Flemish larder. The address places it among Antwerp's most considered creative-French tables, priced at the €€€ tier and drawing consistent recognition since at least 2024. For visitors working through the city's serious dining options, it represents a focused, technique-driven choice on the southern canal quay.

Le Oui

Le Oui occupies a spot on Hendrik Conscienceplein, one of Antwerp's most atmospheric squares, placing it squarely within the city's French-inflected dining conversation. With the square's baroque church as backdrop, it draws from a tradition of Franco-Belgian cuisine that has shaped the northern European table for generations. For visitors working through Antwerp's serious restaurant tier, Le Oui sits alongside addresses that take both kitchen and room seriously.

Le Pristine

The setting on Lange Gasthuisstraat places it in the heart of the city's established dining corridor, where it competes in the same upper-tier price bracket as Antwerp's most serious tables.

Les Années Folles

Les Années Folles brings a precise, vegetable-forward cooking style to Antwerp's Zuid district, under chef Gino Lemmens, a recognised name in the Flemish Tourist Board's 'Jong Keukengeweld' selection of the region's most promising young chefs. Pronounced flavours and deliberate contrasts define the plates, where vegetables function as primary ingredients rather than supporting detail.

Lilium

Lilium occupies a address on Keizerstraat in Antwerp's city centre, placing it within a dining district that runs from neighbourhood bistros to multi-course creative tables. The restaurant sits in a city where Flemish cooking tradition and contemporary European technique overlap, making it a reference point for how Antwerp handles fine dining at the upper end of the market. Advance planning is advisable given the city's competitive reservation environment.

Materia

On Dageraadplaats, one of Antwerp's most characterful squares, Materia positions itself within the city's growing wave of ingredient-led, ecologically conscious dining. The name signals intent: the kitchen's relationship with raw material is the point of departure for everything on the plate. For those tracking where serious Antwerp cooking is heading, Materia is a practical reference point.

Matty

On a quiet residential street in Antwerp's Zuid district, Matty occupies the kind of address that rewards those who already know where they're going. Booking ahead is advisable.

Maven

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Maven occupies a former warehouse in Antwerp's Zuid district, building its identity around wood-fired, meat-driven cooking with in-house dry-aged cuts from rare European breeds including Rubia Gallega, Simmental, and Portuguese Mirandesa. Chefs Jules Koninckx and Luc de Laet run a programme that sits at the serious end of Belgium's new-era steak restaurant category, pairing its grill work with a natural and old-world wine list.

Nage

A Michelin Plate-recognised neo-bistro on Congresstraat, Nage sits in the mid-tier of Antwerp's contemporary dining scene, where French technique meets seasonal Flemish sourcing. Ranked #708 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025, it offers lunch and dinner across a four-day week under chef Koen Lenaerts. The format and price point position it as an accessible entry into Antwerp's serious food culture.

Nathan

1 Michelin star

A Michelin-starred Modern French table on Lange Koepoortstraat, Nathan brings classical French technique to Antwerp's fine dining tier. Chef Jean-François Rouquette holds one Michelin star (2024 and 2025) and an Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe ranking of #283 for 2025. Dinner runs Wednesday and Saturday evenings; Thursday and Friday offer both lunch and dinner sittings.

Restaurant Marcel

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Restaurant Marcel in Antwerp offers classic French cuisine with contemporary presentation in a restored 1912 seamen’s church. Must-try dishes include foie gras terrine with homemade warm sweet bread, the tableside sabayon, and the dramatic steak flambé prepared at your table. The restaurant pairs refined cooking with an award-winning wine program led by Wine Director Serge Verboven and sommelier Jon Stalmans, featuring roughly 760 selections and Bar Marcel’s 30 wines by the glass. Accolades include Star Wine List’s Best Long List of the Year Belgium 2023. Expect warm, attentive service, immense chandeliers, and the theatrical pleasure of tableside preparations for an elegant, appetite-focused evening in Antwerp’s Het Eilandje.

Roji

On Oude Koornmarkt in Antwerp's historic core, Roji occupies a position within the city's maturing fine-dining scene where Japanese sensibility and European technique tend to converge. The address places it among a cluster of serious restaurants in the old town, drawing comparisons to Antwerp's broader shift toward quieter, more considered dining formats. Reservations are advised for evening service.

The Jane

2 Michelin stars

The Jane relocated in October 2025 from its celebrated chapel home to the Montevideo Residence on Het Eilandje, Antwerp's regenerating harbour district. Ranked #36 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and holding 96 points on La Liste, Nick Bril's Modern Flemish kitchen remains one of Belgium's most closely watched tables. The new chapter preserves the restaurant's identity while expanding its ambitions inside a monumental waterfront address.

The London

The London is a restaurant at Amsterdamstraat 34 in Antwerpen. Its menu combines an à la carte offering with seasonal Collectie menus, cocktails, and a wine list.

Veranda

Veranda occupies a converted space in Antwerp's former slaughterhouse district, where Davy Schellemans constructs vegetable-forward menus that balance restraint with intensity. The move to a larger building brought greater comfort without adjusting quality or pricing. Expect preparations built around precise contrasts: candied salsify alongside ricotta cream, capers, and smoked almonds typify the kitchen's approach.

Zilte

3 Michelin stars · Deep wine list

Zilte holds three Michelin stars and a 93.5-point La Liste ranking, placing it among Belgium's most decorated creative restaurants. Chef Viki Geunes operates from the top floor of Antwerp's MAS museum, where the city panorama frames a menu that moves between precise vegetable cookery and technically layered seafood. The wine program has held multiple Star Wine List recognitions across three consecutive years.