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The elegant dining area of Le Zoute Zoen in Antwerp with crystal chandeliers and dark wood furniture
De Kleine Zavel €€ quite wonderful Art Nouveau
Seafood Map K2 building. The wine list is one of DK Choice
Stoofstraat 2, 2000 the city’s best. A grand dining Kommilfoo €€€
Tel (03) 231 9691 Closed Mon & Tue experience in every way. Franco-Belgian
An affordable inventive menu Vlaamsekaai 17, 2000
paired with delicious wines L’Epicerie du Cirque €€€ Tel (03) 237 3000 Closed Sun &
has made this place popular Franco-Belgian Map K3 Mon
with both travellers and locals. Volkstraat 23, 2000 Even in a city as famed for eating
Specialities include a dish with Tel (03) 238 0571 Closed Sun & Mon out as Antwerp, the Michelin-
seven preparations of tuna. Sample excellent old-school starred Kommilfoo still stands
Franco-Belgian food in modern out. The four-course set menu
Lam & Yin €€ bistro-like surroundings. The is, at €65, an absolute bargain –
Chinese Map K2 space is not very big, but is though is only available on week-
Reyndersstraat 17, 2000 charming and warm. days. The decor is plain, to keep
Tel (03) 232 8838 Reservations advised. the diner’s attention on the food.
An upmarket Michelin-starred The à la carte menu changes
Chinese restaurant which is very ‘t Fornuis €€€ almost daily, and the wine list is
popular with locals – so make Fine Dining Map K2 as impressive as the food.
sure to reserve a table in Reyndersstraat 24, 2000
advance. The duck dishes are Tel (03) 233 6270 Closed Sat
particularly good. & Sun Het Pomphuis €€€
Expect Michelin-starred Fusion
Pazzo €€ excellence from chef Johan Droogdok, Siberiastraat 7, 2030
Wine Bar Segers, who often visits the Tel (03) 770 8625
Oudeleeuwenrui 12, 2000 tables to present his food A Pacific Rim bistro that taps into
Tel (03) 232 8682 Closed Sat & Sun to diners. Every dish at this the mood for industrial resto-bar
This wine bar in an old warehouse formal restaurant is a conversions; much of this former
offers wines by the glass. Each gourmet extravaganza. pumphouse’s hydraulic machinery
type of wine is intended to remains in a huge, dramatic space.
match the various tapenades, Het Gebaar €€€ A great wine list accompanies
stir-fries, tempuras and risottos Modern European Map L2 the superlative fusion cuisine.
on offer. Leopoldstraat 24, 2000
Tel (03) 232 3710 Closed Sun & Mon Rooden Hoed €€€
Le Zoute Zoen €€ A Michelin-starred, well-priced, Seafood
French Map K1 good-value (although hardly Oude Koornmarkt 25, 2000
Zirkstraat 17, 2000 cheap) contemporary Tel (03) 289 0909 Closed Mon
Tel (03) 226 9220 Closed Sat restaurant that is one of Roger The oldest restaurant in Antwerp,
lunch & Mon van Damme’s creations. Its dating to around 1750, this is also
A gorgeous restaurant offering location in the Botanical one of the city’s most renowned
a fine-dining experience for a Gardens might be one of the eateries.Their speciality is
little less than what diners may city’s most picturesque. seafood, especially mussels.
be asked to shell out elsewhere.
The set menu is great value The Glorious €€€ ‘t Zilte €€€
for money. American Map J3 Belgian
De Burburestraat 4a, 2000 Hanzestedenplaats 5, 2000
Dome €€€ Tel (03) 237 0613 Closed Sun Tel (03) 283 4040 Closed Sat & Sun
French & Mon Located on the top floor of the
Grotehondstraat 2, 2018 A Belgian take on an upscale Museum aan de Stroom (MAS),
Tel (03) 239 9003 Closed Sun New York bistro, located south this amazing two-Michelin-
& Mon of the city centre, close to starred restaurant offers modern
Inventive, contemporary, the Koninklijk Museum voor Belgian food and great wines
Michelin-starred French food in a Schone Kunsten. along with a terrific view.
For more information on types of restaurants see page 145
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