25 upscale places in Antwerp, editor-picked. Occasion restaurants in Antwerp: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Antwerp food.
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Order A spread of small plates paired with the natural-wine flight.
Nage relocated from Reyndersstraat to a Congresstraat corner space in the 2060 quarter and now serves casual seasonal cooking with a natural-wine list.
Order The five-course menu at 83 euros, or the 48-euro weekday lunch.
Soixante in Berchem is a Michelin-listed bistronomie room near Antwerp Centraal-Berchem station. Priced at €€€. Kitchen leans bistronomie, seasonal.
Drink Cocktails and a 600-bottle wine list
Bar Burbure in Antwerp on Vlaamsekaai serves cocktails and a 600-bottle wine list built by a Michelin-trained sommelier. The list rotates with the seasons.
Order The day's fish main, paired off the list with a glass of natural white.
Bar Pêche on Bollandusstraat, just off Britselei, is chef Semmy Roumans's small bistro built around seasonal fish, vegetables and natural wine.
Order The côte de boeuf for two with béarnaise; the wine cellar runs deep across Burgundy.
Dôme in Antwerp is a French brasserie under an 1893 rotunda in Zurenborg. Frédéric and Evangeline Chabbert run the room on Grotehondstraat. Priced at €€€.
Order The Holstein entrecôte with bone marrow; the veal kidneys are the chef's enduring signature.
InVINcible in Antwerp serves traditional Gallic bistro fare on Haarstraat. Located in Historisch Centrum. Kitchen leans french-belgian bistro.
Order Anything off the meat menu; tripe and braised cheek are the chef's signatures.
Bistrot du Nord in Antwerp keeps one Michelin star for hearty classical bistro cooking. Michaël Rewers leans on meat and tripe in a tiled vintage room.
Order The four-course seasonal menu with the natural-wine pairing.
Bistrot L'îlot in Antwerp is Sander De Saegher's seasonal bistro on Eilandje, opened end of 2017 after his Graanmarkt 13 sommelier years. Priced at €€€.
Drink De Koninck Bolleke, brewery-fresh
De Koninck Antwerp City Brewery on Mechelsesteenweg pours its full Bolleke range from a brewery taproom that has run since 1833 in the same building.
Titulus Antwerpen on Oever is a natural-wine bar in Sint-Andries. The list runs Belgian and European growers; the room runs small, the kitchen tight.
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Order The Menu Benoit, a three-course tasting at 57.5 euros with optional wine pairing.
Bistrot Benoit on Zirkstraat is a modern Franco-Belgian bistro on a quiet square at the edge of the old centre. Located in Historisch Centrum.
Order The chef's fusion tasting; the kitchen leans into organic Belgian produce.
Bistro Estelle in Borgerhout is an intimate fusion kitchen on Laar. The room is small, the menu is fusion, the wine list runs natural and organic.
Drink De Koninck Bolleke on tap
Den Engel in Antwerp is the city's best-known brown cafe, anchoring Grote Markt 3 in a building that runs back to the 14th century. Booking recommended.
Drink Belgian Trappist and abbey ales by the bottle
Paeters Vaetje in Antwerp sits in the cathedral's shadow on Blauwmoezelstraat. The list runs deep across Belgian abbey, Trappist and lambic styles.
Patine in Antwerp's Zuid is a wine bistro on Leopold de Waelstraat. The list runs natural and orange wines; the kitchen builds small plates around them.
Tannin in Antwerp on Volkstraat is a natural-wine bar with a Mediterranean lean. The cellar runs Italian, Loire and Champagne growers in equal measure.
Album in Antwerp on Vlaamsekaai pours natural and biodynamic European growers from a tight cellar. The bistro kitchen builds small plates around the list.
Order Whatever is in season from the North Sea; the chalkboard rotates with the day's catch.
RAS in Antwerp sits on the riverfront on Ernest Van Dijckkaai with a Scheldt terrace listed in the Michelin Guide. Located in Historisch Centrum.
Drink Bolleke De Koninck on draft, plus Westmalle and Chimay
Quinten Matsijs is Antwerp's oldest pub: a 1565 inn on the corner of Moriaanstraat and Hoofdkerkstraat with stained glass, beer steins on every shelf.
Bar Brut in Antwerp on Londenstraat pours Belgian natural and biodynamic growers in Eilandje. Open wed-sun 17:30-00:30. Booking recommended.
Drink Long Belgian beer list, bohemian wines
Witzli-Poetzli in Antwerp is a long-running artists' bar in the cathedral shadow on Blauwmoezelstraat. Candle-lit, vintage, open until late.
Café Ernst in Antwerp on Ernest Van Dijckkaai is a riverfront bar with a tight natural-wine list. The terrace looks across the Scheldt at the Linkeroever.
Drink Belgian beer, brown-cafe staples
L'Entrepôt du Congo in Antwerp on Vlaamsekaai is a long-running brown cafe with a colonial-era interior and a Het Zuid waterfront terrace. At Vlaamsekaai 42.
Drink Belgian beer on tap
Den Bengel on Grote Markt 5 is the smaller neighbour to Den Engel. The Belgian beer list is shorter, the bar quieter, the terrace on the cobbles.
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