Au Georges V is a french regional restaurant in Vauban Esquermes, Lille.
Editorially verified August 17, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Welsh fumé, Potjevleesch
Must order: The welsh fumé, made with a blend of classic and smoked cheddar.
Tip: A vegetarian welsh is on the card. The current owners took the place on in 2022.
Address: 104 bis Boulevard de la Liberté, 59000 Lille
Chez Ronny on Rue de Gand in Lille is a 1970s-dressed estaminet named for the northern artist Ronny Coutteure, cooking northern French and Belgian plates.
Signature: Welsh, Boulets à la liégeoise
Order: Boulets à la liégeoise, the Belgian meatballs in sirop de Liège.
Tip: Sunday is lunch only, and it runs on bookings. It is the newest estaminet on this stretch of Vieux-Lille.
L'Estaminet Lillois on Rue de la Barre in Lille pours around twenty regional beers and cooks carbonade, potjevleesch and chicken in maroilles.
Signature: Poulet maroilles, Welsh pain d'épices
Order: The welsh made with pain d'épices instead of plain bread.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday is dinner only and Sunday is lunch only.
Aux Moules de Lille works Place Rihour in Lille as a mussels-and-frites brasserie, with oysters, prawns and seafood platters alongside the pots.
Signature: Moules-frites, Plateau de fruits de mer
Order: Moules-frites, which is the reason the room exists.
Tip: Mussels are best from September onward. The kitchen also runs daily specials and a vegetarian plate.
Au Quai du Wault looks onto the old dock basin in Lille, a 28-cover room with a 32-seat terrace serving regional and traditional plates from 15 euros.
Signature: Plat du jour, Regional produce plates
Order: The plat du jour, chalked up each morning.
Tip: Dinner runs Wednesday to Saturday only. The terrace is the reason to come.
Les Casseroles Lilloises hangs hundreds of pans from its ceiling on Rue Solférino in Lille, cooking bourguignon, duck parmentier and tête de veau.
Signature: Tête de veau sauce gribiche, Parmentier de canard
Order: Tête de veau with gribiche, if you want the bistro classic done straight.
Tip: The kitchen runs non-stop from 11:45, which is rare in Lille.
L'Arrière Pays on Rue Basse in Lille builds open-faced sourdough tartines and regional plates, with a lunch formula that still lands under 14 euros.
Signature: Tartine en boîte, Regional cheese boards
Order: The tartine en boîte, cured ham under melted camembert with walnuts and raisins.
Tip: Two tartines run 10.90 euros and three run 12.90, which is about the cheapest sit-down lunch on this stretch of Vieux-Lille.
