What to order at Aokamo

Must order
Agedashi dofu, silky fried tofu in hot broth.
Editor tip
Downstairs runs tachinomi style, standing at the counter, with plates from about 10 euros in the evening.
CuisineJapanese
Price€€€
Tasting menu€45 to €65
NeighborhoodLille Centre
HoursMon-Sat 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-22:30; closed Sunday
Book ahead1 week
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Sunday Food Tour, Discovering Lille

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Sunday Food Tour, Discovering Lille

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Location

Address: 25 Rue Pierre Mauroy, 59800 Lille

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Ginko 1 ★ ★ 4.6

€€€€ Tasting €79 to €100Modern FrenchLille Centre

Ginko in Lille took a Michelin star for vegetable-forward cooking with a Japanese accent, run by two young chefs on Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire.

OrderFlanders pigeon with pak choi kimchi, when it is on the card.

Book3 weeks ahead

TipReservations are taken by phone only. The wine list leans on natural bottles from women winemakers.

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Le Restaurant du Cerisier 1 ★ ★ 4.7

€€€€ Tasting €105Modern FrenchVieux LilleChef Guillaume Barengo

Le Restaurant du Cerisier holds a Michelin star on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille, where Guillaume Barengo runs one set menu from an open kitchen.

OrderWhatever the single set menu is running that week.

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TipThere is no a la carte here. The vegetarian version of the Amarelle menu runs at the same 105 euro price, so say so when you book.

Pureté 1 ★ ★ 4.7

€€€€ Tasting €90 to €110Modern FrenchVieux LilleChef Gérald Guille

Pureté is Gérald Guille's Michelin-starred room on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille, a narrow dining room built around tasting menus and an open pass.

OrderThe five-course menu, the shortest way into this kitchen.

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TipThe 55 euro weekday lunch is the cheapest seat in a starred Lille dining room, and it runs Wednesday to Friday only.

Ginko 1 ★ ★ 4.6

€€€€ Tasting €79 to €100Modern FrenchLille Centre

Ginko in Lille took a Michelin star for vegetable-forward cooking with a Japanese accent, run by two young chefs on Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire.

OrderFlanders pigeon with pak choi kimchi, when it is on the card.

Book3 weeks ahead

TipReservations are taken by phone only. The wine list leans on natural bottles from women winemakers.

La Table du Clarance ★ 4.2

€€€€ Tasting €89Modern FrenchVieux Lille

La Table du Clarance sits in an 18th-century Lille mansion off Rue de la Barre, serving seasonal set menus under panelled ceilings and on a garden terrace.

OrderThe Eclats du Soir dinner menu.

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TipThe kitchen changed hands and the room lost its Michelin star after the 2025 guide. It now runs a looser, cheaper card.

Bloempot ★ 4.8

€€€€ Tasting €80French regionalVieux LilleChef Florent Ladeyn

Bloempot is Florent Ladeyn's converted carpentry workshop in Lille, cooking Flanders produce hard and plating it plainly on brutalist ceramics.

OrderRed cabbage steak with concentrated meat jus and a cherry quenelle.

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TipThe 37 euro weekday lunch is the cheap way in. Beers come from Ladeyn's own Bierbuik brewpub down the road.

Le Braque ★ 4.6

€€€ Modern FrenchVieux LilleChef Damien Laforce

Le Braque on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille is Damien Laforce's room, built on foraging, hunting and line-caught fish, with the kitchen open to a counter.

OrderLine-caught fish handled by the ikejime method.

Book2 weeks ahead

TipCounter seats line the walls under the glass roof and the kitchen is open to the room. Book anyway, because it fills.

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