Le Lion Bossu is a french fine-dining restaurant in Vieux Lille, Lille.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The Grand Gousier menu, the 70 euro long form of the kitchen.
Tip: The 50 euro menu is the sensible order. The Grand Gousier at 70 euros is the longer version of the same classical kitchen.
Address: 1 Rue Saint-Jacques, 59000 Lille
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.
Order: Whatever the single set menu is running that week.
Tip: There 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 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.
Order: The five-course menu, the shortest way into this kitchen.
Tip: The 55 euro weekday lunch is the cheapest seat in a starred Lille dining room, and it runs Wednesday to Friday only.
Restaurant Sébastopol faces the theatre of the same name in Lille, a bistro in the Michelin Guide running a short seasonal card and a tasting menu.
Order: Seared Boulogne scallops, in season.
Tip: The card is deliberately short. If you want the tasting menu, say so when you book.
Krevette on Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas in Lille is a seafood room under Florent Ladeyn's wing, cooking cuttlefish, scallops and sardines with natural wine.
Order: Seared cuttlefish from the evening plates.
Tip: Hot dishes stop earlier than the room does, so order the cooked plates before 21:45.
Aokamo is a neo-izakaya on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille, standing room at the bar downstairs and sit-down Japanese menus with a sake list upstairs.
Order: Agedashi dofu, silky fried tofu in hot broth.
Tip: Downstairs runs tachinomi style, standing at the counter, with plates from about 10 euros in the evening.
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.
Order: Whatever the single set menu is running that week.
Tip: There 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 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.
Order: The five-course menu, the shortest way into this kitchen.
Tip: The 55 euro weekday lunch is the cheapest seat in a starred Lille dining room, and it runs Wednesday to Friday only.
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.
Order: Flanders pigeon with pak choi kimchi, when it is on the card.
Tip: Reservations are taken by phone only. The wine list leans on natural bottles from women winemakers.
