What to order at Pureté

Must order
The five-course menu, the shortest way into this kitchen.
Editor tip
The 55 euro weekday lunch is the cheapest seat in a starred Lille dining room, and it runs Wednesday to Friday only.
CuisineModern French
Price€€€€
Tasting menu€90 to €110
NeighborhoodVieux Lille
HoursTue 19:30-21:15; Wed-Sat 12:15-13:00 and 19:30-21:15
ChefGérald Guille
Book ahead3 weeks
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Sunday Food Tour, Discovering Lille

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Sunday Food Tour, Discovering Lille

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Location

Address: 79 Rue de la Monnaie, 59800 Lille

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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.

Book2 weeks ahead

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.

Book3 weeks ahead

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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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.

Book2 weeks ahead

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.

Book3 weeks ahead

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.

Rouge Barre ★ 4.5

€€€ Modern FrenchLille CentreChef Steven Ramon

Rouge Barre is Steven Ramon's room on Rue de la Halle in Lille, a red and black space over two floors running creative regional cooking off a market card.

OrderWhatever the market card lists as the fish of the day.

Book2 weeks ahead

TipBook ahead, because the two floors fill fast. Lunch service is easier to get into than dinner.

Solange ★ 4.4

€€€ Modern FrenchVauban Esquermes

Solange on Rue d'Isly in Lille writes a new menu every week, seasonal French cooking crossed with Asian seasoning in a small, quietly elegant room.

OrderThe weekly menu, which is rewritten every seven days.

Book1 week ahead

TipThe card changes weekly, so ask what came in rather than arriving with a dish in mind.

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