Restaurant Sébastopol is a french fine-dining restaurant in Vauban Esquermes, Lille.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Seared Boulogne scallops, in season.
Tip: The card is deliberately short. If you want the tasting menu, say so when you book.
Address: 1 Place Sébastopol, 59000 Lille
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.
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.
Order: The Eclats du Soir dinner menu.
Tip: The kitchen changed hands and the room lost its Michelin star after the 2025 guide. It now runs a looser, cheaper card.
