Le 49R is a modern french restaurant in Vieux Lille, Lille.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Single seasonal tasting menu
Must order: The single menu, which is the only option in the evening.
Tip: The evening runs one menu only. The dining bar takes walk-ins for a glass and a snack.
Address: 49 Rue Royale, 59800 Lille
La Brasserie du Cerisier is the ground-floor room under the starred kitchen on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille, a weekly market card and a cocktail list.
Signature: Weekly market menu, Signature cocktails
Order: The market menu, rewritten every week.
Tip: It shares an address and a phone line with the starred dining room upstairs, so specify which one you want.
De Rode Koe on Rue des Trois-Mollettes in Lille cooks a fresh-produce card that leans vegetarian and vegan, with fish, meat and house burgers alongside.
Signature: Ravioles, House burgers
Order: The ravioles, from the vegetarian half of the card.
Tip: Plates land around 15 euros. Saturday runs non-stop from 11:30, which is unusual in Vieux-Lille.
Michel on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille is named for a Lebanese grandfather, a small Levantine kitchen of mezze and falafel that rewrites its card monthly.
Signature: Mezze platters, Falafel
Order: A spread of mezze, ordered for the table.
Tip: Street-food plates at lunch, longer cooking in the evening. The vegetarian half of the card is substantial.
La Brasserie du Cerisier is the ground-floor room under the starred kitchen on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille, a weekly market card and a cocktail list.
Signature: Weekly market menu, Signature cocktails
Order: The market menu, rewritten every week.
Tip: It shares an address and a phone line with the starred dining room upstairs, so specify which one you want.
La Chicorée has run on Place Rihour in Lille since 1903, three floors of regional brasserie cooking that keep serving long after the bars close.
Signature: Moules-frites, Carbonade flamande
Order: Moules-frites, at whatever hour you arrive.
Tip: This is the room that solves a 03:00 hunger in Lille. The south-facing terrace is heated in winter.
De Rode Koe on Rue des Trois-Mollettes in Lille cooks a fresh-produce card that leans vegetarian and vegan, with fish, meat and house burgers alongside.
Signature: Ravioles, House burgers
Order: The ravioles, from the vegetarian half of the card.
Tip: Plates land around 15 euros. Saturday runs non-stop from 11:30, which is unusual in Vieux-Lille.
Pickles on Rue Solférino in Lille is a small bistro and wine bar cooking a mostly vegetarian card that changes weekly, with everything made in house.
Signature: Weekly vegetable plates, Natural wine pairings
Order: Whatever vegetable plate leads the week's short card.
Tip: Menus run 25 to 35 euros and a la carte from 14. The natural wine list is the other reason to come.
Restaurant NŪ sits on Avenue Le Corbusier in Euralille with the widest rooftop view in Lille, a panoramic dining room and an indoor cocktail bar.
Signature: Set menus from €29, Signature cocktails
Order: A cocktail on the terrace before you sit down to eat.
Tip: The kitchen runs until late but the rooftop terrace is the point. Set menus start at 29 euros.
