15 restaurants in Lille, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Lille.
Pickles ★ 4.5
Gambetta · 261 Rue Solférino, 59000 Lille
Hours: Mon 12:00-14:00; Tue-Sat 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-21:00; closed Sunday
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.
Tip: Menus run 25 to 35 euros and a la carte from 14. The natural wine list is the other reason to come.
Bleu Canard ★ 4.4
Lille-Centre · 27 Rue Pierre Mauroy, 59000 Lille
Hours: Daily 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-22:00
Bleu Canard is a long narrow canteen on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille, floral wallpaper and moleskine banquettes around Ryo Nakamura's market cooking.
Tip: Children get adapted portions and something to draw on, which is rare in a room cooking at this level.
Brigand ★ 4.4
Lille-Centre · 23 Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire, 59000 Lille
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-23:00; closed Sunday
Brigand on Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire in Lille is blond wood and brick, a bistro of comfort cooking and natural wine run by a chef and sommelier pair.
Tip: Lunch is a weekly menu at 25 to 30 euros. Evenings switch to plates built for sharing.
Café Augustin ★ 4.2
Moulins · 57 Rue de Valenciennes, 59000 Lille
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-22:00; closed Saturday and Sunday
Café Augustin on Rue de Valenciennes in Lille is retro-chic, a long counter and wooden banquettes serving simple lunches and generous evening plates.
Tip: Weekdays only. Mains sit between 14 and 17 euros, and the room hosts poetry nights.
Michel ★ 4.2
Lille-Centre · 167 Rue Pierre Mauroy, 59000 Lille
Hours: Mon-Sat, lunch and dinner service; closed Sunday
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.
Tip: Street-food plates at lunch, longer cooking in the evening. The vegetarian half of the card is substantial.
Bacio Divino ★ 4.2
Vieux-Lille · 107 Rue Saint-André, 59800 Lille
Hours: Sun 11:00-15:00; Mon-Thu 19:00-21:30; Fri 19:15-22:30; Sat 19:00-22:30
Bacio Divino on Rue Saint-André in Lille cooks a dinner card of Italian classics six nights a week, and turns the room over to brunch every Sunday.
Tip: Dinner runs Monday to Saturday. Sunday belongs entirely to the all-you-can-eat brunch.
De Rode Koe ★ 4.0
Vieux-Lille · 29 Rue des Trois-Mollettes, 59800 Lille
Hours: Mon 11:30-15:00 and 18:00-22:00; Wed-Fri 11:30-15:00 and 18:00-22:00; Sat 11:30-22:00; Sun 11:00-15:30 and 18:00-22:00; closed Tuesday
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.
Tip: Plates land around 15 euros. Saturday runs non-stop from 11:30, which is unusual in Vieux-Lille.
Le Broc (Place de Béthune) ★ 4.0
Lille-Centre · 17 Place de Béthune, 59000 Lille
Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-13:45 and 19:00-22:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-13:45 and 19:00-22:30
Le Broc on Place de Béthune in Lille builds its whole card on cheese, melted on toast, roasted, folded into sauces or scraped over potatoes as raclette.
Tip: Menus start at 16.90 euros and the kids' menu is 9.90. It runs seven days a week.
Le Barbier qui Fume (Vieux-Lille) ★ 4.0
Vieux-Lille · 69 Rue de la Monnaie, 59800 Lille
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00 and 18:00-00:00; Sat-Sun 10:00-00:00
Le Barbier qui Fume on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille smokes its own meat, onglet and Quebec-style brisket, and runs a weekday lunch formula at 18.50 euros.
Tip: Weekend service runs non-stop from 10:00, which is unusual for a smokehouse.
Le Barbier qui Fume (Place Rihour) ★ 4.0
Lille-Centre · 22 Place Rihour, 59000 Lille
Hours: Daily 10:00-00:00
The Place Rihour branch of Le Barbier qui Fume in Lille runs non-stop from 10:00 to midnight, and puts smoked ham and Galloway cheddar into its welsh.
Tip: Non-stop service all day means it solves the 16:00 problem in central Lille.
Brasserie La Chicorée ★ 3.9
Lille-Centre · 15 Place Rihour, 59000 Lille
Hours: Daily from 10:00 until dawn
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.
Tip: This is the room that solves a 03:00 hunger in Lille. The south-facing terrace is heated in winter.
Restaurant NŪ ★ 3.9
Euralille · 93 Avenue Le Corbusier, 59800 Lille
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-15:00 and 18:00-02:00; closed Sunday
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.
Tip: The kitchen runs until late but the rooftop terrace is the point. Set menus start at 29 euros.
Le Broc (Vieux-Lille) ★ 3.9
Vieux-Lille · 32 Place Louise de Bettignies, 59800 Lille
Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-13:45 and 19:00-22:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-13:45 and 19:00-22:30
The Vieux-Lille branch of Le Broc sits on Place Louise de Bettignies, the same cheese-led card of fondue, raclette and tartiflette in a wood-lined room.
Tip: Both Lille branches keep the same hours and the same card, so pick on location alone.
Le Lys ★ 3.8
Lille-Centre · 1 Place du Général de Gaulle, 59000 Lille
Hours: Daily, lunch and dinner service
Le Lys occupies a historic cafe facing the Grand-Place in Lille, a brasserie of carbonade, moules-frites and waterzoï with regional beer to match.
Tip: Waffles and pancakes run all afternoon, which makes the terrace useful between services.
Le Porthos ★ 3.8
Vieux-Lille · 53 Rue de la Monnaie, 59800 Lille
Hours: Mon-Thu 09:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 09:00-01:00; Sun 09:00-00:00
Le Porthos on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille is a brick-walled estaminet cooking the regional card: carbonade, potjevleesch and welsh, served all day at weekends.
Tip: The kitchen runs 12:00 to 14:00 and 19:00 to 22:00 on weekdays, then straight through from 12:00 to 22:30 on Saturday and to 22:00 on Sunday.