14 french regional spots in Vieux-Lille, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Vieux-Lille's food · All french regional in Lille.
Bloempot ★ 4.8
22 Rue des Bouchers, 59800 Lille
Bloempot is Florent Ladeyn's converted carpentry workshop in Lille, cooking Flanders produce hard and plating it plainly on brutalist ceramics.
Tip: The 37 euro weekday lunch is the cheap way in. Beers come from Ladeyn's own Bierbuik brewpub down the road.
Bierbuik ★ 4.4
19 Rue Royale, 59000 Lille
Bierbuik is Florent Ladeyn's brewpub on Rue Royale in Lille, wood-fired Flemish street food downstairs and the Bloemeke estaminet menu upstairs.
Tip: The upstairs Bloemeke runs a three-course estaminet menu at 30 euros. Beers use Mont des Cats hops.
Estaminet Au Vieux de la Vieille ★ 4.2
2-4 Rue des Vieux Murs, 59000 Lille
Au Vieux de la Vieille spills onto the cobbles of Rue des Vieux Murs in Lille, the terrace estaminet locals send visitors to for carbonade and welsh.
Tip: The courtyard terrace fills first on a warm evening. Plat du jour runs at 9.90 or 14.90 euros.
La Petite Table ★ 4.2
59 Rue de la Monnaie, 59800 Lille
La Petite Table has run on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille since 2003, a small estaminet doing carbonade, welsh and potjevleesch properly by hand.
Tip: Finish with the spéculoos mousse rather than the café gourmand.
Estaminet La Ch'tite Brigitte ★ 4.2
10 Rue des Bouchers, 59800 Lille
La Ch'tite Brigitte on Rue des Bouchers in Lille is Clément Richevaux's estaminet, built on the northern dishes his grandmother Brigitte cooked.
Tip: The room takes bookings only, and it spreads across two shopfronts on Rue des Bouchers.
Estaminet Chez la Vieille ★ 4.1
60 Rue de Gand, 59000 Lille
Chez la Vieille on Rue de Gand in Lille is the maroilles house of the strip, a cluttered estaminet where the cheese turns up in almost every course.
Tip: Same family runs four estaminets in Lille. This is the one to pick if maroilles is the point of the meal.
Chez Raoul Estaminet ★ 4.1
56 Rue de Gand, 59000 Lille
Chez Raoul on Rue de Gand in Lille is named for the singer Raoul de Godewarsvelde, an estaminet of chicken in maroilles, fricadelle and charcuterie boards.
Tip: Closed Monday and Wednesday lunch. Saturday runs a long afternoon service then reopens late.
Estaminet Au Soyeux ★ 4.1
48 Rue de Gand, 59800 Lille
Au Soyeux on Rue de Gand in Lille runs 44 covers of ch'ti cooking, potjevleesch and carbonade with maroilles croquettes and roasted bone marrow.
Tip: Only 24 seats indoors plus a 20-seat terrace, so book for a weekend evening.
Estaminet Chez Ronny ★ 4.1
80 Rue de Gand, 59800 Lille
Chez Ronny on Rue de Gand in Lille is a 1970s-dressed estaminet named for the northern artist Ronny Coutteure, cooking northern French and Belgian plates.
Tip: Sunday is lunch only, and it runs on bookings. It is the newest estaminet on this stretch of Vieux-Lille.
Estaminet La Vieille France ★ 4.1
51 Rue de Gand, 59000 Lille
Estaminet La Vieille France on Rue de Gand in Lille seats 65 and cooks the northern canon, carbonade, blanquette de veau, potjevleesch and pot au feu.
Tip: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday at lunch. Sixty-five covers fill up, so a weekend evening needs booking.
L'Estaminet du Welsh ★ 4.0
45 Rue de Gand, 59000 Lille
L'Estaminet du Welsh on Rue de Gand in Lille builds its whole card around welsh, a dozen versions of cheddar melted in beer over bread and frites.
Tip: Closed Wednesday and Thursday at lunch. A vegetarian welsh is on the card.
L'Estaminet Lillois ★ 4.0
21 Rue de la Barre, 59000 Lille
L'Estaminet Lillois on Rue de la Barre in Lille pours around twenty regional beers and cooks carbonade, potjevleesch and chicken in maroilles.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday is dinner only and Sunday is lunch only.
Le Broc (Vieux-Lille) ★ 3.9
32 Place Louise de Bettignies, 59800 Lille
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 Porthos ★ 3.8
53 Rue de la Monnaie, 59800 Lille
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.