The Places · Belgium
Antwerp
Made By profiles 17 places in Antwerp, spanning modern french fine dining, authentic sichuan chinese, classic french bistro — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Modern Fine Dining
Zilte
Antwerp, Belgium
Zilte holds three Michelin stars and a 93.5-point La Liste ranking, placing it among Belgium's most decorated creative restaurants. Chef Viki Geunes operates from the top floor of Antwerp's MAS museum, where the city panorama frames a menu that moves between precise vegetable cookery and technically layered seafood. The wine program has held multiple Star Wine List recognitions across three consecutive years.
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02.Modern Creative with Asian Influences
The Jane
Antwerp, Belgium
The Jane relocated in October 2025 from its celebrated chapel home to the Montevideo Residence on Het Eilandje, Antwerp's regenerating harbour district. Ranked #36 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and holding 96 points on La Liste, Nick Bril's Modern Flemish kitchen remains one of Belgium's most closely watched tables. The new chapter preserves the restaurant's identity while expanding its ambitions inside a monumental waterfront address.
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03.Modern French Fine Dining
Dôme
Antwerp, Belgium
Dôme holds a Michelin star and the top position on Star Wine List's Antwerp ranking, operating as a classically anchored French kitchen with a wine program weighted toward Burgundy, France, and Germany. The format runs lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday, closed Monday and Sunday, with a 610-selection list drawing from a cellar of 5,000 bottles.
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04.Michelin-Starred French Fine Dining
Fine Fleur
Antwerp, Belgium
Fine Fleur holds a Michelin star and the top Star Wine List ranking in Belgium for 2024 and 2025, placing it at the serious end of Antwerp's creative dining tier. The kitchen, led by Jacob Jan Boerma and Thomas Diepersloot, operates Wednesday through Saturday on Lange Gasthuisstraat in the old city. Opinionated About Dining's back-to-back European rankings confirm its standing as one of Belgium's most closely watched modern tables.
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05.Modern Meats and Grills
The Butcher's son
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred address on Boomgaardstraat, The Butcher's son positions French classical technique within Antwerp's increasingly confident fine-dining scene. Chef Bert Jan Michielsen and owner-wine director Luc Dickens run a tight operation: 410 wine selections, a cellar of 2,500 bottles weighted toward France, Italy, and Spain, and a prix-fixe format that earned consecutive Michelin stars in 2024 and 2025.
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06.Modern French-Belgian with Asian Influences
Nathan
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred Modern French table on Lange Koepoortstraat, Nathan brings classical French technique to Antwerp's fine dining tier. Chef Jean-François Rouquette holds one Michelin star (2024 and 2025) and an Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe ranking of #283 for 2025. Dinner runs Wednesday and Saturday evenings; Thursday and Friday offer both lunch and dinner sittings.
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07.Contemporary Italian with Zeeland Seafood
Le Pristine
Antwerp, Belgium
Sergio Herman's Antwerp address for modern Italian cooking holds a Michelin star and sits in the Opinionated About Dining top European rankings, combining precise technique with a kitchen philosophy built around vegetables, seasonal produce, and intelligent restraint. The setting on Lange Gasthuisstraat places it in the heart of the city's established dining corridor, where it competes in the same top-tier price bracket as Antwerp's most serious tables.
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08.Classic French Bistro
Bistrot du Nord
Antwerp, Belgium
Bistrot du Nord holds a Michelin star at the €€€ price point, placing it among Antwerp's most accessible fine-dining addresses. Chef Michaël Rewers runs a market-driven French kitchen in the Lange Dijkstraat neighbourhood, with the Opinionated About Dining ranking (top 11 in Europe for casual dining, 2024) confirming its standing beyond local reputation. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for lunch and dinner; closed weekends.
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09.Modern French Seafood
Misera
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred creative French table in Antwerp's southern belt, Misera channels the coastal precision Nicolas Misera built at Cadzand into a sea-focused, product-driven kitchen now operating fully under his own name. Ranked 439th in the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Classical Europe list, the restaurant holds a clear position among Antwerp's upper tier of contemporary tasting-menu addresses. Reserve well ahead at the €€€€ price point.
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10.Classic French-Belgian Fine Dining
't Fornuis
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred fixture on Reyndersstraat, 't Fornuis has held its place among Antwerp's most respected classical tables for decades. Chef Johan Segers works within the European-Flemish tradition, producing cuisine that Opinionated About Dining recognised in its Classical Europe category in 2023. For diners seeking precision over provocation, this is where Antwerp's fine-dining history sits most quietly and most durably.
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11.Modern Asian Fine Dining
DIM Dining
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred counter restaurant on Vrijdagmarkt where chef Simon van Dun applies Japanese technique to local Flemish ingredients, producing a menu that holds Opinionated About Dining recognition and a house sake program overseen by sommelier Jonas Kellens. The counter seats face an open kitchen, and the format rewards diners who want to watch the logic of each plate unfold in real time.
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12.Modern French Fine Dining
Nebo
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred contemporary restaurant on Panamarenkoplein, Nebo sits within Antwerp's upper tier of fine dining and takes its name from the Croatian word for heaven. Chef Dimitri de Koninck cooks à la carte with daily-fresh produce, placing particular emphasis on vegetable-led cooking within a broader contemporary menu. Opinionated About Dining ranked it 377th in Europe for 2025.
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13.French-Belgian Bistro
InVINcible
Antwerp, Belgium
A wine-forward address tucked into the narrow streets between Antwerp's old city and the Scheldt, InVINcible pairs a Michelin Plate kitchen under chef Kenny Burssens with a wine programme recognised as number one by Star Wine List in 2023. The format sits at the serious end of the wine bar category, a €€€ price point that reflects both kitchen ambition and cellar depth, and has held consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition since 2023.
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14.Modern Steakhouse
Maven
Antwerp, Belgium
Maven occupies a former warehouse in Antwerp's Zuid district, building its identity around wood-fired, meat-driven cooking with in-house dry-aged cuts from rare European breeds including Rubia Gallega, Simmental, and Portuguese Mirandesa. Chefs Jules Koninckx and Luc de Laet run a programme that sits at the serious end of Belgium's new-era steak restaurant category, pairing its grill work with a curated natural and old-world wine list.
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15.Modern French Contemporary
Nage
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin Plate-recognised neo-bistro on Congresstraat, Nage sits in the mid-tier of Antwerp's contemporary dining scene, where French technique meets seasonal Flemish sourcing. Ranked #708 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025, it offers lunch and dinner across a four-day week under chef Koen Lenaerts. The format and price point position it as an accessible entry into Antwerp's serious food culture.
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16.Creative Japanese Sushi
Ko'uzi
Antwerp, Belgium
Ko'uzi brings Japanese cooking to Antwerp's Leopoldplaats at a price point that undercuts every other Michelin-recognised Japanese address in the city. Back-to-back Bib Gourmand awards in 2024 and 2025 confirm what a 4.6 Google rating across 368 reviews already suggests: this is one of the most consistent value propositions in the Antwerp dining scene, with Chef Neha Mishra in the kitchen.
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17.Authentic Sichuan Chinese
Ni Shifu
Antwerp, Belgium
Ni Shifu holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) for Chinese cooking in Antwerp's Zuid district, sitting at the €€ price tier where serious flavour meets genuine accessibility. The kitchen works a register that Antwerp's fine-dining circuit rarely touches, placing it in a distinct bracket from the city's Flemish and French tasting-menu houses.
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