Five houses in old Lille, three in inland and coastal Flanders. Northern cooking served in a Flemish atmosphere: warm, generous and relaxed.
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24,563 reviews on Google across our 8 houses, for an average rating of 4.6 out of 5. Recorded on October 26, 2026.
Our houses in Lille
Au Vieux de la Vieille
2 rue des Vieux Murs, 59800, Lille
4.58,683 reviewsGoogle rating
The emblem of the Lille estaminet, in a small house on place aux Oignons. Inventor of welsh with Maroilles, it is a place to eat or to have an afternoon snack, indoors or on the terrace depending on the weather.
- Terrace
- Afternoon snack
- Family friendly
Chez la Vieille
60 rue de Gand, 59800, Lille
4.55,137 reviewsGoogle rating
One of the first estaminets of Vieux-Lille, on rue de Gand, near the porte de Gand. You go there the way you used to go to your grandmother's, for the cooking of the North without fuss and the inner courtyard on fine days.
- Terrace
- Family friendly
La Vieille France
51 rue de Gand, 59800, Lille
4.61,463 reviewsGoogle rating
Granny's good cooking: the old dishes of the region and a few recipes from further afield, in a vaulted cellar on rue de Gand.
- Slow-cooked dishes
- Terrace
- Family friendly
L'Estaminet du Welsh
45 rue de Gand, 59800, Lille
4.42,742 reviewsGoogle rating
The benchmark for welsh, in a traditional setting and a laid-back atmosphere. Several versions on the menu, and a few comfort dishes that take you straight back to childhood.
- Terrace
- Family friendly
Au Petit Vieux
5 place aux Oignons, 59800, Lille
4.5168 reviewsGoogle rating
A few metres from the Vieux de la Vieille, on the same square: a tiny room with remarkable decor and a terrace on place aux Oignons, for a sharing board, a dish or an afternoon snack.
- Bar and sharing boards
- Terrace
- Afternoon snack
- Family friendly
And three houses in inland and coastal Flanders
One in Dunkirk, facing the sea, an hour from Lille. Two in the hills, forty minutes away.
Estaminet Aux Aïeux
6 digue des Alliés, 59140, Dunkerque
4.61,558 reviewsGoogle rating
The seaside estaminet, facing the beach at Malo-les-Bains. Flemish culture comes right down to the shore here: mussels, shrimp croquettes and sunsets.
- Terrace
- Large tables
- Family friendly
L'Hazewinde
13 place de l'Église, 59114, Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel
4.61,155 reviewsGoogle rating
A traditional estaminet of inland Flanders, opposite the Trois Monts brewery, in the heart of the village.
- Terrace
- Family friendly
Estaminet de l'Ancienne Maison Commune
105 Grand-Place, 59190, Hondeghem
4.83,657 reviewsGoogle rating
An estaminet for over a hundred years, in the heart of Hondeghem, in the hills of Flanders. The grills cook over a wood fire in the dining room, in front of the customers.
- Large tables
- Terrace
- Family friendly
What is an estaminet?
Neither bistro nor brasserie. The Flemish village café, where you come for a beer, a game, and whatever the kitchen has made that day.
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Six of our houses take groups, from ten to a hundred and twenty covers, in old Lille, in Dunkirk and in the Flanders hills, for company meals as well as family gatherings.
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