(16 Rue de Pas in Lille, France)

Restaurant Clément Marot in the touristic centre of Lille has history and style galore. The warm, r...ustic/modern dining room features peached paneling, antler chandeliers, wooden beams, and smart curving banquettes at circular tables. Chef Francois Vandeweghe uses the finest local and seasonal produce to create traditional dishes according to his mood – and remember that Lille is as much Flemish as French. The menu might include snail and tomato puff pastry tart with parsley sauce, veal kidneys with mustard and lemon sauce, and a marvelous rhubarb crumble with liquorice ice cream, followed by truly superb coffee. More than 250 wines await you in the cellar. For private dining, there are three rooms adaptable for banqueting, meetings or presentations. The elegant Chicoree Room seats up to 36 diners. The La Porte Room, with its grand, antique fireplace, private courtyard and cream walls, is superb for art exhibitions and cocktail parties. The Upper Room on the first floor seats up to 25. Get the full joie de vivre of Clément Marot – book a cookery lesson (in French) either privately or for your corporate group of 14 to 24, including apron, jacket and chef’s hat with the company logo and certificates of achievement. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Clément Marot organises cooking classes - please see details under the menu section. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 2:30pm & 7pm - 10:30pm Sun: 12pm - 2:30pm [moreless]

(10 Rue de Pas in Lille, France)

L’Ecume des Mers in Lille lies near the Grand’ Place, just ten minutes’ walk from both train station...s – and it’s open every single day of the year, even in August, so you are always assured of a warm welcome and fantastic seafood. L’Ecume des Mers (it means ‘sea foam’) is the younger sister of longtime favourite l’Huitriere. The smart marine bleu and white front leads into an elegant mezzanined dining space in cool shades of blues, greys and creams with soaring ceiling and tables arranged around a central bar. The menu, under the care of chef Christian Leroy, depends on the catch of the day, but usually includes oysters, fruits de mers and all manner of wild fish (only salmon is farmed) in dishes like skate in black butter. There are land-based dishes, too, and ten menus available for larger parties. Groups have the benefit of the upstairs Petit Salon seating up to 12, the Library seating up to 60, or the main dining room seating up to 100. A covered terrace comes into its own in the warm months. The intelligent wine list features a wine of the month available by the glass, pichet or bottle. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required to reserve a table, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. A fee of €30 per person will be charged for a cancellation within 48 hours or for a no show Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 2:30pm & 7pm - 11pm Sun 12pm - 2:30 [moreless]

(3 Rue des chats bossus in Lille, France)

L'Huîtrière restaurant in the pretty streets of Vieux Lille is already a tourist attraction for its ...tiled Art Deco frontage done up in piscatorial themes. This is true French gastronomy – l’'Huîtrière began in the 1800’s as an oyster stall that grew into a culinary institution with a Michelin star firmly attached. You approach the shrine to the sea through an unassuming portal at the rear of the still-thriving fishmonger, then enter a very traditional, very charming dining room. This is an amuse-bouche sort of place with confident, swift waiters and a parade of perfect dishes proceeding from the kitchen. Shellfish and things of the sea are, of course, the heart of the menu, like turbot in potato crust with butter, mussel and truffle sauce. Beer features heavily in the menu, along with other fine local ingredients. The fine wine list features some heavy-hitting labels and vintages alongside smaller producers. Menus sometimes centre around a particular ingredient, like asparagus in season. Private groups can take advantage of the Salon Bar (up to 17 diners), the Maire Andre' (up to 70) or the Salle Réunion(up to 65). A presentation room downstairs is perfect for meetings, seminars or speeches before a fabulous meal in one of the other spaces. Hire of all of l'Huîtrière lets you up the guest list to 100. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required to reserve a table, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. A fee of €40 per person will be charged for a cancellation within 48 hours or for a no show Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 2pm & 7pm - 10pm Sun 12pm - 2pm [moreless]

(60 Rue St Etienne in Lille, France)

Le Coquille restaurant in Vieux Lille just a few short steps from the Grand’ Place and the Nouveau S...iecle gives you rather a huge hint in its name: this is absolutely the place in Lille for shellfish and seafood in all its glory. Set in a lovely 18th century house of exposed antique bricks and beams and fitted with typical northern rustic furniture, Le Coquille is one of the most welcoming restaurants in town. Dany and Olivier Deleval employ the freshest seasonal ingredients from local markets and seem to make everything that arrives at the table themselves. Even the bread is baked in-house. Dishes include salmon cru with olive oil on a roquette nest, red mullet on al dente vegetables with rice and ginger confit, and chocolate millefeuille with cherry Kriek jam. The formule menus including wine are superb value. The ground floor seats 60 and the first floor dining room, superb for private events, seats up to 25. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Tue - Sat 12pm - 2pm Mon - Sat 7pm - 10pm Sun : closed all day [moreless]

(10 Rue de L'Arc in Lille, France)

La Tête de l’Art restaurant in the very core of Vieux Lille is a gregarious family affair. Jean-Luc... Pétiau welcomes you into the pleasing pink house decorated in charming bourgeois style with pale paneled walls, parquet floors, farmhouse chairs or modern seating, fresh flowers, and modern art. It is a romantic restaurant, with food that seduces. Jean-Luc’s son Gregory is in the kitchen creating traditional cuisine that is regional, rustic, inventive and modern. Yes, all that. Like scallops and salmon marinated in fleur de sel on a mousseline of celery rave, roasted lamb brochette in sauce diable, roasted pineapple au rum. The two and three course menus include wines to accompany the meal in the French style. The service and ambience are notably warm and welcoming. La Tête de l’Art would be a superb choice for dinner a deux or for a meal before taking in a performance of Lille’s symphony at the Nouveau Siecle. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required for bookings a table, absolutely no money will be charged to your card, this is just to secure the booking.The last available time-slot for lunch is 1pm.Toptable bookings are not taken for Fridays and Saturdays. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 1pm Wed - Sat 7:30pm - 10:30pm Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(1 Avenue Foch in Lille, France)

Le Cercle restaurant in Lille centre in the charmingly-named, green Square du Petit Quinquin couldn’...t be more typically French if it wore a beret. The bleu awning stretches over rattan chairs on the pavement. Inside the ambience is cosy, decorated with classic bentwood bistro chairs, white table linens, mirrors, fresh flowers and walls the colour of nicotine. The menu, too, is exactly what you’d wish from a French brasserie – foie gras de canard, home-smoked salmon, braised camembert with salad, frites and cornichons, chocolate mousse – as well as dishes typical of the region like potjevleesch, a classic chicken or rabbit terrine, all renowned for their quality and authenticity. The menus are easy on the pocket and more than one stag or hen night has started here and gone on to greatness. Le Cercle is a gem. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 11:45am - 2:30 pm Wed - Sat 7:45pm - 10:30pm Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(6 Rue du Nouveau Siecle in Lille, France)

Le Hochepot restaurant in the heart of Lille offers classic Flemish cooking allied with true origina...lity, all in a warm and welcoming setting and at a friendly price. Le Hochepot, named for the traditional workingman’s meal of sundry meats stewed with seasonal veg, has the feel of an estaminet – the local, low-key version of bar/brasseries. With quarry-tiled floor, exposed brick, rustic seating, this is the perfect setting for authentic Flemish regional dishes like carbonnade flamande, or beef stewed in beer with onions and brown sugar, potjevleesch, or terrine of rabbit or chicken. Michel and Anne Jeandel keep the place full with excellent cooking and true friendliness. If you’re aiming for the authentic experience, the beverage is beer and Le Hochepot specializes in the beers of French Flanders. The dining room seats up to 60 for large parties, and the Jeandels will respect your budget in creating menus for your party. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 12pm - 2pm & 7pm - 10pm Sat 7pm - 10:30pm Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(1 bis Rue du Curé St Etienne in Lille, France)

N’Autre Monde restaurant just two steps from the Grand Place brings you the world’s cuisines in a wa...rm, modern setting. The dining room is a fabulous blend of pink walls, exposed brick, Louis XV chairs, chandeliers, downlighters and dramatic flower displays. Self-taught chef David Beve puts his fascination with the world’s cultures to great use in his monthly-changing menus, utilizing all the flavours of the planet with a special focus on the Caribbean and Asia, filtered through his own imagination. Dishes might include courgette flowers stuffed with salmon accompanied with red pepper coulis, roast duck breast with Szechuan pepper and rhubarb chutney, and waffle with mango compote and coulis and vanilla chantilly. The wine list is just as much a vagabond as the chef, with bottles from every wine-producing country, it seems, as well as the classic French regions. Finish your meal with a choice of coffees and teas from all over the globe. Hire the entire venue to seat up to 35 for lovely banquets or smart seminars. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Tue - Sun 12pm - 3pm & 7:30pm - 11pm Mon : closed all day [moreless]