We ate here on a Sunday night. They were able to squeeze us in and I was very appreciative. The…read morewaiter spoke pretty good English and the menu is translated into English in the back. We started with the foie gras appetizer which was well executed. The chef also sent over an amuse bouche that consisted of a creamy gazpacho and a parmesan bread slice. The amuse was also quite nice and we both enjoyed it. For the main course, I had the lamb with spices. It was a long braised lamb shank served with eggplant, tomatoes, and a bread crust. It stood out as one of the best meals I had while I was in Lille. The spices were delicate and did not overwhelm the flavor of the lamb. It was an exceptional dish, balanced, and composed. It is also one of the cheaper items on the menu but don't let that dissuade you. It was much better than the beef with the foie gras ravioli. My husband had that dish. We were both intrigued by the ravioli and wanted to try them. They were nice, rich, but generally well done. The beef was equally well done. It was tender and cooked exactly to specification (medium rare). The only misstep (which was a bit of a big one) on the beef dish was it was overly sauced. The sauce drowned the vegetables and swamped the dish. It took a dish that would have easily been top notch and moved it into a middle range plate. It was a bit frustrating because if the plate had been sauced on the side, the entire experience would have been far far better. In total, the meal here was excellent and well worth it. We enjoyed the experience and were pleased by the overall meal.

Highly recommended ! I ate at Le Cerisier on a Monday, lunchtime…read more Highly efficient and friendly service. Very well coordinated and timed. Main appetizer: Mackerel citrus marinated, served skin charred at the table with a celery dressing, a fish bone jelly. Wonderfully balanced for a surprising match between celery and mackerel. Wine pairing: Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir 2022. Excellent choice ! Main course: Rabbit filet and ribs perfectly cooked and served with a reduction sauce of green olives and bones and blette. Rabbit shoulder on the side wrapped in blette leaves. A beautiful rabbit dish ! Wine pairing: Pommard Epenots 2016 from Leflaive. Again an excellent pairing offer ! Dessert: variation on the seasonal cerise. Cerise sorbet, cerise foam, cerise and black garlic reduction served with cerise water. Clafoutis tartlet-style served with kirch infused cherries. Wine Pairing: Volnay Vielles Vignes 2024. Another exquisitely well working pairing ! Ambiance at lunchtime is more business-like but tables are well separated allowing for privacy while being in the action.

Excellents plats originaux et créatifs sans être écœurants ou trop gras. Tout était délicieux et…read morel'accompagnement de vins était parfait. Une belle atmosphère moderne et confortable. Serveurs super agréables et sympas. 10/10. On y retournerait les yeux fermés.

Lille cuisine is not what most people think of when someone says French food. This is not the…read moreFrench Riviera. It is Northern France. Close to the border of Belgium. It's cold. And the food reflects their weather and traditions. It's more hearty than sunny and bubbly. And it's delicious. Bloempot is a culinary must if you are in striking distance. Get the preset course which they change everyday. The chefs do everything top notch. We had 5 -7!courses. Lost count. I would also recommend the wine pairing. Staff is warm and engaged. Don't take the little cute butter dish with Bloempot on the side. Or do.

After having lunch here on Saturday my boyfriend and I concluded we had become food snobs. With all…read morethe four and five star reviews we expected something great. Yes, the interior is nicely and modernly done. Yes they have some unique options, like a beer pairing with your meal instead of the traditional wine pairing (which is also available). Yes, they tried some innovative things, like a meringue dessert with beetroot and radishes (not a home run, I'm afraid) and the beer butter (third base on that one). But there were also a lot of uninventive dishes, such as the meat (a bit chewy) with sauce (good but boring), the hard boiled egg (just a hard boiled egg, nothing fancy about it) and an apple pie (apples were soaked in some sort of alcohol but otherwise it was pretty standard). Overall it was all good but none of it was wow - except the service, which was very attentive, personable and not pretentious. Five stars for service but sadly three stars for food. Not Michelin worthy in my opinion.

Forget all the hype around Au Vieux de la Veille and other such 'well known' places…read more From the minute we came in we knew we had chosen correctly! I had the Carbonade Flamande and it was possibly the best I've ever had, homemade fries were amazing too. No crticisms possible!

A cute and cozy little restaurant with good quality tasty food and service with a casual intimate…read morefeel. They offer meals that are fixed price appetizer plus main plus dessert, appetizer plus Main, or main plus dessert for a discount off the menu prices. We had the regional specialties of Welsh Complet which was slices of bread and ham covered in a rich mixture of cheddar cheese, mustard, and beer topped with an egg and Carbonade Flamande, a Flemish beef stew made with beer, gingerbread and sugar. Both were served with a generous helping of French fries.

We had dinner at Le Petite Table on Saturday night having taken the precaution of reserving a table…read morea few days in advance. It's a small, nicely decorated, casual dining place with a few tables on the ground floor and four or five more on the top floor which is where I would recommend taking your supper if you have the choice. The menu is split into choices from the "North" and the "South" - as you would expect the southern dishes are a little lighter and have a more Meditteranean flavour while the northern dishes on offer are pretty much the Flemish classics you will find all over town. There is an English menu available if you need help with the translation. The wine list is very compact with a choice of 3 or 4 unremarkable whites and reds around the 20€ mark. There is a reasonable choice of beer including the local trois monts and a few other decent brews by the bottle. We shared a shrimp croquette to start which was quite light and tasty. It came with a cream cheese accompaniment and some nicely presented salad. Good dish to start with and plenty for two to share. My main course of carbonnade flamande was a pretty good version of this local classic but lacked a little bit in terms of depth of flavour. The beef was good but could perhaps have benefited from being teamed up with a more interesting beer in the pot. On the plus side it came with some decent home made frites. B went South and had the carbonara poulet gorgonzola which she declared to be tasty but not a dish to knock the socks off. We were full by this point so we skipped dessert and had a cafe with an armagnac to finish what had been a pleasant but fairly average meal. If you know where to look you will find much better in Lille but I can see why Le Petite Table gets good reviews,that are well deserved, on the tourist websites.