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$34 - $81
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Belgian, Seafood, Contemporary, Diner
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Vegan Options, Vegetarian Friendly
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Reviewed November 13, 2022

The food is simple fantastic and always very fresh the presentation is beautiful and the wine is exceptional .

Date of visit: October 2022
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Els Vanbiervliet, Eigenaar at Belle de Jour, responded to this reviewResponded November 25, 2022
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Reviewed June 13, 2021

Best cooking with high quality fresh products. Cozy artsy environment and excellent service. A must do in Ostend .

Date of visit: June 2021
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Els Vanbiervliet, Eigenaar at Belle de Jour, responded to this reviewResponded September 11, 2022

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Reviewed October 31, 2021

Very nice and friendly service. The fish and the wine was excellent. We will go back next time to try the diner.

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed September 23, 2020 via mobile

Simple, honest and good dishes. Top service in a nice surounding. For sure a come back bistro / restaurant.

Date of visit: September 2020
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Reviewed June 30, 2020

Excellent location to be in the city and quickly on the beach. Top staff and management team, extremely flexible and helpful with a friendly personal touch. Great breakfast and very stylish rooms. The restaurant also offers excellent quality and each menu was of excellent taste....1a * - we will come back.More

Date of visit: June 2020
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Reviewed February 16, 2020 via mobile

The interior is promising, so artistic and beautiful. The food is good, nicely assembled dishes, much more creative and modern than the other Ostend restaurants. What ruined it twice now for us was the young waiter who’s heart is nowhere near serving customers... The idea...might be non-nonsense which is fine but this is plain arrogance and a ‘couldn’t care less’ attitude, shadowing our experience. We used to like the previous location which was more simple but definitely had more heart in it. Shame as it could be uplifted easily by employing someone kind...More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed September 3, 2019 via mobile

We came to this pearl of a restaurant for the simple reason that most restaurants in Oostende are closed on Sunday nights, Mondays and Tuesdays (sic). Belle de Jour was open on Tuesday and that's how we decided to come. Great idea. The art deco...style restaurant with discrete sophisticated jazz background music is a gem. Loved the food. Had the vitello tonnato, cod fish roasted with sweet potatoes, and the Irish ribeye with "minute" bearnaise. Loved every mouthful The restaurant design is made after celebrity local painter Jean Brusselmans.More

Date of visit: September 2019
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Reviewed July 5, 2019 via mobile

We visited this restaurant but it was at Madridstraat 9-11. We were in a hurry but the chef managed to knock out some inventive veggie meals of lentils, sweet potato and goats cheese. Not cheap but good quality. I'd like to go back with more...time!More

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed July 19, 2018

Tacked away in a not so inviting street at the back of the former main Post Office in Ostend, Belle de Jour is a genuine bistro with great food and a very decent selection of wines (although fairly expensive). The selection of dishes is somehow...restricted, but covers the whole spectrum (maybe not vegan though !!!). The flavours are excellent and the quantities are generous. Better have a starter to save a long wait before main courses are served, esp on a busy evening. Staff are friendly and helpful translating Flemish to English. Value for money. a bit on the expensive side but very much within Belgian standards.More

Date of visit: July 2018
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  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4