Chocolate Nation opened opposite Antwerp’s Centraal station in 2019, cost €11.5 million of private money and passed one million visitors in October 2025.
Author: Max
Our food and drink expert, Max, is always on the lookout for the best places to eat and drink in Antwerp. With his extensive knowledge of the city’s culinary scene, he’ll guide you to the tastiest spots in town.
Zilte went from two people in Mol to three stars on top of the MAS
Viki Geunes and Viviane Plaquet opened ‘t Zilte in Mol in 1996, just the two of them. Thirty years later it holds three Michelin stars on the ninth floor of Antwerp’s MAS.
The Jane leaves the chapel for a warehouse on the Eilandje
Nick Bril spent ten years cooking under an 800-kilo chandelier in a former military chapel. He moved The Jane to an 1895 dock warehouse in 2025, and Michelin gave it two stars there by May 2026.
Antwerp kosher food: five addresses south of the station
Antwerp’s Jewish quarter, south of the Central Station, feeds a community of some 20,000 people and closes for Shabbat. Five kosher addresses, starting with a family that has sold fish on Lange Kievitstraat since the 1970s.
Dôme in Zurenborg: the rotunda is a brasserie again
The Café du Dôme was built in 1893 and won a Michelin star under Frédéric and Evangeline Chabbert. Now the rotunda serves onion soup at €16, and the fine dining has moved down the road.