An Ostend dining room
The coast, on a plate.
A bright, easy-going seafood room on the Ostend promenade, built around the North Sea and the people who bring it in. Our menu changes with the tide, not with the algorithm.
Come for the view. Stay because the mussels are better than you remembered.
— Jules De Smet, chef & founderThe menu
Seasonal, salty, quietly generous.
The harbour gives us excellent neighbours: day-boat fish, Zeeland mussels, polders vegetables and bakers who know when bread is ready. We keep the room relaxed so the cooking can stay close.
Explore tonight’s plates ↗A few favourites
From the kitchen
Chef’s menu
The Tide Table
A generous four-course walk through the coast: something briny, something grilled, something green and a sweet finish.
€64
Ostend classic
Mussels & fries
Zeeland mussels, cider, celery, parsley and a bowl of crisp fries for the middle of the table.
€26
From the harbour
Catch of the day
Grilled whole or filleted, depending on the boat. Served with fennel, lemon and browned butter.
€31–€39From our notebook
Table talk
A morning at the Visserskaai
The boats arrive early. Here is what we look for before the first coffee.
Mussels are a season, not a sauce
A small defence of letting excellent mussels taste like themselves.
The fish that changed the menu
Some days the harbour decides what dinner will be.
Come in from the weather