Where to eat near the Rubens House
Hungry after visiting the Rubens House? Here are 24 places nearby, 6 of them cheap and quick. Every place lists its cuisine, price and the walk from the Rubens House.
Quick and cheap (€)
- Perruche · Café · € · 🚶 5 min walk · Map
Sandwich lunch with a sunny terrace on the theatre square - Frites Atelier · Frites · € · 🚶 7 min walk · Map
Sergio Herman's skin-on frites in beef fat with chef-made sauces - Lombardia · Café · € · 🚶 7 min walk · Map
Family-run organic café since 1972: soups, salads, mostly veggie plates - Marolus · Belgian · € · 🚶 10 min walk · Map
Lunch-only spot on Conscienceplein with a cheap Belgian dish of the day - Frituur 't Stad · Frites · € · 🚶 11 min walk · Map
Corner fry shop by the cathedral; the mitraillette is a full meal - Fritkot Max · Frites · € · 🚶 11 min walk · Map
Beef-fat frites on Groenplaats; order them with stew sauce
Good value sit-down (€€)
- Grand Café Horta · Brasserie · €€ · 🚶 2 min walk · Map
Lunch under Victor Horta's Art Nouveau ironwork, big terrace off the Meir - Bourla · Brasserie · €€ · 🚶 3 min walk · Map
Red-leather brasserie behind the Bourla theatre: steaks, mussels, stew - De Arme Duivel · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 3 min walk · Map
Tiny ex-brown café for stoofvlees, vol-au-vent and tartare; book ahead - Den Antigoon · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 4 min walk · Map
Flemish classics by the theatre square, a short walk from the Meir - Pristine Café · Italian · €€ · 🚶 6 min walk · Map
Relaxed Italian café: fresh pasta and small pizzas at lunch - Cobra City · Sharing · €€ · 🚶 9 min walk · Map
Colourful sharing plates inspired by the CoBrA art movement - Berlin · Café · €€ · 🚶 9 min walk · Map
All-day brasserie on Kleine Markt: brunch, burgers, plates of the day - Ko'uzi · Japanese · €€ · 🚶 10 min walk · MapWebsite
Michelin Bib Gourmand sushi bar: very fresh fish, daytime only - Hulstkamp · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 10 min walk · MapWebsite
Restored 1907 café on De Keyserlei: Flemish stew, mussels, pork fillet - Bier Central · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 10 min walk · MapWebsite
Over 300 Belgian beers and homemade Belgian dishes near the station - Qin · Chinese · €€ · 🚶 11 min walk · Map
Contemporary Cantonese cooking in Hotel Keyser, by the station - Brasserie Appelmans · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 11 min walk · Map
Stew made with De Koninck beer in a 19th-century house by the cathedral - Ni Shifu · Chinese · €€ · 🚶 12 min walk · Map
Bib Gourmand Sichuan cooking: real chilli heat and Sichuan pepper - Het Elfde Gebod · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 12 min walk · Map
Beer café against the cathedral, packed with saint and angel statues - Den Rooden Hoed · Belgian · €€ · 🚶 12 min walk · MapWebsite
Antwerp's oldest restaurant: mussels and eel in green sauce
Treat yourself (€€€)
- Bar Bulot · Belgian · €€€ · 🚶 8 min walk · Map
Hertog Jan's brasserie in the Botanic Sanctuary hotel, classic dishes - De Peerdestal · Belgian · €€€ · 🚶 11 min walk · Map
Brick 17th-century house known for its horse steak and grills - Bistrot De Pottenbrug · French · €€€ · 🚶 11 min walk · Map
Parisian-style bistro since 1974: terrine, steak with port sauce
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Last updated: 1 October 2026