Le Bistrot Lillois

Very pleasant staff serve authentic and freshly cooked local specialties. Everyone seemed to be having a good time, not surprisingly! Excellent ‘triple’ beer to accompany the tasty food Revisit 2025. Great food as before and helpful service. Our choice for a settling in meal after hopping off the Eurostar

Excellent little Bistrot where my mom and I ate superbly. It was very tasteful and excellent pricing. Very nice atmosphere, wood everywhere and original vintage tiles with flowers! Very cute place. I would add though that it was quite cold when we went. We ended up putting our jackets back on. We both had as entrée the Os à Moelle, the marrow bone, a dish typically served with bread and kosher salt. You spread it onto the toast and it's just a delight to eat! For main course, my mom chose the Carbonade with Gingerbread, French fries and I had the Souris d'Agneau (do not worry it's not a mouse 😂, it's delicious lamb shank that just melted right off the bone!). My mashed patatoes were so yummy, full of tasty butter. I did have to digest a while after our lunch haha! It was so rich and filling that we even had to skip dessert! Absolutely recommend, but...! with a scarf 🧣!

I have eaten here 4 times now and have always come away very satisfied. Some outstanding traditional dishes, 'Blanquette d'agneau', 'salade de joue de porc confit'. To top it off, service is always friendly and the prices very reasonable.

Had an amazing dinner at Le Bistrot Lillois! The food was delicious with a great selection to choose from, and our server, Annalese, was fantastic—so friendly and attentive. Highly recommend this place!

Very nice waiting staff and great local/traditional food. Don't be scared to order a dish with cooked Maroilles as it smells much stronger than it tastes. The backed Camembert salad comes with a full sized Camembert and should be treated as a full meal and not a starter. The Welsh is a very good Cheddar, bread and ham dish that will work for almost anyone. The drinks are quite cheap for France. If you speak some French, it will help you order but the staff will try to be helpful regardless.

The restaurant offered a pleasant atmosphere and decent food, resulting in an overall average dining experience

A nice restaurant serving local dishes. The barkeeper was very friendly and smart. Dishes were delicious.

We dined early in the evening, so the joint wasn't yet jumping, so, in the service of truth, it is hard to award more stars on account of 'atmosphere'. The maître de was friendly and welcoming. The food was of a homely, no-nonsene but relaxing style.

We had lunch at the pretty, cosy Bistrot Lillois on a rainy Saturday late November afternoon - we were lucky to get a table without having made a reservation. Be warned that all of the restaurants on the Rue De Gand attract a good crowd at the weekend and booking is essential if you want to dine at the most popular places. After bagging the only available table we received a warm welcome from the young waiter and before long the chef wandered over and gave us a lengthy run through the specials of the day (written up on mirrors on the walls). I didn't like to interrupt his flowing French description so I nodded, smiled and murmured ah oui whenever it seemed appropriate. All the classic local dishes were present on the menu (if you are in Lille for long you will not really need to consult a menu as most restaurants offer exactly the same dishes - what is different is the quality). I went for the Le Welsh Complete while B went for the daily special of roast duck leg. Our food turned up pretty quickly and looked quite nice on the plate although it was obvious straight away that our frites were of the frozen mass produced variety as were the sprouts and green beans which came with the duck leg. No matter as we were cold and hungry and in need of sustenance which is what we got from the Bistrot Lillois. I followed the example of the young French fella on the table next to me and perked my Welsh up with a good dose of Worcestershire sauce. B declared that the duck leg was well warmed through and had plenty of flavour. We washed our food down with a couple of beers - we went for the very easy drinking and toothsome Poperings Hommel which was the house beer. Before leaving we went downstairs and paid a visit to the toilets. I don't want to give the game away and spoil the experience for others but a visit to the toilets at the Bistrot Lillois is an absolute must and should be on the itinerary of every tour of Lille - a very strange and weird homage to something or someone I suspect. I wanted to like the Bistrot Lillois more but it really needs to up it's game on the food front. This was most definitely an eat to live experience and not one I will be rushing back to experience (but do go to check out the toilets!!).

We had lunch at the pretty, cosy Bistrot Lillois on a rainy Saturday late November afternoon we were lucky to get a table without having made a reservation. Be warned that all of the restaurants on the Rue De Gand attract a good crowd at the weekend and booking is essential if you want to dine at the most popular places. After bagging the only available table we received a warm welcome from the young waiter and before long the chef wandered over and gave us a lengthy run through the specials of the day (written up on mirrors on the walls). I didn't like to interrupt his flowing French description so I nodded, smiled and murmured ah oui whenever it seemed appropriate. All the classic local dishes were present on the menu (if you are in Lille for long you will not really need to consult a menu as most restaurants offer exactly the same dishes what is different is the quality). I went for the Le Welsh Complete while B went for the daily special of roast duck leg. Our food turned up pretty quickly and looked quite nice on the plate although it was obvious straight away that our frites were of the frozen mass produced variety as were the sprouts and green beans which came with the duck leg. No matter as we were cold and hungry and in need of sustenance which is what we got from the Bistrot Lillois. I followed the example of the young French fella on the table next to me and perked my Welsh up with a good dose of Worcestershire sauce. B declared that the duck leg was well warmed through and had plenty of flavour. We washed our food down with a couple of beers we went for the very easy drinking and toothsome Poperings Hommel which was the house beer. Before leaving we went downstairs and paid a visit to the toilets. I don't want to give the game away and spoil the experience for others but a visit to the toilets at the Bistrot Lillois is an absolute must and should be on the itinerary of every tour of Lille a very strange and weird homage to something or someone I suspect. I wanted to like the Bistrot Lillois more but it really needs to up it's game on the food front. This was most definitely an eat to live experience and not one I will be rushing back to experience (but do go to check out the toilets!!).