Places in this guide
N°1Fine dining restaurantLe Restaurant du Cerisier
MICHELIN-starred and open Sunday lunch and dinner, which barely exists at this level in the region. The house changed chefs with the arrival of Guillaume Barengo, who worked at Lameloise, Lucas Carton and Ledoyen, alongside head sommelier Nell Reverdy. Thirteen press domains follow the table, from MICHELIN to La Voix du Nord.
« Guillaume Barengo confirmed as the new chef of Le Cerisier in Lille. »
— La Voix du NordSee the full place file17 mentions
N°2Chip shopFriterie Mestré
World chip champion in 2023, Aurele Mestre's friterie opens Sunday from noon to 3pm, steps from the Wazemmes market. Fifteen press domains cover it, as far as Femme Actuelle and an Italian magazine that told the story of this former engineer turned frying champion. It is the most affordable meal on this list.
« Crowned world champion in 2023, Friterie Mestre has since become a star of Lille's fried food scene. »
— combiencagoute.frSee the full place file17 mentions
N°3Traditional Northern bistroEstaminet La Ch’Tite Brigitte
Its Sunday strength is continuous service: open 11.45am to 10.30pm without a break, on rue des Bouchers. Gault&Millau grants it a toque and praises a modernised Flemish estaminet, and the house was voted Lille's number one estaminet by locals according to Lille Addict. Carbonade, welsh, potjevleesch: northern tradition without bistro hours.
« All the values of the Flemish estaminet, modernised by Brigitte's team, in a very welcoming setting with just the right mood of simplicity and warmth, in continuous service from 11.45am. »
— Gault&MillauSee the full place file10 mentionsRating rising
N°4RestaurantRestaurant Sébastopol
A MICHELIN plate, a Gault&Millau toque and the Table Gourmande mention, on place Sebastopol, with Sunday service from noon to 2.30pm. The house was entirely rethought by an architect with a passion for cooking, and both Gilles Pudlowski and Le Bonbon have made it a benchmark semi-gastronomic table in the Solferino area.
« Le Sebastopol is the semi-gastronomic restaurant of the Solfe area. Its shopfront, impossible to miss, is warm with its ivy-covered facade. »
— Le BonbonSee the full place file11 mentions
N°5RestaurantOctopus
Two Gault&Millau toques and the Table de Chef mention for a single Sunday service, from noon to 1.30pm, facing the Sebastopol market. Nicolas and Stephanie Choquet built the menu around octopus, served as a starter and as a main. The window is short and booking is essential, but it is one of the city's best Sunday lunches.
« As the name suggests, the ship's captain is indeed the octopus, to be discovered as a main course or a starter in various forms. »
— Gault&MillauSee the full place file7 mentions
N°6Pizza restaurantPapà Raffaele
The first Neapolitan pizzeria to open in Lille, on rue Saint-Jacques, and one of the few serving both Sunday lunch and dinner. It reopened in March 2026 after refurbishment, ten years after opening, an anniversary covered by La Voix du Nord. Eighteen press domains mention it, with a Google rating still climbing across more than 4,500 reviews.
« It is the first Neapolitan pizzeria to have opened in Lille. »
— La Voix du NordSee the full place file10 mentionsRating rising
N°7CaféLa Wilderie
Open 11am to 7pm on Sunday, La Wilderie covers the slot almost nobody takes: mid-afternoon. The hybrid space mixes a plant shop with food service, and both La Voix du Nord and Le Chti have called it a haven of Vieux-Lille. Vegetarian and gluten-free options, brunch, cakes: Sunday without a reservation.
« A restaurant and a plant shop: La Wilderie, a hybrid haven of calm in the heart of Vieux-Lille. »
— La Voix du NordSee the full place file10 mentions
N°8BrasserieBrasserie Campion
The first brasserie opened outside Paris by La Nouvelle Garde, on rue Lepelletier, in the former Brasserie Opera. On Sunday it serves lunch and dinner, until 10.30pm, making it one of the few large rooms available that day. Fifteen press domains covered the opening, with one common thread: French classics at controlled prices.
« La Nouvelle Garde chooses Lille for its first brasserie outside Paris. »
— La Voix du NordSee the full place file12 mentions
N°9Vegan restaurantLa Clairière
The only fully plant-based table in this selection, on boulevard de la Liberte, open Sunday 11am to 3pm and doubling as a tea room. Fourteen press domains cover it, including its Sunday brunch. The cooking is fresh, colourful and palm-oil free, and dogs are welcome in the room, which built its reputation.
« Fully plant-based, this restaurant offers healthy, generous cooking at lunch, teatime and dinner. Everything is fresh, appetising and colourful, with no palm oil and no animal products. »
— inh.lifeSee the full place file12 mentions
N°10CrêperieBrutus
A creperie open Sunday from noon to 4pm, on rue Esquermoise, which turned its back on the fallback galette: a board of buckwheat rolls to start, cider cocktails, original creations alongside the classics. It has been picked up by Elle and Telerama, rare for a regional creperie, and its Google ratings are very high.
« In the very heart of Vieux-Lille, this address shakes up the codes of traditional creperies. »
— lillebymat.frSee the full place file9 mentions
N°11Traditional Northern bistroEstaminet Hein
On place Saint-Hubert, steps from Lille Flandres station, Hein runs continuous service from noon to 10.30pm on Sunday, which settles the timing question. Eleven press domains follow it, including France Today, which places estaminets within their current revival. Comfort cooking and northern produce, with declared vegetarian options.
« Hein (with the accent) is our not-quite-normal estaminet. This restaurant explores the richness of the North's iconic produce through comfort cooking. »
— hellolille.euSee the full place file13 mentionsRating rising
