Restaurant in Brasschaat, Belgium
Reliable Italian with back-to-back Michelin recognition.
Sardis is a Michelin Plate-listed Italian restaurant in Brasschaat with back-to-back 2024 and 2025 recognition and a 4.6 Google rating across 343 reviews. At €€€ pricing, it is the practical choice for a polished Italian dinner in the Antwerp area without crossing into tasting-menu territory. Booking is easy, making it a reliable option for celebrations, date nights, or a considered weekend lunch.
If you are looking for a reliable Italian restaurant in Brasschaat that has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, Sardis is the right call for a celebratory dinner, a date night, or a weekend lunch with someone you want to impress without crossing into full tasting-menu territory. At €€€ pricing, it sits a tier below the €€€€ creative-Flemish restaurants dominating Belgium's fine dining conversation, which makes it the more practical choice when the goal is a polished Italian meal rather than an avant-garde evening. Booking is easy, which means you can plan around your schedule rather than around availability.
Sardis has now accumulated two consecutive Michelin Plate listings, a signal that its kitchen is producing food that meets a consistent, verifiable standard. The Michelin Plate is not a star, but it is a meaningful credential: it tells you the inspectors found the cooking worth flagging to readers who care about quality. For Italian cuisine in a suburban Antwerp municipality, that distinction carries weight. It positions Sardis clearly above the neighbourhood trattoria category and places it in the company of restaurants worth making a specific trip for.
The €€€ price range is the detail that shapes the decision most directly. You are paying for cooking that has received external validation, in a setting that has been good enough to attract 343 Google reviews at a 4.6 average score. That combination of a high review volume and a strong average rating is a practical trust signal: it suggests the experience is consistent across different visit types rather than brilliant one night and disappointing the next. For a returning guest, that consistency is what makes Sardis a restaurant you can recommend to others without hesitation.
Italian cuisine in the Antwerp region is a competitive category. Sardis differentiates through its award credentials rather than through novelty. If you have been once and enjoyed it, the case for returning is that the kitchen is unlikely to have moved away from what earned its Michelin recognition. The format suits a range of occasions: a two-person dinner, a small group celebration, or a weekend lunch where the pacing matters as much as the food. On the question of what to try next if you have already visited, the Italian format typically rewards working through the pasta section and the secondi, where technique shows most clearly in this cuisine style.
Sardis's Italian format lends itself well to a weekend visit. Italian restaurant culture, particularly at the €€€ level, tends to pace lunch service more generously than weekday dinner, which means a Saturday or Sunday lunch here is a reasonable strategy if you want the full experience without the formality of an evening reservation. The Michelin Plate designation also suggests the kitchen takes its lunch service seriously rather than treating it as a secondary offering. For a group looking for a weekend meal in Brasschaat that sits above casual but below the full ceremony of a starred restaurant evening, Sardis fills that gap directly.
If you have visited once and are planning a return, a weekend lunch gives you a different register of the same kitchen. The light and pace of a Saturday afternoon meal at a restaurant of this calibre are genuinely different from a dinner visit, and for Italian food specifically — where the emphasis on pasta, shared plates, and wine by the carafe is part of the tradition , the lunch format often shows the kitchen in a more relaxed and confident mode.
Sardis is at Kapelsesteenweg 406, 2930 Brasschaat. Booking difficulty is rated easy, which means you should be able to secure a table with reasonable notice rather than weeks in advance. Given the 4.6 rating across 343 reviews, demand is present but not at the level where you need to plan around a narrow availability window. Contact details are not currently listed in the Pearl database, so checking directly via the venue's own channels or a reservation platform is the recommended approach.
For guests staying in or visiting the area, see our full Brasschaat hotels guide and our full Brasschaat bars guide for before or after options. The broader Brasschaat restaurants guide covers the full picture of what the area offers across price points and cuisine styles. If you are also exploring the wider Antwerp fine dining scene, Zilte in Antwerp is the reference point for the leading end of the city's offer.
For context on how Sardis sits within Belgium's broader Italian and fine dining picture, it is worth noting that Italian cuisine at this award level in Belgium is rare enough to be notable. The global benchmark for Italian fine dining , places like 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong or cenci in Kyoto , operates in a different tier, but the comparison illustrates that Italian cuisine at the Michelin-recognised level demands real technical discipline. Sardis's consecutive Plate listings suggest it is meeting that standard in a market where it could easily have settled for less.
Among other Belgian reference points in the Pearl database, Bozar Restaurant in Brussels and Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem sit at the apex of what the country offers. Sardis is not in that tier, but it is not trying to be: its Michelin Plate at €€€ pricing means it delivers a validated dining experience at a cost that the starred set cannot match. That is a genuine advantage for the reader making a practical booking decision.
For more exploration in the region, Bartholomeus in Heist, Willem Hiele in Oudenburg, and Boury in Roeselare are worth considering if you are building a longer itinerary through Flanders. Maurice in Brasschaat is also worth noting as a French Contemporary option in the same town, should you want a local alternative for a different meal. See also our Brasschaat wineries guide and experiences guide for planning the broader visit.
Quick reference: Italian, €€€, Michelin Plate 2024 and 2025, 4.6/5 (343 reviews), Kapelsesteenweg 406 Brasschaat, easy to book.
Sardis is a Michelin Plate-listed Italian restaurant in Brasschaat, priced at €€€. It is not a casual neighbourhood spot , the consecutive Michelin recognitions and 4.6 Google rating (343 reviews) indicate a kitchen operating at a consistent, above-average standard. For a first visit, treat it as a proper dinner reservation rather than a drop-in, even though booking is rated easy. It is well-suited to a date, a family celebration, or a meal with someone who appreciates Italian cooking done at a serious level.
Contact details and a website are not currently available in the Pearl database for Sardis. The practical advice is to call or email directly once you locate their booking channel, and flag any dietary requirements at the time of reservation. Italian restaurants at the €€€ level typically accommodate common restrictions with notice, but confirming ahead is the right approach rather than assuming.
At €€€, Sardis is priced below the €€€€ tier where most of Belgium's starred and creative-Flemish restaurants sit, and it carries Michelin Plate recognition for two consecutive years. That combination means you are getting independently validated cooking at a price point that undercuts the likes of Boury or Castor by a meaningful margin. For Italian cuisine specifically, the value case is direct: the Michelin recognition signals that the kitchen is not coasting.
The Pearl database does not include a menu or signature dishes for Sardis, so specific dish recommendations are not available here. In Italian restaurants at this level, pasta and secondi are where technical ability shows most clearly , those are the sections to work through across multiple visits. If you have been once and ordered the safer options, a return visit is the opportunity to move into the parts of the menu that require more from the kitchen.
Yes, with a practical qualifier. Sardis fits a special occasion that calls for a polished Italian dinner rather than a full tasting-menu ceremony. If the occasion warrants a starred experience or a longer format, consider stepping up to De Jonkman or Cuchara at €€€€. But for an anniversary dinner, a birthday, or a celebration where Italian food is the right format, Sardis's Michelin credentials and 4.6 rating make it a dependable choice at a price that does not require the same financial commitment as the starred tier.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardis | Italian | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Boury | Modern Frlemish, Creative French | Michelin 3 Star | Unknown | — |
| Comme chez Soi | French - Belgian, Classic Cuisine | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Castor | Modern European, Modern French | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Cuchara | Modern European, Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| De Jonkman | Modern Flemish, Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
Comparing your options in Brasschaat for this tier.
Sardis is an Italian restaurant at €€€ pricing on Kapelsesteenweg 406 in Brasschaat, holding Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025. That consecutive listing signals consistent kitchen output rather than a one-season fluke. Booking difficulty is rated easy, so you do not need to plan far in advance. Come expecting a considered Italian format at a price point where you should be getting more than pasta and a carafe.
No specific dietary accommodation policy is documented for Sardis. At the €€€ level with Michelin Plate recognition, Italian kitchens at this tier generally have the range to handle common requests, but you should check the venue's official channels before booking if dietary restrictions are a factor. The address is Kapelsesteenweg 406, 2930 Brasschaat.
At €€€ with two consecutive Michelin Plate listings, Sardis is delivering verified quality for the Brasschaat market. Compared to Comme chez Soi in Brussels, which operates at a higher price and Michelin star level, Sardis offers a more accessible entry point into recognised cooking. For the Antwerp suburbs, it is a solid spend if Italian is the format you want — less justifiable if you are comparing it to a full Michelin-starred experience.
Specific menu items are not documented in available venue data. At a €€€ Italian with Michelin Plate recognition, the kitchen's strengths typically show in house-made pasta and secondi rather than pizza. Ask the front-of-house for the kitchen's current focus when you arrive — that will tell you more than any static list.
Yes, within reason. The Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025 gives Sardis enough credibility to anchor a birthday dinner or anniversary meal in the Brasschaat and greater Antwerp area. At €€€ it is a meaningful spend without requiring the full commitment of a starred table. If the occasion demands a Michelin star rather than a Plate, Boury in Roeselare or De Jonkman near Bruges would be the step up.
Keep this venue in your Pearl passport, rate it after you visit, and track it alongside every other place you collect.
