Restaurant in Buren, Netherlands
Michelin-noted French in an unlikely small town.
Lagrange holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, making it the most credible dinner option in the small fortified town of Buren. At the €€€ tier, it delivers Michelin-recognised French cooking at prices well below comparable Dutch addresses. Book it as the anchor of a Betuwe day trip rather than a spontaneous stop.
The most common assumption about Lagrange is that it is a casual provincial restaurant coasting on a quiet address in the small Gelderlandse town of Buren. Correct that assumption before you book. Lagrange holds a Michelin Plate for the second consecutive year (2024 and 2025), signals a kitchen that Michelin's inspectors consider worth the detour, and sits in the €€€ tier — meaningfully less expensive than the €€€€ French and creative Dutch rooms you would find at comparable Michelin-recognised addresses elsewhere in the Netherlands. If you are a food traveller already routing through the Betuwe region or building a day around the historic walled town of Buren, Lagrange earns its place as the dinner anchor for that itinerary.
Buren is not a restaurant city. It is a ribbon of fortified walls, a windmill, and a population that numbers in the hundreds. That context matters when you are deciding whether to make the drive: Lagrange is not competing against a deep local dining scene. It is, for practical purposes, the serious dining option in this corner of Gelderland, and its back-to-back Michelin Plate recognitions in 2024 and 2025 confirm it is doing something the guide's inspectors find credible in a French kitchen at this price point.
French cuisine at the €€€ level in the Netherlands occupies a specific position. You are paying for classical technique and kitchen ambition without the full ceremony and price weight of a starred room. The Michelin Plate designation does not carry the prestige of a star, but it is a quality signal that separates Lagrange from generic regional dining. A Google rating of 4.5 across 164 reviews adds a useful second data point: this is a room that consistently satisfies the people who make the trip.
For the food and travel explorer, the address at Buitenhuizenpoort 11 puts you inside one of the few surviving fortified towns in the Netherlands, which gives the evening a context that a restaurant in an anonymous suburb cannot replicate. Arrive before dinner to walk the walls, then settle in at Lagrange. The combination of historic setting and a kitchen with documented recognition is the reason to plan around this rather than stumble upon it.
On the question of late dining: the limited data available on Lagrange's hours means specific last-seating times cannot be confirmed here. What the venue's positioning in a small Dutch town does suggest is that late-night dining in the metropolitan sense — arriving at 10 PM, staying until midnight , is unlikely to be the operating model. If your plan involves late-evening dining after a day of travel, contact the restaurant directly to confirm the latest available reservation. For explorers who want French cooking with a later rhythm, [Wiesen in Eindhoven](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/wiesen-eindhoven-restaurant) and [Danyel in Maastricht](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/danyel-maastricht-restaurant) are both €€€ French options in larger cities where service windows tend to run later into the evening.
Two consecutive Michelin Plate years is the clearest trust signal available here. It tells you that in 2024 and again in 2025, inspectors found the kitchen to be producing food at a standard worth flagging. That is the credential that makes Lagrange a plausible destination rather than just a convenient local option. For a food-focused traveller building a Netherlands itinerary, it belongs on the same planning list as [Aan de Poel in Amstelveen](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/aan-de-poel-amstelveen-restaurant), [Ciel Bleu in Amsterdam](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/ciel-bleu-amsterdam-restaurant), and [De Bokkedoorns in Overveen](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/de-bokkedoorns-overveen-restaurant) , though at a lower price tier and in a far more remote setting.
Booking difficulty is rated easy. In a town of Buren's scale, you are unlikely to face the multi-week waitlists that characterise starred rooms in Amsterdam or Zwolle. That said, Lagrange is a small-town address with presumably limited covers, and Michelin recognition does generate inbound interest from travellers passing through the region. Book ahead rather than arriving on speculation, particularly on weekends when day-trip traffic from Utrecht and Arnhem is higher.
For broader Gelderland and Netherlands trip planning, see [our full Buren restaurants guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/buren), [our full Buren hotels guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/hotels/buren), [our full Buren bars guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/bars/buren), [our full Buren wineries guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/wineries/buren), and [our full Buren experiences guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/experiences/buren). If you are extending the trip to other Michelin-recognised addresses in the region, [Brut172 in Reijmerstok](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/brut172-reijmerstok-restaurant), [De Groene Lantaarn in Staphorst](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/de-groene-lantaarn-staphorst-restaurant), and [De Treeswijkhoeve in Waalre](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/de-treeswijkhoeve-waalre-restaurant) are all worth cross-referencing for routing.
| Detail | Lagrange (Buren) | Wiesen (Eindhoven) | Danyel (Maastricht) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuisine | French | French | French |
| Price tier | €€€ | €€€ | €€€ |
| Michelin recognition | Plate (2024, 2025) | Check Pearl page | Check Pearl page |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Moderate | Moderate |
| City scale | Small town | Major city | Major city |
| Late-night viability | Confirm directly | More likely | More likely |
See the full comparison section below.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrange | €€€ · French | €€€ | Easy |
| De Librije | €€€€ · Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
| 't Nonnetje | €€€€ · Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| De Lindehof | Contemporary Dutch, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| De Nieuwe Winkel | €€€€ · Organic | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Fred | €€€€ · Creative French | €€€€ | Unknown |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Go in knowing this is a destination restaurant, not a drop-in. Buren is a small fortified town with a handful of streets, so Lagrange at Buitenhuizenpoort 11 is the clear focal point of any visit. The kitchen has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, which signals consistent quality recognised by Michelin inspectors without yet reaching star level. Book ahead, plan around the meal, and treat the drive as part of the commitment.
There are no direct alternatives in Buren itself — the town is too small. For comparable or higher-tier French and Dutch fine dining in the region, De Librije in Zwolle (three Michelin stars) is the benchmark if budget is not a concern. De Lindehof in Nuenen and Fred in Rotterdam offer different formats at serious cooking levels. If Lagrange's €€€ price point is already a stretch, those options require meaningfully more spend.
Bar seating specifics are not confirmed in available venue data for Lagrange. Given the restaurant's scale in a small-town address, a dedicated bar counter is not a safe assumption. check the venue's official channels before planning a bar-only visit — this is not a format reliably available here.
At €€€ pricing with two consecutive Michelin Plates, the kitchen is producing food that has repeatedly met a professional quality threshold. That makes a tasting menu a reasonable bet for serious diners willing to make the trip to Buren. If you want a tasting format with more city convenience, De Nieuwe Winkel in Nijmegen or De Lindehof are closer to urban infrastructure. Lagrange's case rests on the cooking itself, not the surrounding amenity.
No dress code is documented for Lagrange. A €€€ French restaurant holding a Michelin Plate typically draws guests who dress accordingly — neat, considered clothing is appropriate. Turning up in activewear would read as mismatched to the room. When in doubt, treat it like a formal dinner rather than a casual lunch.
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