Restaurant in Dikkelvenne, Belgium
Consistent Michelin-recognised cooking at accessible prices.
Brasserie Juste holds consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) at a €€ price point, making it one of the stronger value propositions for a special occasion meal in East Flanders. Traditional Flemish cooking, a 4.4 Google rating from 240 reviews, and easy booking make this a confident recommendation for anyone who wants Michelin-recognised quality without the commitment of a €€€€ evening.
If you are weighing Brasserie Juste against the €€€€ creative Flemish restaurants that dominate Belgium's fine-dining conversation, stop. Brasserie Juste is not trying to compete with Boury or Vrijmoed. It occupies a different register entirely: a €€ traditional brasserie in Gavere that has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, earning a Google rating of 4.4 from 240 reviews. That combination — affordable price point, consecutive Michelin recognition, strong community endorsement — makes it a direct booking for anyone planning a special occasion in East Flanders who does not want to spend €€€€ to feel well looked after.
Two consecutive Michelin Plates tell you something specific: the kitchen is consistent. The Plate is Michelin's signal for good cooking that does not yet reach the complexity or ambition of a star, and at the €€ price tier, Brasserie Juste is delivering quality that clearly registers with the guide's inspectors year after year. For context, most €€ brasseries in Belgium go unnoticed by Michelin entirely. The fact that this one, sitting in the small village of Dikkelvenne just outside Gavere, has held the recognition twice in a row gives you a meaningful confidence signal before you sit down.
The cuisine type is listed as Traditional, which in the Belgian context means dishes rooted in Flemish and Franco-Belgian cooking: preparations built around quality primary ingredients, classical technique, and familiar flavour profiles rather than avant-garde plating or experimental combinations. If you are coming from a city and expecting the creative tasting menus of Zilte or the boundary-pushing format of Willem Hiele, recalibrate. Brasserie Juste's appeal is rooted in doing recognisable things with care and at a price that does not require a pre-dinner budget conversation.
For a special occasion, that framing matters. A celebration dinner does not always need architectural plating or a twelve-course progression. Sometimes the better choice is a room where the cooking is reliably good, the atmosphere feels genuinely hospitable, and the bill does not produce post-meal anxiety. Brasserie Juste positions itself well for that scenario: a birthday dinner, a local anniversary, a business lunch that needs to feel considered without being ostentatious. The €€ pricing means two people can dine properly without stretching into the territory that restaurants like Hof van Cleve or Le Chalet de la Forêt require.
The address , Nijverheidsstraat 4, 9890 Gavere , places this in a light-industrial pocket of a small Flemish municipality, which is not where you expect to find Michelin-recognised cooking. That contrast tends to work in the venue's favour for guests arriving with calibrated expectations: the setting is modest, the cooking punches above it. If you are driving from Ghent, the journey is manageable and the parking situation around this type of address is typically uncomplicated, which matters for group bookings arriving at the same time.
The 4.4 rating across 240 Google reviews is a useful corroborating signal. At that volume, ratings reflect a consistent pattern of experience rather than a handful of enthusiastic regulars. It suggests the kitchen and front of house are delivering reliably across different visit types , weekday lunches, weekend dinners, celebrations , which is exactly the consistency you want when you are planning a meal that matters. For comparable traditional Belgian cooking recognised by Michelin at this price point, you might also consider d'Eugénie à Emilie in Baudour or, further afield, Cave à Vin & à Manger - Maison Saint-Crescent if you are benchmarking against traditional-format Michelin Plate venues in general.
Booking is described as easy, which at a €€ Michelin Plate venue in a small Flemish town is what you would expect. This is not a reservation that requires three weeks of planning or a waitlist. That said, weekend evenings around public holidays in Belgium fill brasseries of this calibre faster than the weekday rhythm suggests, so booking a few days ahead for a Friday or Saturday dinner is sensible practice rather than a requirement. Phone and website details are not available in our current database , check directly via search or mapping apps to confirm current reservation options.
If you are building a broader East Flanders itinerary, pair the meal here with a review of our full Dikkelvenne restaurants guide and our Dikkelvenne hotels guide for accommodation options nearby. For those who want to extend into the region's food and drink scene, bars, wineries, and experiences guides are available as well.
The bottom line: Brasserie Juste is a well-priced, Michelin-recognised traditional brasserie with a consistent track record. If you want creative fine dining at the highest level, look elsewhere. If you want a reliable, well-regarded meal in East Flanders without the commitment of a €€€€ evening, this is a strong candidate.
Address: Nijverheidsstraat 4, 9890 Gavere, Belgium. Price: €€ (mid-range; accessible for two without budget strain). Awards: Michelin Plate 2024 and 2025. Google Rating: 4.4 from 240 reviews. Booking Difficulty: Easy. Reservations: Book a few days ahead for weekend evenings; walk-in likely feasible for weekday lunch. Dress: No dress code data available; smart casual is a reliable default for a Michelin Plate brasserie at this price tier. Cuisine: Traditional (Flemish/Franco-Belgian).
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brasserie Juste | €€ | Easy | — |
| Boury | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Comme chez Soi | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Vrijmoed | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| La Durée | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Cuchara | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
Comparing your options in Dikkelvenne for this tier.
Yes, with caveats. Two consecutive Michelin Plates confirm consistent kitchen quality, which gives the meal credibility for a birthday or anniversary. At €€ pricing it will not strain the budget the way a Flemish fine-dining destination would. If your occasion calls for theatre and ceremony, look elsewhere — if it calls for a reliable, well-cooked meal in a genuine setting, Brasserie Juste delivers.
No dietary policy is documented in the available venue record. check the venue's official channels before booking — for a Michelin Plate traditional-cuisine kitchen, advance notice for dietary needs is standard practice and almost always accommodated with enough warning.
Booking lead times are not published, but a Michelin Plate recognition in a small Flemish town like Dikkelvenne draws regional traffic that fills tables faster than the location suggests. A week's notice is a reasonable minimum; for weekend evenings, aim for two weeks.
At €€, yes. Two back-to-back Michelin Plates at mid-range pricing is an uncommon combination in Belgium — you are getting recognised kitchen consistency without paying the €€€–€€€€ tariffs that apply to most credentialled restaurants in the region. The value case is straightforward.
Menu format and specific dishes are not confirmed in the venue data, so a tasting-menu verdict is not possible here. What the Michelin Plate does confirm is that the kitchen meets a defined quality threshold consistently — if a tasting menu is offered, that credential gives you a reasonable basis for confidence.
No dress code is documented. A Michelin Plate traditional-cuisine brasserie in a Belgian provincial town typically runs relaxed — neat casual is a safe call, but you are unlikely to be the most or least formally dressed person in the room.
For like-for-like mid-range traditional cooking with Michelin recognition, Cuchara is the closest comparison in spirit. If you are willing to travel and spend more, Vrijmoed in Ghent is the step up into creative Flemish cooking at €€€ level. Comme chez Soi and Boury are both significantly more expensive and operate in a different format entirely — relevant only if budget is not the constraint.
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