Restaurant in Knokke, Belgium
Michelin Thai at €€ — book early.
Boo Raan is Knokke's most compelling value case in fine dining: back-to-back Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) at €€ pricing, with Thai cuisine led by chef Dokkoon Kapueak. A 4.6 Google rating across 390 reviews confirms it holds up beyond the inspectors. Book well ahead — demand is high and the price-to-credential gap is obvious to anyone paying attention.
If you are comparing Boo Raan against Knokke's French fine-dining circuit, you are asking the wrong question. Chef Dokkoon Kapueak's Thai restaurant holds back-to-back Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) and sits at the €€ price tier, making it one of the most compelling value cases in the Belgian coastal dining scene. For a special occasion where the food needs to justify the evening, this is a stronger booking than most of what surrounds it at twice the price.
Knokke's restaurant scene tilts heavily French and Belgian, with a handful of creative European outliers. Boo Raan sits apart from all of them. Thai cuisine at Michelin-star level is a small global category, and in Belgium it is essentially a category of one. The comparison that matters most is not to the French tables nearby but to the handful of Thai fine-dining rooms that have earned this kind of recognition internationally, places like Nahm in Bangkok or Samrub Samrub Thai. Kapueak is operating in that tier, in a Belgian beach town.
The 2024 Michelin star was a signal. The 2025 retention confirms it was not a one-year anomaly. Two consecutive stars mean the kitchen is consistent, the sourcing is deliberate, and the service model is holding up under scrutiny. For diners who use Michelin as a decision filter, that double confirmation removes most of the risk from a booking.
The editorial angle here is service, and it matters. At €€ pricing, Boo Raan is charging considerably less than the French and Belgian Michelin tables in the region. Sel Gris and Cuines 33 both sit at €€€€. The question worth asking is whether the service delivery at Boo Raan reflects the star recognition or whether it underperforms relative to the higher-priced competition. Based on a 4.6 Google rating across 390 reviews, the answer appears to be that the room is earning its reputation with guests, not just with inspectors. A 4.6 with nearly 400 reviews at a destination restaurant in a seasonal coastal town is not a number that sustains itself on hype alone.
For a special occasion, the lower price tier actually changes the calculus. At €€€€ French dining in Knokke, you are committing to a full-evening format with tasting menus and the associated pricing. Boo Raan at €€ allows a celebration dinner without the three-figure per-head entry cost, while still delivering the credential, the occasion, and the kitchen quality that make a booking feel like a real event rather than a routine meal. That is a genuine gap in the market, and Boo Raan fills it directly.
The atmosphere framing matters here too. Thai fine dining, even at the Michelin level, tends to operate with a different ambient register than French haute cuisine. The room is unlikely to be hushed in the way a comparable French table might be. For a date or a celebration where you want the food to be serious but the energy to stay warm rather than ceremonial, that tonal difference works in Boo Raan's favour. It is a better fit for diners who find the reverent silence of European fine dining slightly uncomfortable. The Google review volume and score suggest repeat visitors and word-of-mouth momentum, both of which point to a room with some life in it rather than a sterile prestige exercise.
For context on what this level of recognition means in the Belgian fine-dining landscape, the country has produced some of Europe's most technically rigorous kitchens. Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem and Boury in Roeselare set the national standard for what Michelin recognition looks like here. Zilte in Antwerp and Willem Hiele in Oudenburg add further depth to that field. Boo Raan earning and holding a star in this competitive national context, and doing so with Thai cuisine rather than the Franco-Belgian templates that dominate, is a credential worth taking seriously.
Booking difficulty is high. A two-star-consecutive Michelin restaurant at €€ pricing in a destination coastal town is a combination that creates genuine demand pressure. Knokke draws a wealthy seasonal crowd, and Boo Raan is now a known destination for visitors from Brussels and Antwerp as well as local regulars. Plan well ahead, particularly for weekend evenings and the summer season. If you are organising a special occasion, locking in the reservation before arranging other logistics is the right order of operations. The restaurant does not publish booking method or hours in our current data, so check directly for table availability and any group-size policies.
Explore more of what the town has to offer through our full Knokke restaurants guide, and if you are building a full stay around the trip, see our Knokke hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide for the full picture. For dinner the night before or after, Carcasse, Cédric, and Blanco offer solid alternatives at different price points and formats.
Booking difficulty is high. Boo Raan's combination of Michelin recognition and accessible pricing creates sustained demand. Weekend tables and summer evenings will be the hardest to secure. Book as far in advance as possible. No online booking details are available in our current data, so contact the restaurant directly to confirm availability, hours, and any policies around group reservations or dietary requirements.
Boo Raan is at Edward Verheyestraat 17, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium. Price range is €€, making it one of the most affordable Michelin-starred options on the Belgian coast. The kitchen is Thai, led by chef Dokkoon Kapueak, who has held consecutive Michelin stars in 2024 and 2025. No dress code, hours, or seating capacity data is currently available in our system. Google rating: 4.6 from 390 reviews.
Group bookings are possible but harder to secure given the sustained demand that follows two consecutive Michelin stars at a €€ price point. Smaller parties of two to four will find it easier to lock in a table. Larger groups should contact the restaurant well in advance and be flexible on timing, particularly outside summer peak season in Knokke.
Book as far ahead as possible — Michelin recognition combined with accessible €€ pricing means tables move fast, especially on weekends and through summer. Chef Dokkoon Kapueak runs a Thai kitchen that sits entirely outside Knokke's dominant French fine-dining circuit, so expect a genuinely different register from the rest of the town's Michelin-rated options. Come with an appetite and no firm plans afterwards.
If you want to stay in the Michelin tier in Knokke, Sel Gris is the obvious French-leaning benchmark and draws a different crowd entirely. Cuines 33 and Esmeralda offer creative European alternatives at varied price points. None of them replicate what Boo Raan does with Thai cuisine at €€, which is the specific gap it fills in this market.
Specific dietary policy is not confirmed in available venue data, so check the venue's official channels before booking. Thai cooking as a cuisine category commonly involves shellfish, fish sauce, and nut-based preparations, so guests with allergies should flag requirements clearly when making a reservation rather than on arrival.
Yes, and the price-to-occasion ratio is unusually strong: two Michelin stars at €€ means you get the credibility of a starred dinner without the bill that normally accompanies it. The Thai format is less ceremonial than a classic French tasting-menu restaurant, which suits occasions where the mood matters as much as the formality. If you need a high-formality setting with tableside theatrics, Sel Gris is the safer call.
At €€, it is one of the most straightforwardly good-value Michelin-starred restaurants in Belgium. Chef Dokkoon Kapueak has held a star in both 2024 and 2025, which confirms consistent quality rather than a one-season anomaly. For the price bracket, the closest comparable elsewhere in Knokke does not offer the same combination of culinary distinctiveness and awarded execution.
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