Restaurant in Orchimont, Belgium
Two Bib Gourmands. Seasonal kitchen. Book it.
Jeux de Goûts in Vresse-sur-Semois holds the Michelin Bib Gourmand for both 2024 and 2025, making it the clearest case for a special occasion dinner at the €€ price tier in the Belgian Ardennes. Chef Justin Paul runs a seasonal kitchen with a 4.7 Google rating across 127 reviews. Book ahead for weekends in the warmer months; weekday bookings are straightforward.
At the €€ price tier, Jeux de Goûts in Vresse-sur-Semois delivers something genuinely rare in Belgian dining: Michelin-recognised seasonal cooking at a price point that removes the usual calculation about whether the meal is worth the drive. The Bib Gourmand recognises good cooking at moderate prices, and Jeux de Goûts has earned it in both 2024 and 2025, which means this is not a one-season fluke. For a special occasion dinner where you want the credential without the €€€€ tab, this is the clearest recommendation in the Semois valley.
Chef Justin Paul runs a seasonal cuisine kitchen, which means the menu moves with what is available rather than anchoring to a fixed card. At the €€ tier, that discipline matters: it is easier to cook seasonally at a luxury price point where premium ingredients absorb the cost. Doing it at moderate prices, and doing it well enough to hold a Bib Gourmand for two consecutive years, signals real kitchen competence. You are not getting a tasting menu at the level of a starred restaurant, but you are getting cooking that Michelin inspectors have judged to be worth seeking out — a meaningfully different proposition from a reliable local bistro.
The Google rating of 4.7 across 127 reviews supports this: that score, at that volume, is a consistent signal of a kitchen and front-of-house that perform reliably rather than occasionally. For a special occasion, consistency matters as much as ceiling quality.
The Bib Gourmand designation is specifically about value, not just quality, and that framing sets the service expectation correctly. At €€, you should not arrive expecting the choreographed service of a starred room — the staffing economics do not support it. What the 4.7 Google average suggests instead is attentive, warm service that earns the price rather than underselling it. For a date or a low-key celebration, that register often works better than formal service: it keeps the meal feeling personal rather than ceremonial. If you need the full theatre of a tasting menu with paired wines and tableside presentations, a venue at the €€€€ tier will deliver more of that. Jeux de Goûts earns its price point on cooking quality and hospitality that reads as genuine rather than performative.
Seasonal cuisine restaurants in rural Belgium are most rewarding when the local growing season is at its peak. The warmer months, roughly late spring through early autumn, give a kitchen working with seasonal ingredients the widest palette. Visiting in this window means the menu is likely drawing on local produce at its leading rather than working against the limitations of a winter supply chain. Midweek evenings at a restaurant of this size in Vresse-sur-Semois are also likely to be quieter than weekend service, which is worth considering if a relaxed, unhurried pace matters to your occasion. Weekend bookings in the warmer months, when the Ardennes draws visitors, are the sessions most likely to fill first.
Vresse-sur-Semois sits in the Ardennes, a range of wooded hills and river valleys that draws visitors looking for quiet and natural surroundings rather than urban density. The address on Rue de Bohan places Jeux de Goûts in a small-village context, which means the visual experience begins before you arrive at the door. For a special occasion meal, the setting adds something that a city restaurant cannot replicate: arriving at a village restaurant in the Ardennes for a Michelin-recognised dinner carries its own atmosphere. The room specifics are not available in our current data, but a kitchen operating at this level in this context will generally match the surroundings rather than work against them.
Budget: €€ , among the most accessible price points for Michelin-recognised cooking in Belgium. Awards: Michelin Bib Gourmand 2024 and 2025. Rating: 4.7/5 from 127 Google reviews. Reservations: Booking ahead is advisable, particularly for weekend evenings in the warmer months when visitor numbers in the Ardennes increase. Given the Bib Gourmand profile, demand will be higher than a typical village restaurant. Dress: No dress code data available; at this price tier and in this rural setting, smart casual is a reasonable default. Getting there: Vresse-sur-Semois is a drive-to destination , plan for a car, as public transport to this part of the Ardennes is limited. If you are combining the meal with a stay in the region, our full Orchimont hotels guide covers nearby accommodation options.
See the comparison section below for how Jeux de Goûts sits against Belgium's wider dining field.
For more on eating and drinking in the area, see our full Orchimont restaurants guide, our full Orchimont bars guide, our full Orchimont wineries guide, and our full Orchimont experiences guide. If you are touring Belgium's Michelin-recognised kitchens, the range extends from Bozar Restaurant in Brussels to rural destinations like L'air du Temps in Liernu and Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem. For seasonal cuisine comparisons beyond Belgium, Fields by René Mathieu in Luxembourg and Kirchenwirt in Leogang offer useful reference points for what the format can achieve at different price tiers. Flemish kitchens worth knowing for contrast include Zilte in Antwerp, Boury in Roeselare, Willem Hiele in Oudenburg, Bartholomeus in Heist, and De Jonkman in Sint-Kruis. For creative cooking in other Belgian cities, Castor in Beveren, Cuchara in Lommel, d'Eugénie à Emilie in Baudour, and Comme chez Soi round out the comparison set.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Jeux de Goûts | €€ | — |
| Boury | €€€€ | — |
| Comme chez Soi | €€€€ | — |
| Castor | €€€€ | — |
| Cuchara | €€€€ | — |
| De Jonkman | €€€€ | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Yes, and the value angle makes it a sharper choice than most. Holding the Michelin Bib Gourmand in both 2024 and 2025, Jeux de Goûts delivers recognised-quality cooking at €€ prices, so the occasion feels significant without the three-figure bill that normally comes with it. For a birthday or anniversary where the setting matters as much as the food, the rural Ardennes location adds to the occasion. It works better for two than for a large group.
At the €€ price tier, the format is almost certainly worth it. Chef Justin Paul runs a seasonal kitchen, so the menu reflects what is available rather than a fixed card, which is where tasting menus earn their keep. The Bib Gourmand specifically recognises good cooking at a fair price, so you are not paying a premium for the format here the way you would at a starred restaurant. Specific current menu details are not published online, so call ahead or visit in person to confirm what is running.
The kitchen runs on seasonal produce, so the short answer is: order whatever is in season when you visit. Specific dishes are not listed in public records, and the menu changes with availability rather than staying fixed. At a Bib Gourmand-recognised restaurant in the Ardennes, the safe bet is to take the full menu rather than ordering selectively — the format is designed to show the kitchen at its best.
At €€, it is one of the clearest value cases for Michelin-recognised cooking in Belgium. The Bib Gourmand designation exists precisely to flag places where quality and price are both in your favour, and Jeux de Goûts has earned it two years running (2024 and 2025). If you are comparing it to starred restaurants in Brussels or Bruges charging €€€ or more, the gap in price is far larger than the gap in cooking quality.
Book at least two to three weeks out, and further in advance for weekend visits or peak summer months when the Ardennes draws more visitors. A back-to-back Bib Gourmand at this price point generates demand that a small rural restaurant cannot easily absorb. No online booking portal is listed publicly, so check the venue's official channels at Rue de Bohan 91, 5550 Vresse-sur-Semois to confirm availability.
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