Restaurant in Ouwegem, Belgium
The vegetable menu is the reason to go.
Benoit en Bernard Dewitte holds a Michelin star in Kruisem, Belgium, with a vegetable tasting menu that is the main reason to book. At €€€€ pricing, it delivers technically precise, season-driven cooking with a 4.8 Google rating across 375 reviews. Book well in advance — this is a hard-to-secure destination table in the Flemish Ardennes, best suited to special occasions and serious food dinners.
Benoit en Bernard Dewitte earns its Michelin star — and then some — through a vegetable-forward tasting menu that has become the reason to make the drive to Kruisem. If you are the kind of diner who wants to see what a kitchen can do with produce alone, this is one of the strongest cases in Belgium for booking the full vegetable menu. At €€€€ pricing, it sits in the same tier as the region's leading tables, but the experience is distinct enough to justify the trip on its own terms. Book this for a special occasion, a serious food dinner with someone who appreciates craft, or simply to see whether a fully plant-based tasting menu can hold the arc of a great meal. It can.
The draw here is the vegetable menu, and it is not a compromise position or a dietary accommodation , it is the menu to order. Benoît Dewitte has built a kitchen identity around what the season is producing, and the tasting progression reflects that discipline. Dish after dish arrives with a clear point of view: colour, contrast, and genuine technical precision applied to ingredients that most kitchens treat as supporting players. Guests who ordered from the standard menu on the same evening have reportedly looked across the table with something close to envy, which says something useful about where the kitchen's energy is concentrated.
The arc of the meal is what elevates this beyond a simple tasting format. Dewitte structures the vegetable menu with the same narrative logic you would expect from a protein-led progression , lighter, more delicate preparations early, building toward dishes with depth and richness. This is not a salad course followed by roasted vegetables. The kitchen clearly understands that tasting menu architecture requires momentum, and the vegetable menu delivers it. A 4 Radishes rating from a visiting reviewer who ordered the full menu underlines that this is not a novelty act. The cooking holds up under scrutiny.
Setting is a converted rural property in Kruisem, in the Flemish Ardennes region south of Ghent. This is not an urban restaurant with a city crowd , it is a destination that expects you to travel to it, and the experience is calibrated accordingly. The pace is unhurried, the room is not a scene, and the focus stays squarely on what arrives at the table. For a special occasion dinner, that is exactly the right environment. Diners looking for a buzzy city-centre atmosphere should look elsewhere; diners who want the meal to be the whole event will find the setting appropriate.
Google rating sits at 4.8 from 375 reviews, which for a restaurant at this price point and in this location is a reliable signal that the kitchen is consistent. Michelin awarded a star in both 2024 and 2025, confirming that the quality is not a single-visit anomaly. That combination , peer reviews and institutional recognition running in parallel , gives you reasonable confidence that the experience holds across visits and seasons.
Because this is a seasonal, produce-driven menu, what you eat in autumn or winter will differ meaningfully from a spring or summer visit. That is a feature, not a risk , but it does mean there is no fixed reference point for what specific dishes will look like. The menu follows the harvest, and right now, whatever the kitchen is working with will reflect the current season's output from the surrounding region. If you are visiting in the colder months, expect earthier, more structural preparations; the lighter, more colourful dishes associated with the menu's reputation tend to reflect the warmer growing months.
Booking is hard. A Michelin-starred destination restaurant in rural Flanders with a growing reputation and a relatively small footprint does not have spare capacity sitting open on short notice. Plan your visit well in advance, particularly if you are targeting a weekend table. The restaurant is at Beertegemstraat 52 in Kruisem , accessible by car from Ghent in under 30 minutes, and from Brussels in around an hour. This is not a walk-in venue, and it should not be treated as one. Secure the reservation first, then plan the rest of the evening around it. If you are combining it with a wider Flanders trip, see our full Ouwegem restaurants guide, our full Ouwegem hotels guide, and our full Ouwegem experiences guide for broader planning context.
Booking difficulty is high. This is a destination restaurant with institutional recognition and a niche but loyal following among serious diners in Flanders and beyond. Reserve as far in advance as your schedule allows. No phone number or booking URL is available in our current data , check the restaurant directly or use a Belgian dining reservation platform to secure a table. See Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem for another Flemish destination restaurant operating at a similar level of demand.
Address: Beertegemstraat 52, 9750 Kruisem, Belgium. Price range: €€€€. Cuisine: Modern French with a distinctive vegetable-forward tasting menu. Chef: Benoît Dewitte. No dress code data is available, but at this price point and with a Michelin star, smart casual at minimum is the appropriate baseline , treat it as you would any starred destination in Flanders. Hours are not confirmed in our current data; verify directly before travelling. For bars and wineries to pair with your visit, see our full Ouwegem bars guide and our full Ouwegem wineries guide.
Quick reference: Michelin 1 Star (2024, 2025) | €€€€ | Kruisem, Belgium | Booking: Hard | Vegetable tasting menu is the recommended order.
See the comparison section below for how Benoit en Bernard Dewitte sits against its Belgian peers.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit en Bernard Dewitte | Modern French | €€€€ | Here you can order a 100% vegetable menu. Which, of course, we did. What a feast it was. One colourful dish after another made us enjoy all that the season and vegetable chef Benoit Dewitte have to offer. So the 4 Radishes are more than justified. The table mates who didn't choose the vegetable menu were looking curiously, with interest and with regret to not have chosen this menu. Well done.; Chef: Benoît Dewitte document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var el = document.getElementById("Achievements_chefs"); if (el && el.parentNode) { el.parentNode.removeChild(el); } });; Michelin 1 Star (2025); Michelin 1 Star (2024) | Hard | — |
| Boury | Modern Frlemish, Creative French | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star | Unknown | — |
| Comme chez Soi | French - Belgian, Classic Cuisine | €€€€ | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Vrijmoed | Modern Flemish, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| La Durée | French-Belgian, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Cuchara | Modern European, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
How Benoit en Bernard Dewitte stacks up against the competition.
Solo diners can eat well here, but this is a tasting menu format in a destination restaurant outside Ghent — you are committing to a full evening, not a casual drop-in. At €€€€ pricing and with a Michelin star behind it, the experience rewards those who want to focus on the food rather than conversation. If solo tasting menus suit you, there is no structural reason to avoid it.
Yes — specifically the vegetable menu. Critics who reviewed the restaurant noted that even non-vegetarian diners at the same table expressed regret at not choosing it, which is a reliable signal of quality. Benoît Dewitte holds a Michelin star for 2024 and 2025, and the vegetable menu is the primary reason the recognition is warranted. If you book here and skip the vegetable menu, you are missing the point of the restaurant.
At €€€€, the price is high relative to the location in rural Kruisem, but the Michelin star (held in both 2024 and 2025) and the specificity of the vegetable tasting menu justify the spend for serious diners. It is not a value play — it is a destination meal. If you want a more accessible entry point into Belgian fine dining, Vrijmoed in Ghent covers similar vegetable-forward territory at a lower commitment level.
Yes, well suited. The tasting menu format, Michelin star recognition, and the destination nature of the restaurant in Kruisem all lend themselves to a deliberate, occasion-focused dinner. It works best for couples or small groups where everyone is invested in the meal. For a larger special occasion group requiring flexibility, a city-based alternative like Comme chez Soi in Brussels offers more logistical ease.
No dress code is documented for this venue, but the €€€€ price point and Michelin star context suggest smart attire is appropriate — think dinner-out clothes rather than business formal. At this level of Belgian fine dining, turning up in casual sportswear would read as out of place. When in doubt, err toward smart casual.
Bar seating is not documented for Benoit en Bernard Dewitte. This is a destination tasting menu restaurant in a rural setting outside Ghent — the format is structured around booked tables, not walk-in bar dining. check the venue's official channels via the address at Beertegemstraat 52, 9750 Kruisem to confirm seating options before visiting.
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