Restaurant in Saint Vith, Belgium
One Michelin star, priced to actually attend.
Quadras holds a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025 and charges at the €€€ tier — rare for a recognised Belgian fine dining address. Chef Ricarda Grommes cooks creative, produce-led food with French and Mediterranean touches in a contemporary room in Saint Vith. Book well in advance for a special occasion; this overdelivers at its price point.
Quadras holds a Michelin star — retained in both 2024 and 2025 — and charges at the €€€ tier, which puts it in a genuinely unusual position among Belgium's recognised fine dining addresses. Most one-star restaurants in Belgium operate at €€€€. If you are planning a celebration dinner, an anniversary, or a serious date night in the Ardennes, Quadras is the booking to make. The combination of creative technique, local sourcing, and a price point one tier below the Belgian fine dining norm makes this a direct choice for anyone willing to make the drive to Saint Vith.
A second visit to Quadras confirms what the first suggests: the kitchen is not coasting on its star. The cooking under chef Ricarda Grommes continues to show range , local products handled with both Mediterranean and French creative inflections, combinations that include parsnip with mango and truffle juice alongside tenderloin, or mussels in an oriental broth with red onion, parsley, and kohlrabi. These are not safe, conservative pairings. They are the kind of combinations that could misfire but don't, which is precisely what a Michelin star rewards.
The award data notes Grommes as a young chef whose cuisine reads as aesthetic and pure, presented within a contemporary environment. That framing matters for a special occasion booking: you are getting a room that matches the seriousness of the food rather than working against it. The balance of refinement and accessibility is what the €€€ price point suggests, and it appears to be what Quadras delivers.
Google reviewers give the restaurant 4.8 from 222 reviews, which is a high-confidence satisfaction signal at meaningful volume. For a restaurant of this calibre in a small Belgian town like Saint Vith, that kind of rating reflects a consistent experience rather than a lucky visit from out-of-town food press.
Grommes's approach sits between French classical structure and something looser , Mediterranean acidity, Asian broth techniques, produce-first thinking. The beef combinations (tenderloin with parsnip and mango; cheek and tongue together) suggest a kitchen interested in contrast and whole-animal thinking simultaneously. The mussel dish with oriental broth reads as the kind of thing that should feel like fusion but instead reads as confident, considered cooking. This is not a menu designed to impress on paper. It is designed to hold up in the mouth.
The local product focus is relevant to the occasion framing: dining at Quadras gives you something geographically specific, not a generic fine dining template you could find replicated in any European capital. For a guest who has flown in or driven from Brussels or Luxembourg, that specificity is part of what justifies the trip. For Belgian residents considering a weekend destination, it makes Quadras worth building an itinerary around rather than treating as a convenient stopover.
For comparable creative cooking at this level in Belgium, Boury in Roeselare and Zilte in Antwerp are the obvious reference points , both operate at higher price tiers and in larger cities. Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem represents the ceiling of Belgian fine dining ambition. Quadras sits below all three on price while holding the same foundational credential.
Saint Vith is a small city in the German-speaking community of eastern Belgium, close to the German and Luxembourg borders. It is not a casual drop-in destination , arriving here is a deliberate choice, which tends to self-select for guests who are already invested in the meal. The restaurant's address is Malmedyer Straße 53, 4780 St. Vith. For other dining options in the area, Zur Post and Pip-Margraff are the local alternatives worth knowing. For a broader look at what the area offers, our full Saint Vith restaurants guide covers the options.
Booking difficulty is rated hard. A two-star-consecutive Michelin restaurant at the €€€ tier in a small town fills well in advance, particularly for weekend tables. Build in at least three to four weeks of lead time for a Friday or Saturday booking; weeknight availability may open closer to your dates but should not be relied upon for a fixed occasion like an anniversary or a birthday.
For accommodation, see our Saint Vith hotels guide. For bars and post-dinner options, see our Saint Vith bars guide. If you are extending the trip into the broader Ardennes region, our Saint Vith experiences guide and wineries guide are worth checking.
If you are building a longer Belgium fine dining trip, Willem Hiele in Oudenburg, Bartholomeus in Heist, and Castor in Beveren cover different regional styles. Cuchara in Lommel and d'Eugénie à Emilie in Baudour are worth considering for creative cooking at different price points. For the Brussels fine dining scene, Bozar Restaurant covers the cultural institution angle. For the French creative reference frame , what Grommes's cooking is in dialogue with , Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen and Arpège set the Parisian benchmark that Belgium's leading kitchens are measured against.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadras | Creative | Ricarda Grommes is a young female chef who offers a simple and refined cuisine, aesthetic and pure, just like the contemporary environment in which she presents her food. A kitchen with which she juggles with local products that she sometimes prepares in a Mediterranean way, sometimes in a French creative way. For example, she combines parsnip, mango and truffle juice with tenderloin, and the cheek and the tongue of beef. And also mussels in an oriental broth with red onion, parsley and kohlrabi.; 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 | — |
| Castor | Modern European, Modern French | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Cuchara | Modern European, Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| De Jonkman | Modern Flemish, Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Quadras and alternatives.
Group bookings are possible, but Quadras is a Michelin-starred creative restaurant in a small city, which typically means a compact dining room. check the venue's official channels before planning a group of more than four — the format of chef Ricarda Grommes's cooking suits an intimate setting rather than a large party configuration. Confirm availability well in advance.
Quadras holds a Michelin star and operates at the €€€ price point, so arrive dressed for a formal-leaning dinner. That means no trainers, no casual sportswear. A neat jacket for men is a safe call. This is a destination restaurant in Saint Vith — the audience tends to treat it as a special occasion, so dress accordingly.
Saint Vith is a small city in eastern Belgium, close to the German and Luxembourg borders — plan transport and accommodation in advance, because this is not a city where you wander in without a plan. Quadras is the reason to make the trip: a Michelin-starred room from chef Ricarda Grommes working a French-meets-Mediterranean creative format. The cooking combines local Belgian produce with techniques that lean Asian or French depending on the dish, so arrive open to combinations that are precise rather than predictable.
At €€€ and with two consecutive Michelin stars (2024 and 2025), Quadras is priced below most Belgian starred peers — Comme chez Soi or Boury run notably higher. Grommes's cooking is produce-led and technically considered: combinations like parsnip, mango, and truffle juice alongside beef tenderloin show ambition without gratuitous complexity. If you want a tasting menu that earns its price rather than inflates it, this is a strong case.
Yes — this is one of the cleaner special-occasion arguments in Belgian fine dining at the €€€ tier. A Michelin star held across 2024 and 2025, a chef in Ricarda Grommes with a clear and personal cooking style, and a small-city setting that makes the meal feel like a genuine event rather than a routine booking. For a birthday or anniversary dinner, it delivers on both the food and the sense of occasion.
Yes, provided you are making the trip deliberately. At €€€ with a retained Michelin star, Quadras sits in the tier where the food justifies the bill — Grommes's cooking is precise, creative, and personally expressed rather than formula-driven. Compared to starred restaurants in Brussels or the Flemish coast, the price-to-quality ratio here is favourable. The catch is location: Saint Vith requires planning, and that logistical overhead is part of the cost you are accepting.
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