There is a place outside of Antwerp that is a cross between an art gallery and fine dining…read morerestaurant. When you walk up to the door you pass a bronze statue that laughs at you. Designed by Arne Quinze, a famous Belgian artist whose work is in and outside of the restaurant. The place used to be a presbytery but you wouldnt know it from the modern elegance it exudes now. Arne Quinze's touches with more bronze art in the lobby, and a wooden installation that crawls throughout the main dining rooms. I came here alone to see what the best of Flanders eating was going to be like and was in for a real treat. You're served the usual amuses, fine bread and a great tray of oil, butter and some greens that are a tradition in Belgian with your bread. There are many menus to choose from, which were named in many ways, showing different expressions of the kitchen. I wanted to go with something seafood specific and ended up with the Desire menu: oral mouthsensations, salty, sour, sweet, bitter, umami e motion passion, drive SARDINE smoked, artichoke, sorrel, pickled onion, white celery RED MULLET aïoli, SPINACH, RAMSONS, SAFFRON, BREAD "POFFERTJES" SUNFISH BEURRE blanc sauce, yuzu, miso, langoustine, fennel RHUBARB white chocolate, sisho, buttermilk toggle one last temptation As you can see the menu's are somewhat playful and cryptic in their message. The balance. creativity and deliciousness of the food is not cryptic in any way. It is outstanding. As I got to speaking with most of the staff, the sommeliers and then Marie-Claire the co-owner, they saw I had an appreciation for what they were doing, in both cuisne, art and architecture (the 3 things I look for in my travels) and we ended up hitting it off quite well. Very soon other dishes that I knew were not on my menu showed up and they were very much at this point taking care of me like I was in their house. It is unbelievable the level of hospitality that I was shown. We got to talking about what I was doing and where I was going citing I had friends who owned a restaurant in Antwerp proper who some of them knew. Small world! Finding out that I was headed south to Brussels the next night, it turned out that they had just opened a restaurant there too. So they called ahead and said that I was coming. Talk about the royal treatment. I have nothing but exemplary things to say about the foils here. It was most unexpected and was definitely one of the highlights of my recent travels. I can only hope that people reading this will make their way out to Reet and experience what is an amazing restaurant from all points. I look forward to the day I can return and eat here again.

First 2 stars Michelin restaurant ever tried in Belgium. Worth a visit…read more We took the largest menu with 9 courses and a welcome finger food. +++++Foods worth the price but more important is the environment. +++++All the decorations are perfect and I love the avant-garde design. The foods placed on rocks. The starter in a shape of a tree. Such things, pay attention to details, give me and my friend a good experience. +++++The waiters are very friendly and introduce some special design to us. -A little drawback: compare with the 3-stars Michelin in Belgium, the service can be better. Like to clean the table when there are some bread crumb. Good enough but still can be better.

From the owner: Bereiden van mooie gerechten met seizoens- en streekproducten en leg vooral de nadruk op lokale…read moreproducten zoals de bieren, honing en de thee's van in en rond de gemeente Kontich.