Our restaurant has evolved from a bistro pur sang to a contemporary bistronomic restaurant:
good food at affordable prices with a creative culinary touch.
Our kitchen team focuses on the product. The plates are creative without being too unusual.
Our chefs use seasonal products and are a big fan of terroir cuisine.
Our menu does credit to the brasserie cuisine with steak tartare prepared at the table as its flagship dish.
Every detail is perfect in this classic bistro. Traditional dishes are prepared with precision and craftsmanship. Fresh gray shrimp are showcased in a crisp salad or in croquettes with a creamy filling. Tartare of Blonde d’Aquitaine beef prepared at the table with fries and salad remains an undisputed signature dish. Dessert is a Normandy pancake with creamy vanilla ice cream.
Our classics
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Small bouillabaisse
€ 24.00Cheese croutons / rouille
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Shrimp croquettes (2 pieces)
€ 25.00Fried flat parsley / lemon
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Caviar (30gr.), “Royal Belgian Gold Label”
€ 59.00Pomme Moscovite / sour cream
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Veal sweetbread
€ 30.00
Our Pride: “shrimps from Coastal fishing boat O.191”
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Tatjespap with shrimps (only if market supply)
€ 27.00Shrimps / buttermilk potatoes / poached egg
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Shrimp with salmorejo (only if market supply)
€ 27.00shrimps / heirloom tomato / burrata / salmorejo / basil
Seasonal suggestions
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Rye cheeks
€ 25.00fennel / buttermilk / dill
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Beef tartar
€ 24.00 -
Veal
€ 25.00 -
Squid
€ 24.00 -
Vegetarian starter
€ 22.00 -
6 Deep Ostend oysters (Creuses)
€ 24.00on ice / lemon
If only a starter is ordered without a main course, we charge a supplement of € 4.00.
Our classics
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Sole (2 x 200gr.)
€ 47.00Meunière Baked in farm butter / Mash
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Ray
€ 39.00Baked / farm butter / capers / mashed potatoes or fresh fries
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Entrecote Holstein (300gr.)
€ 46.00bearnaise or pepper cream sauce / fresh fries
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Veal kidney
€ 35.00mustard Wostyn / Dragon / Mushroom s/ Spinach / Baked potatoes
A reminder of “Bistro Mathilda, Old Style”
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Tartar Van Pelé Royal "Blonde d’Aquitaine"
€ 34.00prepared at the table / sour condiments / salad / fresh fries
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Flemish-style beef stew
€ 34.00Awarded by Luc Bellings in HLN with 10/10 / salad or apple sauce / thick fries
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Lamb tajine
€ 41.00Schenkel and Merguez in a Moroccan way / coucous
Seasonal suggestions
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Shrimp salad (only in market supply)
€ 41.00jonge slablaadjes / tomaat / hard gekookt ei / verse mayonaise / verse frietjes
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“Catch of the day”
€ 43.00 -
Vegetarian plate
€ 38.00 -
Qail
€ 39.00 -
Pigeon
€ 47.00
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Dame blanche
€ 14.00vanilla ice cream “à la minute” / hot chocolate sauce
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Normand pancake
€ 18.00Calvados / Apple / Vanilla ice cream
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Bitter chocolate
€ 14.00mousse / passion fruit / peanut
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cheese
€ 14.00 -
Irish coffee
€ 14.00 -
Espresso-Martini
€ 14.00After dinner cocktail / espresso / vodka / coffee liqueur
3 course or 4 course menu
3 courses (without starter 2) € 70
4 courses (with starter 2) € 80
“We only serve this menu for the entire table”
Starter 1
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Porkbelly (up to 2/10)
butternut / kumquat / ras el hanout
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Pijlinktvis (up to 25/09)
watermeloen / tomaat / feta / chorizo
- or
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Summer roll (Veggie) (up to 11/9)
chinese kool / ramenbouillon met miso / shiitake / sesam
Starter 2
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Rye cheeks
fennel / buttermilk / dill
Main course
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“Catch of the Day” (up to 25/09)
garnalenjus / bimi / gebakken mosseltjes / ansjovis-pastinaakpuree
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Portobello(Veggie) (up to 11/9)
risotto / walnoot / rucola / peer / oude balsamico
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Rabbit (up to 02/10)
rug / loempia van de bil / blauwe bes / boontjes
Dessert
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Blackberries (up to 29/08)
blackberry / lemon / gingerbread
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Dame Blanche
Freshly twisted vanilla ice / hot chocolate / cream
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Coulommiers (up to 11/10)
Reine Claude / kaneel / amandel
GIFT VOUCHER
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you’re giving an experience full of conviviality, refined flavors, and warm hospitality.
Our gift vouchers are perfect for any occasion: a birthday, anniversary, thank-you, or just because,
to surprise someone. Request your gift voucher easily below!
OVERNIGHT STAY AT MATHILDA’S
For a pleasant overnight stay during your visit
to Ostend, you can now also stay with us.
Our “Holiday Suites Mathilda” are located above
Bistro Mathilda and are the ideal base for a
pleasant stay in “The City by the Sea.”
OPENING HOURS
Kitchen open from 12:00 to 14:00
and from 17:45 to 20:45.
When we are at 2/3 capacity, we work in two time slots in the evening:
from 5.45 p.m. or 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from 8.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.
When we are at 1/3 capacity, you can make a reservation for 7 p.m.
Reservations can only be made online via the reservation module on this page.
Choose between lunch and dinner.
Reservations for groups (+6 people) are available on request
send an email to info@bistromathilda.be
Annual leave :
from 16/02 until 19/02/26
from 16/03 until 31/03/26
from 29/06 until 10/07/26
Closed :
on 24, 25, 31/12 and on 1/1
BLOGBERICHT
The caviar of the North Sea
Like three preschoolers let loose, our top chefs from Ostend flew onto the fishing nets. Dressed in bright yellow jackets, the famous khaki waterproof trousers (with attached rubber boots) pulled up high. We sent Michiel Rabaey from STORM, Luc Deklerck from Bistro Mathilda, and Tom Vanhaecke from Le Bassin into the sea in search of fresh shrimp and crabs. Chefs will be chefs, so they immediately got out their pots and gas burners to cook their catch on the beach.
CONTACT
Leopold II Laan 1, 8400 OostendeT. +32 (0)59 51 06 70
info@bistromathilda.be
V.A.T. BE0668.442.836
Open Wednesday to Sunday
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. & 5:45 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Kitchen open from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
and from 5:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Annual leave :
from 16/02 until 19/02/26
from 16/03 until 31/03/26
from 29/06 until 10/07/26
Closed :
on 24, 25, 31/12 and on 1/1
