Hertog Jan Botanic Antwerp

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

Two stars restaurant, 2025

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La Liste

La Liste, #258

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2024, #301, PRO #18.67, USER #15.50

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Chef

Gert De Mangeleer

Cuisine

Creative, Asian Influences, Modern Flemish

• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2021
• 2018

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 18 Apr 2025

by Neil A. Chef

At our kitchen table - North Sea salt with oyster, cockles and Breton lobster and salty herbs
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Brioche feuilletée with plankton butter
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Pigeon from Anjou, grilled and smoked with black garlic and beurre rouge
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Perfectly matured Kamiel naturelle from the shelf
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Cheese custard with blue grapes and gingerbread crunch
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‘Liquid Snickers’ - Peanut, chocolate and caramel
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Dinner in Antwerp at ⭐️⭐️ Hertog Jan, located in the beautiful Botanic Sanctuary hotel where we also stayed the night.... More

At our kitchen table - North Sea salt with oyster, cockles and Breton lobster and salty herbs
.
Brioche feuilletée with plankton butter
.
Pigeon from Anjou, grilled and smoked with black garlic and beurre rouge
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Perfectly matured Kamiel naturelle from the shelf
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Cheese custard with blue grapes and gingerbread crunch
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‘Liquid Snickers’ - Peanut, chocolate and caramel
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Dinner in Antwerp at ⭐️⭐️ Hertog Jan, located in the beautiful Botanic Sanctuary hotel where we also stayed the night. Hertog Jan closed its doors at it’s former location near Bruges back in 2018 while partners Gert De Mangeleer and Joachim Boudens pursued other ventures. Then in the summer of 2020 they were offered the opportunity to open in the Botanic Sanctuary hotel and spa. The hotel is spectacular, with over 100 rooms, botanical gardens, several restaurants and a state of the art spa. The restaurant itself is also a beautiful room with a semi open kitchen that also has a cavelike kitchen table where we enjoyed one of the courses. Regarding the food I would say that overall it was good, with some dishes that were excellent. What I would say is that it had the feel of a restaurant that isn’t completely focused and pushing. As I understand it, the restaurant is only open for 8-10 days each month (2024 visit). This might explain my feelings on the food as I am not sure how a kitchen can maintain momentum, be truly consistent or push for further accolades if they effectively shut up shop for well over two weeks every month. They must have to gear back up each time they reopen and find their feet again. Perhaps I am not explaining myself very well. I guess maybe I just mean that it has a lot of potential. I would certainly recommend it if you’ve never been before, especially with a stay in the hotel aswell.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️
La Liste - 93.50
W50B - ‘Discovery’
Best Chef Awards - 🔪
OAD - 31
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Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 28 Feb 2024

by Feasting Pigs

in antwerp, belgium (jan’24)

headed to antwerp for a weekend earlier this year as a break from london. hertog jan now prizes itself on its japanese fusion cooking, with some nordic influences and predominantly dutch produce. not normally a fan of this type of cooking especially in europe because of how much this term ‘japanese fusion’ has been abused, but i think hertog jan is one of the better renditions.

highlights were the starter and of course his take in the take on brussels waffle.... More

in antwerp, belgium (jan’24)

headed to antwerp for a weekend earlier this year as a break from london. hertog jan now prizes itself on its japanese fusion cooking, with some nordic influences and predominantly dutch produce. not normally a fan of this type of cooking especially in europe because of how much this term ‘japanese fusion’ has been abused, but i think hertog jan is one of the better renditions.

highlights were the starter and of course his take in the take on brussels waffle. caviar explosion consisting of 4 types of ‘caviar’ - caviar, salmon roe, mullet roe and finger-lime was surprisingly nice, ‘toro no toro’ where they use sustainable cured beef tartare to replace the tuna was also nice. wild turbot grilled in binchotan was nice, especially the engawa, the lobster ragout i didn’t understand cuz it was a bunch of stuff mixed together with a rich like buttermilk sauce. brioche with seaweed butter was lovely and so was the grilled and smoked duck. cheese course was another highlight today, especially loved the cheese ‘pudding.’ dessert was a sweetcorn and popcorn with black truffles and ended on a high note with a canele and whole brussels waffle. a solid meal, nice experience, a good fine dining option in the area.

menu ‘omakase’: (€360)
✨caviar explosion
✨‘toro no toro’
kombu aged royal belgian caviar
hamachi ‘crudo’
wild turbot, vin jaune
ragout from breton lobster
bread service
duck, grilled & smoked with beurre rouge
✨‘say cheese’
‘save room for dessert’
✨‘sweet memories’
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would revisit: try once
reservations: yes
price range pp: €300-€600
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📍HERTOG JAN AT THE BOTANIC
location: botanic sanctuary, lange gasthuisstraat 41, 2000 antwerpen
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Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 14 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Melon with gorgonzola ice cream and bergarnot vinaigrette

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 14 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Short ribs with szechuan oil and black garlic

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 14 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Matured gorgonzola dolce

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Frozen yoghurt with cranberries and liquorice

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Waffle

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Sea sole, salty vegetables and herbs, oyster emulsion

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Tomato collection

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Hamachi with wagyu beef fat with yuzu vinaigrette and caviar

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Langoustine, passion fruit, cocoa and vanilla

Dinner at Hertog Jan at Botanic Antwerp

on 13 Sep 2023

by Bennet Chui

Caviar with smoked sturgeon, dashi marinated salmon eggs on crusty sourdough

Dinner at Hertog Jan

on 10 May 2021

by Frank Heylen

Hertog Jan Less eatery Summer Edition

9 / 10

Lunch at Hertog Jan

on 03 Jul 2018

by Gerhard Huber

Farewell dinner to HJ in its old form.

Living in London for over 20 years made a trip to Brugge very easy, so I have been following this journey since the early days in the old location.
It is with sadness to see this place close, home of very good memories and excitement to see how the new format turns out.

10 / 10

Wonderful long lunch at Hertog Jan

Top list

on 03 Jul 2018

by Peter Chang

A wonderful long lunch with view of the gardens. A final meal here before the restaurant closes in his current form.

Full account of the lunch is here: http://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2018/07/europe-2018-day-4-3-star-farmhouse.html