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Friends enjoying a meal together at restaurant Goeste on the market square in Poperinge

Honest food.
Our own ice cream.
From here.

Restaurant, tearoom and ice cream workshop on the market square of Poperinge.

Grote Markt 28, Poperinge057 79 08 10

No fuss. Vegetables from our Goestuin garden, meat and cheese from local farmers, and ice cream we have made ourselves since 1996.

Goeste is West Flemish for appetite, or craving. That's what it's all about here.

Beef with seasonal vegetables at Goeste

Dining

Lunch Tuesday to Saturday. Dinner on Friday and Saturday. In the afternoon, homemade ice cream desserts, waffles and pancakes with your coffee.

An artisan l'Heritage ice cream cake being finished

Our ice cream

Handmade by Gerlinde and Camille, to our own recipes and with fresh milk from Boer Geert in Reninge. Our sorbets are made with pure fruit, preferably local. Beer ice cream made with St. Bernardus beer.

A gift basket of local products being wrapped in the Goeste Smaakboetiek

Smaakboetiek

Tasty gifts from the Westhoek: put together your own box or pick a ready-made one, in any price range. Over 400 local products, across from the restaurant at Grote Markt 19.

This week at Goeste

Changes every week and every season.

Tuesday to Friday, 11:30–14:30

Weekly lunch

from 27 to 30 October 2026

  • Soup of the season
  • Pan-fried red mullet, skin on · fine brunoise of steamed autumn vegetables · velvety fish velouté
  • Speculoos sundae or a coffee

2 courses 203 courses 23

Only from Friday 17:30 to Saturday

Autumn menu

  • Chef's appetiser
  • House-sliced Wit-Blauw beef carpaccio or Veggie carpaccio of red beetroot
  • Chateaubriand from Vleteren with chips or North Sea fish casserole with mashed potatoes
  • Dame Blanche or Goeste's Irish coffee

Menu 59

While stocks last

Chef's suggestions

Depending on the market and the Goestuin

  • StartersWest Flemish smoked Norwegian salmon
  • Main coursesConfit duck leg from Handsaeme
  • Main coursesBeetroot carpaccio

Full menu

Sharing board with regional cheese and nibbles
Homemade pancakes with icing sugar and ice cream
Two girls with an l'Heritage ice cream

What guests say

Google reviews, translated from Dutch.

★★★★★
"Pleasantly surprised by the vegetarian options and above all the choice of local produce. The staff are attentive and friendly. Hats off to the kitchen team too!"
Marthe V. · Google · October 2026
★★★★★
"Always original. No boring classic lunch. The ice cream dessert is a surprise every time, in a decorative glass with a meringue and a Destrooper biscuit."
Syl D. · Google · September 2026
★★★★★
"The quality of the food stands out, and everything was tasty and well prepared. The homemade ice cream was delicious."
Sjon B. · Google · August 2026

"Tid voer è goestje?"

Time for a treat?

From here - Hats off to our local makers!

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Opening hours

Tuesday11:30–18:00
Wednesday11:30–18:00
Thursday11:30–18:00
Friday11:30–22:30
Saturday11:30–22:30
Sundayclosed
Mondayclosed

Exceptional closures are listed here and on Google.

Address

Goeste
Grote Markt 28
8970Poperinge

Tel.057 79 08 10
info@goestepoperinge.be

Heuvelland wine being poured at the table at Goeste

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