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Local guide · Province of Liège, Wallonia

Running a restaurant in Liège? Keep the paper menu and add one online

Liège had 198,102 residents on 1 January 2026, and the University of Liège reports 29,972 students across its four campuses. Keep your paper menu: Menyu publishes the online version, current as soon as your set menu changes.

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Terrace table on a tree-lined Liège boulevard, with a red QR code stand, meatballs in a black casserole, apple compote and a glass of red wine
AI-generated illustration

Growth

A steady city in a province of over a million

Liège had 198,102 residents on 1 January 2026, 779 more than a year before. It is Wallonia’s second-largest municipality after Charleroi, and fifth in Belgium.1

The province of Liège has more than a million residents (1,125,300), and the arrondissement 632,646.1

For your menu

Regulars come back often, and they soon notice an online menu still showing last year’s prices.

Students

Nearly 30,000 students at ULiège

The University of Liège reports 29,972 students in its 2026 key figures, with 11 faculties and 70 partner countries. The figure covers the whole university, whose four campuses are spread over three towns.2

For your menu

They need a lunch menu that shows at lunchtime, and a reason to come back the following week.

Local food

Meatballs, the Carré and 77 MICHELIN restaurants

At Le Bistrot d’en Face, a Lyon-style bouchon in the historic centre, Liège-style meatballs come in a black casserole with homemade compote for €19.50; the MICHELIN Guide rates them among the best in town.34

The Carré, which the guide calls Liège’s trendy district, is home to Caudalie and its set menu that changes every month.5

For Liège and its surroundings the MICHELIN selection lists 77 restaurants: 2 with two stars, 15 with one star, 17 Bib Gourmands and 43 selected addresses. Of these, 62 flag vegetarian options, 24 vegan and 23 gluten-free; 52 have a terrace.6

For your menu

When the set menu changes monthly and prices move, the menu has to follow without another trip to the printer.

Visitors and languages

A selection that crosses the border

The MICHELIN selection for Liège and its surroundings also takes in restaurants in Maastricht and Eijsden, in the Netherlands, and in Tongeren.6

For your menu

If some of your guests come over from the Netherlands, a menu in Dutch saves them the guesswork.

Local rules

Terraces: permission from the city council

In Liège no terrace goes up on the public highway without permission from the Collège communal, the city’s executive. You must be a trader (a non-profit association cannot get one), hold a valid permit and have paid the previous year’s fee, unless it is a first installation.7

Paying the fee gives you neither the permit nor the right to set up; not paying it amounts to giving the permit up.7

The form, a precise plan and proof of payment go to the Bureau de Police administrative, Potiérue 5, 16th floor (+32 4 221 81 80, [email protected]), open on weekdays from 9am to noon.7

For your menu

The fee comes round every year, so build it into what you charge on the terrace.

Key facts

Liège in figures

residents on 1 January 2026, up from 197,323 a year earlier1
198,102
students at the University of Liège, across four campuses2
29,972
MICHELIN restaurants for Liège and its surroundings, 62 with vegetarian options6
77
Liège-style meatballs in a black casserole on the menu at Le Bistrot d’en Face3
€19.50

According to the guides

Liège at the table: five MICHELIN Guide restaurants

Two starred restaurants, two Bib Gourmands and one selected address, from Boulevard de la Sauvenière to the Carré, all in the current MICHELIN Guide selection for Liège.

None of these restaurants is a Menyu customer, and none was contacted. The selection comes from the MICHELIN Guide; on 21 October 2026 each one’s website showed its hours, its menu or a booking link.

  1. ¡Toma!

    Boulevard de la Sauvenière, on the old city ramparts8 · Creative cuisine · €€€€

    • 1 MICHELIN Star 20266

    The kitchen garden is in view from the terrace and the fermentation cellar sits next to the restaurant; Thomas Troupin works closely with the region’s producers.8

    Guide MICHELIN listingRestaurant website9

  2. Héliport Brasserie

    Allée des Érables, in a small château1011 · Creative French cuisine · €€€

    • 1 MICHELIN Star 20266

    Traditional brasserie recipes, which Frédéric Salpetier lifts with Asian touches.10

    Guide MICHELIN listingRestaurant website11

  4. Le Bistrot d’en Face

    Historic centre, Rue de la Goffe34 · Regional cuisine · €€

    • Bib Gourmand 20266

    A Lyon-style bouchon whose Liège-style meatballs are, the guide says, among the best in town.4

    Guide MICHELIN listingRestaurant website3

With Menyu

What Menyu brings to a Liège restaurant

Your paper menu stays on the table and in the window. Menyu publishes the online version, at the same prices, behind a QR code; here is how it works for a Liège restaurant.

  • The set menu changes, the menu follows

    You change a price or a dish from your phone and the online menu is up to date once you publish, with the same QR code. You can also limit a category to set hours, on your restaurant’s time: the lunch menu drops off in the evening.

    • The same menu address, prices you can change at any timeIncluded
    • Categories visible at set hours, in your time zoneIncluded
    Work out a dish’s selling price

  • Bringing students back

    With Premium, guests try their luck on the menu: nine games, up to twelve prizes, a single-use voucher sent by e-mail, and an optional link to your Google listing. At the start of term, an e-mail campaign reaches your subscribers, with no text messages.

    • 9 games, up to 12 prizes, voucher sent by e-mailPremium
    • E-mail campaigns by segment, no text messagesPremium
    Try a game

  • A Dutch version for the neighbours

    Menu content translates into 25 languages, Dutch, German and English among them; you review the automatic translation before publishing. The menu’s buttons stay in French or English.

    • Dishes translated into 25 languages, Dutch includedIncluded
    All the features

  • On the terrace, ordering from the menu

    With Premium, the order goes from the guest’s phone, to eat in or take away; they then pay at the counter, as online payment is not open to Belgian restaurants. Allergens stay listed dish by dish.

    • Ordering from the menu, paid at the counterPremium
    • The 14 EU allergens on every dishIncluded
    What Premium includes

Questions

Questions and answers

How do I apply for a terrace in Liège?

Through the Bureau de Police administrative: an application form, a precise plan of the set-up and, unless it is your first request, proof that last year’s fee was paid. The permit is granted by the Collège communal.

The office is on the 16th floor at Potiérue 5; it answers on +32 4 221 81 80 and at [email protected], on weekdays from 9am to noon.7

Is paying the fee enough to put out my terrace?

No. The city spells it out: paying the fee is neither a permit nor a right to set up a terrace. Conversely, not paying it means giving up the permit.7

Can I take down the posted menu and keep only the QR code?

No. The FPS Economy says prices must be readable from outside without scanning anything; a QR code can only come on top. The full rules are on our Belgium page.

Menyu works alongside the posted menu: it stays, and the QR code opens the full version.15

Display rules in Belgium
Should my Liège menu be in Dutch?

It depends on who you serve. The MICHELIN Guide groups restaurants in Maastricht and Eijsden, in the Netherlands, under Liège and its surroundings.

Menyu translates dishes into Dutch as into 24 other languages; the menu’s buttons stay in French or English.6

How do I reach ULiège students?

The university has 29,972 students on four campuses. A lunch menu that shows at lunchtime, then a reason to come back: with Premium, a game on the menu and a voucher sent by e-mail.2

Can my guests settle the bill online?

Not for a restaurant in Belgium: Menyu payment accounts can only be opened in France. Premium orders are paid at the counter.

Do these Liège restaurants use Menyu?

No. They are in the MICHELIN Guide selection, which lists 77 restaurants for Liège and its surroundings; we cite them as landmarks and did not contact them.6

Limits

What Menyu does not do

  • Online payment isn’t available to a Belgian venue: Menyu opens payment accounts in France only.
  • Translation covers the dishes; the basket and filters show in French or English, the opening status in French.
  • Bookings are confirmed by e-mail: no text message, no reminder before the visit.
  • Menyu does not talk to your till: receipts still come from your own cash register system.

Method

How this page was made

Written by the Menyu team in Montpellier from Statbel, the City of Liège, the University of Liège, the FPS Economy, the MICHELIN Guide and the restaurants’ websites, all read on 21 October 2026. The restaurants listed are not Menyu customers. AI-generated image, showing no identifiable real place.

Sources

  1. Statbel, Population par commune au 1er janvier (1992-2026)statbel.fgov.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  2. Université de Liège, Chiffres-clés 2026uliege.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  3. Le Bistrot d’en Face, Site officiel de Le Bistrot d’en Facelebistrotdenface.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  4. Guide MICHELIN, Le Bistrot d’en Face, Liègeguide.michelin.com · accessed 21 October 2026

  5. Guide MICHELIN, Caudalie, Liègeguide.michelin.com · accessed 21 October 2026

  6. Guide MICHELIN, Restaurants MICHELIN, Liège et ses environsguide.michelin.com · accessed 21 October 2026

  7. Ville de Liège, Terrasse sur la voie publique, autorisation préalable obligatoire - HORECAliege.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  8. Guide MICHELIN, ¡Toma!, Liègeguide.michelin.com · accessed 21 October 2026

  9. ¡Toma!, Site officiel de ¡Toma!toma-restaurant.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  10. Guide MICHELIN, Héliport Brasserie, Liègeguide.michelin.com · accessed 21 October 2026

  11. Héliport Brasserie, Site officiel de Héliport Brasserieheliportbrasserie.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  12. Caudalie, Site officiel de Caudaliecaudalie-restaurant.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  13. Guide MICHELIN, Enoteca, Liègeguide.michelin.com · accessed 21 October 2026

  14. Enoteca, Site officiel de Enotecaenoteca.be · accessed 21 October 2026

  15. SPF Économie, Guidelines : indication des prix dans l’horecaeconomie.fgov.be · accessed 21 October 2026