Agua del Mar

Ostend


This business-casual restaurant features imaginative mussel-shell-mosaics, and the arc of its raised terrace surveys the western beaches. The upmarket menu includes scallop risotto, lobster with asparagus, and duck in peanut sauce. Come between 3pm and 6pm for pancakes and coffee (from €3.50) or later for cocktails (€7 to €10).


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