The story
At La Baita on Kloosterstraat in Neerpelt, Italian contemporary cooking takes center stage. The restaurant’s approach is rooted in tradition yet expressed with modern precision, earning a Michelin Recommended distinction in 2026.
The kitchen presents a series of tasting menus built around seasonal, refined ingredients. Starters like Vitello tonnato—a 2026 interpretation with tuna, thinly sliced veal, bonito, and caper leaves—set a confident tone. Pappardelle of sepia with squid ink and green herbs follows, while Cappeletti filled with black truffle offers a deeply aromatic pasta course. Seafood appears as skrei gently cooked in olive oil, paired with peas and leek. The menu closes with a classic tiramisu, reimagined as Caffé cacao e memoria.
For those seeking a shorter experience, the Tasting Menu distills these same flavors into a compact sequence, including the same vitello tonnato, skrei, truffle cappeletti, porchetta with spitskool and fennel, and tiramisu.
The dining room is warm and understated, letting the Italian contemporary cuisine speak. Gault Millau’s 12/20 score further underscores the kitchen’s consistent quality. Whether for a full degustation or a focused tasting, La Baita offers a deliberate, satisfying exploration of modern Italian cooking in Belgium’s Limburg region.
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