[1][2][3] It was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1998–2004 and 2020 to present..[4][5][6][7][8] In 2011, GaultMillau gave the restaurant a rating of 19.5 out of 20.

[9] The restaurant was established by chef Hans van Wolde in 1997.

In 2001 the restaurant moved to the ground floor of a new building by Jo Coenen on the banks of the river Maas in the posh neighbourhood Céramique.

[10] In the Summer of 2011 Van Wolde started Beluga Beach Club in a park along the Meuse river, as a temporary project.

[11] The independent food guide Lekker.nl places Beluga often in the top five of the "Lekker Top-100".