We liked the place and the food so much that we went back the next day for brunch as well. We have…read moretried the cheese croquettes, cheese omelette, Croque Monsieur and Madam and everything is pretty good. Outdoor seating is comfortable and affords a lot of fun people watching in the square and the flea market. But just know that you will need to pay in cash. They do not accept credit cards.

Spaghetti bolo for breakfast? Hell yeah!…read more After a morning jaunt through the flea market where I snatched up a fab porcelain pastry plate for 2E, my local host suggested a mid-morning snack at this 100% authentic Belgian café. As soon as we walked through the door my heart started to flutter. The wood paneled restaurant with its large central Zinc bar, gruff but friendly waiters, formica table tops with little napkin dispensers looks like it hasn't budged in 50 years. In a word: adorable! After examining the menu thoroughly I settled on the house specialty of spaghetti bolo and a café russe to wash it all down. An incongruous blend, I know, but hey, in a 24hr Belgian diner anything goes. Needless to say the bolo was like nothing I've ever had. Served over slightly overcooked vermicelli and topped with grated gruyere, the peppery, chunky bolognaise sauce had a regressive, quirky, heartiness to it that made the whole dish super fun to eat. If I lived in BXL I could see La Clef d'Or becomming a regular post flea market spot.

Cute little place by the square. I think we were not the…read moreonly tourists here but it still did not give me the typical "tourist trap" feel. We tried some local beer (of course) and the burger, a ham and cheese platter and a baguette. The food was all good, the service friendly but a little too slow...

A fairly cosy place alright, and service was good up until the point where they screwed up…read more I'm allergic to wheat and therefore asked if there were any pasta in the vegetarian lasagna (since there was both eggplant and zucchini in it, which usually is used in substitut to pasta) and the answer was no. When we received the food (by the way, I also got lots of bread with this dish, going great with the allergy) we were kind of in a hurry, so when we started eating and I realized there was pasta in it I decided pick it out with my fork (classy!) and tell them about the situation when they came to the table. When I told the waitress the problem she simply said there shouldn't be any pasta in it and went to talk to someone. When she came back she sort of mumbled to me in bypass that she would remove our teas from the bill. To say the least, I was hardly satisfied with this lack of respect or the compensation (I mean! I degraded my self with picking like a five year old, I'd removed half my dish and last but certainly not least I'd hade traces of wheat in my system which I'm, like I said, allergic to) but I didn't feel like making further fuss so I agreed. When it came to payment then. The waitress removed not 2, but 1 tea from the bill. I asked about this and the waitressed answered that she couldn't give my husband a free tea because there was nothing wrong with his food. Add on that, she started blurt that we had asked for tap water (shame on restaurants for serving bottled water when there's perfectly good water in the tap!) which she served us even though the were not supposed to (like that's our problem). She also explained at this point that when I asked about pasta she thought I meant macaronis. So, that's that and in the end I got a big fat "we don't care" and 4 € compensation for a 15 € dish that I had to remove half, and I had to eat traces something I'm allergic to. And for the record, obviously it's not about the money, I went in there affording my food, it's about service and the empathy. They made a mistake, how ever honest it was, a person in their restaurant got hurt by it. They should feel ashamed for not treating me and the situation with respect.

This place came highly recommended by the interwebs. Zoervleis is described as a sour beef stew…read morewhich sounds unappetizing, I thought it tasted like beef stew in a spiced barbecue sauce, somewhere between KC and NC style. The fries were nothing special but the main was a tasty intro to local food, with a side of apple sauce to clean the palate. Mandarin sorbet was tasty and not overly sweet. It has some floral notes, perhaps honey? A lot of things are decorated with this amusing drawing of a man and woman at dinner. The man is licking his plate while the woman is holding it up like a mirror. Inside is on the smaller side, though I may be comparing to American size. It does get kind of loud.

Highly recommended. We arrived around 1800 and it was packed. We waited for a table for a little…read morebit which was no problem since one of our party hadn't arrived yet. The staff ensured we had drinks and chatted with us as we waited. Over the next four plus hours we had an incredible time. The staff was very welcoming, and the food was fantastic. It's not very big but for our party of 4 that wasn't a problem and the seating was comfortable. Hope to go again the next time I'm in Maastricht.

Best steak and real fries and real mayonnaise in Hasselt! Friendly also. Parking and casual…read moreambiance.