Love this place they let you sit outside .Great weather enjoying our drinks . Outside they do not…read moreserve dinner menu . Super friendly staff . Enjoying Ghent and their friendly waiters .

Location: fairly close to center. Across from a few souvenir shops so perhaps this is a touristy…read morearea, but I didn't see that many locals. Restaurant itself is nice, with a good outside sitting area as well as a large indoor area. Food: I had gray shrimp croquettes and waterzooi fish, both traditional Ghent dishes. Croquettes could have had a bit more shrimp (they didn't say any thing about % of shrimp like some restaurants so I assume less than 45%). €10 per piece, so quite expensive. Fish stew was DELICIOUS! If it wasn't €28 could eat that stew for days Service: meh. They were only half full, but took awhile to get beverages and food. Had to remind the wait staff a few times. One unfortunate thing is because of the high Asian tourists in the restaurant, who were noisy and rude (taking pictures of EVERYTHING including restaurant patrons), the experience wasn't great. I left as soon as I could.

My husband and I split the platter and holy moly there was a ton of fresh seafood! Highlights for…read moreme were the raw oysters and the warm shrimp. The seasoning on warm items was very flavorful. I skipped some of the cold items (snails, small shrimp) because they were either too hard to eat or I didn't like the taste. Surprisingly, the best thing we had was the lobster bisque. I don't think I'd get the platter again. The seafood was okay but I don't know that it was worth the price. The lobster we had had very little meat inside. Service was friendly but the restaurant was basically empty the whole time we were there. Hopefully it picked up once we left because this is a local spot a little off the beaten path of tourist restaurants.

Excellent restaurant with fresh generous portions at reasonable prices. Delicious flavor for both…read morecold and hot seafood. Highly recommend.

Muscles were so dread and succulent and the chicken was delicious. The restaurant is in an old…read moreshelter during WW2 then a steel factory now an amazing restaurant which is Hugh but very comfortable and the staff are professional, friendly and knowledgeable. Great dining experience.

You won't be able to beat the ambiance and the view of this restaurant. The atmosphere is…read moredefinitely different than your normal type of Brasserie. As you can imagine from all of the pictures, the open skylight of this place is just amazing. When we came here I also noticed that they have an oyster day where a lot of sellers and restaurants come together and sample oysters. I thought that was pretty awesome. Anyways for food, I got the fish special which you probably won't get to have. It was good. I wouldn't say that it was absolutely spectacular, but I thought it was seasoned well. The special also came with a side of oysters along with the main meal with the fish and I thought it was pretty great. I got to try out some oysters which is always a delight. Service is okay, when you're done eating, you pay at the front so no need to wait at the table. Overall, my visit here was definitely welcomed. It was a little rainy, as Belgium usually is, but seeing the rain through the skylight just felt super cozy. I would say that the ambiance place definitely hits it.

I wanted some seafood for my first meal in Brussels and specifically walked over here after all the…read morereviews I read. This was a combo fish monger and restaurant in one. Large refrigerated cases faced the street with a variety of fresh fish, shellfish and premade seafood items. In the back the kitchen and food prep were visible and completed restaurant or to go orders were queued at its own counter (though staff would drop off at your table). Prices were quite reasonable comparing them to other restaurants in the more touristy streets. Also the cashier was very friendly with both locals and visitors. My favorite was the razor clams followed by the mussels and fish soup. Each was nicely seasoned and good size/ meaty for the shellfish. A separate bowl was also provided to hold all the empty shells. The WCs were located down a spiral staircase in the rear of the restaurant and was tiny. Overall a great start to my eating in Brussels.

Thank you, Mer du Nord for giving me one of my favorite meals during a recent European trip. I'm a…read moreherring lover and I got to try both pickled herring and Dutch-style cured herring (the kind that you see people dip in chopped onions and dangle by the tail and eat with their head tilted back.) I loved them both, but since I was not sure I would ever get to try the Dutch style in my life-time and despite it being a bucket list food, I was so enormously grateful. Even more grateful because it tasted amazing. I plowed through more than one I must admit. I might never get to try it again so I had to get more than one. Don't judge me. LOL. Anyway, the lady that helped me once I had one of the pickled and one of the cured ones was very patient and very kind. She seemed genuinely interested in what I thought and listened to me as I gushed like a fan boy over their products. I will never forget that and I was very appreciative. The place is pretty close to central, downtown Brussels and it was nice to just go to a table out in a courtyard and enjoy one of the favorite things I had on that trip. It was awesome.

This restaurant is definitely in my top 10 of best restaurants ever: they are unique and just like…read moreI like it: simple good food. If there was a sixth yelp star, I would give it to Den Beer. In general, I dislike eating lobster in a restaurant as it is typically a snobby affair and I have yet to master eating and enjoying a lobster without having it all over me. But Den Beer is super informal, it is like you go to your grammy's house to eat. The owner is 78 years old, she is a real gem: fierce but welcoming. The food itself is why I keep on coming here and keep on wanting to come back: the lobster is just DELICIOUS. I've tried several styles over the years and all are finger licking good. The lobsters are always super juicy and cooked to perfection, it would be hard to pick my favorite style as all of them are the bomb but maybe the grilled flambe with whiskey has a slight edge in my book. I truly wish Gusje, the owner, a long life and good health as I will continue to come again and again!

Good atmosphere, nice staff. Shrimp chips for appetizers for everyone ( even number would be nice)…read morefood was good. Down the street from the Marriott hotel and very short walk to the water .

Had a nice meal at this establishment. Staff was great food was good/ great. Very European (bland)…read morebut enjoyed it

It was my first meal in Antwerp. I couldn't decide where I wanted to eat, and also I did not want…read moreto have huge meal as it was late afternoon and I had dinner reservation in early evening. After quick search, I ended up coming here. I think we are talking about the same guy, but thought he was patient and kind enough to me, lol! Anyhow I picked octopus, razor clam, and some oysters - they were all tasty, but the best was octopus! It was so tender and flavorful...perfect combo with hummus (and bread)! The servers were also kind and helpful while eating upstairs. Yes, the stairs might be narrow and not so easy to go up and down, but it was great lunch experience!

The best mussels!! They are better than the fancy restaurants we visited. The mussels are slightly…read moresmaller but the smokiness is to die for! The guy out in front wasn't the friendliest but the server that brought our food and cleaned our table was super friendly and nice. Their fried seafood were amazing too. The tables are small, and not sure why they gave us the table by the restroom upstairs that was completely in the way of the server when other tables were open too. Clean table and clean bathroom was a plus!

It takes a lot to get me to leave a really poor review…read more However, While ordering or meals, we were told a dish we ordered was not available. (Mussels....) So, instead of giving us a second to look thru the menu for another item, when we asked the female server to come back while we looked, she got an attitude, rolled her eyes, mumbled something and stormed off. There are just too many GOOD places in this area to eat at, to put up with just plain rudeness. We paid for our drinks, and left to another eatery nearby.

I wish I could recommend this restaurant. Google reviews were overall very positive. However, when…read morearriving for 8pm reservations, were received by seemingly irritated staff. When informing them we were there for an 8pm reservation we're told to go up stairs. When attempting to go upstairs, we found the staircase to be mostly blocked by tables. We returned to the server to confirm where to go telling her the way we went was blocked by tables, and she looked at us very irritatingly and said, "go around them". After going back upstairs and weaving between tables we found a staff member who we again told we were there for our 8pm reservation. We were given an option of 2 inside tables or patio. The patio looked so inviting with the heaters and atmosphere we chose the patio. When going back down to the patio we told the before mentioned server we chose the patio and were told no, the patio was closed because it was only her and she couldn't serve us. At this point it was now very awkward, and we chose to leave instead of trying to again accommodated for a table. So disappointing.

A nice restaurant, conveniently located in the historic center…read more The price may be a touch high but I've found restaurant meals here to be expensive in general. The quality is rather good, though. We had a starter order of fried calamari. It was hot, tender, coated in crispy panko, and served with a sweet chili sauce that may have had a touch of curry. It was utterly delicious but the serving size was a bad joke. Four rings of calamari for 13€. I don't care how amazing it tasted. That price for that tiny a serving is unacceptable. The mains fared better. Contrary to some other comments, the server did not try to upsell us or get us to order more than we wanted. The mussels in garlic were drenched in a wonderful garlic bath and the serving was entirely reasonable for one person. Of course it comes with frites, which will be refilled by the server as often as requested. I don't care for mussels so I had some challenges with the menu. I settled on the shrimp croquettes with salad (and frites, cuz Belgium). Very well prepared and quite tasty, especially the salad dressing of all things, but the filling was much wetter than I prefer. Service was competent and professional, with the server even asking if we'd like the volume of the music turned down. Definitely worth it if you like mussels. Maybe not so much if mussels aren't your thing.

We actually came here to try the eel on green (apparently a known belgium dish). The only way I've…read morehad eel before was japanese bbq style (unagi don), so I was extremely intrigued as to what eel on green was. The sauce was like a pesto basil sauce, and the eel came with bone but was extremely soft and soaked in flavor. the green sauce was also perfect with the fries and complimentary bread. The bread was actually so soft and good that we asked for more! We also enjoyed the fish soup and the very fresh oysters!