It´s not what it used to be ! The place is not very packed…read moreanymore..i wondered why when I arrived. Did a reservation anyways. The person on the other side of the phone was as friendly as a prison cell. Once arrived, service was as sznsed on the phone. Quality and price of the food were ridiculous.. Basically you will pay 1€ per piece. So scampis are at 4€, you get 4(frozen) scampis, chese "platter" is around 4€, here is 3 tiny piece of cheese (slice pf camembert).... Wine gave me a headache. If you would like a great tapas place, with friendly service and good wine, try l'auberge espagnole ! (Book first, it was full and this is why I finished here)

Not the cheapest but there are some really good tapas to be had here. However not all of them are…read more"traditional" tapas, the concept is fun and it is a great place to have dinner at with a couple of friends.

This restaurant got great vibes! All the dish were so delicious. My favorite was the Iberian pork…read morewith potatoes. The sauce on the side was made with wine, goes perfect with the pork! Pork was grilled juicy and tender. Remember to make your reservation when you go. It get crowded at dinner!

Everything was amazing! The service the food and most importantly the homemade sangria!! Make sure…read moreyou get a liter to go!

We've walked past El Vasco numerous times and everytime the wife and I have been trying to figure…read moreout just when we could go and feast on Basque food. Well, we also noticed they serve sandwichs. After the sandwich spot we were going to go to only accepted cash, and we didn't have any, we decided to walk a bit outta our way and finally try the sandwichs here. We were both excited to try the rillette de canard, and that's what we did. I got the rillette de canard with a black olive tapenade, and sundried tomatoes on olive bread. The wife got something very similar, without the tapenade and instead with olive oil and no sundried tomatoes. We went with the meal deal for 8.5€, which also got us the most amazing meat empanada I've ever tasted. We had lunch there pretty early, I think we were her first customers of the day and therefore the empanadas were still slightly warm. The meal deal also came with a soft or a water of your choice. The sandwiches were amazing and for the price with the internet and the meal deal it's really hard to beat for such a great sandwich. We will undoubtedly come back and try their wine and tapas. So all in all, if you're looking for a sandwich made with amazing ingredients come here...you won't regret it.

Really bad service , we went there two times once she told she don't serve anymore . Today I was…read morethere at 14:40 but se told we can't eat anymore there . If we want we can just buy a sandwich . I'll never come back again

I can't believe this entry is mentioned under "Bookshop" and not "Restaurant". And not even just…read moreany restaurant but an EXCELLENT restaurant. Maybe its to keep this restaurant a hidden gem? Hidden it is definitely, as one would never enter this place in order to find (excellent) food by the look of its windows, that is to say, the windows of a simple, modest and typical Belgian bookshop, selling newspapers, lottery tickets, but also cigars! Yes, and a very nice collection of cigars too. But maybe those cigars are intended to put you in this relaxed atmosphere where you can enjoy some very good whiskey, excellent French cuisine and cigars (outside then probably). In order to be able to get there, you need to first enter the bookshop. Once you're inside, struck by the neon lights of the bookshop, you suddenly are nicely surprised by the view at the end of the bookshop: a cozy, warm-feeling, small restaurant, decorated in the typical older French brasserie style, with a huge window showing you the chefs at work. You know you're about to experience something very special! Have I already mentioned this restaurant is excellent? Right... It is a gem! You sit down and can already feel the specialness in the table setting. Every piece has "De Maurice à Olivier" engraved. How many restaurants still go this far in the details? Then, there is the service: all the attention you need without going over the top. Classy, but not pretentious. One big family to make you feel at home and show you their best French cuisine (ok, I won't mention the fact that the owner who sat at the bookshop counter kept on looking at us, which made me feel a little bit uncomfortable. So I tried not to look. I think she really checked us out, as we must have been the only new guests in her restaurant/bookshop. But in the end, we had a little chat and she's really nice, although physically, you might think it's better not to mess with her, :) ). The food? Excellent! I could describe it with all the best adjectives that could exist in the restaurant world, but I'll keep it to the fact that knowing how to cook game meat and create original variants with it is a main quality qualifier. The dishes were definitely original, not yet experienced in any other restaurant and never had I eaten game meat so soft and tender that it would melt in your mouth. Of course, my review is only based on their special game meat menu during the season. I will surely come back again and try their regular menu and see if the restaurant offers the same quality for all its dishes. But in the meantime, based on my first experience, it deserves a 5-star rating. Anyways, the French expression rightly says: L'habit ne fait pas le moine. Who would have thought this: a restaurant in a bookshop? And by the way: the fact that this is a restaurant that is open at restaurant hours makes it also very convenient if you need anything from the bookshop at (almost) any time! Way to go!

Came across this place when roaming the Flagey area. Was intrigued by what cuisine it was. Opens…read morenormal dinner time which is nice. The service was alright nothing fantastic considering we waited almost 20 minutes for a check because the waiter kept forgetting when it got busy. Other than that, the food was great and the mojitos were even better! Since it's a wine and tapas place we decided to order every app on the menu as dinner. The bread they serve with the apps is so fresh and went great with their carpaccio which was fantastic. I highly recommend that. The dessert menu has Tiramisu which finished out the meal beautifully accompanied by an expresso.

I have been here for just drinks and also for lunch. My recommendation is to go for just drinks and…read moremaybe some tapas. The beer and wine selection is fine and you can't really mess up slicing some jamon or putting olives on a plate. The food I have had here was just not very good. The kitchen is right there when you walkt in so you can see how little it is. I was too bashful to give it a good inspection but they can't have much to work with. And it kind of shows. The croque monsieur was dry and the cheese not really molten. The galette with egg was undercooked. The interior is cozy, the atmosphere is good, and the service is friendly. They should decide to focus on drinks and light fare because the kitchen seems to be unequipped for serious cooking.

Really enjoyed our dinner here. Service was good and the food was excellent. Offer a casual but…read morenice environment. My friends enjoyed the sangria and I was happy with my tequila. :-). This is a great spot.

Came based on the yelp reviews. They are very wrong. Not only are the tapas not good, some are…read moreactually gross. I agree with another commenter that stated the food is cheap and not good quality at all. The warm chorizo had no flavor or spiciness. The bruschetta with tempenade had a strong fishy flavor. The free bread offered is stale, cheap, flavorless white bread. Other downsides: this is not a clean place. There are splatters of food across the walls and menus. The menu is a laminated piece of paper, two actually. They can't be bothered to consolidate and reprint new menus. It is very dark and the night we visited, VERY loud. There is a three tapa minimum per person- yet another sign the of a cheap place.