One of the Best dining experiences we have had to date in Mons. Located a short walk down from the…read moreGrand Place almost kitty corner to the Parking Grand-Place. We were their first customers for the dinner meal. My wife's french is decent, although she has to ask people to slow down for her. Our waiter was superb, he didn't mind that we had language difficulties, and he even apologized for his poor English skills. He really made our experience world class. We decided we wanted wine tonight, but have little experience with European wines, so we definitely needed help, and asked for a white wine that was slightly sweet. He brought us out two different 30ml samples, one dryer and more grapefruitier than the other, which I liked, and Sheri enjoyed the sweeter wine, can't remember what they were though. We noticed that they had charcuterie on the Menu, but were worried that it was the cheap cheese and salami cubes we have snacked on at other restaurants here in Belgium. When asked our waiter named all 6 cheeses on the board and we recognized several of them, so we were really excited and ordered the mixed plate of meat and cheese. When our waiter brought out the charcuterie board along with a basket of fresh homemade brown bread we thought we died and went to heaven. Every delightful bite was perfection. We then ordered our dinner for the night, Sheri ordered the Orange Duck, and I ordered The Herve Burger (cheeseburger), both medium rare. At the same time, I decided that I wanted a red wine with my burger and asked what he would recommend. They have this Red Blend called "Suivi des Fees" from Brulhois France; it was superb and perfect with my burger. The Herve cheese on this burger was a Belgium earthy creamy ripe cheese that was awesome and made this a delicious unique burger. My wife loved her Orange Duck, and we traded bites of food so both could sample each other's main dish and we both really enjoyed our food. The best was that we considered our food and service to be 5-Star level fine dining; we were very pleasantly surprised that with 4 glasses of wine, charcuterie, and two main courses that our bill was only €64, in the states this meal would have cost greater than $100 U.S. We love Mons, so we definitely will be back for another scrumptious culinary experience.

We had a wonderful experience here today. The bottled bier selection is good, definitely enjoyed…read morethe Westmalle Dubbel. Did not care for the Orval, but that is personal preference. Our server was excellent, especially when compared to the service from Leffe Plaza as they ignored us. We enjoyed the Fromage et Sausage plate, and their Meatballs in tomato sauce with a side of fritzs. OMG the meatballs are too die for. I would come here just for the meatballs, Yum YUm YUM!!! They are to die for, fantastic good!!! Would definitely eat and drink here again!!!

Food was not very good. Good for drinks. Service was good. Ambiance was good. I ordered the fish…read moreand chips, while my family got a few basic things- pasta, etc. I recommend to go for beer or drinks.

From the owner: Cuisine inventive (gastronomique).read more

Recommended by the manager at Utopia hotel. Very nice atmosphere and great food. Interesting…read morelocal dishes (anise) and wine. Not surprisingly the staff doesn't speak any English but they were pretty tolerant of our fractured French. I didn't try Dutch, maybe that would have worked better.

I loved this place- I went with the menu and had a 3 course meal for a set price. I got the…read morecaprese salad, a regular steak portion, and an ice cream dessert. The caprese was perfect and came out in a nice presentation on the plate. The entree also came with a salad, fries and string beans, all of which were very, very good. The dessert was also a great ending to the meal. We were also given mini cookies and creme brulees at the end of the meal, which were just as good, if not better, than the other desserts we ordered.

The food is good not great - plat du jour was veal in a carbonnade-like sauce - but it was 7.20…read moreEUR. Kids got - 1/2 a chicken, which was enourmous; and grilled pork chops. Both around the same price. Everything came with middling frites. I got a local Grisette Blonde in the bottle (they only had Maes on draft). Simple decor and atmosphere match the prices. Everyone besides us appeared to be locals.

What a nice little restaurant located just down the road from the main square in Mons. The place…read moreis rarely opened, meaning it keeps funny hours. We went on a Friday evening and I think it opened at 6 and stayed opened until 10. Since it was Friday, a non-meat day I was told by my young lady, we both decided on having trout with almonds. Well the almonds were thin, shaved down and roasted. The trout, of course, had a face on it. I forgot about that but it didn't give me any dirty looks, so it was ok. The fish came with potatoes for me (I decided against fries) and chicon for my lady. We also had a beer each. Their main beer is the French one, Kronenbourg 1664, which isn't a bad beer and a nice change from Jupiler or Stella Artois. Since I was still hungry I did the dessert thing and had a dame blanche. It cost 50 cents more to have the chocolate sauce heated up. No biggie. The lady had a taramisu and said it was quite tasty. My ice cream was good, as ice cream usually is AND it was a big sundae. The entire bill was 34.30 Euro. This was VERY inexpensive for all that food and all that GOOD food!

Non-French speaker here so the experience was uncomfortably funny and very enjoyable - one of the…read moreworkers could tell I was struggling to order in French but I ended up ordered exactly what I wanted, the Frites Éspices, I think that's what it was called. So yummy AND inexpensive.