We had lunch here on a normal saturday afternoon.The food was good, tasteful and nicely presented…read more However the staff wasn't so pleasant, they often didn't know what was happening, had to wait quite a long time for our order and drinks, they got confused which table ordered what, and didn't know what was on the menu. The setting of this place is modern, newly renovated place I presume with a Champagne bar outside, which we used once aswel, and again, it took the staff almost 30minutes to notice us and take our order at the Champagne bar. This is quite a classy place, where alot of effort went into it, it's sad to see how staff can ruin such a nice place

Eh - 2.5 stars rounding up…read more The good: * Location - if the weather is nice, the terrace seats, especially the ones right on the street - are great. We got a 4-top that was separate from the other diners but right on the street. * Frites - fresh and well cooked. * Artichoke starter was good. Cons: * Service is fairly dopey. * Steak - well seasoned and well cooked, but a little tough and fatty. * I got this carpaccio-like starter that just had way too much mayonnaise, and canned tuna fish in the middle. * House special main course had good meat, but was pretty lackluster.

Being from the same owners as my earlier reviewed place "Brasserie Fred", we didn't have high hopes…read morefor the service. However, the moment we arrived we noticed a day and night difference in staff, people were friendly, well informed and quick to help us. The food was heavenly, nothing more to say, it was almost perfect, the cooking time was exactly how it should be, and even the wine our waiter recommended matched everything perfectly. Definitely a recommendation for people who don't mind paying a little extra for excellent quality.

Durbuy has a bunch of tourist restaurants and it seems to be hard to separate the good ones from…read morethe tourist traps. These guys keep it simple, and it works. I got grilled dorade, kids got steak, and wife got a spicy spatchcoked chicken, and it was all good. Frites were good. Spoiled kids got dame blanche's for dessert. De Koninck on draft.

Cute location (sitting outside is recommended), solid appetizers and desserts, mediocre main…read moredishes, and astonishingly poor service. Not rude so much as overburdened and poorly organized. We sat for about 30 minutes before even being acknowledged beyond a menu by the wait staff, and when it was clear we wanted to order a prix fixe menu with a wine pairing, it took another 20 minutes to get any wine, and 45 minutes to get the first dish. This was with me going over twice and trying to politely imply they should come by, including "could you please stop by the table with some water?" I'm very used to (and really enjoy) the difference of rural European dinner settings from a typical American or British experience - dinners that last 2-3 hours, where you're not too bothered by the staff, etc. - but common decency would say if you're going to make people wait (and you know you're running slow) that you bring out some wine, or comp something. The chocolate cake dessert was excellent, and one of the appetizers - a tuna tartare with a wasabi and creme topping - was very good. The two entrees (a smoked veal and a pan roasted white fish) were good, but a little overpriced for what they were.

Whimsical, but then again one would expect that from a brewery that features a little hop-seeking…read moregnome on its labels. A lot of Belgian breweries are surprisingly tiny operations, but that can't be said about the Chouffe. In 2006, the brewery was purchased by the much larger Duvel Moortgat, and it shows. This brewery and its surrounding area is really quite the enterprise by rural Belgian standards - there's the brewery itself, a tap room, another tap room that serves food, an adjacent full-service restaurant with a stocked trout pond behind it, and a gift shop. This all seems a bit "commercial" and United States/Disney-esque, especially after you've been traipsing around Belgium and rural France visiting decidedly non-commercial breweries that half the time were closed, much less have a freakin' gift shop. There's even a pond with a little island with a gnome-hut on it. It would have to try pretty hard to be more cutesy. Still, there's something to be said for this kind of corporatist professionalism, even if it does somewhat resemble visiting the Epcot Center, if it had a "Belgium" pavilion. You don't have to worry about it being open, which was a constant problem in visiting other breweries throughout the region. There will always be a wide, complete range of its beers available, both for on-site consumption and to take home. And of course, plenty of merch and swag featuring that lovable gnome! A Chouffe tulip glass is a must - and there's even Chouffe coffee and cream liqueurs available, of which we purchased a couple small samplers. Of course, there's also the beer. Even after the Chouffe's purchase by a larger brewery, the flagship La Chouffe strong blonde ale hasn't suffered all that much - it's still one of the better examples of the popular "Belgian Strong Pale Ale" style. I think it's got more going on than either Duvel and Delirium....more fruity, spicy, yeasty, while at the same time being a little cleaner than a La Fin Du Monde. I'd still rank it as my favorite easily-accessible example of the style.

I have lived in Europe for years and have come to accept poor service at restaurants…read more This one took the cake. I sat there for more than 20 mins and was not approached one time for service. There were multiple tables that came in after me and folks were served directly. I am 6'11" or 210 cm tall. Clearly the biggest person in the restaurant, so there is no reason I could not have been seen. Huge let down after traveling from Hawaii to my favorite brewery.