An absolutely fantastic place! The dishes are out of this world in taste and presentation -…read moreespecially at this price level! You really spare yourself the flight ticket to the Caribbean by coming here. The home made drinks are authentic (a little rough to my taste in terms of the choice of rum). The food is delicious and rich in taste! A real good choice for something unusual in Brussels! Service is worth her praise as well - she ran the whole place alone well. The garden needs a good cleaning/upgrade. Not all tables are great (I guess by now it is evident from the above that we got lucky).

I have eaten at this restaurant at least 5 times in the past year, each time sampling something…read moredifferent. I've never been disappointed. The dishes are always quite flavorful, from starters to main (desserts not so much, but I never have room anyway) and the service is always fast and friendly. The price for what you get is quite reasonable You must try the crab/avocado salad and if you like spicy, go for the tartar of fish - one of my faves! Make a restaurant so as not to be left out because it's a pretty small restaurant that is quite popular!

Making a reservation was so easy with their website. Went on a Sunday for lunch, it was calm and…read morequiet. Few customers (probably covid related). The decorations were simple and beautiful. The waiter was super nice and he knew the menu well. The menu was simple enough for me to think that everything is made fresh everyday! Everything we ordered was delicious, although, i must say that ordering entrées and the menu is too heavy all were delicious but we got full quickly. It's like we had food good for 3 people with the big plate of the menu. I recommended this place to my friends and of course everyone else. Ethiopian food is awesome!

I was very impressed with Kokob. I'd been missing Ethiopian and Eritrean food since I moved from…read moreWashington DC. Knowing that there isn't a huge community in Brussels, I didn't have particularly high expectations for Kokob. The restaurant was adorable, very clean and tastefully decorated. Service was very good and fast. Most importantly, the food was delicious. We got the combo that had two meat dishes and three veggies, and everything was amazing. The drink selection was good, too. They had a wide selection of regular wine, Ethiopian honey wine, beer, coffee, and tea. Overall, it was a great experience. I have two major complaints that prevent me from giving this place five stars. First off, the combo meals are absurdly expensive. They have combos for minimum two people, charging EUR 20 PER PERSON for a minimum of two people. It was also way too much food, easily enough to feed four people, but if you had four people eating the same combo, you would be paying 80 euros! And yet, I know that the combo option is clearly the best way to enjoy this type of cuisine. To better strategize for next time, I would go with a group of 4-8 people and order menu items individually to share, in order to maximize our value. Secondly, they will not let you take the enjera (bread) home. We had a ton of leftovers that I was eager to take home. First they said that I just couldn't take home anything on the enjera that we'd been eating off of. They said I could take home everything else, including extra enjera, but that the enjera had to be eaten by noon the next day. Then the server consulted with the kitchen and declared that I could not take home any enjera at all. I've taken enjera home many times from restaurants in the U.S. without problems, and Google tells me it will probably stay good in the fridge for 5-7 days. Being denied my leftover enjera really was the worst part of my day. That having been said, all the food was excellent, and I will definitely be back, but I'll probably bring my own container from home to sneak enjera into my purse.

This is our place since four years ago I moved to Brussels. Always come back for the chicken wings,…read morethe cheapest and best we could ever find in Brussels, 5 euros for 5 WHOLE wings and free rice! And they offer two different chilly sauces, one is the normal sweat chilly Thai sauce, but the other is really spicy, not to be missed. They also have grilled fish, lamb, chicken legs, vegeterian nems for about 8 euros, but the wings are the best! Maffe sauce, a sauce mostly made of peanut is great too.

Excellent spot in Matonge, covered with beautiful murals by John Bush. We had the peanut chicken…read moreand the fish. To an American palette, the chicken tasted a bit too strongly of peanut butter without additional seasoning. The fish, however, was excellent. I would definitely return.

This was my first time enjoying Ethiopian cuisine, and it was a unique gastronomic experience…read more We ordered shrimp in coconut sauce / Doro Wat (chicken with a spicy berbere sauce and an egg) & the sides they cane with were cabbage & carrots & chickpeas with turmeric. The items also come with a small salad and ayeb (cottage cheese) as well as injera. Everything arrived within about 20 minutes. The items were portioned out on a large sharing platter. The food was tasty & I especially loved the vegetables and the shrimp. The chicken was also good, but it was quite spicy and I did not have enough water. (They did not serve any tap water here & I bought a bottle but it disappeared fast!) The ayeb helped to cool down the spice a bit, but I only figured it out when I was halfway done as I did not know prior to dining that it was specifically used for this purpose. There is specific etiquette that accompanies eating Ethiopian food, but no one explained it to us. There may have been a language barrier, but understanding more about the proper manner to use injera & the rules around this particular cuisine would have been meaningful. Service was good to start, and then when we were done, it took 30 minutes to get the check. The restaurant is attractively decorated and the atmosphere is pleasant. It was full when we arrived at 8pm. The food was quite filling and we did not order dessert. It was reasonably priced for what we ordered, and I enjoyed the meal. Peace.

We went on a Friday night so the place was packed. We had no idea we needed a reservation but we…read morewere able to get a table luckily!!! They had an outdoor seating area with heating in the back. The service was pretty slow due to the amount of people that were there I guess. We ordered the vegan platter. I also wanted an Ethiopian coffee and the waiter said something to me like 'it's not Ethiopian' and I was confused. Ok so no coffee? Someone else wrote they had the coffee ceremony going on. Huh. Anyways the food was excellent. Full of flavor and packed with spice. It is ALOT of food!!! This could have easily been for 3 people. The price was reasonable as well. This would be a great place to come as a group and everyone could order a different platter to try.

I had seen the place already some months ago but never managed to go there. AMI is a…read morevegetarian/vegan restaurant with nice decor, full of light and delicious food. I have been there with a friend and her 1,5 years old daughter. It is kid-friendly and the staff is very kind and attentive. We had a soup and a veggie burger and the little one had a quinoa salad. Everything was fresh and tasty! An the prices are more than fair! The burgers are on the small side, so get two or add a soup or small salad! Definitely a place where I will bring my vegan friends when they are visiting, since in Brussels sometimes restaurants don't really get the concept of being vegan ;)

Firstly, I must admit I'm a bit nostalgic about this place which used to be an amazing homemade…read moresoup shop - it's still a bit weird to step and not find the smell of soup. First impression of Ami is generally positive - at 1pm it was almost completely full and the menu looked tempting. Given the demand for seats, we shared a table with another guy. While we ordered drinks (interesting choices) the guy waited to order, having arrived 5 minutess ahead of us. The staff were so busy that he was completely ignored, and discreetly gave up and walked out. Not a good start! Anyway, we went and ahead and ordered (shortly afterwards!) and were advised that the burgers will mini - i.e. better to order two at a time, or else combine it with soup. Good advice: they are delicious but are not a meal in themselves, even for lunch. My favourite was the Mexican-themed burger (I forget the name). Soup was some obscure vegetable which I decided to risk, and it turned out to be excellent - big thumbs up. Would definitely go back to try again - staff were very pleasant, but would maybe try and beat the lunchtime rush during the week.

Perfect mix between Africa and Europe, the owner looks like Django from the movie 'Django…read moreUnchained', no kidding.

You might find me here, randomly. Just another odd face in the mixed crowd. Enjoying live music…read moreperhaps, almost definitely with a drink, perhaps a beer, or a refreshing cocktail. Maybe I've just finished eating something. Something with meat, something filling and warm but unique and distinctive. It's not gourmet, or haute cuisine, it doesn't try to be. But it will satisfy and may surprise you if you can get passed the rough edges. It's a character. A grizzled old classic, changing and not changing, young and vibrant. Good for sharing.