A great authentic Belgian meal while you're in Brussels! This restaurant has been around for a…read morelong time, is always packed, often with a lineup outside. But they do their best to seat as many people as possible. I got in fairly quickly because i was alone. The food was fantastic. I had the Carbonade a la Biere, and it was so great! Like a beef stew and very tasty. Also had some good Belgian beer. Service was attentive and very fast. The restaurant is lively and exciting - not really a quiet romantic dinner. But a lot of fun!

If you want to try Belgian food with reasonable prices then this was one good option in Brussels…read more I arrived early for Friday night dinner and the restaurant was just over half full with lots of available seating. While the register states No Cards one of the servers told the table next to mine not worry when they didn't have enough euros. Only a drink menu was provided and the dishes being served that day were handwritten on moveable boards or posted on the wall. I had on my list a couple to try but finally went with the Belgian carbonades à la biere which was beef stew with mashed potatoes in a dark gravy made with beer. The plate was quite generous and much appreciated since I devoured it. I enjoyed the creaminess of the potatoes swirled with gravy but the meat could've been a tad bit more tender. Service was good. I think everyone on the floor stopped by my table for one reason or the other. Ambiance was casual and looked like many people were taking their time over their meals. When finished you need head to the register to settle the tab. I paid in cash. Worth a return visit.

As a tourist in Brussels, I counted on Yelp to guide me to good eating and drinks!! I was not let…read moredown, this place was great!! The food was outstanding, one of the best meals I've had all week in Brussels. I had the sole and it was delicious. The sauces and veggies were great and large portions! I was stuffed. My girlfriend got the salmon pasta with sun dried tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, it was also delicious!! Very impressed. The atmosphere is romantic, although I went with my girlfriend and it was still fine! The service was great, the waiter was very friendly and helped us with the menu. Highly recommended!

Wonderful little French restaurant. Service was exemplary and duck was amazing. We enjoyed a…read morewonderful evening with great food!

This must be one of my favourite restaurants on Brussels! Located a little away from the city…read morecentre, next to the hospital Moliere, the restaurant offers high quality at reasonable prices. If the weather allows, their private terrace is a great place for a drink or a meal. The owner,of Balkan origin, made us feel right at home with his French cuisine with a touch of Eastern Europe. Both him and his wife speak various languages. The wines are very well chosen and show that they are no novice in the business. I can highly recommend this brasserie.

Le Pavillon is a little (few tables) very authentic restaurant serving Belgian food…read more I loved this place. It's cosy, authentic, staff is super friendly and flexible, and food is good. We hadn't reserved a table and the restaurant was full, but they really tried to be helpful and finally we found a compromise : either a little table or a larger one for an hour. The little table was perfect to us and could enjoy a this lovely place.

Fantastic restaurant in a beautiful location. I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to go…read morebefore COVID. As one of my first meals in Brussels, it became the highlight of the trip. The staff is incredibly friendly and accommodating. I got the roasted duck which was perfectly cooked, along with the sides. The chocolate mousse alone is worth a trip back -- hopefully I'll have the chance!

As our last night of our vacation we made a reservation over 3 weeks ago for what we thought would…read morebe a lovely dinner via their website and had a confirmation and reminders sent to us. Thank goodness we called before we trekked out there... not only did they not have our reservation, but argued with us and wouldn't accommodate us, nor guarantee the quality of our dinner should they be able to fit us in. Our son is vegan and we are very limited on where we can go, especially in this city. What an extreme disappointment. Guess there's a reason there are limited recent reviews of this restaurant.

A meal here is a marathon - a languorous, dull experience. The four courses took over 2 1/2…read morehours. It was inexplicable why it took 45 minutes to plate such small portions. The food was not worth the wait. Began with an amuse bouche trio in the garden. It was creatively plated but was bland. We had hoped to sit outside, but were taken inside into the dining room which completely lacked energy, for the remainder of the ongoing evening. It's a fixed menu with no choices. Courses just came out and the three savory courses were totally unmemorable and rather small. (But by 10:30, who wants a large portion anyway?) The best course was desert of a meringue cookie in a cherry sauce with some sorbet. The courses came paired with wine, and each wine was a distinct step down in interest and quality from the preceding one, ending with a gross, sweet sparkling with dessert. 4 courses with wine was $200. It's telling if you spend $100/person and can't recall three of the courses.

From the owner: Cuisine française aux influences japonaisesread more

Unfortunately, the service was extremely slow. If you have 3 hours (no joke) for dinner, then this…read moreis the place for you. Food wasn't worth the wait either. Not sure what was happening but we waited over an hour in our seats eating bread. When the food finally arrived, It was rather bland and overcooked. The dessert was mediocre. Not worth the $$$ even as a prefix 44 euro for 3 courses. Skip it and find another place. This was a letdown.

The reviews are legit! I had been to some good restaurants away from City Center, but I was…read moresurprised to see the good reviews of this place so close to The Square. When I arrived I found an impressive menu of food and drink that I did not expect. They had Westmalle beer, and that was a great start. Ricardo the host/proprietor/waiter is originally from Columbia and we worked through some broker Spanish (on my part) to order an impressive array of Wild Shrimp Croquettes, Chorizo and (I think) Radish Homemade Ravioli, House Cut Steaks w/Belgium Frittes, and Beef Cheeks in Gravy. Very high quality food for this area, in a very friendly atmosphere. I think it was Anna (the chef) who came out and she was very sweet. I could see great care was taken in the preparation. I highly recommend this place when in the center of Brussels. The yelps were on point with this one.

A fine Michelin starred restaurant in Uccle, next to the 92 tram and 60 bus routes (they have a car…read morepark too). There are very good set menu options which probably represent better value. The 5 course evening menu for €75 was delicious.

This was a very good restaurant. If it didn't have a Michelin star, we would have been satisfied…read more But it didn't live up to the hype. None of the food stood out. We loved the fig tart. The foie gras was good, but not above par. The best thing on the menu was the chocolate dessert. That was divine. The space reminded us of a suburban church.

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!