One of my favorite places in town!…read more The Belgian Tapas here are fantastic. Everyone I have brought here has had nothing but great things to say about it. That said, the entrees could be dialed in a bit, and there was a very long (longer than normal for Belgium) wait time for our main course. Currently, I would add this place as a definte stop for a progressive dinner plan, just for the tapas. Seriously, just go get them. They do speak english.

This is my home away from home…read more O'Pub and it's staff can be considered the heart of the Mons expat community. It's comfortable. It has good beers. I could not recommend a better place for a drink on a typical Belgian rainy day.

Really the only place in town to go and catch a Premiership game. They call it an Irish pub but it…read moreis the most un-Irish pub that I have ever been to and I have been to many. Saying that, It is nice, comfortable and there are some decent beers on offer. They tend to keep it very dark though for some reason. I also heard that it gets pretty crazy later in the night and there have been the occasional fights. Nice during the day and early evening hours but I wouldn't go there when all the drunks are out!

Grabbed a burger with some friends last week while visiting Mons. This place is tucked away close…read moreto city center. It has an awesome outside dining space with fire pits in the tables for winter dining. Inside has a pub atmosphere. As for the food, I got The Old Country burger which was okay. I ordered the large but it wasn't much bigger than my friends who got a regular size burger. The fries were more like chips, but the truffle aioli was fantastic. They didn't have a dessert menu which was a disappointment. The service was really slow, but the food came pretty quick. Overall I'd eat there again.

Quite a new bar in Mons and quite a different kind of bar. It's nice to have a bar that isn't…read morereally a cafe. This place specializes in cocktails but, to me anyway, they're not cheap cocktails - 7 to 9 euros - or maybe I'm just cheap. There is just about every kind of drink you may want from mojitos to many different beers to drinks that I've never heard of. I was there on a Thursday and the place got crowded but not overbearing. The crowd seems to be more mature than the local student population (probably due to the prices) and many seemed to have come right from their jobs to have a drink, being in suits and ties. They also have a couple tv screens and as I was leaving they had a Europa League game on. Oh, great music too!

Watch your wallet. Husband and I recently moved to Mons. Have been checking out the local venues…read more This is the only one so far that has tried to rip us off. Ordered two beers, an omelette and a sandwich. (Stale bread? With a boulangerie on every street? Really? But whatever.) When we asked the waiter for the check, he made a big show of adding it up in his head and then wrote 29 euro on a piece of paper. I guess because our French skills are so poor, he thought our math skills were as well. He tried to convince us that it was the correct amount until we insisted on seeing the menu. It should have been 19 euro. Busted. He just shrugged and gave us our change. No apologies. Not embarrassed or contrite at all. As we were leaving, I asked to speak to the owner. He said he didn't speak English, so I explained what happened in my crappy French. He understood. He stopped the waiter as he walked by and said something to him and then told us he was sorry. (He wasn't really.) Avoid the place. Plenty of other restaurants in the area. Who needs that?

Pierade is a method of cooking meat on a hot stone. This ages-old technique is especially popular…read morein the French and Swiss Alps. La Cervoise is best known for their pierade-style menu items. Known to many non-Belgians who live in the area as "Steak on a Rock" La Cervoise boasts a beer list which was found worthy of inclusion in Tim Webb's "Good Beer Guide to Belgium". La Cervoise is located on Mons' Grand Place and has both indoor and outdoor seating. Food and service are solid and consistent. Atmosphere (when seated outdoors) and beer list are exceptional.

Rating only for beer / BIER/ cervesa. They have an extensive lust of Belgium brews. They carry 4 of…read morethe 5 commercially available Trappist Abbey Beers as well. Prices are decent, most cost 3.60€ with a few that very. Totally in the shade in the afternoon and evenings. You can sit back and people watch without having to squit unlike the Brasseries on the other side of the Grand Place. Closest to the fountain, so it gets noisy when it is on, but still a great place.

Great atmosphere, nice waiter (he tried his best to communicate with us in English as we tried our…read morebest to speak French), good food (some of it was cold but they had no problem taking it back and bringing it hot), slow service (but that's expected in Europe). It'd be ideal to have something to munch on while you wait for the food, some bread or nuts or something. Then again, I've only been here for 2 weeks so it might the norm.

I went to Le Royal with friends last weekend. It was early, 5 p.m. and the restaurants we checked…read moredidn't start serving food until 6 o'clock. Le Royal did! It was crowded downstairs, where there is a very nice bar. The waiter directed us upstairs (there are 3 floors). Where we sat there was only one other table occupied. Fortunately we were sat next to the giant windows, which showed a nice view of the main square with the town hall just across the way and the belfry off to the left and up the road. The waiter came immediately with the menus and asked if we wanted to order drinks. We did. Three Montois (local beer) and a fruit juice. When they came, he took our orders. Two of us had a brochette (skewer) of very plump shrimp served with salad and a big bowl of frites/french fries. The other two had the salmon with bernaise sauce and more frites. Actually we got through those taters quite quickly so I asked for me. They were brought in minutes (and no additional charge). When we were all done, having enjoyed a nice meal and friendship, we asked for the bill. It turned out to be 21 Euro per dinner with the drink. I found this reasonable because Belgium isn't really cheap to eat out but this was very reasonable. To top it off, the waiter came back with the change and asked us if we wanted another drink, "on the house". Of course we did! So it was a Bailey's Irish Cream, a cognac, a beer and a fruit juice compliments of the house. The price of those drinks would set one back about 15 Euros, so overall it was a great deal and very tasty food. I'm definitely going back soon!

I sat myself at an outside table. The waiter brought the menu. Then I watched him wait on everyone…read moreelse, taking their tab then clearing 4 tables before I waved my hand to get his attention. He rudely answered that he would be with me in a minute. When he came back I asked what the daily fish plate consisted of to which he said it was written on the sidewalk sign. I asked what came with the fish. Now he was real annoyed and said noodles. The sign does say "fresh noodle" but my plate had dried up tortellini filled with who-knows-what. Never going back.

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!!!

This restaurant is located right on the main square, next to the tourist information office. The…read morename is No Maison which, to me means No House but there must be some other meaning to it, Our House perhaps. Anyway, went there with a couple of friends last night and I started off with a Kwak beer. That's the one that is served in a long glass with a round bottom, which means that it wouldn't stand up without the wooden holder that comes with it. The others had beers as well, St Feuillien and Stella Artois. For eats, two of us went with the pork cooked in that very same St. Feuillien beer. It was good! The sauce was creamy and had a nice taste to it. It came with a tomato with a bit of cauliflower. Another order was trout cooked with the very same beer. The sauce on that one tasted a bit different (I tried it) yet still good. The prices were OK but not cheap. I think for four us of to eat and the 4 beers, it set us back about 75 Euros. Face it, Belgium isn't a cheap place to eat out in, so this was an acceptable price for a decent meal.