In this place, not far from the Parvis de Saint Gilles, you get a quite diverse menu from dishes…read morefrom selected South American countries (mostly Peruvian and Colombian dishes I believe). The place is small and the decoration is not super fancy but you really should come here for the food if you are looking for a latino experience in Brussels. You will indeed get a quite authentic home food experience in this place. Portions are generous, prices are very competitive and the taste of the food is delicious and certainly different from many restaurants in Brussels. They have a nice selection of ceviches as starters and dishes with meat and rice as main courses. They also have some fried fishes but I did not try those. Service is efficient and kind. Certainly worth trying this place, I hope you will also enjoy it!

I love going to eat here - proppa home-cooked food in a relaxed atmosphere. The encebollado is…read moresecond only to mashed potato or couscous as a comfort food. The menu has plenty for vegetarians, muslims and gluten-avoiders and the coffee is direct from Columbia. Its only draw-back is being closed on a Monday and Tuesday.

La Fonda is located down a slight obscure alley, not far from the Opera House. The space is…read morecompact, but holds a number of tables. Go early as it did fill up on a Sunday for dinner. We arrived at 6:30pm. I'd have given this five stars had there been more entree options available on the menu. But out of eight main dishes, five were unavailable. However, what we did end up having was delicious. Starter: Beef empanadas, two small but delicious empanadas with lots of flavor, served with a spicy salsa. Mains: Bandeja paisa - if you love pork belly, this is a deep fried strip of pork belly, served with rice that has a fried egg on top, half a plantain, a tostone, shredded beef, half an avocado, and what I'll assume is a Colombian coleslaw (on the vinegary side). The soup, Sancocho, was a delicious concoction of beef and pork ribs, with potatoes, plantains and yucca. Comes with rice, half the avo, and the same coleslaw. Service was straightforward and friendly. Their English was limited, as was our French and Spanish, but the order sheet and picture menu were helpful. Give it a go. Family run, unpretentious, no loud dance music playing, and there didn't seem to be a ton of tourists. Our meal as noted above with three waters ran us €47. CASH ONLY.

This was my first Colombian experience. All I got to say is that I am full of emotions. I feel like…read moreI travelled in Colombia for 3 hours. The welcoming was awesome. The food... OMG... amazing!!! Not even talking about the atmosphere that makes you travel. I will for sure be back my Colombian friends...

As a chef who's cooked all over Latin America I found this shop very disappointing, spices were…read morepretty much non-existent, sure there were a few things but nothing to right home about, No dried chilies? They should really take Mexico off & just be South American. They did have green plaintains.

Dried chipotle, chile guajillos, rachas in cans, mais flower for making tortillas aaaand more!…read moreThat's only some of the mexican foods you can find. A must visit!

This newly opened restaurant deserves some praise, no doubt I will become a regular. Service is…read moregreat, the family running it are really super nice. Home-made food, filling and at great value. Adding a south american touch to the rue defacq/bailli/louise neighbourhood!

Pachamama had a stall setup at Couleur Cafe this past weekend and in the search of something…read moredifferent (besides the usual African, Asian, etc. fare) my boyfriend came across Pachamama. I obviously can't attest to anything concerning the restaurant, location, etc. but the food was good. He had a Chilean hotdog, which is a normal hotdog with a handful of different sauces, including guacamole. He liked the concept but said the the actual hotdog (meat, if you can call it that?) lacked in taste. Basically, it was a normal hotdog. He mentioned if it would have been a better sausage it would have made the whole thing excellent. We also shared a vegetarian empanada, which was filled with spinach. I wasn't all that impressed, probably because I was expecting some cheese too (feta?). But that's my own fault, I should have just ordered the cheese version. For dessert, I had this cake that looked very special and unlike anything I've had before so I gave it a try (I believe it's called Milhojas cake but don't quote me on that). It includes a very thin cookie that is round and the size of a normal cake and it is layered multiple times to make a cake. It is then topped with caramel. This then cut like a normal cake. I hope the description gives you all a good idea of how truly awesome and unique this thing tasted! Also, the people serving us were quite friendly and nice to talk to while we were waiting for our food to be made up. I'm looking forward to trying this restaurant at its actual location at some point!

Being American, I grew up eating a good amount of Mexican food (granted, American-Mexican). Since…read moremoving to Brussels, I've only tried Chi-Chis, which in my opinion, is a poor excuse for Mexican food! So when a friend told me about this place, I couldn't wait to try it! Located off of Louise, nice location (for me as I live not so far from this resto) but further from the center. Restaurant is definitely more upscale, not the usual kitchy restaurant decor I encounter at almost every Mexican place back in the US. To get down to business: the food was excellent! Just what I was hoping for! When you are in groups, I definitely recommend getting the Ponchitos, where you each get to eat a taco, fajita, quesadilla and burrito along with some great salas/sauces. If you like a kick make sure to try the hot sauce they give you in a tiny bowl (beware, that stuff is hot!). They can make this in a vegetarian version as well (thanks!), after eating all this I really was stuffed....now, price-wise, this was definitely more expensive than I'm used to paying (for wine and the ponchitos it came out to 35eur pp). They do give a bit of free bread with some salsa, but I was hoping for some tortilla chips with some salsa...the guacamole and chips was a bit pricey (8 eur) for a starter. Definitely worth a try if you like Mexican, I know I'll be back!

Really enjoyed my dinner here. We started with some excellent quacamole and chips. We went for the…read moreponchitos as our main: a platter for 2 people with a variety for Mexican dishes, such as chicken tacos, beef fajitas, quesadillas and burritos topped with salsa and mashed black beans. It was all very tasty! Cosy atmosphere and quick service was a plus.

Excellent place to have Southern American dishes. I had the Ceviche de cameron peruano as a…read morestarter, which was very good. Rich of taste and all well balanced. Then as a main there was the Bandeja Paisa colombienne which offers a lovely combination of beef, sausage, lard, baked bananas, beans and a bit of rice. Quite good, even if it's for the bigger appetite! Add to that a very pleasant fellow who took the orders - most comfortable in Spanish but making do in other languages - and the great location at the lively Parvis St Gilles, and you're in for a good dining experience.

Not really sure how to explain this one - the previous restaurant here (almost identical menu and…read morename)...El Verghel...was an institution and absolutely great for lunch (sitting or take away). Sure it wasn't cheap, but the mix of staff and great food kept us coming back for more. Fast-forward to the present - apparently there are new owners and a (slight) name change. Suddenly the quality of the food takes an absolute nose-dive, despite appearing to be unchanged on paper. Example - the amazing slices of beef on the famous 'palta' sandwiches have now been cut back to taste more like spam on bread. Sure, it's the same kind of ingredients, but clearly someone decided to increase the money they could take in from subtely cutting costs. Do I sound jaded? Well, my suspicious have been confirmed by a large number of colleagues who made this place a regular lunch spot over the last few years. So I guess that's just that. Perhaps if you had never been before it would still appear as a good option for lunch. But I really don't see myself coming back here any more unless I am stuck. Of course there are still some good options in here compared to the numerous delis in the area if you are searching for hot food and a nice place to sit down, but it's just the drop in quality that really stands out as both unnecessary and a downright pity.

I'm used to being somewhere between disappointed and downright offended by what passes for Mexican…read morefood in Europe. So, it's faint praise to say that what I ate here was only mediocre. It's a cheery space with friendly service, eager to please. The Spanish tortilla was a bit dry, and needed garlic. The chicken tacos, well, they had chicken in them, and the corn tortillas were genuine corn tortillas. There wasn't any Mexican spice to anything I ate, until I asked for some hot sauce to lend some flavor, any flavor to what I was eating. When the hot sauce arrived, it was a halleluja moment that earned this place a third star. I received a ramekin filled with ... habanero salsa! I thought peppers this strong were illegal in the European Union. I was ecstatic. Upon finishing my plate of tacos, I asked the waiter if I could bring home a portion of habanero salsa and some raw peppers too. He happily obliged, and now I'm setting my mouth on fire in Brussels.

Food was OK, ambience was OK, staff ok. All very average nothing to draw me back for a second…read morevisit to be honest.