Oh how I'm impressed by Brussels! Who would have thought that of all places, Belgium would delight…read moreme with such Italian culinary wonderment? From Instagram: The 'Nduja and Lemon pasta is a signature year-round favorite dish at NONA Pasta restaurants in Brussels. It features fresh spaghetti alla chitarra tossed with spicy Calabrian 'nduja pork sausage, fresh lemon, and Parmigiano Reggiano, with an option to top it with creamy stracciatella. I love that this restaraunt has an onsite pasta atelier. They keep to traditional Italian recipes while sourcing local ingredients for a true farm to table experience. The end result, a masterpiece! Everything's fresh, authentic and flavorful. This particular dish, in my opinion is the star of the show. It IS somewhat spicy without being overbearingly hot...this is part of the allure. I'm sure that I'll visit again before leaving Brussels and will, yes - order the exact same dish! Must eat outside and do a bit of people watching as visitors transit the city center. While busy I was seated as soon as I arrived and service was great. The ultimate experience. Give it a try!

This delightful restaurant was the standout of all the places we ate in Brussels. The quaint…read moreatmosphere, dark lighting, clean atheistic and unwillingness to be chain-like all while still delivering quick and effortlessly delicious pasta is a marvel. They truly have trapped magic in a bottle. The menu isn't large but they do also have a rotating seasonal menu that accompanies it. All the dishes on the main menu are Italian classics done right. Most dishes have pork or beef. The pasta tasted very fresh and the portions were what you would want of a good Italian restaurant, plentiful. My "white" ragú was packed full of flavor and the beef was tender. The pecorino cheese used was perfect. All in all, this is the type of place that is always busy and with good reason. Since they don't take reservations lines do form at the front of both sister locations on the same block. Make the line, it moves fairly quickly. And if it doesn't it is still well worth it.

Best pizza in town, genuine service, sabayon to die for. In other words discover it and you get…read moreaddicted.

From the owner: Qui dit restaurant italien, dit pizza! Si vous souhaitez déguster des pizzas de qualité, livrées…read moregratuitement, pendant que vous êtes tranquillement à la maison, rendez-vous chez Autentica et vous aurez la chance de manger une vraie pizza artisanale avec des ingrédients frais et de qualité! Une bonne adresse pour tous les gourmets de la capitale, amateurs de cuisine italienne!

The place is quite next to my house and since I discovered it is the place where we go for a pizza,…read moreeven if to be honest I never had the meal there, I always take it to go. Is quite handy, I can make a phone call on my way home and then go and pick it up but I think they also deliver. The pizzas are really good and tasty, they have some interesting pizza ideas but if you want something different just let them know your favorite ingredients and you'll have your pizza. The service is also nice.

Italians as a rule do not go to italian restaurants abroad. But it was cold and rainy and the…read morerestaurants nearby were kind of full, so we trusted the Yelp reviews and hit this nice place. Pizza and pasta were both absolutely okay (maybe pizza was a better choice in retrospective, but both good), and the tiramisu was actually pretty good. A bit on the expensive side but acceptable. Service was a bit rough... but when we switched from English to Italian it became good. Be warned ;)

I ordered on the phone for Take Away pizza. My team was having a working lunch and I was…read moreinterested in providing them with some pizzas. I ordered 7 pizzas, asked for them to be precut, and received friendly service in English, which was an added bonus for some of us less fluent in French. I arrived a the scheduled time, and the pizzas were hot and ready. When I brought them to the team, everyone agreed that they were super delicious. The one down side was that parking is not easy in that location, but fortunately I brought a colleague with me and was able to drive around. The crust on the pizza was a huge hit with all the colleagues.