There are a whole lot of seafood restaurants on the Quai aux Briques and we chose this one because it has a nice 3 course lunch menu for 23 euro.
The restaurant overlooks a lovely square flanked by... more
This restaurant is now very popular, it has expanded since my last visit a few years ago (I think they moved a few doors down) and the service is clearly suffering.
These are good value with choices... more
Ok, the first thing is that Chez Leon is on Rue du Bouchors .... where you'll find all the tourist type of restaurants with tourist prices, Since mussels are in seasons we decided to try this place... more
This restaurant was a great experience. The food is absolutely delicious, the service very friendly and the setting is just wonderful. A bit of Morocco in the middle of Brussels. Tajine with prunes... more
You will be rewarded with a nicely varied menu, attentive staff, understatedly elegant seating, excellent wines, and terrific desserts... it's the place worth going if you are in the area and can't... more
because I'm a vegetarian, I was worried that I wouldn't find many options, but on the contrary I found so many delicious choices, also my husband who is not a vegetraian loved the food there. the... more
In’t Spinnekopke (in the Little Spider’s Head) is a Brussels tradition for its beery cuisine as well as its fine mix of up market service and rustic Brussels charm. It manages to be both a fine dining... more
Café MONK was a stopover during one of our Brussels visits.
It's a typical Belgian café with a bar at the entrance with some tabeles and chairs and long seats along the walls. In the back there's a... more
The restaurant is fairly close to Grand Place. When we arrived the restaurant was fairly quiet; it soon filled up including one noisy table for 12 tourists.
The menu is long on items and short on... more
This restaurant is in Ixelles but easily reachable by taxi. It is mainly serving fish and has an oyster bar at its entrance.
........
It's a former old ironmonger’s shop (See all the wooden drawers... more
I had the chance to have a eat there with my family... It was realy great... but really expensive even if the menu didn't show the prices: it is only for the men!!
The place is "cosy" and the name... more
This exceptional gastronomical place is located in a street called 'Notre Dame du Sommeil' which showes its name to a little chappel where sleepless souls in the 16th century came to pay hommage to... more
This restaurant is one of many on the Place. St. Catherine (Sint Katelijneplein). Not necessarily very eyecatching on the outside but seeing the menu I was... more
It is in the European Quarter of Brussels. A small but elegant resto with much french influence in decoration. The Maitre d' who may be the owner as well greets... more
Near the Eurostar Hotel Exe SablonIn the petite place Sablon nice quiet area open later than 9 pm and we were the last diners
small menunouvelle cuisine ,... more
It was 4 pm and most of the popular restos along the street Archimedes were closed but La Fontaine was open.Efficient and good service if a little cold.... more
Run by an eclectic italo-spanish-portugese family whose children are attending Flemish schools.Extremely welcomingFree Wi Fi I stop by in the morning for a nice... more
Went in expecting to have a pizza & beer.Ended up with steak frites plus red wine!Excellent choice. The steak was tender, good size, and cooked rare - just... more
Located near Manneken Pis it was ideal for a small break after strolling through Grand Place. There are some tables outside that seem great if you want to see... more
This is a typical bio store that sells nice but pricey products, it was not far from our favorite pub so although most of the days we were taking just peanuts... more
Located at place Jourdan (at European district) we saw a huge line of people waiting to take frites from this kind of big kiosk in the middle of the square! We... more
This pub facing a square at European district was a place that we visited 3 different times as it happened to pass by every evening on our way back... more
I'm usually very disappointed with Indian restaurants in France and so was almost expecting disappointment in French-speaking Brussels as well. They obviously... more
This place is an Anglo-Irish style pub serving food in Brussels. It's very much aimed at the English speaking tourists (in fact the menu is only in English) but... more
Other pleasures in Brussels is to enjoy a delicious waffle, there are large, small, can be eaten with fruit, cream, chocolate, bananas, kiwis. They have an... more
Antiques, comics murales, De skieven architek, the flea market on Place du Jeu de balle, Brussels dialect, fun & themed cafés: les Marolles area features those.
Cosmopolitan Brussels
Home of many...
Brussels... been there several times and sure need to go back a few more times. I have only explored a very few musea and quite some city area's.
I still haven't found the heart (or the soul) of this...
Although I was born and lived 50 years in Brussels, I decided to write not much on my home town; other VT members wrote here numerous and excellent comments about Brussels. What could I write more...
It was a very short trip to Brussels but in that short trip I managed to gather a lot of wonderful memories of this amazing city. I was never been keen about Brussels but when I got there, I......
Comments