The best bistros and brasseries Wavre

Want to try this speciality of Nivello that is the pie al djote? Head for the Union! Right on the Grand Place, this tavern-restaurant can boast of having won the prize for the best pie, you can go there with your eyes closed. Moreover, it benefits from the Walloon label of Bistrot de Terroir® which rewards the establishments on the quality of the products, the promotion of local products and the conviviality. The wooden interior evokes the brasseries of yesteryear.

For a good quarter of a century, this small restaurant has been offering hearty and tempting brasserie dishes in a nice Parisian bistro decor where the walls are initialled by comic book authors. Efficient cooking with these grills (their great classic "single-sided", served with a butter-mustard-scallion sauce and a gratin dauphinois), fish, pasta, salads without forgetting some canaille dishes: roasted marrow bone, cassoulet, andouillette 5A. Everything is homemade, some wines are organic and the menu respects the seasons.

A homemade beer, a snack or a real meal, everything is possible at the Taverne de l'Homme Bleu. This attractive brewery in the former stable of the Château de La Hulpe Farm (1833) owes its name to the main character in Folon's work. The place has kept its original decor: red brick walls and floors, high vaulted ceilings and of course the bucolic terrace, a real added value in good weather. Seasonal suggestions escort the brewery dishes and some emblematic Belgian specialities.

Not so long ago, Isabelle Browet and Yves Delruelle took over this Waterloo establishment, which has been in existence for over 20 years. This little restaurant serves classic, homemade dishes (a whole range of pasta dishes, duck breast, sole meunière...) in a vintage setting and a no-frills atmosphere (Waterloo is known for being rather posh) at reasonable prices. A rather exceptional feature: the restaurant is open late, until midnight on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends! The back terrace is particularly pleasant.

This brewery, housed in a restored former spinning mill, has all the cachet of an industrial space: large windows, exposed brickwork and a superb terrace to boot. Jean Rodriguez brews his beers here, while his son Nicolas is in the kitchen. The highlights of the menu: Belgian specialties (carbonnades, vol-au-vent) and meat dishes (pavé or Irish entrecôte). Nicolas went to good school (with his father, a former restaurateur, and at the hotel school in Namur), so he knows what he's doing!

A veritable institution referring to the speciality of yesteryear, La Tartine is a very simple restaurant set in a pretty house with an outdoor terrace. Whether you're hungry for a snack, coffee, crêpe or craft beer, this former bistro is a favorite. The menu features comforting classic Belgian brasserie dishes that are invigorating in winter and refreshing in summer. La Tartine has a room with a stage, and an old-fashioned bowling alley for private parties. A universe of variable geometry. A warm welcome guaranteed.