Restaurants cuisine du monde Bruxelles - Brussel

A refined Japanese restaurant, it allows you to observe the chef, Tomoyasu Kamo, sitting at the counter, according to a tradition well established in the Land of the Rising Sun. Kamo's inventive preparations or traditional dishes, which are often served in Japan, are honored with a star and continue to sell out every night. For a first approach, lunch is available at a more democratic price, and for a jubilant discovery, the evening meals are more expensive but also more singular. Possibility of reservation for groups (maximum eight people), by reservation only.

Restaurant and bar-club, one would think the address was reserved for loungers, but one can also enjoy it with family or lovers. The luminous decor, completely in line with the current trend, would almost make you forget the enormous terrace, redesigned on two levels, and the water feature, which give the impression of being immersed in nature. In short, a green setting in an essentially residential area. The very fusion-food menu is a happy mix of flavors from here and elsewhere. Several all-in menus are available for groups of twelve or more.

Since 1882, this small restaurant (whose name "Chez Camille" has remained on the facade) has had a very brusseleir décor: mirrors and enamelled plates on the wall, checked tablecloths, old-fashioned service, the room is warm. The menu is also rustic as here we serve family cuisine and excellent mussels and chips. It is composed of stoemps, carbonnades, rare steaks, duck breast (whole) à la kriek, really delicious... and at reasonable prices. The table is known, you will have to reserve. Excellent welcome and beer menu.

On the plate, Belgium is in the spotlight! It's not so much about great food as about authenticity, and we're really looking forward to tasting one of the last places where the chips are homemade and the mussels are available in 30 different ways. On the walls... everything that makes us Belgian, from the royal family to Manneken-Pis, Jacques Brel, Eddy Merckx and old views of the capital. The dishes are generous in quantity and one forgets very quickly the hubbub which reigns in a room almost full every evening.

The cuisine balances quite well between creative proposals and a traditional menu. The fish arrives twice a day, the pasta, bread and desserts are made in-house and the pizza maker turns his dough in front of the customers! The wine list has a hundred labels from all over Italy and the bottles are displayed in an enoteca style. We point out an excellent prosecco as a homemade aperitif and we slide our feet under the terrace table to enjoy the garden. A reproduction of the Venetian painter Carpaccio hangs on the wall.

I might as well say it straight away, the colonnades and the traditional dances have no place. Here, the generosity of the plate prevails. Roasted meats are recommended, while the menu combines traditional dishes with local dishes. On the menu, for example, a stewed lamb in Kokinisto with creamy tomato. To accompany it, you can choose between French fries and gratin dauphinois. The crusty bread is served with tarama. Reasonably priced Greek wines and fast service at lunchtime. Upstairs, large groups are welcomed with a certain intimacy.

In a decor inspired by Venetian brasseries, the atmosphere is relaxed. It's a change from the rather basic student barsor the Asian restaurants in the neighbourhood. The pizzas are made over a wood fire and go perfectly with the wines that the owner produces in Campania. It is not by chance that this "Italian dream" has been a reference for lovers of pizza, antipasti, fresh pasta and other Italian specialities for almost 40 years. The suggestions are also there. Note that it is open 7 days a week, as you may well spend a day there.

One can easily recognize the quality of the products, directly imported from Sardinia to this pretty little canteen! Moreover, the menu is short, a sign of their freshness, with 2 or 4 pasta dishes and a meat... to which we must add a nice list of crispy pizzas ! Charm, authenticity... even for the greediest. Opened in 2012 by Roberto Casula, La Bottega della Pizza has won numerous awards, including Best Pizza Maker in Belgium by Foodprint. Only twenty covers, so remember to make a reservation.^2nd address in the Sablon.

With its tired mirrors, murals and weathered woodwork, the Cochaux brewery exudes an atmosphere that is half Art Nouveau, half old-fashioned. The regulars come back and the faithful stay, a guarantee of quality and authenticity. For those with small appetites, the menu offers a choice of omelettes and salads. It's good, it's prepared with fresh products and it's a bit expensive for a classic cuisine. But it's close to a zero-fault menu... To shine in the evening, tell them that Felix Cochaux was an engineer and invented a new type of drag boat.

A little crush! You could go there just for the façade covered with posters with funny slogans, illustrating all the humour of the owners. But the main reason for coming is to take a culinary trip on board a train that travels through Indochina, in the colonial era. Comfortably installed in wagons, we taste the best of Vietnam. Very good value for money, friendly atmosphere and a la carte, a traditional Vietnamese cuisine or more inventive which makes the happiness of gourmets.

Stéphanie and Marc's Trac is a bar, café-theater and more, with a unique concept based around all these activities in a single location, plus catering and multi-purpose premises. Terroir, Restauration, Art, Culture et Citoyenneté is on the lookout for new artists, new products and new 100% Belgian quality activities! A small library and a cigar/lounge area are also part of the premises. Plates and salads are served alongside pizzas, burgers and delicious milkshakes.

You can enjoy moambe and other specialities in this small restaurant decorated in the old style, on the borders of Matongé. The goat meat, for example, is a trip in itself! You should also try a dish of Liboke, the fish steamed in banana leaves. In short, the food is very good and the suggestions change every week... The menu features specialities from all over sub-Saharan Africa, exotic fruit juices, a selection of good beers and Caribbean rums. Musical entertainment on Friday nights.

This precious island is located in a quiet street, at walking distance from the busy Louise main land, an other exotic ambiance restaurant that you never forget about. It's been around twenty years, although it feels more like two hundred. You just expect the likes of Baudelaire or Lord Byron to step in with a bunch of bohemian friends and order plates of truffle stuffed ravioli. Besides a nice choice of pastas, Le Malte offers a few solid salads, including chicken livers with raspberry jelly and caramelized apples. Seafood lovers will find their satisfaction, and the house burger won't take anything away from the lamb filet or the duck confit. And yes, their's warm tarte Tatin and lemon meringue pie for dessert. If you are unconceivably in a hurry for lunch, they serve 8.50 € plats du jour in ten min. On Sundays, all main courses are 10 €. And if your bohemian friends wish to purchase any painting decorating the walls, just ask to add it to the bill.

Its simple but tasty daily specials and a typically Belgian menu have made the establishment a success, even after a recent change of ownership. When you get tired of their (nevertheless delicious) "American fries" or their shrimp croquettes, you stay to taste one of the many beers (two huge barrels are displayed in the room). One takes advantage of a fast and copious "small restoration" of which several kinds of pasta which will calm you down a man! As soon as the first sunny days arrive, the regulars want to take advantage of the sunny terrace.

A well-known ixello address (the Niels family also runs Le Vieux Saint-Martin on the Sablon), this unchanging eatery is dedicated to quality poultry and fine local specialties such as shrimp croquettes. Roast free-range chicken, Canterbury-style fish & chips, Alsatian sauerkraut, game in season and an American prepared the same way since 1924! A private room can accommodate up to 15 guests. The covered terrace, right across from the ponds, attracts a select clientele who appreciate the totally professional service.

A real institution in Saint-Gilles, the Porteuse d'Eau has the charm of an Art Nouveau brewery with its stained glass and woodwork. Thibaut Lepoivre, passionate about the national drink and a true connoisseur, offers a traditional Belgian menu (summer and winter) and no less than 100 special beers. You can enjoy the specialities of this place with appetite, the beer service is important and done in the rules of the art and this last one is gladly accompanied by cheese in board, sliced by the customer. The staff are professional and friendly, and the atmosphere is very pleasant.

Have you ever heard of the sando, the Japanese sandwich that's cut thickly to reveal its many layers of ingredients? It's the specialty of this little canteen, which is always busy at lunchtime. With beef, Japanese-style fried chicken, tempura shrimp or veg, they're particularly tasty and a great way to settle the stomach during a lunch break. Enjoy them on the terrace, inside, admiring the pretty fresco decorating the room, or take them away. Not in the mood for sandwiches? Their other specialty is donburi.

A neighborhood address as we like them, with a pair of talented hands in the kitchen, and the owner in the dining room, talkative and friendly with his dear customers. A little word for everyone and an eye for everything. The word of mouth has been going on for years for a clientele from the neighborhood or from farther away. The menu joyfully mixes pizzas, pastas and some regional specialties such as swordfish Sicilian style, ossobuco Milanese style, calamari Romana style. Everything is made on the spot with fresh products, and everything can be taken away.

On the elegant Avenue Louis-Bertrand in Schaerbeek, sisters Marie (in the kitchen) and Sophie (in the dining room) Marconi have opened the Chabrol in an Art Nouveau spirit that suits the neighbourhood. Passionate about fresh, local produce, anti-waste and slow food, the sisters offer traditional French comfort food (potée auvergnate, meatloaf...) but also borrow from various cuisines (especially Italian, Japanese, Oriental, American...). The kind of cuisine that makes the stomach and the morale feel good.

Sao in the kitchen and Beer in the dining room offer to discover the world of Thai cuisine, here deliciously implemented. Thai culinary culture is extremely rich and Sao adds a subtle dose of modernity. With delicacy and generosity, he likes to offer an experience with dishes placed in the centre of the table, as the tradition of sharing at the table is alive and well in Thailand. Spicy recipes with more delicate flavours, all trends are represented. A must try is the Yam Neua, grilled beef with mint and lime.

With Norma, Giacomo and Massimiliano, both from Friuli, wanted to highlight the art of grandmotherly cooking: homemade pasta (they make their own flour) with products from small local and Italian producers of course, sauces that have simmered for a long time, simple and noble ingredients (you can smell the truffle when you enter the trattoria). The short menu where pasta is the star varies every week. The aperitivo is the other strong point with appetizing plates that are accompanied by a well-chosen wine or a negroni.

In Italy, there are restaurants and there are trattorias, these modest, often family-run establishments, where the cuisine is tasty and without fuss. L'Olivier, a stone's throw from the Place du Miroir in Jette, is of this type and specialises in pasta (with wheat or eggs) and veal escalopes (no less than 7 types) for a tight bill. And it's all homemade. Salvatore, the boss, is at the stove, and cooks like his mother taught him. A casalinga cuisine, then. Nice backyard and catering/takeaway service, if you don't have time.

Here is a restaurant that announces the color: Così Com'è means "as is" and indeed, no fuss in the establishment of Antonia and Enrico. Originally from Puglia, they have brought a bit of their land into the room (with bows representing trulli, but above all, the love of pasta and pizza. There are about thirty of them, including the famous, and much maligned, Hawaiian pizza. We won't hold it against them. Here, no frills, we eat traditional and simply good pizzas. There is a takeaway and catering area and a good selection of wines.

Vegans, meat lovers, lovers of fresh salads and so many others find themselves in this Mediterranean sweetness married with oriental flavors. The setting is warm and their healthy vision of the Lebanese gastronomy makes you travel, from the morning. Fresh products, passion and a know-how of more than ten years make you (re) discover this Mediterranean sweetness married with oriental flavors all day long: kafta mechwi (minced lamb), salad at Lebanese (fresh vegetables, ewe's cheese, etc.), chich tawouk, borghol...

We often tend to reduce Spanish gastronomy to tapas and paella. But it's much more than that! In the chic, yet relaxed restaurant run by Adrian Mancheño, all the flavours of his native land are highlighted on the plate: octopus with paprika potatoes, marinated Iberian pork, Asturian bean stew, Galician beef entrecote with peppers, rice dessert... Your taste buds are wriggling! No wonder it was voted best Brussels restaurant in 2019! Don't hesitate to push the door of the hotel where it is located.

Hidden away in the Rue de Loi neighbourhood, this parrillada (barbecue restaurant) will transport you straight to Argentina! You'll feel like you're there: the rustic setting, the sturdy meat knives, the bottles of wine on display and, of course, the tango as background music. We eat Argentine meat with the local cuts: the bife de chorizo (strip loin), the lomo (pure filet) or the tira de asado (rib on the bone) thick and juicy with chimichurri sauce. Serve with a glass of malbec or, for those with a delicate palate, a merlot-malbec.

Finally a Mexican cantina worthy of the name! Los Agaves is small in size and big in personality, like the jaguar head mural that greets you once you push the door. Run by a family, this establishment is really warm and transports you directly there. The menu is simple, we find enchiladas, quesadillas, empanadas and other tamales which have the taste of the kitchen made in casa. The chicken enchiladas with molle, a sauce that mixes chocolate and chilli, are a favourite. You can wash it all down with a maxi size margarita!

All the flavors of Asia can be found at Old Boy and the menu alone is an invitation to travel. You take a seat around the long counter or around a few tables and off you go: stopovers in Taipei (beef bao) or Manila (kinilaw) for starters, in Canton (wontons) or Saigon (molted crab) for the main course and then in Bangkok (pavlova with coconut and exotic fruits, flavored with galangal and lemon grass) for dessert. The dishes can be eaten alone or shared between guests. With a neat wine list and a fast and smiling service, we leave there fulfilled!

Restaurant and garden
Demeure de 1872
Chef: Alain Bianchin
Open from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive
Gourmet cuisine - Closed on Mondays - Closed on Sundays

- Entrance: level and wide enough
- Toilets: level and wide enough

Uccle Calevoet looks like a big village, and that's where Filipe decided to open a neighborhood restaurant in the noblest sense of the word. Although the restaurant is brand new, it already has its regulars, and that's a good sign. Filipe highlights his Italian-Portuguese origins in a menu that changes according to his moods. The pizzas remain the constants, while the rest varies from linguine vongole to pasteis de nata, without neglecting French and seasonal cuisine (game in autumn). The plates are generous, cooked just like at home.

A great success for this restaurant still firmly rooted in the Nemo33 diving center. The inspired decor evokes the world of diving, and the view over the depths of this deep spring-water pool. But you don't have to be a diver to appreciate the Asian flavors on the menu (Thailand, Vietnam, China). At lunchtime, the clientele is mainly business, while in the evening, the subdued lighting invites romance. Beautiful rooms for groups and a magnificent green terrace are among the top 5 most attractive in Brussels.