Restaurants cuisine d'Europe Bruxelles - Brussel

Opposite the Saint-Boniface church, we worship generous dishes with a roborative tendency: if you're still hungry when you leave, ask yourself the right questions! Among others, the clan burger with smoked pork belly is a treat. The fries are fresh and the potatoes are peeled on the spot! And the desserts? Let's just say they show some delirium in the kitchen. In the dining room, we like the numerous elements of decoration resulting from recovery and the bonhomie of the team. We also drop by after work to have a drink and discover their cocktails.

An institution in Evere for three decades, the Lion Belge owes its good reputation to its numerous wood-fired grills and its well-stocked brasserie dishes. Dimitri, the owner, mixes in his menu the classics of the French-Belgian, Italian and Greek cuisine. In addition to the menu, there are weekly suggestions that change with the seasons, without forgetting the mussels. For starters, the mezze are particularly recommended. Bar and terrace for the occasional sunbeam. Pleasant piano bar on weekends. Reservation recommended.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A local bistro par excellence, it serves truly inventive, original brasserie cuisine with a gastronomic flavour. In the kitchen, Jean-Claude Demurger is a saucier and roaster who is not to be messed with! His suggestions are handwritten on a pretty slate and the gentle terrace inevitably reminds one of the fine days in the South. A tempting selection of wines completes the picture of this address that we love! A real charming place, with its location opposite the Kisendael reserve, its conviviality and its estaminet decor.

The brasserie serves in a Belgian-Belgian atmosphere a very popular American fries but does not prevent the ribs from being noticed, nor the spaghettis, scampis, meatballs in tomato sauce, Flemish carbonnades, tripe, kidneys, mussels in season, shrimp croquettes... Sometimes available as a suggestion, the pork chop with Blackwell sauceis a killer! And in summer, we add a few salads or carpaccio. Note some nice beers selected by Poje, who inspired the comic book hero of the same name "Du Côté de Chez Poje". You can't get more zwanzeur !

There's a country club feel to this restaurant and for good reason: it's the "cafe" of the Roseau tennis club in Uccle. In fact, if you sit on the terrace, you will have a view on the courts. Dominique and Vincent, two professionals in the field, are at the head of this no-fuss restaurant. The menu is short but well-balanced between hearty proposals (beef steak and French fries) and lighter ones (goat's cheese or Caesar salad) in addition to the suggestions. Enough to refresh yourself after a good game!

The decor, atmosphere and specialties are typically Brussels-Belgian... but with a Thai twist! You'll find honest steaks, ribs, carbonnades and various types of tartar, including Thai tartar. Lovers of flavors from the land of smiles will find a delicious pad thai and various kinds of curries. While you wait for your food, you can take time to admire the puppets hanging from the ceiling of a beautiful room that has kept its cachet. A real merry-go-round horse adds to the festive atmosphere!

At the helm of this cozy brasserie are two professionals from Michelin-starred establishments, Pierre Baeyens (Bon Bon) and Jonathan Delhière (L'Air du temps), ready to make you forget the rustic image often associated with beer cuisine. Each dish is crafted with artisanal beers or their ingredients. Salmon trout and beet are cooked with kriek, sea bass is enhanced by the floral touch of hop oil, and poached poirée with spiced chantilly is refreshed with an IPA granita. It's fine, aesthetic and surprising all at once.

Are you staying at the Hotel du Berger, the most sultry (and one of the most beautiful) of the Brussels hotels? Then you can continue your naughtiness at Fripon, the hotel's restaurant. The place has been reinvented following the Covid and has gone from being an Italian restaurant to a very Belgian one! You'll find perfectly executed classics such as shrimp croquettes, the good old stoemp, two kinds of American, including an astonishing trompe-l'oeil and a daring beer crème brûlée! As the hotel has kept its Art Deco cachet, the restaurant does the same.

Contrary to what its name suggests, the Bier'cothèque is not just a bar reserved for beers. It's more like a small restaurant where it's good to put a few local dishes in your mouth, just to get you through the day or evening. Blanquette de veau (veal stew), mussels, american fries, salads, croquettes, croques and fish dish of the day on Friday. The "Bierco" is not original, but true and timeless. Just like the beer list which will of course delight the amateurs and specialists of the genre.

Nancy Delsanne and Grégory Huon decided to open their wine bar and grocery store in one of the center's most charming neighborhoods, the Saint-Jacques district, before expanding into the building next door to open their restaurant. Light tones (straw yellow and sage green), soft lighting, fine but well-stocked plates and carefully selected wines are the winning recipe for this establishment where Italy and Belgium meet in the kitchen (cacio e pepe squash gnocchi, Brussels trout, Sandefjord sauce). Bistronomy in all its glory!