The best Belgian restaurants Bruxelles - Brussel

Brasserie cuisine and a Belgian-Brussels atmosphere with the comings and goings of cheerful waiters. Sauerkraut, game, stoemps, products from the peeler's bench and a few classics of bourgeois cuisine, are all served in this former post house known to all! A beautiful outdoor terrace, built on the roof of one of the rooms, lends itself to the most convivial summer meals. Adjacent to the restaurant, the catering area offers an improved everyday cuisine 7 days a week. Some fine products and a nice selection of wines (organic, biodynamic...).

Jean-Luc Collin's beautiful brasserie was born in the 1900s and was then called Café de l'Espérance. It honours the winegrowers with a hundred or so wines on the menu, including quite a few natural or biodynamic wines. Inside, there is a restaurant area, a brasserie area and an open kitchen where you can keep an eye on the brasserie or local dishes, good cuts of meat or offal such as brains and marrow bones. Non-stop scaling and take-away seafood, suggestions and excellent lunch. Pleasant and professional service.

The Eating Garage is a natural extension of Brussels' most famous foodtruck, El Camion. In direct connection with the Pêle-Mêle bookstore in Ixelles, one can go from one to the other to satisfy one's thirst for knowledge and entertainment, but also one's appetite for quality food... One can stop there to have a bite to eat at lunchtime or in the evening, savor a piece of cake with a coffee in the afternoon to take a breather, taste natural wines or artisanal beers, or even have brunch with one's family on the weekend.

To say that this is a trendy brasserie would be an understatement. The Art Nouveau decor and atmosphere are very pleasant and the terrace offers a free observation point of the passers-by. But the main motivation for a visit remains the menu. The beer menu (more than 90 beers, 6 of which are on draught) and the brewery dishes. The quality depends on the day. At times it is very good, at others the cooking is below their capabilities, but this shows that the cuisine is not formatted. A positive point, in short.

Lift a veil on the soul of Brussels by entering this "Mouche folle". It plays the Belgian card to the hilt: you sit on beer racks, record covers of the greatest artists of the 1960s and 1980s adorn the menus and walls... On the menu, you will find the dishes of grandmothers: carbonnades, chicon au gratin, chicken compote... and of course, French fries. All homemade, at a reasonable price. Nice beer list. On Saturdays, you can sway to the sounds of DJ-Has-Been or dance to the Thé Dansant of DJ Naphtaline on Sundays.

Giant clock, suspended passageways, old drawer cabinets and above all this lively brewery atmosphere. A magnificent setting for a kitchen where oysters, fish, seafood and regional recipes are put in the spotlight. The menu changes twice a year and plays transparency with the traceability of the products. Like those from their own farm for Bresse chicken and other meats. Some biodynamic wines complete the menu. La Quinc' has an induction kitchen allowing low temperature cooking and minute preparations.

A bright and renowned neighbourhood brasserie, the cuisine features hearty cuts of beef and is also popular for its home-style dishes and its "banc d'écailler" (from September to May inclusive). Lobsters (in four ways) and fish take the lion's share of the menu. People flock here all year round, especially from the neighbouring RTBF (French-speaking Belgian radio and television) and take advantage of the conviviality of the half-floor to feel at home. And it's been going on for thirty years and still with Costa Loulas at the helm.