Coffee shops and tea rooms Bruxelles - Brussel

Chalet Robinson is a Belgian cuisine restaurant located in the Bois de la Cambre in Brussels. Housed in a wooden chalet on three levels, it boasts a breathtaking view of the lake and a terrace. The restaurant offers a generous menu featuring fresh, local produce. Chalet Robinson also offers water sports activities such as rowing boats and pedalos on the lake. The restaurant can also be privatized for corporate events, private functions or weddings. Chalet Robinson has become an institution over the years and is much appreciated by visitors.

Fika is Swedish for snack break, that moment in the afternoon when everything stops for a coffee and a pastry. This is the spirit in which Joana opened her café. As you push open the door, you're transported to Stockholm or Malmö: the scent of cinnamon from the buns, the smell of good original coffee, minimalist design warmed by wood, soft colors and plants: you're in the middle of hygge ! A relaxing place to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the world. We recommend the semlor, cream buns normally eaten at Easter.

Initially a sort of Brussels-style Starbucks, Café Capitale has evolved with François, its owner. His love of coffee led him to start a roasting business. Original coffees, different ways of preparing them (espresso, chemex, etc.)... For lovers of coffee with milk, there is a large list of alternatives to cow's milk ? To snack, the establishment offers a nice variety of pastries, cookies, cakes, sweet pies, etc. and as coffee and music go well together, have a look at the vinyls on sale.

After returning from an expatriation in Australia, Chloé Sengier had the idea to import the concept of the "all day breakfast", serving toasts, pancakes, buddha bowls and other healthy dishes. Crème was born in the popular Rue de Rollebeek next to the Sablon. The place is superb: plant suspensions, exposed brick walls, neon lights, wooden table and rattan seats. Everything is designed to be photographed. As for the dishes, we navigate between the greediness of pancakes dripping with toppings and the "clean" side of bowls. Excellent coffees and pastries.

At Mok, you can be sure of quality coffee, because in addition to running this great coffee bar, founder Jens Crabbé (twice Belgian cup-tasting champion) is also a roaster. Ethiopia, Rwanda, Guatemala and of course Colombia and Brazil, the best of the little caffeinated bean is selected and prepared with care and respect. The huge white counter invites customers to sit back and watch the baristas officiate. If you're hungry, a menu of vegetarian dishes and pastries (many gluten-free) will put you back on your feet.

Right next to La Monnaie, Frank welcomes you every day for coffee, breakfast or lunch. Regularly, Frank becomes Francine and invites you to dine, sharing dishes (or not) accompanied by a good glass of wine. Francine selects only European wines (with surprises like Belgian and Moldavian productions). Frank and Francine are vegetarians, so vegetables (organic and in season) are the order of the day. And the reception venue? A large white room overlooked by a huge stained-glass light fixture. So pretty!

Jackie uses coffees from Wide Awake roaster in Anderlecht. Quality is the key to success! The coffees are fresh, tasty and smooth. They come from different producing countries (Brazil, Ethiopia, Guatemala) but most of all, they come from small independent producers and are roasted by them. The teas are not left out and at Jackie's, you won't be bored while enjoying your beverage: a whole series of independent magazines that you can't find in every bookstore. It's a change from being glued to your smartphone!

Behind Bisou is Chloé Sengier, designer of Coco Donut and Crème, already featured on our pages. It's pretty much the same all-day eatery concept as Crème, but with a different decor, featuring a long orange banquette that spans most of the room, and an astonishing faceted counter. The special thing about Bisou is that it opened on the site of the legendary ice cream parlour Le Framboisier Doré, so alongside pastries, cookies and avocado toast, you'll find ice creams whose recipes have been handed down from generation to generation. To be enjoyed on the terrace!

Who said veganism wasn't gourmet? At Buddy Buddy, they make dried fruit-based treats: almond butter, hazelnut butter, peanut butter... everything is roasted and toasted in their workshop, and organic. You can either buy them to enjoy at home, or take the time to sit down and sip an oat milk foam cappuccino with a savoury toast or pastry. The look of the café is surprising: it's as if cut in two by one corner painted hazelnut and the other creamy white. Daring, like their nut butters!