Excellent choice for dinner! Beautiful views from their large windows overlooking the water. We…read moreenjoyed the spare ribs, mussels, and mushroom meatballs. All very tasty. We had the shrimp and cheese croquettes as an appetizer. It came with a colorful and flavorful salDelicious! We have never had better service, drinks arrived before we even finished ordering.

Oh holy! The front side of this is a bar with pool table, but the back entrance (faces the river)…read moreleads to the restaurant. We came and notice the main entree to get is a slab of meat and they bring you a very hot piece of 'rock' to cook it on. Oh self-service, I can have it just the way I want. Yay! The quality of the beef was great. You can get it in different sizes. It comes with a salad and dipping sauces. Oh and of course, frites! Totally recommend this place!

Went here yesterday evening because I had to wait for someone and I knew that there would be no…read moreBelgian Pro League games on (they all played on Saturday and this was Sunday) but went for a coffee. Damn, I was over the moon - they had on the English FA Cup game, Man Utd vs. Chelsea! This is the first time that I'd seen a non-Belgian game there. Nice!!

Went to this restaurant, l'Excelsior today and sat outside in the baking hot town square having a…read moredelicious lunch. (I had no idea it was also called Blue Butterfly, but there you go!) Being too hot to drink a beer and not pass out (Belgian beer is strong and not watery like American Buds and MGDs), we ordered a Coke and to eat, I got the entricote (sp?) Montoise. This was basically a pork chop (and a very fine chop at that) with their special local sauce on it "Montoise" which basically means that its from Mons. The sauce was a creamy one with bacon and mushrooms and some other tasty stuff in it. This dish came with a salad and a little basket full of fries/frites. My other half ordered something similar but just with a garlic butter for taste and she was impressed too. The best thing about this was the price. Each dish was about fifteen euros each, which, in case you didn't know it, is a good deal at a restaurant in Belgium.