A great authentic Belgian meal while you're in Brussels! This restaurant has been around for a…read morelong time, is always packed, often with a lineup outside. But they do their best to seat as many people as possible. I got in fairly quickly because i was alone. The food was fantastic. I had the Carbonade a la Biere, and it was so great! Like a beef stew and very tasty. Also had some good Belgian beer. Service was attentive and very fast. The restaurant is lively and exciting - not really a quiet romantic dinner. But a lot of fun!

If you want to try Belgian food with reasonable prices then this was one good option in Brussels…read more I arrived early for Friday night dinner and the restaurant was just over half full with lots of available seating. While the register states No Cards one of the servers told the table next to mine not worry when they didn't have enough euros. Only a drink menu was provided and the dishes being served that day were handwritten on moveable boards or posted on the wall. I had on my list a couple to try but finally went with the Belgian carbonades à la biere which was beef stew with mashed potatoes in a dark gravy made with beer. The plate was quite generous and much appreciated since I devoured it. I enjoyed the creaminess of the potatoes swirled with gravy but the meat could've been a tad bit more tender. Service was good. I think everyone on the floor stopped by my table for one reason or the other. Ambiance was casual and looked like many people were taking their time over their meals. When finished you need head to the register to settle the tab. I paid in cash. Worth a return visit.

First night in Brussels and wanted mussels and fries and a Belgian beer. This restaurant had all of…read morethis and everything was well prepared and tasty. Great service too. Very close to Grand Place also.

We ordered a lot of food. I would recommend the salmon with bearnaise sauce and the spaghetti…read morebolognese. They were well prepared and delicious. The Finnish stew was a little tough and the sauce was quite sweet. The mussels in white wine sauce was light and a little too pungent for us. I wish we liked the Belgian favorites a little more. The Belgian beer paired well with the dishes. Service was also great. The place is small so get there early.

Great food and beer. Good service. Have visited this restaurant 3 time during my visits to…read moreBrussels. You may have to wait for a table but it is worth it. Start with the Catherine cheese plate.

This was a great experience. Nice small place that feels authentically Belgian. Great ambience and…read morefantastic service. In reviewing the menu, everything sounded fantastic. My wife settled on the beef stew with stoemp, I had the confit of beef chuck with a side of fries. They were both very tasty, the servings were perfect for normal appetites and the meal came with bread, and salad as well. We really enjoyed it, in retrospect I wish we had ordered a beef dish and something else, both dishes we had were excellent (the confit of beef practically fell apart with my fork) but the tastes were similar. Oh well, maybe next time. Highly recommended.

I googled the best waterzooi in Brussels and this is one of the places that came up. It had great…read moreratings, was near our hotel, and reasonably priced. I am not a waterzooi expert but I really liked it. I will continue to search for different recipes to compare but this dish was VERY light, full of chicken with veggies and mild flavor. Needed some salt but I loved it was so light yet satisfying. The staff was friendly and attentive. Our server acknowledged us right away and hot us drinks. The food came out quickly- although it was 14:00 in a Monday- so was not very busy. Inside was like a quaint French cafe even tho in Brussels. We also got a small salad and the vinaigrette was light and tasty. They also bring bread to table- good for soaking up delicious broth. Loved it. Would def come back to try other dishes. Another good sign was there were mostly locals there- good sign!!

I was excited to eat mussels in Brussels. I saw the decent…read morereviews for this place and was informed that there was seating right away, so I sat down and went straight to placing an order for my mussels entree. On first impression, it seemed quite busy. I'm not sure if it's always super busy, but the servers seemed very busy & overwhelmed with amount of tasks that they had to fulfill. It didn't really affect me, but just something I noticed. What disappointed & affected me the most however was the mussels that I was so anticipating. The presentation was nice, but the taste was not... The soup that was on the bottom was coating the mussels and it was way too salty for my taste! It tasted a lot like sea water. There were a decent amount of mussels to eat, but the saltiness really made it hard for me to eat each piece. It didnt have much flavor other than salt. The only saving grace was the fries. Overall, I would not recommend getting an order of mussels here...

I ordered the Belgian meatballs and my husband ordered the burger. The meatballs were delicious and…read morethe tomato sauce on them was incredible. I dipped my frites into the sauce and pretty much cleaned my plate, it was so good! My husband loved the burger and said that it was both delicious and filling. We both loved our food and thought the atmosphere was to die for. We were staring in the Grand Place as we ate our lunch. One of the owners visited with many people around us and seemed very friendly. We only had a few interactions with him, but thought he seemed very kind and happy that people chose his business. It was clean, delicious and really good service. Most seating is outside and in a small alley, so you will have many people walking past you as you eat, but that's Europe! :)

What a great little restaurant. Very nice inside, friendly and I thought the food was very good…read more Service could have been better. Very Slow bringing the food out. Maybe short in the kitchen but the servers were standing around the bar and not serving the patiently awaited customers. Very frustrating when I saw this.

We visited from California and wanted a place away from the tourist lane. So glad we found this…read morespot. It's a quiet cozy restaurant. The owners/mangers were so welcoming and you could tell that they love what they do. The mussels were a hearty serving and so tasty (homemade Mayo). We'll definitely be coming back to this memorable spot.

So.... I like this place and would return. However, we did NOT have good mussels here. Their excuse…read morewas that it is the wrong season; they struck me as not fresh or over cooked (or perhaps a mix of those three). The steak tartar was very good. Service was very French; a little slow. Draft Maes beer on tap was fine. All-in-all, affordable and good (good frites). Their steak plate and seafood dishes that others were eating looked good as well. Indoor and outdoor seating on a nice square/plaza and slightly further down from all of the other more heavily tourists spots.

Food was ok. We went for the rabbit stew on my birthday. Kind of tasted like chicken? Pork knuckle…read morehad a sweet and savory marinate. Salad was a center attraction. Lasagña was t bad either. You have to try Belgium waffles while in Belgium, obviously. Servers were friendly but forgot about a few of our dishes. We waited forever until everyone got their food. We sat outside during a rainy day but the restaurant itself seemed classic with a wooden rustic vibe.

Traditional Belgian restaurant with friendly service near Porte de Hal. I ordered the Rabbit Stew…read morein Kriek Beer (€26), which was more like two large pieces of meat cooked in stew but not actually a stew (with some fries too). The rabbit meat was surprisingly tender and the stew/sauce added some nice flavor. For those who haven't had rabbit before, it takes kind of like chicken to be honest, just with smaller bones. I think the price was okay considering the quality and type of dish. The fresh grapefruit juice (€5.80) was very good too. The staff are very friendly, helpful, and attentive. I was seated right away and the service speed was pretty quick. They have a decently sized indoor space as well as outdoor patio seating. The environment has a traditional Belgian restaurant/pub kind of vibe. Overall, Le Bistro has high quality traditional Belgian food in a pleasant setting and I would definitely recommend it if you are in the area near Porte de Hal / Marollen.

We liked the place and the food so much that we went back the next day for brunch as well. We have…read moretried the cheese croquettes, cheese omelette, Croque Monsieur and Madam and everything is pretty good. Outdoor seating is comfortable and affords a lot of fun people watching in the square and the flea market. But just know that you will need to pay in cash. They do not accept credit cards.

Spaghetti bolo for breakfast? Hell yeah!…read more After a morning jaunt through the flea market where I snatched up a fab porcelain pastry plate for 2E, my local host suggested a mid-morning snack at this 100% authentic Belgian café. As soon as we walked through the door my heart started to flutter. The wood paneled restaurant with its large central Zinc bar, gruff but friendly waiters, formica table tops with little napkin dispensers looks like it hasn't budged in 50 years. In a word: adorable! After examining the menu thoroughly I settled on the house specialty of spaghetti bolo and a café russe to wash it all down. An incongruous blend, I know, but hey, in a 24hr Belgian diner anything goes. Needless to say the bolo was like nothing I've ever had. Served over slightly overcooked vermicelli and topped with grated gruyere, the peppery, chunky bolognaise sauce had a regressive, quirky, heartiness to it that made the whole dish super fun to eat. If I lived in BXL I could see La Clef d'Or becomming a regular post flea market spot.

We just arrived in Brussels for one night. We stumbled on this wonderful place. My husband and I…read moreshared the beef stew and a lovely local blond beer, Omer. Service was great. Highly recommend.

Well, prices are cheap and quality is ok for the price but don't expect more neither. I've eaten…read moremeatballs "à la liégeoise" and they were quite good but without enough dressing and not warm enough. For a cheap place for lunch, it's more than correct but not to impress a friend or to be surprised about belgian cuisine. The spot in city is nice and the restaurant itself too. Service was ok but not so attentive, i was there on a Tuesday night and the place wasn´t so crowded.

we got this steak which was a filet mignon and it melted in my mouth. there was this pepper crème…read moresauce which was added perfectly into the fries n steak. super good and it was perfectly rare. the service was pretty quick too about 15 mins to get all the food and when asked to get more sauce, it was fast. the ambiance is chill. we ate upstairs and it seemed like an outback steak house!

This is a solid option for dining near the Grand Place with lots of outdoor seating. Their most…read morepopular item is the mussels and there are multiple preparations you can choose from. You get a large serving in a pot and really could share this between two people (maybe add a starter) since it includes a cone of frites as well. I also enjoyed the chicken specialty that was very similar to chicken and biscuits since it had creamy sauce and a puff pastry. Oh, and it also came with a cone of frites on the side. A good selection of draft beer makes sampling Belgian beers a little too easy here. Price is about what I would expect since it is in the heart of a touristy area but the portions are good.