Location is great because it is literally facing the plaza. Venue is really interesting looking. However, service is horrible! It took forever to order and forever to get our food. No refills on drinks and no bread to snack on until we literally got our dinner. Food and drinks are overpriced but servers are at least friendly. read more

When your teenager finishes his Rabbit dish, you know this place is a winner... I ordered the Beef stew and my husband ordered the chicken, all of our dishes were the Belgium Specialties and we were so pleased read more

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Service is a notion that probably was existant a long long time ago. Half of the order never came. Ask for your order and you are selcomed with a "it's OK you're not gonna cry". Plates coming with no ustensiles on tables. Pretty pathetic for a restaurant sitting on the Great Place of Brussels. I was born and raised in Brussels and don't why groups of tourist should come here except for the view. Sad. read more

Had breakfast here. Location is great and outdoor seating is nice when weather is good. Croissants and coffee are fine, just a bit pricey for breakfast. The service was nice but when paying the bill, the waiter explicitly asked for tips!!! read more

I went to this place after dinner with a friend and we had two small drinks each. At around midnight, a while after asking for the bill, we decided to leave. As the waiter who had served us was no longer around, we walked towards a small counter, where another waiter was standing and we paid our bill. As we walked out, another waiter addressed us, asking us if we had paid. We said yes and kept walking. He went back inside, then came after us shouting, right in the middle of the Grand Place: "Did you pay? Who did you pay to?" We could have walked away, as this was proper harassment on his behalf, but we didn't. We stopped instead, and the man started asking us to describe the waiter we had paid to, then he wanted to see our receipt. I found it in my wallet and showed it to him. He did not apologise and just walked away, to which I said this is not the way clients should be treated. In a very arrogant tone, he answered: " So how should I treat clients, madame, you tell me". I decided to go back in and look for a manager. While still outside, he shouted after me: "Where are you going? I am the manager!". I walked inside anyway, and found the waiter I had paid my bill to. He looked very embarrassed for his colleague's behaviour. His colleague, on the other hand, kept addressing me and saying, in front of everyone: "I am the manager, he is just a waiter!" As I walked away with my friend, this weird person who works in the restaurant claiming (I hope it's not true) to be a manager kept watching us, even from the window. Nothing like this ever happened to me before and I was in shock. I don't know whether this depended on my friend's nationality and mine (Italian) and the restaurant staff was being racist, assuming we would leave without paying, but shouting after clients and following them outside a restaurant, shouting late at night in the middle of a square, and then not even apologising for unfairly accusing them of not paying, is absolutely not acceptable and a staff like that person should not be allowed to work in a respectable restaurant. I wrote to the restaurant, attaching the receipts, to flag the waiter's behaviour and I received no answer. I am disgusted and advise anyone else who is treated like this by staff in this restaurant to report them. By the way, the bill was over 30 euros for a shot of tequila, a small glass of Grand Marnier and two very small glasses of Porto, which is justified by the location (central and very touristy) but insulting considering the quality of the service. read more

This is a must visit when in Brussels. One of the oldest taverns on Le Grand Place, you have to stop here for a beer or two. Sit out on the terrace if it's spring or summer, otherwise get a table close to the fireplace inside during the winter. The beer selection is great and the waiters are rude which is exactly what you want lol read more

The food was average but the prices were insane! Our bill for 4 adults and 4 kids came to almost 200 euros! Most expensive meal on our entire 3 week European vacation. They wouldn't even bring us regular tap water, we had to buy bottled water. read more

The most horrifically rude and horrible waiter ever. When the manager learned what the waiter did, my friend who speaks French told me he heard him yelling at the waiter in the kitchen, asking him if he was an "idiot", how could he have been so stupid, etc. Nonetheless, Le Roy hired the most horrifically horrible waiter on earth (not just in my opinion, but, apparently their own opinion), so why would you trust them? Yes, it's unfair to give reviews when something horrible happens, out of context, but again, if a restaurant can ruin several hours of my life (I was upset for hours), they at least might do the same to you, so why risk it, right? It's in a tourist area, you're probably a tourist if reading this - why risk having your evening ruined? read more

Worst food I've had in a long time and super expensive too. Go literally anywhere else. The onion soup tasted like dirty water, fries tasted like they were cooked in filthy oil and the burger was disgusting. They also claimed nowhere in Belgium serves tap water which is totally untrue. read more

I have been here many times and although I will admit it tends to cater to the tourist trade I have never been disappointed with the food or service. read more

The service is very bad, we waited half an hour to get a beer and another half hour to pay. The waiter was very impolite and grumpy. The location does not make up for the crazy expensive prices read more

This place is one of the greatest places I have ever eaten at!!! The food is awesome and the service and people are just very helpful and amazing! We ate here for 4 nights in a row and every dish we had was excellent! read more

You have to give this place a break, even though it is ultra-touristy on the most ultra-touristy square in Europe. We have been coming here since the early 1960s, and from the stuffed horse by the stairs to the pig-bladder chandeliers, to the rushed service from the waiters in their Breughel-esque uniforms, it has hardly changed a wink. In Bruxelles, which sometimes shows no more respect for the past than a California suburb, this is an achievement. We generally stick with coffee and liquers on a lazy afternoon, but the beer isn't bad either. We wouldn't dream of eating here, although people do. A Bruxelles institution with none of the fakery of some other nearby establishments. read more

Great service good choice of beers. A little price but due to its location it is worth it.

The food was horrible (burger was the most well-done--almost charred--burger ever, and the calamari was unidentifiable), the service was bad, and the server told us she was "not allowed" to give us a carafe of water. read more

Great for a lunch. Beer Tasting platter was awesome value, and food was delicious. Awesome friendly waiters having a joke with everyone recommended if visiting the Grand Place. read more

Le Roy d'Espagne - Belgian Near Me - Brussels, BRU

Beautiful location in the heart of the grand place ... Was a little worried when I read previous reviews but we had s fabulous experience . Good attentive waiter , mussels ( in garlic wind sauce ) were large and juicy . Had a fabulous evening !! Would highly recommend this place . read more

Never again! This is just an extremely unfriendly tourist spot. The service was very unfriendly and bad. Apparently it's their attitude to serve tourists just once, as by nature they drop in just once. Why do you people work in tourism when you hate tourists??? And by the way: The whole world makes a cappucino with steamed milk and an espresso. They explained their crappy coffee with ready-made cream that this is the way how Belgian do cappucino!!! At the end the even more unfriendly manager came and I had to pay this disgusting "coffee". Is this really the way you treat clients that bring you the money to pay your bills??? read more

Great atmosphere...the decor is great and great view, but don't expect anything else to be great food and drink wise. Service took forever, and the quality of food in no way matches the price. read more

Square deal Don't come here if you're looking for some time away from tourists, but do come if you've just arrived, wandered to the Grand Place and need reassurance of quality. A fine place to sup a beer in the sun with friends, although you certainly pay the price for the location. read more

It's a little touristy and a little pricier. But the view of grand place was incredible, the beer was good, and the food was delicious after a long day of exploring Brussels. read more

Le Roy D'Espagne was one of my favorite places to visit in Brussels. The environment, decor, and location are all perfect for what a tourist is looking for. The beer, of course, was amazing. Best beer in the world, Belgian beer. If you can, try em all. My favorite part about Le Roy's were the people/staff. English speaking and very funny. I came in and within 1 minute we were laughing and joking with each other. I highly recommend this place. Come in, sit down, enjoy the views and leave extremely happy and satisfied. read more