Restaurants & good tip & tricks

Here is what we have checked for the best (don’t tell about the worst) and our judgement is only personal without any arrangement…

 

The best of the best:

Soul at 20 rue Samaritaine, organic and respectful, see www.soulresto.com (closed on Monday Tuesday)

L’Ogenblik, pure tradition with quality and humour, in the discrete middle of the Gallery of Princes (between 40 & 80 €) -closed  on Sunday

Viva Mboma, high quality & familial in the heart of rue de Flandres (closed on Sunday Monday Tuesday and Wed) tel 02512 1593

For fish and famous "croquettes de crevettes" the best in "quai aux briques" we love the Bij den Boer around 40 to 50 euros per person

La Villette good cook good wines place Ste Catherine (with also mussels) -closed on Sunday

Typical & not expensive:

At 9 rue des Chartreux (without name but ask for the boss Thomas, always full... but you can wait 5 minutes, all evenings)

Arcadi at the end of Gallery St-Hubert, nice and kind service

For Belgian fries we prefer Fritland near the Stock-Exchange or Belfrit' on Rue de la Madeleine in front of Novotel.

‘Au Soleil’, in the heart of quartier St-Jacques

Kindly exotic :

Toscana 21 at 21 Street of Roellebeck (Sablon) for  cooking from Firenze and Italy.

Kokob the ethiopian restaurant without plates and good atmosphere

‘Au Pou qui tousse’, the best restaurant from Sardinia

Norzee, the fish-shop where you eat standing up in the street corner

L’estaminet Spinnekopke on ‘place du marché aux fleurs’

At less than 20 €:

Dakao the kindest of Vietnamese restaurants (8 euros the main meal)

Pronto for a good pizza

At Turkish quarter (20 minutes from center) you can eat for 8 euros, ask for fun discovery...

Eating cafés (the best)

Poechnelkelder in front of Manneken Pis

À la Mort subite

La Bécasse

À la Fleur de papier doré

A bit chic

Café-hotel "à l'espérance" pure art-déco www.hotel-esperance.be

The restaurant of Musée Royal

The Kwint at Mont des Arts

La Brasserie Bozar on Street Horta near the Cinematek

And overall Chez Bruneau (but prefer the price at noon)

 

Good trips : the galeries st-Hubert, the house of the designer Agnès Emery, material cloth shops Chien vert and Chien du Chien, on Sablon the gallery Flamant, the park of Petit Sablon or visit of ‘Bibliothèque royale’. And the flea market every morning, the best feelings when bargaining.

 

The museum, more than 80 in Brussels (what we recommend):

‘Musée de la Ville’ on Market-Place, a small museum to concentrate the best

‘Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts’ on Place Royale

‘Musées royaux d’arts et d’histoire’ au Cinquantenaire

‘Musée Belvue’ to understand historic complexity of Brussels and see the palace underground

‘Musée de la bière de Schaerbeek’ (only on Wednesday & Saturday 14 to 17:00)

‘Caves des galeries’ (entrance on 17 through the chocolate shop).

‘Centre belge de la bande dessinée’, rue des Sables, in a superbe building Art Nouveau.

 

The taste buds:

For wines : www.vins-etonnants.com is our supplier by choice, for his quality & diversity (astonishing wines)

Beers: ‘Délices et Caprices’  in front of our building at 68 street of Bouchers

Chocolate: all the best in Brussels, from Neuhaus to Laurent Gerbaud or Corné, all is excellent!

Cakes: our prefered are at Dandoy, but you can also enjoy the pastry lounge at first floor above Wittamer at Sablon.