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Tourist Restaurant with Good Food

  • May 23, 2009
  • Rated 3 of 5 by tvordj from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Tourist Restaurant with Good Food

City centre Brussels has lots of choice for restaurants. We were still unfamiliar with the area on our first night in Brussels. We walked a bit along The Bourse to find a restaurant and this one was on the corner, across from the Bruxelles museum and near the entrance lane to the Grand Place. As a result, I'm sure it gets a lot of tourist traffic and probably groups. The restaurant is a good size, bright and airy with lots of windows and and outdoor terrace for nice weather. I'm not sure the terrace would be all that comfortable as it's on a busy main street and the noise and smell from the traffic would probably be intrusive. Inside, there are two levels and the wait staff are brisk, efficient and friendly. They have an English menu and a lot of choice.

They have a set price menu for 18 euro and a gourmet set price menu for 23 for the more adventurous. They have Belgian specialties as well. There are vegetarian options but not a lot for people with American preferences. That's ok if you are willing to try different things and there should be something on the menu to please.

I had the carbonnade which is a beef stew in a dark gravy sauce made with wine. It came with Frites (fries). My partner had a burger which came with a fried egg on top but no bun! He was a bit surprise! We sampled some of the lovely Belgian beers which we really enjoyed. Belgium has a reputation for excellent and wide varieties of beers and rightly so!

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