Seafood restaurants in Brussels
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La Quincaillerie
The gleaming brass interior gives a clue to this brasserie's former life as an ironmonger's shop. It woos with seafood specialities.
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Gin Fish
In the absence of printed menus, diners congregate around the bar facing the open kitchen to watch chef Didier Garnich create gastronomical feasts from the day’s freshest market ingredients. Garnich famously relinquished his formerly Michelin-starred establishment De Matelote, and Gin Fish now has its own newly minted star. You’ll need to book at least two weeks ahead on the weekend, but if you’re lucky you might be able to snag a midweek seat the same morning.
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Sea Grill
You’d be hard pressed to find a more unlikely setting for Brussels’ finest seafood than deep inside this ‘80s ode to interior atrium elevators and muzak. But at the Michelin-starred Sea Grill restaurant, chef Yves Mattagne and his team create just that in the open kitchen. Try the Brittany lobster, crushed and extracted in an antique solid-silver lobster press (one of only four in the world) and prepared at your table.
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Aux Armes de Bruxelles
In a street where dining is a minefield of mussel places, this elegant eatery is where locals come to get treated like royalty and to eat fantastic seafood. The oysters are the freshest around, and for mains try any version of the mussels or fish - the sole meuniere (fish with butter and lemon) is excellent.
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La Belle Maraîchère
Ste-Catherine has no shortage of superb seafood, but the wonderfully old-school La Belle Maraîchère has long been the restaurant of choice for discerning Bruxellois. Here, the Devreker family reverently prepare lobster and fish, and it’s the perfect place to try Brussels’ famous mussels in white wine.
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La Mer du Nord
Beneath a cobalt-blue awning out on the pavement, fresh-from-the-ocean seafood including mussels, oysters and fish rests on beds of ice. You can buy some to take with you, or watch as it’s cooked and snack standing up, accompanied by a glass of chilled Muscadet wine at the stainless-steel outdoor bar.
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Jacques
It's rare to see Jacques anything but full. This down-to-earth restaurant, one of the city's oldest seafood establishments, has been around well over 60 years. It attracts an older, largely local crowd for lunch and a younger, more cosmopolitan set at night. For lobster ring a day in advance.
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De Kleine Zavel
Flavours of the Med mix with freshly caught fish (and a handful of meat dishes), accompanied by an outstanding wine list, at this celebrated yet resolutely humble restaurant.
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Cafédraal
Through a stone archway, this bistro/bar’s hip yet homely multicoloured rooms buzz with diners who come here for its outstanding bouillabaisse.
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Bij den Boer
A longtime seafood favourite with a no-fuss interior and newly-revamped blue-tiled façade. Real Brussels experience.
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Chez Léon
Longtime tourist favourite in the heart of Brussels' famous dining street, Rue des Bouchers. This rambling place occupies several gabled houses and offers fast service at any time of the day or night, substantial helpings of mussels and chips, and free meals for kids under 12. You'll find branches all over Belgium, and worldwide.
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