Must-see restaurants in Brussels

  • Chez Oki

    Brussels

    Modern minimalism wraps around an internal ‘Zen garden’ while French-Japanese fusion food works wonders on your plate. Hope that your yeux fermés …

  • Het Warmwater

    Brussels

    Endearing and friendly little daytime cafe with stencilled teapots and art collages on the walls. The food – croque-monsieurs, salads, cheese and meat…

  • Yi Chan

    Brussels

    A modest and friendly family-run restaurant and cocktail bar, decked out with an arch of plastic cherry blossom. The homemade dim sum hits the spot;…

  • Viva M’Boma

    Brussels

    Hefty Belgian classics are served in a long, narrow bistro entirely walled in gleaming white tiles like the butchers’ shop it once was. Stuffed sheep's…

  • Le Framboisier

    Brussels

    Imaginatively flavoured ice cream to take away or, in summer, eat in the garden. Sorbets, including some made from Cantillon beers, are the house…

  • Den Teepot

    Brussels

    A macrobiotic, veggie lunch place located above a mustard-yellow ‘bio’ shop. Bright decor with murals adorning the walls.

  • Le Midi Cinquante

    Brussels

    The Musée Art & Histoire features this upmarket bistro serving mostly Italian-inspired snacks and mains.

  • Brasserie Horta

    Brussels

    An attractive place serving salads and Belgian standards.

  • Ballekes

    Brussels

    Honouring the meatball recipes of their grandmas, Florence and Thibaut roll out four different kinds of boulette at Ballekes (beef, pork, chicken or…

  • Baogo facade

    Baogo

    Brussels

    When bao met burger, it was happily ever after. Metres from the Grand Place, Baogo lets you choose your burger of choice (slow-cooked pulled pork, panko…

  • Kumiko Facade

    Kumiko

    Brussels

    Serving fast and healthy Japanese food, like onigiris (rice balls), gyozas (dumplings) and donburis (rice bowls with meat or fish), Kumiko is a dimly lit…

  • Living Room

    Brussels

    Almost everything is for sale at this sleek-looking, Scandinavian-styled design shop and cafe, from the crumbling carrot cake and daintily presented…

  • Bao Bang Bang

    Brussels

    Bao Bang Bang is all about Bao, little steamed stuffed buns that are typical Vietnamese street snacks. Classic recipes like crispy pork or spicy fish are…

  • Coco Donuts

    Brussels

    Pleasingly gigantic and highly addictive, donuts from Coco come with all manner of fillings from salted caramel and vanilla custard to Snickers, peanut…

  • Vistro

    Vistro

    Brussels

    Much less formal and a little cheaper than many Ste-Catherine options. Petit Vistro has bare brick walls, a pretty tiled floor, A-frame beams upstairs and…

  • La Maison du Cygne

    Brussels

    Gastronomic Belgo-French seasonal cuisine is served in this sophisticated restaurant on the 2nd floor of a classic 17th-century guildhall. Book way ahead…

  • In ’t Spinnekopke

    Brussels

    This age-old classic occupies an atmospheric 17th-century whitewashed cottage, with a summer terrace spilling onto the revamped square. Bruxellois…

  • Atomium Restaurant

    Brussels

    The Atomium's panorama-level restaurant reopens after the exhibits have closed, putting starched cloths on its functional tables and serving dinners with…

  • Capoue

    Brussels

    Great ice cream in a dizzying variety of flavours, including speculoos, Belgium's trademark biscuit. It also serves frozen yoghurt and snacks.

  • Bij den Boer

    Brussels

    Convivial fish restaurant, with mirror-panelled walls, model yachts, sensible prices and a jolly ambience. The wine of the month is €20 a bottle.

  • Cafetéria du Mim

    Brussels

    Head to the top floor of the Old England building for the Cafetéria du Mim, where spectacular views are framed by wrought-iron curlicues.

  • Bistrot du Cygne

    Brussels

    Cosily elegant oak-panelled restaurant on the Grand Place serving French bistro classics plus steaks and burgers.