Guidebook for Brussels
Essentials
Carrefour Express
106 Bd AnspachAD Anspach
63 Bd AnspachFood Scene
Le Pain Quotidien
16 Rue Antoine DansaertWide choice of breakfasts, excellent bread.
Relaxed 'feel good' café with vintage interior. Good for breakfast, brunch, lunch or teatime. Only open from 09:00 till 17:00h.
44 locals recommend
Chicago Café
45 Rue de FlandreRelaxed 'feel good' café with vintage interior. Good for breakfast, brunch, lunch or teatime. Only open from 09:00 till 17:00h.
Open air fish bar with a variety of delicious small plates of fish, to be enjoyed with a good glass of white wine. Very popular, so it's best to avoid the rush hours. Their shrimp croquettes are delicious. A 'must do' if you ask me!
208 locals recommend
Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-CatherineOpen air fish bar with a variety of delicious small plates of fish, to be enjoyed with a good glass of white wine. Very popular, so it's best to avoid the rush hours. Their shrimp croquettes are delicious. A 'must do' if you ask me!
Just across the canal, my favorite pizzeria / wine bar. Don’t expect thick greasy pizza’s with lots of toppings! They serve delicious super crispy pizza’s with fresh herbs and only the best Italian ingredients. Excellent wine too.
54 locals recommend
La Belle Equipe
202 Rue Antoine DansaertJust across the canal, my favorite pizzeria / wine bar. Don’t expect thick greasy pizza’s with lots of toppings! They serve delicious super crispy pizza’s with fresh herbs and only the best Italian ingredients. Excellent wine too.
Have a drink or a bite to eat in this beautiful recently renovated Art Déco-café where Réné Magritte used to sit. They serve very good classic Belgian fare and there's plenty of seating.
34 locals recommend
Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des ChartreuxHave a drink or a bite to eat in this beautiful recently renovated Art Déco-café where Réné Magritte used to sit. They serve very good classic Belgian fare and there's plenty of seating.
Belgian/fusion food with an international feel, very cosy and popular. Only a 5 minute walk from the apartment.
52 locals recommend
Henri
113 Rue de FlandreBelgian/fusion food with an international feel, very cosy and popular. Only a 5 minute walk from the apartment.
‘Bik’ stands for Brussels International Kitchen, and that’s what they serve: a little bit of everything, but always good. One of my favorite restaurants!
13 locals recommend
Bar Bik
3 Quai aux Pierres de Taille‘Bik’ stands for Brussels International Kitchen, and that’s what they serve: a little bit of everything, but always good. One of my favorite restaurants!
Le Pré Salé
20 Rue de FlandreGood classic Belgian kitchen.
Delicious Belgian cuisine (most of the dishes are prepared with beer) and a lot of kriek, geuze, lambic and other excellent Belgian beers. Small and cosy! Nuetnigenough is Brussels slang for never enough.
48 locals recommend
Nüetnigenough
25 Rue du LombardDelicious Belgian cuisine (most of the dishes are prepared with beer) and a lot of kriek, geuze, lambic and other excellent Belgian beers. Small and cosy! Nuetnigenough is Brussels slang for never enough.
Excellent mussels and classic Belgian and French fish dishes in a classis décor. Traditional dishes, but refined and elegant.
23 locals recommend
Bij den Boer
60 Quai aux BriquesExcellent mussels and classic Belgian and French fish dishes in a classis décor. Traditional dishes, but refined and elegant.
Another restaurant with top quality Belgian fish specialties with a modern twist in a modern setting. I love this place!
29 locals recommend
Beaucoup Fish
2 Rue Van GaverAnother restaurant with top quality Belgian fish specialties with a modern twist in a modern setting. I love this place!
Delicious hamburgers made with top quality beef and other meats (veggie options too) and the best Belgian fries!
44 locals recommend
Ellis Gourmet Burger
4 Pl. Sainte-CatherineDelicious hamburgers made with top quality beef and other meats (veggie options too) and the best Belgian fries!
Fun restaurant with a big terrace (weather permitting) and succulent burgers and huge crispy salads.
74 locals recommend
Houtsiplou
9 Pl. RouppeFun restaurant with a big terrace (weather permitting) and succulent burgers and huge crispy salads.
Laidback restaurant with great, simple Belgian food. Try the STOEMP or the delicious salad with grilled chicken.
(You can’t pay with a credit card)
174 locals recommend
La Fin de Siècle
3 Av. de l'ArméeLaidback restaurant with great, simple Belgian food. Try the STOEMP or the delicious salad with grilled chicken.
(You can’t pay with a credit card)
Great tajines, couscous, kefta, pastilla, traditional Moroccan mint tea in a cosy, lantarn-filled setting.
19 locals recommend
La Kasbah
20 Rue Antoine DansaertGreat tajines, couscous, kefta, pastilla, traditional Moroccan mint tea in a cosy, lantarn-filled setting.
Get freshly prepared meals for take away and compose your own salads to eat in or take away. They also have daily hot lunch specials.
9 locals recommend
Delicatessen
17 Rue Sainte-CatherineGet freshly prepared meals for take away and compose your own salads to eat in or take away. They also have daily hot lunch specials.
Frederic Blondeel
39 Rue de GanshorenReal Belgian handmade chocolates.
This chocolatier delivers his goodies to the Belgian royal family, so they must be good. And they are.
33 locals recommend
Wittamer sa
12 Pl. du Grand SablonThis chocolatier delivers his goodies to the Belgian royal family, so they must be good. And they are.
Pierre Marcolini
1 Rue des MinimesExquisite chocolates …
Charli
34 Rue Sainte-CatherineExcellent bread and pastries. One of the best in the neighborhood!
OR Coffee
9 Rue Auguste OrtsBest coffee in town, just where you enter the pedestrian area.
Drinks & Nightlife
Brussels best known cocktail/jazz bar. You have to ring the door bell to be able to enter, but don't worry: anybody is welcome to come in and try one of the great cocktails or enjoy the great Art Deco-interior. This bar is home to serval artists and hosts many concerts, especially during autumn an witer months.
146 locals recommend
L'Archiduc
6 Rue Antoine DansaertBrussels best known cocktail/jazz bar. You have to ring the door bell to be able to enter, but don't worry: anybody is welcome to come in and try one of the great cocktails or enjoy the great Art Deco-interior. This bar is home to serval artists and hosts many concerts, especially during autumn an witer months.
Great neighborhood café with a small good food menu and a few daily specials. One of my favorite places in this area, just across the canal - just a 2 minutes walk from the apartment. Good fresh mint tea, terrace is very popular on sunny days.
66 locals recommend
Café Walvis
209 Rue Antoine DansaertGreat neighborhood café with a small good food menu and a few daily specials. One of my favorite places in this area, just across the canal - just a 2 minutes walk from the apartment. Good fresh mint tea, terrace is very popular on sunny days.
Café which looks out onto the Oude Graanmarkt square. It is an ideal place to begin a tour of the town or to sit back and rest for a while whilst taking in the atmosphere. On sunny days, you can cool down on one of Brussels best terraces. Also family friendly food.
12 locals recommend
De Markten Cafe
5 Rue du Vieux Marché aux GrainsCafé which looks out onto the Oude Graanmarkt square. It is an ideal place to begin a tour of the town or to sit back and rest for a while whilst taking in the atmosphere. On sunny days, you can cool down on one of Brussels best terraces. Also family friendly food.
This nice café was recently renovated and is a huge succes. They have lots of good beers (ask for a local Brussels beer) and snacks. In the back, you can enjoy a simple daily special or a very decent spaghetti bolognese or carbonara.
125 locals recommend
Monk
22 Rue Sainte-CatherineThis nice café was recently renovated and is a huge succes. They have lots of good beers (ask for a local Brussels beer) and snacks. In the back, you can enjoy a simple daily special or a very decent spaghetti bolognese or carbonara.
Small bar where you can enjoy a good glass of wine and some tapas, like a mixed plate of cheese and meat.
9 locals recommend
Pepette & Ronron
53 Rue Léon LepageSmall bar where you can enjoy a good glass of wine and some tapas, like a mixed plate of cheese and meat.
‘Beer is the answer’ is the slogan of this café. They are right.
A whole lot of very special and excellent beers from all over the world. Do ask for a local one, they are the best.
164 locals recommend
Moeder Lambic
8 Pl. Fontainas‘Beer is the answer’ is the slogan of this café. They are right.
A whole lot of very special and excellent beers from all over the world. Do ask for a local one, they are the best.
You can choose from 3.162 beers. For real. There is no other bar in the world that has more. Don’t attempt to try them all.
368 locals recommend
Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la FidélitéYou can choose from 3.162 beers. For real. There is no other bar in the world that has more. Don’t attempt to try them all.
A very tiny, very typical Belgian café. It was voted one of the best bars in the world (!) by the English newspaper The Guardian.
21 locals recommend
Daringman
37 Rue de FlandreA very tiny, very typical Belgian café. It was voted one of the best bars in the world (!) by the English newspaper The Guardian.
Le Cirio
18 Rue de la BourseA monument. The place to drink Half & Half as if it were 1924.
Sightseeing
Grand-Place
Poelaertplein
Place PoelaertNice view over Brussels.
Entertainment & Activities
Swimming pools of Brussels city
28 Rue du Chevreuil