Guidebook for Brussels

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Guidebook for Brussels

Essentials

Nearest health food store. Open every day 10 - 8 Sunday 11 - 7
17 locals recommend
Natural Corner
1 Rue de l'Escalier
17 locals recommend
Nearest health food store. Open every day 10 - 8 Sunday 11 - 7
For a good haircut - men and women
Boomba
31 Rue des Chartreux
For a good haircut - men and women
The main supermarket in the neighbourhood.
118 locals recommend
AD Anspach
63 Bd Anspach
118 locals recommend
The main supermarket in the neighbourhood.
Great cheese shop and deli run by mother daughter and grandmother.
11 locals recommend
Catherine
23 Rue du Midi
11 locals recommend
Great cheese shop and deli run by mother daughter and grandmother.
A smallish supermarket. Has most things. A little more expensive than the Delhaize but that little bit closer too. Open until 22h
178 locals recommend
Carrefour Express
106 Bd Anspach
178 locals recommend
A smallish supermarket. Has most things. A little more expensive than the Delhaize but that little bit closer too. Open until 22h
Open every day 7h - 23h, new bright and organised supermarket
269 locals recommend
Carrefour market
55 Pl. Jourdan
269 locals recommend
Open every day 7h - 23h, new bright and organised supermarket

Food Scene

Simply the best moules frites. (mussels and fries) phone: +32 (0)2 512 61 22
23 locals recommend
Bij den Boer
60 Quai aux Briques
23 locals recommend
Simply the best moules frites. (mussels and fries) phone: +32 (0)2 512 61 22
Simple, inexpensive, family food and a lively, friendly atmosphere. Good stoemp saucisse.
174 locals recommend
La Fin de Siècle
3 Av. de l'Armée
174 locals recommend
Simple, inexpensive, family food and a lively, friendly atmosphere. Good stoemp saucisse.
A good Ethiopian restaurant.
61 locals recommend
Kokob
10 Rue des Grands Carmes
61 locals recommend
A good Ethiopian restaurant.
Fancy modern and classic cooking. They also do a good moules frites. Best to reserve. +32 (0) 2 218 00 08
52 locals recommend
Henri
113 Rue de Flandre
52 locals recommend
Fancy modern and classic cooking. They also do a good moules frites. Best to reserve. +32 (0) 2 218 00 08
Good for lunch or dinner. Proper burgers, salads and pasta.
74 locals recommend
Houtsiplou
9 Pl. Rouppe
74 locals recommend
Good for lunch or dinner. Proper burgers, salads and pasta.
Colonial-style restaurant and bar for cocktails maybe. Just around the block.
36 locals recommend
Le Cercle des Voyageurs
18 Lievevrouwbroersstraat
36 locals recommend
Colonial-style restaurant and bar for cocktails maybe. Just around the block.
The now ubiquitous breakfast spot - started in Brussels, now expanding throughout the world. It's worth taking a pot of the praline spread home with you.
73 locals recommend
Le Pain Quotidien
11 Rue des Sablons
73 locals recommend
The now ubiquitous breakfast spot - started in Brussels, now expanding throughout the world. It's worth taking a pot of the praline spread home with you.
A good American-style coffee/muffin bar. The best coffee though is just across the Boulevard - Rue des Riches-Claire "Moka" (not on google) . A funky place but a bit unreliable with opening hours.
8 locals recommend
Coffee Company
8 locals recommend
A good American-style coffee/muffin bar. The best coffee though is just across the Boulevard - Rue des Riches-Claire "Moka" (not on google) . A funky place but a bit unreliable with opening hours.
The restaurant downstairs is really not bad if you are feeling lazy or just want to keep it very local.
48 locals recommend
Nüetnigenough
25 Rue du Lombard
48 locals recommend
The restaurant downstairs is really not bad if you are feeling lazy or just want to keep it very local.
Very nice, funky, inexpensive Brazilian restaurant. Not a huge menu (always reassuring I find) including Feijoada. Not to be confused with La Cantina Cubana in the parallel street.
8 locals recommend
La Cantina
15 Rue du Jardin des Olives
8 locals recommend
Very nice, funky, inexpensive Brazilian restaurant. Not a huge menu (always reassuring I find) including Feijoada. Not to be confused with La Cantina Cubana in the parallel street.
'Table d'hôte' organic (but not vegetarian) restaurant. Lunch €15 Dinner €25. All-day brunch at the weekend. It's delicious!
56 locals recommend
Les Filles
46 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains
56 locals recommend
'Table d'hôte' organic (but not vegetarian) restaurant. Lunch €15 Dinner €25. All-day brunch at the weekend. It's delicious!
It's a tea-room with a great ambiance and a large menu of Marriage Frères teas (the best) and some great cakes. The cheesecake is delicious. The whole street is nice to visit actually.
17 locals recommend
A.M. Sweet
4 Rue des Chartreux
17 locals recommend
It's a tea-room with a great ambiance and a large menu of Marriage Frères teas (the best) and some great cakes. The cheesecake is delicious. The whole street is nice to visit actually.
Fantastic Japanese noodle soups. Ramen, gyoza, edamame... simple, delicious and they do a day special as well. Lunch or dinner.
25 locals recommend
Umamido St-Catherine
1 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
25 locals recommend
Fantastic Japanese noodle soups. Ramen, gyoza, edamame... simple, delicious and they do a day special as well. Lunch or dinner.
Probably your nearest bakery serving breakfast. Nice ambience. Pastries and coffee are good but the bread is better in the health food store.
6 locals recommend
Le Temps des Tartines
71 Rue du Midi
6 locals recommend
Probably your nearest bakery serving breakfast. Nice ambience. Pastries and coffee are good but the bread is better in the health food store.

Drinks & Nightlife

An old-style Belgian classic restored to full glory. Recently started serving food though I haven't tried yet.
34 locals recommend
Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des Chartreux
34 locals recommend
An old-style Belgian classic restored to full glory. Recently started serving food though I haven't tried yet.
Nice old-style Belgian bar
43 locals recommend
Le Cirio
18 Rue de la Bourse
43 locals recommend
Nice old-style Belgian bar
Mostly (but not exclusively) gay bar with a nice terrace.
48 locals recommend
Kolenmarkt 91
91 Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarkt
48 locals recommend
Mostly (but not exclusively) gay bar with a nice terrace.
If you are looking for a bit of bar-hopping then this cluster around Place St Gery is a good place to start. It's a young crowd.
44 locals recommend
Le Roi des Belges
35 Rue Jules Van Praet
44 locals recommend
If you are looking for a bit of bar-hopping then this cluster around Place St Gery is a good place to start. It's a young crowd.
The first of a cluster of friendly bars with terraces that sprung in this area. They do simple food too - soups, panini and salads
25 locals recommend
Zebra
33 Pl. Saint-Géry
25 locals recommend
The first of a cluster of friendly bars with terraces that sprung in this area. They do simple food too - soups, panini and salads

Everything Else

The best flea market in Europe - daily.
364 locals recommend
Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle
364 locals recommend
The best flea market in Europe - daily.

Shopping

The fanciest chocolate in town.
116 locals recommend
Pierre Marcolini
1 Rue des Minimes
116 locals recommend
The fanciest chocolate in town.
A selection of men and women's Belgian fashion.
24 locals recommend
Stijl
74 Rue Antoine Dansaert
24 locals recommend
A selection of men and women's Belgian fashion.
BIG second-hand clothing store. It's a bit further than some of the others in the neighbourhood and it's not the cheapest but the selection and the quality makes it worth the trip.
7 locals recommend
Les Enfants d'Edouard
175 Av. Louise
7 locals recommend
BIG second-hand clothing store. It's a bit further than some of the others in the neighbourhood and it's not the cheapest but the selection and the quality makes it worth the trip.

Arts & Culture

A great theatre in Brussels for dance and theatre. Check out - http://www.kaaitheater.be/home.jsp (also the smaller Kaaistudio's Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Vaakstraat 81 - 1000 Brussel)
53 locals recommend
Kaaitheater
19 Sq. Sainctelette
53 locals recommend
A great theatre in Brussels for dance and theatre. Check out - http://www.kaaitheater.be/home.jsp (also the smaller Kaaistudio's Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Vaakstraat 81 - 1000 Brussel)
Independent cinema in the beautiful gallery
25 locals recommend
Cinema Galeries
26 Galerie de la Reine
25 locals recommend
Independent cinema in the beautiful gallery
Jan Mot gallery - small, excellent gallery for contemporary art in the centre.
Jan Mot
10 Pl. du Petit Sablon
Jan Mot gallery - small, excellent gallery for contemporary art in the centre.

Entertainment & Activities

Cinema museum. Classic films, big screen, small price.
73 locals recommend
Musée du cinéma de Bruxelles
9 Rue Baron Horta
73 locals recommend
Cinema museum. Classic films, big screen, small price.
Mainstream cinema
115 locals recommend
UGC De Brouckère
38 Pl. De Brouckère
115 locals recommend
Mainstream cinema