Brussels, Brussels Food Guide: 10 Belgian food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Ixelles

June 26, 2020 Hana Mouser

Discover Restaurants offering the best Belgian food in Ixelles, Brussels, Brussels. Ixelles (French pronunciation: [iksɛl]; Dutch: Elsene pronounced [ˈɛlsənə] ( listen)) is one of the nineteen municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
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10. Berlaymont Cafe

Rue Archimede 8, Brussels 1000 Belgium French, Belgian, European, Gastropub Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Reservations, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Table Service, Full Bar [email protected] +32 2 720 66 30 http://www.facebook.com/Berlaymont-Caf%C3%A9-2902481156443687/?ref=py_c
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4 based on 201 reviews

Berlaymont Cafe

Reviewed By koskol

We visited this restaurant with our friends in the middle of Sep after 9 PM. Were impressed by food (steaks were fantastic especially), beer (good selection with different type of taste) and very good service. Do you need something else on top of what is mentioned? We do not! So enjoy please!

9. Artisauce

Chaussee de Waterloo 421, Ixelles, Brussels 1050 Belgium French, Belgian, European Lunch, Dinner Full Bar, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Highchairs Available, Free Wifi [email protected] +32 483 65 65 16 http://www.artisauce.com
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4 based on 258 reviews

Artisauce

Christophe and Frederic are welcoming you in their Young, Gastronomic and Open Cuisine. Our Restaurant is a Modern but Cozy and Peaceful place assorted with a beautiful south facing Garden. Christophe, the Chef, uses only Fresh products with New Flavours

Reviewed By 586katieb

We found this place on trip advisor. I had sole munière. My boyfriend had the wild boar. Both dishes were outstanding. I had crème brulée and he had the sorbet trio. Again both were outstanding. The owner of the restaurant was very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this place.

8. Le Rendez-vous des Artistes

Rue Dejoncker 24, Saint-Gilles, Brussels 1060 Belgium Belgian, Central European, Brew Pub Lunch, Dinner, Drinks Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Wine and Beer, Digital Payments [email protected] +32 2 537 32 82 http://rdvda.be/
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4 based on 333 reviews

Le Rendez-vous des Artistes

Cuisine et bières belges. Brasserie. Cadre exceptionnel et personnel aux petits soins. Le Rendez-vous des Artistes vous attend pour déguster de succulents plats du terroir accompagnés de bières et vins sélectionnés avec le plus grand soin.

Reviewed By Elizabeth S

This place was so welcoming and the food so good we went there twice. We sat outside in the street and the atmosphere was lively and friendly. Plenty of choice on the menu and lovely serving staff whi enjoyed a bit of banter. We all enjoyed it.

7. Le Chou de Bruxelles

Rue de Florence 26, Ixelles, Brussels 1050 Belgium Belgian Lunch, Dinner Highchairs Available, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service [email protected] +32 2 537 69 95 http://www.lechoudebruxelles.be/
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4 based on 1140 reviews

Le Chou de Bruxelles

Since 20years our restaurant have the pleasure to serve you a local cooking in a "belgo-belge" decoration, our specialty, the mussels, prepared in more then 30 kinds, built our reputation and well outside our borders. In good weather, a beautiful garden w

Reviewed By AntBa7

Located in the district of Ixelles, my girlfriend and I went to eat mussels and check other dishes out of their menu. The price for the mussels is around 22€ and you have plenty to enjoy and you can really appreciate the product quality. They also can explain you where the products are from. The duck on the picture below was well cooked and it was really good meat. I truly recommend it for meat lovers. This plate worth 19€. Staff is very friendly, nice and at your disposal if anything needed. In total for two people, with two main dishes, one bottle of water and two desserts. It has cost 59€ which is a reasonable price for such a quality. You however need to reserve in advance because it is very often full. You can count a bit less than a week to call and reserve a table. The only one item which would be negative is the bottle of water: 1L worth 6€. It is quite expensive.

6. Le Bistro

Boulevard de Waterloo 138, Brussels 1000 Belgium French, Belgian, Bar, Seafood, European, Central European Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Digital Payments, Free Wifi, Reservations, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service [email protected] +32 2 539 44 54 http://le-bistro.be/en
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4 based on 2608 reviews

Le Bistro

Reviewed By khkjp

Quick& efficient smiley service, very agreeable. I enjoyed a big casserole mussels cooked with white wine, typical delicious plate in Belgium and, a pinte of draft beer. I really appreciated this simple and nice dinner.

5. Stirwen

Chaussee Saint-Pierre 15-17 Place Jourdan, Etterbeek, Brussels 1040 Belgium French, Belgian, European Lunch, Dinner Seating, Validated Parking, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Digital Payments, Free Wifi, Reservations, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service [email protected] +32 2 640 85 41 http://www.stirwen.be
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4 based on 238 reviews

Stirwen

Welcome to the Stirwen! To cook, to host, to satisfy...Our principle is based on our passion for gastronomy. In Brussels, at the heart of the Jourdan area, in the shadow of the European institutions, the Stirwen restaurant is a place in which well-eating

Reviewed By dreamult

I am sorry to mark poor rating for overpricing on sparking water no matter how good at the cooking. The one litre SPA costed me 10 euro but the same one in supermarket is selling at 0.62 euro. It’s multiple 16 times. Does it make sense? Maybe your restaurant was starred but frankly speaking it’s not my first time to try similar quality restaurant even much famous and better. Even famous hotel , Mandarin oriental hotel , it’s grill house priced their wine in multiple 3-5 only. Usually, I trust the professionalism in the restaurant and such that I didn’t check the price and to follow the suggestion. Also, I don’t expect such overwhelming price of water in Brussels. It won’t be happened in Paris and London. I am quite disappointed for it to make comment here!!! The staff serviced well with good suggestion on wine pairing with the starter. Impressive. One point is to remind that tuna is not fresh enuf. The main course for the pork is cooked well but the curry sauce with peanut seems not intense , not Thai, not japan, not India one. Cannot tell how it taste indeed. The side dish esp. the potato is pan well, crunchy surface and soft inside. Dessert is ok.MerciDear KidultCoolfirst of all... ouf, the food was good, and you had a relative Pleasant lunch (at least it's what you said when you left the restaurant.About the pork, it's absolutely not a curry sauce (neither japonese, indian, nor thai, nor either part of the world), just a classical french Brown jus with some peanuts butter and chinese saté Inside… Nothing more ;-)Then, thanks for the 2 stars rate for your good moment in our restaurant! ;-) (it's ironic, just in case if you do not understand) your comment about the price of water gives me a platform for some explanations:your emotion is understandable, but your argument is somewhat truncated …Let's start from the premise that a restaurant is a for-profit company and that its goal is to make profit (in the preamble, know that it is the same prices everywhere in Brussels in this type of establishment .. and that it is cheaper than in Paris)First of all: we do not sold it really 10€, in fact it's 8.26 €, the rest is the value Added tax (1.73€) like mentionned on your photo … we call that the TVA and it's directly for the State ;-) Secundly, after delivering in the restaurant, water costs us around 1.20€ … yes our provider doesn't work for free (he has to pay his employees, his truck, fuel, tax, and so…) --> yes we have a ratio of 6.8 for the water… but It's quite less than in Paris where water is cheapest in supermarket (they have no tax on water in France, like we have in Belgium) and where the sold it on higher price, like Shangri-la (8€ for 1/2 l (5€ in the Stirwen) 11€ for a liter … and with a VAT of 10% (21% in Belgium) to summarizeBelgium : buy 1.20€ (vat excluded) --> 8.26€ (vat ex) => 10€ (vat included) the price you payFrance : buy 0.55€ (vat excluded) --> 10 €( vat excluded) => 11 € (vat included) the price you payDid you really imagine one second that a restaurant will really sell a bottle of water at 2€ (multiple x3.5) and earns less than 1.20€ for giving you a 100% cotton toppings, tablecloth,, high level porcelain and cutlery, three kinds of fresh bread, two kinds of butter (from local craftsmen), organic olive oil …noooo you are too smart to Believe the opposite ;-)since you stayed more than one hour at table (and it's our pleasure to se you having good time) … since you were not in a crownded restaurant with no napkins where they Don't allow you to stay long time because they want to sell the table a second time and give you frozen industrial bread and butter (which has only butter in the name) … and where they finally sell you water at 8€ .. me personnaly, I prefer giving 2more euros! For your information, It's the same argumentation about the coffee/tea thing (And just in case of… my average multiple for wines is around 2,5 ;-) ;-) )It was a pleasure

4. Le Wine Bar des Marolles

Rue Haute 198, Brussels 1000 Belgium French, Belgian, European, Gastropub Lunch, Dinner, Late Night Reservations, Private Dining, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service [email protected] +32 496 82 01 05 http://www.winebarsablon.be/
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4 based on 1006 reviews

Le Wine Bar des Marolles

The classement today of the restaurant is 8 in the section Tea and coffee but we are a real restaurant (bistronomie) with 600 different kind of wines kind regards

Reviewed By mariaaba

Strolling neighborhood, which I loved and found this quaint and elegant small bistro.Folks friendly and menu delicious. Had a small lunch salad, served with wonderful fresh bread.Prices were decent and I would’ve returned, but only in town overnight.dear,Thank you for your nice comments.Vincent THOMAES

3. Tonton Garby

Rue Duquesnoy 6, Brussels 1000 Belgium French, Belgian, European Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch Takeout, Seating +32 484 29 02 16
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4 based on 1573 reviews

Tonton Garby

it is the moment of the holidays we wish to thank our kind customers for its fidelity. we will be closed from July 19 to August 22, 2019 thank you

Reviewed By Dawnits

Tonton Garby gave us a very warm welcome when we arrived at his restaurant. We helped us choose our sandwiches and was very thorough in explaining the ingredients. They’re very generous with the cheese and meats so the sandwiches are very tasty. I loved #7. We went back to eat there again after a week and I was surprised that he recognized me (despite serving hundreds of customers in a day) and said “I never forget a smile”

2. Le Rabassier

23 Rue de Rollebeek, Brussels 1000 Belgium Belgian, European, French Dinner Seating, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Reservations, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Wine and Beer, Digital Payments [email protected] +32 497 75 69 05 http://lerabassier.be/
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5 based on 691 reviews

Le Rabassier

Reviewed By TWPF100

We like to try the best restaurants when we visit different cities and Le Rabassier is one of Brussels' best.It's menu is choice of four degustation/ tasting menus for various fixed prices. We chose the second one at €90 each. Each menu contains similar dishes with the differences being the number of dishes increasing with each step in price.The food was excellent and the wine list extensive.While it was excellent in quality we found the flavours quite strong in some of the dishes (mainly the Parmesan )which took from our total enjoyment.My favourite was the venison which was sooo tender and delicious.It is a small venue with seating for 20 and there was 16 on our night. Making a reservation would be advisable The service was impeccable. Highly recommended

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1. BARBQ

Square de l'Aviation 21 Midi Station, Anderlecht, Brussels 1070 Belgium Belgian, Greek, European, Contemporary Lunch, Dinner, Brunch Television, Full Bar, Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Digital Payments, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Free Wifi [email protected] +32 2 524 56 66 http://www.facebook.com/barbeque.cafe
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4 based on 293 reviews

BARBQ

Belgian Brasserie very well located close to the Gare du Midi near the center of Brussels.Large selection of Belgian beers, with specialties Belgian, French and international, vegetarian welcome. In summer large terrace on the square full south

Reviewed By Shelliu

The menu is very diverse from Greek to pasta. Shrimp scampi was good but the beef skewer was dried out and stringy- not very good. Service was great, very friendly and beer was good.

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