Guidebook for Brussels

Laura
Guidebook for Brussels

Food Scene

Best pizzeria in town!
14 locals recommend
Mirante
13 Plattesteen
14 locals recommend
Best pizzeria in town!
Very fresh and good Irish fish&chips restaurant. Really close to this restaurant, there is the "Peck 47", a nice bar/tea room, perfect to chill and enjoy your time!
60 locals recommend
Bia Mara
41 Rue du Marché aux Poulets
60 locals recommend
Very fresh and good Irish fish&chips restaurant. Really close to this restaurant, there is the "Peck 47", a nice bar/tea room, perfect to chill and enjoy your time!
Great bagel and hamburger restaurant
26 locals recommend
Rachel (Bagels & Burgers)
100 Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarkt
26 locals recommend
Great bagel and hamburger restaurant
Far, but for me it is the best "mussels restaurant", with 69 different choices! Excellent! If you leave the place before 8:20 pm, you get a discount (something like -20% I think).
44 locals recommend
Le Zinneke
26 Place de la Patrie
44 locals recommend
Far, but for me it is the best "mussels restaurant", with 69 different choices! Excellent! If you leave the place before 8:20 pm, you get a discount (something like -20% I think).
Open 24h/24 or almost, especially during week-ends!
18 locals recommend
McDonald's
21 Chau. d'Ixelles
18 locals recommend
Open 24h/24 or almost, especially during week-ends!
Very good lobster restaurant, with a good menu, not so expensive (33 euros/person)! You have to try the 1/2 lobster "rugbyman". This area is full of "fish restaurants", a must-do in Brussels.
6 locals recommend
Rugbyman n°Two
12 Quai aux Briques
6 locals recommend
Very good lobster restaurant, with a good menu, not so expensive (33 euros/person)! You have to try the 1/2 lobster "rugbyman". This area is full of "fish restaurants", a must-do in Brussels.
A very good fishbar. A classic!
208 locals recommend
Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
208 locals recommend
A very good fishbar. A classic!
In case you need your Starbucks coffee...
11 locals recommend
Starbucks
1 Pl. Charles Rogier
11 locals recommend
In case you need your Starbucks coffee...
Good and relaxing café. Good wifi inside. Try their fruits/vegetables juices! The staff speaks English.
53 locals recommend
Woodpecker 47
47 Rue du Marché aux Poulets
53 locals recommend
Good and relaxing café. Good wifi inside. Try their fruits/vegetables juices! The staff speaks English.
A decent Indian restaurant.
6 locals recommend
Bombay Inn
38 Rue de la Fourche
6 locals recommend
A decent Indian restaurant.
If you want to eat ribs ('all you can eat' menu), THIS IS THE PLACE!
48 locals recommend
Amadeo
26 Rue Sainte-Catherine
48 locals recommend
If you want to eat ribs ('all you can eat' menu), THIS IS THE PLACE!
A very good (and cheap) maki restaurant. Be careful, this small restaurant is new and trendy, so you may have to wait a bit... You have to order at the counter, and then take a table.
131 locals recommend
Makisu
5 Rue du Bailli
131 locals recommend
A very good (and cheap) maki restaurant. Be careful, this small restaurant is new and trendy, so you may have to wait a bit... You have to order at the counter, and then take a table.
A HUGE bookshop, very nice to spend time there! There is also a bar/cafeteria inside the bookshop, very nice to spend some time there.
32 locals recommend
Filigranes
39 Av. des Arts
32 locals recommend
A HUGE bookshop, very nice to spend time there! There is also a bar/cafeteria inside the bookshop, very nice to spend some time there.
An experience: eat in this Ethiopian restaurant, with your hands!
61 locals recommend
Kokob
10 Rue des Grands Carmes
61 locals recommend
An experience: eat in this Ethiopian restaurant, with your hands!
Good selection of tea, and 10% discount for students. But avoid the breakfast there.
Pepper Mint Tea Room
11 Rue des Grands Carmes
Good selection of tea, and 10% discount for students. But avoid the breakfast there.
Fairtrade coffee bar, with a very friendly staff. Good products. They have the wifi.
Boom
7 Rue Pletinckx
Fairtrade coffee bar, with a very friendly staff. Good products. They have the wifi.
Au Suisse is a Belgian institution. They make good homemade sandwiches! But be prepared to wait a bit.
28 locals recommend
Au Vieux Bruxelles
35 Rue Saint-Boniface
28 locals recommend
Au Suisse is a Belgian institution. They make good homemade sandwiches! But be prepared to wait a bit.
Sympathic restaurant with the basis of breads, and good brunch during the week-end. Go there is you ant to see the Jeu de Balle flea market!
L' Arrière Pays
60 Rue des Minimes
Sympathic restaurant with the basis of breads, and good brunch during the week-end. Go there is you ant to see the Jeu de Balle flea market!
Belgian tapas restaurant
6 locals recommend
TapaSoif Namur by Canette
26 Rue des Brasseurs
6 locals recommend
Belgian tapas restaurant
A very good 'trendy' place for a brunch (22euros/person). You can also go there for a coffee or breakfast!
20 locals recommend
Yeti
Rue de Bon Secours
20 locals recommend
A very good 'trendy' place for a brunch (22euros/person). You can also go there for a coffee or breakfast!
Sympathic belgian restaurant (with burgers), with a good terrasse
74 locals recommend
Houtsiplou
9 Pl. Rouppe
74 locals recommend
Sympathic belgian restaurant (with burgers), with a good terrasse
Beautiful restaurant, with an atmosphere of the 19th century. 'Typical' Belgian meals (boulettes, etc), but not really cheap.
34 locals recommend
Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des Chartreux
34 locals recommend
Beautiful restaurant, with an atmosphere of the 19th century. 'Typical' Belgian meals (boulettes, etc), but not really cheap.

Essentials

Cheap, and close to our flat
49 locals recommend
Lidl
26 Rue Van Artevelde
49 locals recommend
Cheap, and close to our flat
Another supermarket, very close to our flat
118 locals recommend
AD Anspach
63 Bd Anspach
118 locals recommend
Another supermarket, very close to our flat
Biological market, full of fresh fruits and vegetables. This is where I buy the food! It is an institution here.
104 locals recommend
De Biomarkt
58 Rue des Tanneurs
104 locals recommend
Biological market, full of fresh fruits and vegetables. This is where I buy the food! It is an institution here.

Shopping

The best comic shop in town :)
189 locals recommend
Brussels
189 locals recommend
The best comic shop in town :)
Very big bookshop (with a part dedicated to English books), 9 sections, each one with a great atmosphere and a restaurant! Very nice. Every wednesday during summer, free cinema screenings.
35 locals recommend
Cook & Book
1 Pl. du Temps Libre
35 locals recommend
Very big bookshop (with a part dedicated to English books), 9 sections, each one with a great atmosphere and a restaurant! Very nice. Every wednesday during summer, free cinema screenings.
Great (comics) bookshop. If you are one of our hosts, you may get a small discount...
Librairie Flagey
29 Pl. Eugène Flagey
Great (comics) bookshop. If you are one of our hosts, you may get a small discount...
Rue Dansert (starts at Bourse), full of 'trendy' shops (furnitures, clothes...)
19 locals recommend
Dansaert station
19 locals recommend
Rue Dansert (starts at Bourse), full of 'trendy' shops (furnitures, clothes...)
Main street for shopping in Brussels, with the well-known brands (H&M, Zara etc).
279 locals recommend
Rue Neuve
Rue Neuve
279 locals recommend
Main street for shopping in Brussels, with the well-known brands (H&M, Zara etc).
Well known street with 'fancy' shops (the "best" part is close to the city center)
263 locals recommend
Avenue Louise
263 locals recommend
Well known street with 'fancy' shops (the "best" part is close to the city center)
Another nice place for shooping, + great bars/restaurants in this area.
66 locals recommend
Baljuwstraat
Rue du Bailli
66 locals recommend
Another nice place for shooping, + great bars/restaurants in this area.
The best speculoos and biscuits!
49 locals recommend
Maison Dandoy
14 Rue Charles Buls
49 locals recommend
The best speculoos and biscuits!
VERY good chocolates
33 locals recommend
Neuhaus
27 Grand Place
33 locals recommend
VERY good chocolates
An amazing and big shop of toys and everything children would dream of!
Grasshopper (The)
39-43 Rue du Marché Aux Herbes
An amazing and big shop of toys and everything children would dream of!

Sightseeing

Wonderful and very old shooping place. Inside this galerie, there is a great independent cinema 'cinéma galeries' (with films in original version/subtitles).
26 locals recommend
Neuhaus Brussel Galerie de la Reine
26 locals recommend
Wonderful and very old shooping place. Inside this galerie, there is a great independent cinema 'cinéma galeries' (with films in original version/subtitles).
Take the stairs, go up and enjoy one of the best views from Brussels (during the day and ALSO during the evening/night)!
SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre
Mont des Arts
Take the stairs, go up and enjoy one of the best views from Brussels (during the day and ALSO during the evening/night)!
You can't miss it
485 locals recommend
Manneken Pis
485 locals recommend
You can't miss it
European Institution. You can visit it for free, as well as the "Parlementarium"
106 locals recommend
Espace Léopold
60 Rue Wiertz
106 locals recommend
European Institution. You can visit it for free, as well as the "Parlementarium"
main attraction in Brussels... (there is free wifi there)
913 locals recommend
Grand-Place
913 locals recommend
main attraction in Brussels... (there is free wifi there)
King's Palace. You can visit it for free during summer (you have to check for the days of opening).
222 locals recommend
Royal Palace of Brussels
16 Rue Brederode
222 locals recommend
King's Palace. You can visit it for free during summer (you have to check for the days of opening).
obviously, if you are a tourist you have to visit the symbol of the city...
518 locals recommend
Atomium
1 Pl. de l'Atomium
518 locals recommend
obviously, if you are a tourist you have to visit the symbol of the city...
Really nice place, to visit during the morning (up to noon). Everyday, it is a flea market. Good deal to make, but only if you know how to negociate.
364 locals recommend
Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle
364 locals recommend
Really nice place, to visit during the morning (up to noon). Everyday, it is a flea market. Good deal to make, but only if you know how to negociate.
A beautiful building. The museum is not so interesting, unless you are a musician. On the top floor, there is a restaurant, with an amazing view.
427 locals recommend
Musical Instruments Museum
2 Rue Montagne de la Cour
427 locals recommend
A beautiful building. The museum is not so interesting, unless you are a musician. On the top floor, there is a restaurant, with an amazing view.

Arts & Culture

Great concerts!
133 locals recommend
Ancienne Belgique
110 Bd Anspach
133 locals recommend
Great concerts!
Opera of Brussels. free wifi in the place de la monnaie
62 locals recommend
La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la Monnaie
62 locals recommend
Opera of Brussels. free wifi in the place de la monnaie
Museum dedicated to the most Belgian painter (ever?). Advice: take your tickets a bit early (maybe on the internet), because this place has a limited capacity and is full of turists.
489 locals recommend
Magritte Museum
1 Pl. Royale
489 locals recommend
Museum dedicated to the most Belgian painter (ever?). Advice: take your tickets a bit early (maybe on the internet), because this place has a limited capacity and is full of turists.
Multiplex cinema (all films in Original version + subtitles in French and Netherlands). If you have a French UGC unlimited card, you can go to this cinema for free!
115 locals recommend
UGC De Brouckère
38 Pl. De Brouckère
115 locals recommend
Multiplex cinema (all films in Original version + subtitles in French and Netherlands). If you have a French UGC unlimited card, you can go to this cinema for free!
Great museum/cultural place, check out their special events, they do good things!
128 locals recommend
Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels
23 Rue Ravenstein
128 locals recommend
Great museum/cultural place, check out their special events, they do good things!

Everything Else

Gare Centrale (direct by train to Zaventem/Brussels National airport, and trains to Gent/Brugges/Antwerpen... etc). Exactly 1,0 km from the flat!
118 locals recommend
Bruxelles Central station
Carrefour de l'Europe
118 locals recommend
Gare Centrale (direct by train to Zaventem/Brussels National airport, and trains to Gent/Brugges/Antwerpen... etc). Exactly 1,0 km from the flat!
Metro station
13 locals recommend
De Brouckèreplein
Place De Brouckère
13 locals recommend
Metro station
A very famous flea market, open every morning, you have to pass by. typical! There is a swimming pool in the place, with a beautiful view over Brussels.
47 locals recommend
Vossenplein station
47 locals recommend
A very famous flea market, open every morning, you have to pass by. typical! There is a swimming pool in the place, with a beautiful view over Brussels.
A wonderful big park! There is a restaurant at the middle of a lake, worth it (even if the food is not fabulous, it is very romantic)
533 locals recommend
Bois de la Cambre
533 locals recommend
A wonderful big park! There is a restaurant at the middle of a lake, worth it (even if the food is not fabulous, it is very romantic)
nice park
522 locals recommend
Cinquantenaire Park
522 locals recommend
nice park
Biological supermarket, really big, with a lot of nice products.
57 locals recommend
färm.saintecatherine
43 Quai au Bois à Brûler
57 locals recommend
Biological supermarket, really big, with a lot of nice products.
THE best chocolate in town, BUT very expensive. There is also a smaller shop in the Galerie de la Reine.
116 locals recommend
Pierre Marcolini
1 Rue des Minimes
116 locals recommend
THE best chocolate in town, BUT very expensive. There is also a smaller shop in the Galerie de la Reine.
This (municipal) swimming pool is on the top of a building, with a view on Brussels.
16 locals recommend
Swimming pools of Brussels city
28 Rue du Chevreuil
16 locals recommend
This (municipal) swimming pool is on the top of a building, with a view on Brussels.
If you want to dance during the night, on rock/blues/swing (etc) songs, you have to go here! Check their website for the programme.
142 locals recommend
Madame Moustache
7 Quai au Bois à Brûler
142 locals recommend
If you want to dance during the night, on rock/blues/swing (etc) songs, you have to go here! Check their website for the programme.
Another nice bar, with a small and cheap menu for meals, homemade. Nice terrasse.
12 locals recommend
Fontainasplein
Place Fontainas
12 locals recommend
Another nice bar, with a small and cheap menu for meals, homemade. Nice terrasse.
Famous Puppets theatre, typical of Brussels.
39 locals recommend
Royal Puppet Theater Toone
66 Rue du Marché Aux Herbes
39 locals recommend
Famous Puppets theatre, typical of Brussels.
Nice and posh area, with beautiful design and antiquities stores. Very nice to have a walk there. There is a beautiful church in the middle of the place du Sablon.
198 locals recommend
Zavel
198 locals recommend
Nice and posh area, with beautiful design and antiquities stores. Very nice to have a walk there. There is a beautiful church in the middle of the place du Sablon.

Drinks & Nightlife

Lots of nice bars, during the day AND the night! Every 1st Sunday of the month, there is a famous vintage market, from 12h to 18h.
165 locals recommend
Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-Géry
165 locals recommend
Lots of nice bars, during the day AND the night! Every 1st Sunday of the month, there is a famous vintage market, from 12h to 18h.
Great bar (for the night only), 1 min walk from the flat!
61 locals recommend
Bonnefooi
8 Rue des Pierres
61 locals recommend
Great bar (for the night only), 1 min walk from the flat!
THE beers bar for tourist, with an amazing decoration and hundreds of beers. You have to pass by, but please don't eat in the restaurants for tourists close to this bar.
368 locals recommend
Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la Fidélité
368 locals recommend
THE beers bar for tourist, with an amazing decoration and hundreds of beers. You have to pass by, but please don't eat in the restaurants for tourists close to this bar.
Not so cheap but really nice and beautiful bar, really confortable. Everything (or almost) is homemade. You will feel good there.
Ponti Corner
39 Rue Henri Maus
Not so cheap but really nice and beautiful bar, really confortable. Everything (or almost) is homemade. You will feel good there.
Cosy and beautiful bar (they also sell burgers, but it's not their specialty). Ask for a table in the tiny first floor, so cute!!
8 locals recommend
Bar Les Gens Que J'aime
15 Rue du Midi
8 locals recommend
Cosy and beautiful bar (they also sell burgers, but it's not their specialty). Ask for a table in the tiny first floor, so cute!!
A really strange bar, in a house, full of different places and tables. Their specialty is the wine with fruits. The atmosphere here will surprise you... Go and check! And add coins in the jukebox...
70 locals recommend
Goupil Le Fol
22 Rue de la Violette
70 locals recommend
A really strange bar, in a house, full of different places and tables. Their specialty is the wine with fruits. The atmosphere here will surprise you... Go and check! And add coins in the jukebox...
An 'underground' bar, with events and exhibitions. http://fr.yelp.be/biz/recyclart-bruxelles
52 locals recommend
RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraat
52 locals recommend
An 'underground' bar, with events and exhibitions. http://fr.yelp.be/biz/recyclart-bruxelles