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Best Restaurants in Brussels
421 restaurants analyzed out of 6738 identified · Belgium
Brussels has Belgian cooking as its foundation - moules-frites, carbonnade flamande, gaufres - alongside one of Europe's strongest pizza and Italian scenes thanks to the large Italian community. The EU-quarter dining serves an international crowd. Prices are moderate to expensive, with the Marolles and Saint-Gilles offering better value than the Grand Place tourist zone.
Brussels has 421 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Le Sablon, Quartier des Quais, Pentagone. Top cuisines include Belgian, Mediterranean, Italian.
Top Restaurants in Brussels
- Karen Torosyan | Bozar Restaurant A · Contemporary European, French · Pentagone
- La bonne chère A · Modern French, Contemporary European · Sablon
- Comme chez Soi A · French-Belgian fine dining, French · Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- Nonbe Daigaku A · Kaiseki-inspired Japanese, Japanese · Ixelles
- Pizza Woluwé A · Neapolitan pizza, Pizza · Tomberg
- Thieyp A · Senegalese, West African · Ixelles
- Villa Singha A · Thai, Southeast Asian · Ixelles
- Chez FIRAS A · Syrian, Levantine · Schaerbeek
- Beaucoup Fish A · Seafood, European · Sablon
- Au Cor de Chasse A · Portuguese, Iberian · Etterbeek
Top Neighborhoods for Dining
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From Belgian classics to serious Asian tables, Ixelles holds some of Brussels' most dependable dining across any budget
One of Brussels' strongest neighbourhoods for Belgian cooking done properly, well away from the tourist trail
Brussels' smallest municipality somehow packs in some of its most serious Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking
Brussels' historic core, where proper Belgian brasseries and Middle Eastern kitchens sit minutes apart
Italian and Portuguese tables tucked into residential streets that locals keep quietly to themselves
Canal-side dining that Brussels locals actually choose for proper Belgian cooking and long unhurried meals
Canal-side dining that earns its regulars, with European and Asian cooking that outperforms its reputation
Possibly Brussels' most underrated address for serious Italian and Mediterranean cooking, away from the tourist trail
Belgian classics done properly here, from waterzooi to moules-frites, steps from Europe's most theatrical square
Where Brussels goes to spend properly and eat well, anchored by French and Belgian cooking at its most assured
Where Brussels eats well without dressing up for the occasion
Serious Belgian cooking at proper prices, well clear of the Grand-Place tourist trail
The tables locals book weeks out sit here, not in the city centre
A quieter Brussels district where European kitchens punch above their neighbourhood profile.
Where Brussels takes Belgian cooking seriously, away from the tourist trail
Unpretentious Belgian cooking and serious seafood, at prices the rest of Brussels quietly envies
Neapolitan pizza and Italian trattorias anchor a neighbourhood that quietly rewards those who explore beyond the centre
Tried and True
Grade Distribution
A20 restaurants
A-67 restaurants
B+139 restaurants
B88 restaurants
B-36 restaurants
C+26 restaurants
C21 restaurants
C-10 restaurants
D9 restaurants
F5 restaurants
Price Distribution
budget33 restaurants
expensive156 restaurants
extremely_expensive21 restaurants
moderate151 restaurants
very_expensive60 restaurants
Cuisine Strengths
- Belgian — 62 restaurants, 12 rated A- or higher
- Mediterranean — 38 restaurants, 11 rated A- or higher
- Italian — 26 restaurants, 10 rated A- or higher
- French — 13 restaurants, 9 rated A- or higher
- Southeast Asian — 16 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- Middle Eastern — 24 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- Japanese — 23 restaurants, 4 rated A- or higher
- Pizza — 14 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Greek — 6 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Benelux — 8 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
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