March 29, 2012
I like this place. It is like stepping back in time, no rush, no noise, just a clean, pleasant experience. My wife and I always have cheese and a bottle of ’Forbidden Fruit’ each, when we visit this lovely old cafe. We always sit inside, there is so much to admire within, compared to outside. Art Nouveau was invented in Brussels and this cafe is a fine example of how all ’well-too-do’ central Brussels cafes would have looked back then. It is a must visit cafe if you are in Brussels, trust me. It may not have a great beer list, but the decor is worth seeing, even if you only have a coffee!

December 19, 2011
This is a short walk from Becasse and in fact a multitude of other pubs in this area that are worthy of a stop off on the city centre bimble. I’ve been here a few times, though it has usually been in better weather and so to the best of my recollection I have only ever sat outside. So it has to said that the gloomier winter months can also offer the added advantage of seeing bars/cafes like this from the inside. This is great when the weather is bloody miserable outside and where a few dozen wooden garden sheds masquerading as a ’German Christmas Market’ sell authentic German Christmas Market tat to the masses, though the neglected and rather forlorn looking Christmas Garden Shed that was serving (or more to the point not serving) Belgian Wine, suggested that they had somehow rather missed the point spectacularly. Anyway back to the bar, it was busy but service was brisk. I asked for Rochefort 8 but they didn’t sell it so had to settle for an Orval with Loz having a Rochefort 10. This place looked grand and had an air of grace about it, the customers however were a mixed bunch, some looked the part, others like me and Loz looked the part of two drowned rats sheltering from greyness and dampness of a miserable Brussels December day. This place is well worth popping into, the gents toilets as I had read about were quite magnificent, maybe not quite up to the splendour of the Philharmonic in Liverpool but still impressive.

August 2, 2011
Again an odd place for RateBeer. A restaurant across from the Bourse (stock exchange.) Nice art deco look and food robably okay but didn’t hang around much as beer menu unremarkable.

October 27, 2010
Très bel endroit intemporel , mais sans intérêt au niveau de la bière. A voir pour le décor. Service classique de bonne qualité.

October 24, 2010
I agree with most of the comments: great place for a bit of time travel, not so good for beergeeks.

August 15, 2008
Visited recently for swift a Gueuze Lambic on holiday in Brussels. Fantastic oldy-worldy (as my wife called it) style interior, great banquette seating, and a reasonable beer menu. The staff are old-school, clad in waiter apron/tabard and very professional in their duties. Well worth a visit if you want to get into the feel of what it would be like to enter the early 20th Century.

January 6, 2008
It’s one of several downtown Brussels bars where you can sip a Trappist and appreciate the atmosphere. I highly recommend investigating the impressive urinals as well. This is a fairly famous art nouveau cafe worth visiting in its own right. But no, this is no place to come and tick off beers.

March 12, 2007
No sure what this place is doing on ratebeer. Belgium is full of those generic pubs, there would be 1000 entries for Brussels only if we were to add all pubs that have Chimay on the menu. Nice looking pub, prime location in the heart of Brussels tourist area. Beer selection is 5 boring taps and a limited menu. Elderly people seems to constitute most of the client base. Didn’t try the food as I moved on after a look at the beer menu.

January 30, 2007
Brilliant bar for having a slow Orval and losing a hour or two. Its like stepping back 100 years - original fittings, attentive waiters decked out in full apron, old boys at the back having lunch. Not the deepest beer selection, bit pricy, but so what - this is a real treat.

January 28, 2007
lovely old classy place, great food and service. good beer (of course)