After Grote Dorst, this was probably the biggest hit of our trip. As well known, the epic vintage list is still in tact, with an awesome selection of rare retired lambics, many of which exclusive to DHVL. Prices have recently risen on some of the whales (Crianza and both J&Js are now 125€ and not available to go, which is probably the right move to stop the hoarding). Service was extremely warm, helpful and generous, offering us a lot of free snacks as a thank you for all the bottles we ordered. The food is also absolutely fantastic, with even usually simple dishes done elegantly and expertly. We stayed the night there in one of the two beautiful rooms out back behind the bar, which was an amazing experience. If you don’t come here when visiting Belgium, you should be ashamed of yourself!

Very nice food and a great Belgian sour beer and vintage beer selection

This one of the best beer experiences i have ever had. the food is incredible(chose the 6 course menu), the staff is very well informed and the beer is what you dream about

Amazing little place just outside of Brussels. Enormous list with Belgian beers and some extremely rare. The food was great in general I enjoyed every minute of it. Top place in Belgium for sure.

Visited on Friday evening 22nd March 2013. 2 leveled bar/restaurant we had reserved in advance and sat downstairs. The massive vintage list and range of lambic/geuze needs no explanation so I’ll focus on the ambiance and service of my visit. The place was packed to the rafters and I’d say it was essential we reserved as we were there from 8pm till midnight and perhaps only one other table departed during this period! All locals and pretty much all eating, great atmosphere and the chatter never stopped. The music which some folks had commented on totally melted into the background. The service was a real let down initially but turned itself around. Yes they were busy and I’m accustomed to the slower restaurant pace in Belgium, however having been seated just before 8pm we didn’t receive our first drink for over 40 minutes. Something we ordered wasn’t available so they came back to us a second time. We were in no rush but 40+ minutes to get a drink when you are seated and dining isn’t acceptable. Service there after was fine and at a good pace, my scored turned round from a 4 or 5 to an 8 or 9 so I’ve hit the middle due to the earlier issue. The food was great, I had an amazing foie gras for starter and stoffels and frites for main. We also stayed in the adjoining accomodation which was great vfm and ridiculously convenient. A definate go to destination and one I’ll be back to in the near future.

Just realized I never rated this place. Keep in mind this was from back when I visited in June 2009. Took the train + healthy walk over here. Interesting little place with a huge back yard area. You walk in and the decor is a touch on the older side; lots of vintage beer paraphernalia and bottles. Tap and bottle lists are out of this world. Lambic, lambic, everywhere! Some nice other Belgians as well. I forget exactly what we had on tap, but we also ate lunch here. We had heard that the food was very good here and it didn’t disappoint. After lunch, we met up with a bunch of people in the back yard area and dove head first into the bottle list. You name it, we probably had it. Prices are very reasonable, though again this was 2009; I’m sure things have risen in price since then. Our server (I think his name was Tom) was extremely knowledgable and had something to say about every beer on the list. Just the nicest guy to talk to. He even helped us out with the train schedule, since they stop running at like 7:00 PM on the weekends. Left with some nice bottles and chocolates to boot! What else is there to say here? Probably the best bar experience I’ve had to date.

Amazing beer list and incredible vintage list, same for the food. Friendly owners. One of the best in Belgium, and probably in the world.

One of the best places in Belgium for amazing beer and food. They have a ridiculous vintage beer list and amazing food. Service was excellent. The staff was very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. We stayed for hours the night before we had to fly out to London. An incredible time. Dropped about 400 euros between 2 people. Totally worth it.

Location is a bit tricky but that is pretty much the only negative point about this place. Food was very much grandmother style Belgian fare, yummy big portions for excellent prices. Interior reminded of a Schwarzwald small village type of establishment & what I would imagine to be a Swiss chalet to be like. Service was average Belgian speed but otherwise very, very good, not intrusive, helpful, friendly & we got free bottle etc. advice, excellent knowledge. Beer list was phenomenal, required a bit asking since there are 3 beers lists – it took us some time to figure that out because I kept looking for stuff that I knew they had but couldn’t find it on the first list supplied & 2nd list asked – but the vintage list was astonishing everything I expected to find & even phenomenal stuff I wasn’t expecting. Prices are in line with what you get, meaning if you just get lambic on tap the price is great, non-whale stuff is lovely priced & in the end if you ask for a 10 year old lambic that only they have, the price is not too ridiculous if you think about it. If you are into sour beers & you see the list, you will be very, very exited. Didn’t check out the whisky list, my knowledge is very limited there, didn’t see the wine list either but my knowledge there is non-existing. They held the place open longer so that we could do our thing in peace. They let us take stuff home & a brief talk revealed that the staff is even way more passionate about beer than us, I mean very passionate. If you are not that well versed in beer, they make suggestions, combinations, give you background, explanations, help etc. I came here expecting to be honestly letdown somewhat but I was absolutely won over. Lovely.

stoped there ( finaly) along with 2 other guys earlier this week. i’ve heard ( like almost anyone? of the famous geuze’s ( blouw, roze, crianza helena,..) but had no idea it was made exclusively for this bar/ restaurant ! impressive shit right there ! some bottles are a little to expensive in my opinion , but hey, they’re the onley place that has them ( still) so ... and its not extreme overprized too. staff was very , very friendly , helpfull, chill,.. food was also good. i’d definetly go there for a good , unique geuze, little downpoint is that appart from sours, ( including rodenbach) they dont have very exclusive stuff ( no struise, accept tsjeeses for inbstance) but hey, not complaining! very happy (returning) costumor right here