6th Feb 2013: my wife and I visited the basement. We could only have a table if eating, (the place was very full) as the wife doesn’t like sitting at the bar we were shown to a small unlit square at the rear. I had to stand by the kitchen corridor to read the beer menu it was so dark where they put us, smart, modern, comfortable but just too dark. The barman helped a lot, but not one American beer I wanted on the menu was in stock (I visit Belgium often, so wasn’t really interested in that selection, huge though it was), so I had three Canadian beers. All in good condition. The food looked good from where we sat and as I blocked the service corridor beer searching I got a closer look on occasions. All in all a cool place, busy and friendly staff, just a pity about their US selection stock.

The basement was fully jammed with people when we were there, but the bartender was very nice and helped us get a table upstairs. Nice selection of beers and the food looked good, didn’t eat anything though. Well worth a visit!

I really love this place. It’s in a really nice area of North Beach that’s reasonably close to Fishermans Wharf, so it’s a great stop if your entertaining visitors from out of town. The bar downstairs is what I imagine is a classic European beer cafe. It’s very dark, but not in a dingy way. There’s lots of wood and the lighting is basically at a candlelit level although I don’t remember seeing any candles. Other than the bar, they have a nice plush seating area with a good number of tables. Very classy. The guy at the bar was helpful and the tap list was very good if you like Belgians. There were a few German offerings as well, but no interesting American craft. That’s the only down side in my opinion. The prices seemed okay and the bottle list was one of the best things about this place. Lots of great Belgian selections including some lambics that you can’t find easily in other places. This seems like a nice place to take a date, and I plan to return with my wife soon.

Great space. I have never been to Belgium, but I would imagine this is what it would look like. Draft selection was interesting, but fairly small. Bottle selection was awful. The words "we are out of that" have never been told to me more times. The bottle menu is confusing and unnecessary. Food was outstanding. The mussels are as good as I have had. Service was friendly, if not slow.

This place was BUSY on a Saturday night, but no surprise there. Our table wait was about 45 minutes in which time I had an excellent beer off the tap, of which I forget now, but was a delicious sour I’d never heard of. The food was outstanding. The mussels were perfect... demanding another loaf of bread to mop up the juices. And my carbonade flamande was melt-in-your mouth tender. My gal had the rabbit dish, which was also delicious. If I had to make one caution it’s that several of my bottle choices were unavailable. I felt bad for the waiter having to run back and forth to, again, tell me Sorry. I took his recommendation to pair with my dinner and it was perfect (after giving up on my quest for a bottle of something unique). All in all, we’ll definitely be back next time we’re in town. Just be prepared to wait your turn. It’s cozy and busy in there.

Stopped in here during SF beer week. Limited tap selection but a very nice bottle list. Prices were a little wonky - some bottles that should be cheap were outrageously expensive, other bottles that should have been more expensive were extremely reasonable. Its a great deal if you know what bottles go for elsewhere. Service was tolerable for how busy it was but the bartender repeatedly poured beers like they were Spanish ciders (ie: held the bottle 2 or 3 feet above the glass & poured aggressively!) Whats up with that?

Nice place, One bartender was great (10) the other sort of a pompus dick (2) so aerages out at 6. Crazy priced bottle menu 750’s of Cantillon at $19 and Unibroue i think were in he neighborhood of $40. Cool basement, Draft selecton was OK< bottle selecton was impressive. Anti Key Keg hurts draft availablility

Horribly disappointing. They route you to the cellar when they open at 1700, then make it hard to head upstairs at 1800 when the upstairs and kitchen open. They offer absolutely NOTHING to eat until 1800 and smugly like to tell you that. Snottier and less friendly than most Belgian places.

fantastic selection...owners are always there and are highly knowledgeable...this place is all about the beer and so am I, so it doesn’t get much better than this place

Waited outside for this place to open, and we weren’t disappointed. Good tap selection, even better bottle selection. My husband and I were on our honeymoon and the bartenders, who we found out were the owners offered us a Vintage Orval, my husband’s dessert island beer! Love to see owners behind the bar, you know they really care about the place!