De Cam Volkscafe

Niced vibe to this place, with a big eating hall and a patio outside. Food was okay, the home made ice cream was very nice. Beer selection was mediocre. Service was okay.

Visited for a Sunday lunch, oddly the second place were the restaurant close to the brewery is in conflict (like 3Fontainen) with the connected brewery . The old lady was friendly but the young ladies was very good in ignoring us. And how can you tell a group of 10 that they to have make a choice of 4 dishes maximum - I was almost leaving the place. Beer list was short but Ingo manage to find a DeCam Geuze in s bottle that was fantastic. Food was OK, had a bacon sallad - the rest of the crew didn't’ say hurray. Clean but old toilets. A very positive thing with this place was the handmade ice cream. Christian found a beer garden a couple of houses up the road - go for food there have the tour at the DeCam (looked great when popping in my head just over the courtyard) and finish of with the icream at the cafe;)

Old-fashioned 'brasserie' located next to the De Cam geuze blendery and a hotspot for local Pajottenland folklore. Visited this place twenty years ago but hadn't thought of it anymore until I ended up there again today so a place rating seems appropriate. Frankly, not very impressed: the elderly lady running the place wasn't particularly welcoming (asking for a bottle to take home was apparently not self-evident, even if she did allow me to do so) and the beer list was, to say the least, predictable: bottled geuze and kriek offerings of course, but very weirdly so, none by De Cam. Draught lambics by De Cam were equally absent and apparently there is some kind of dispute between this café and the owner of the De Cam blendery, which would explain the striking absence of De Cam's products. The rest of the beer menu consisted of obvious Belgian choices, trappists (including aged Orval), Duvel and so on; apparently the emphasis on regional beers has declined in all those years, as I recall the beer list to be much more extensive way back around the year 2000. They did have a house beer brewed by 4Pajot, which is about eight miles further to the east in Vlezenbeek and we did have an interesting chat with 4Pajot's only remaining brewer, who happened to stumble in with a delivery of his Stoute Miel. Food looked good - equally old school Flemish but being Belgian myself, I can have nothing against that - but we didn't eat there, might however revisit this place in combination with Grote Dorst or a lambic brewery and have a decent meal. I guess the presence of this place on this site has a lot to do with the fact that they offer geuzes and kriek from most artisanal producers, but then, don't most of the beer cafés and 'brasseries' in Belgium worth mentioning? Not very impressed (anymore) from a pure 'beery' point of view, to be honest, so I'm not quite clear about the relatively high scores it gets here.

Second stop of the beer tour, very near Grote Dorst. This is a cool place in a small town. There is a small free museum behind with art and one above the cafe with musical instruments. They do occasional tours in the brewery, and there is a fairly large cafe. I thought the food was quite good, homestyle cooking.

They had a few de Cams on tap as well as a selection of Geuzes and fruited lambics. They had flights available as well, although they were out of most of the de Cam’s on our visit. Prices very reasonable, service good. This was a place the wife enjoyed, which means something if only for mood enhancement. They were also selling bottles of their house beer, a tripel that was OK.

Stopped in for a late lunch. I had the Flanders stew it was pretty nice. Service was good the staff was friendly. A few beers available a nice stop in for some food and then go next door to the brewery good times.

An old school farmhouse cafe with a bunch of wood and a birdcage inside. Food was ok, decent but nothing to write home about. Lambic at great prices on tap. Go for de Cam, stop by here for lunch.

Visited September 2016 ( and has been there a few times before that ). Cosy, oldstyle country restaurant. Large place, lots of seatings inside and outside. Really a place to bring family and friends for a quiet meal. Place next to de Cam, a nice range of their beers available. Friendly staff, food was nice and some of it made with beers as well. Lovely place for a pitstop :-)

Fairly oldschool (typical Belgian) café located right opposite of De Cam. We visited on a Sunday afternoon as would most to visit De Cam. A pretty nice day so we sat on the fairly busy outside terrace for food and drinks. Of course De Cam is available at reasonable prices along with some other Belgian classics. Food was ok, nothing special, though the dessert was pretty awesome - a huge chunk of chocolate cake with coffee. Friendly and helpful staff and overall a nice enough place to have lunch before De Cam itself opens.

Had Lunch here on Sunday. they have Draught Oude Kriek and Oude Gueuze from De Cam, Stew was 14 Euro, delicious ice cream and lambic. Staff was helpful and I really do look forward to returning.

Visited on a Sunday afternoon. Quite a large place, quite vintage feel, lots of old artisanal furniture, farmhouse atmosphere. They have a nice menu of slow cooked food, the stew was quite nice. Service was excellent, very nice friendly staff. Prices are great. The beer list has some nice Belgian beers on it and beers from the de Cam blendery across the parking lot. Really nice place, will return.