Brasserie de la Renaissance

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Brasserie de la Renaissance

Top choice in Brussels


This grand café has a single, high-ceilinged room whose walls sport a ludicrously ornate load of gilt stucco tracery. Despite the grandeur, drinks are cheap and the food (Portuguese, Italian and Belgo-French) is an amazing bargain. The street terrace surveys St-Gilles’ splendid town hall.