Restaurant de l’ Ogenblik

Had a business dinner here last night. Great small place with nice ambience and brilliant fresh food. If they run out of something it’s cause they only have limited fresh daily ingredients.

Cadre typique Belge. bon accueil aussi bien telephonique que perso. Nourriture bonne aussi bien a la carte que le menu du jour.
Service rapide. sauf pour un plat ou le plat est arrive quand tout le monde avait fini.
je re-​essayerai probablement un de ces jours.

Went here with a friend after seeing fairly high reviews for a restaurant in the area. We split the calamari appetizer which was fairly good, but not outstanding. For main courses, I had a bland Beef Stroganoff, and my friend had a salmon with mustard sauce which was ok but nothing special. For dessert we shared a Speculaas with ice cream which was phenomenal – really the highlight of the meal.
I think this place is a bit pricey for the quality of food. It gives the appearance of a restaurant that was once quite reputable, but is resting on its laurels and not really delivering the same quality of food as it once had.

A good friend, whom I usually share taste in food with, recommended this restaurant for me, before I went to Brussels on an oval weekend with my sisters. With a late arrival, we needed a restaurant that was open late, and after having checked in to the hotel we walked over for our table at 10 pm.
The entrance area was very small, so with a group of five, we almost had to leave the outdoor open, or block the passage for the waiters and other guests. Although we had called in to confirm our reservation, they did not have a large enough table ready for us, but they quickly moved a couple that probably arrived just before us, and seated us next to the kitchen. The restaurant is quite packed with tables, so guests have to cooperate to allow passage, but as soon as we were seated, we could start enjoy the restaurant.
To say that the waiters were super nice, would have been an overstatement, but they definitely had their charm. The menus are in French only, and only one of the waiters present were able to translate the bits that we did not understand. However; one was all we needed and we ordered both starters and main courses from the very tempting menu.
For starters we had tuna tartar with avocado majo, as well as carpaccio of langoustine and a mix of tuna, salmon and scallops. It all tasted as good as it looked! Perfectly seasoned to emphasize its flavours, the fish melted in the mouth.
For main course I had halibut on flavourful risotto. Around the table it was ordered various fish dishes, as well as a main of entrecôte. Everyone was very happy with their choices, and with the wine that we ordered to it. We shared a local specialty for dessert, ice cream with some crackers (with ginger?) that we should get to know well during the long weekend. With some coffee it was fine, but compared to the other dishes it was surprisingly boring.
The restaurant has a central location, but is luckily not on the horrible, touristy restaurant strip. The prices as reasonable, the atmosphere is nice and you will not regret having your dinner at Restaurant de l’Ogenblik.

Un cadre authentique, un bistro brasserie aux allures de troquets bien de chez nous. un lieu nichée dans les Galeries St Hubert qui n’est pas pour nous déplaire !
Côté déco, c’est lambris de bois au mur, lustres adaptables en verre vert, zinc sur le bar, vieilles affiches au mur… On est conquis par les touches et objets vintage qui nous replongent dans une autre époque.
D’ailleurs, au restaurant de l’Ogenblik, de coutume, tous les jours avant le service, du sable est dispersé dans le café, histoire de faire un petit clin d’œil au passé. Cette tradition date du temps ou les gens chiquais le tabac et le recrachait au sol, les cafetiers utilisaient le sable pour tout nettoyer.
Un accueil agréable et chaleureux, du personnel souriant, que demander de plus…
Quant à la nourriture, les plats sont bons, qualitatifs et raffinés. Les grands classiques sont à la cartes et le serveur est le premier à vous conseiller sur les incontournables de la journée !
Pour ma part, le carpaccio de bœuf était un vrai régal quand au filet pur, il y avait longtemps qu’il n’avait plus été accompagné d’une si bonne sauce au poivre !
Dommage que selon moi, le plat manquait de légume… Viande et frites… Une petite salade à côté aurait pu être la petite touché fraiche et le réel petit plus de ce plat.
Le prix est un peu élevé mais les plats et produits sont vraiment de qualité et l’ambiance si chaleureuse qu’elle a tout à envier !
Chouette petite découverte !
At Least One TIme… A LOT ! ;-)

Authentic french steak restaurant and a local favorite. You do need reservations, altho they will try to seat u if youre willing to wait for a good while. Smoked salmon was amazingly good, perfect delicately sweet/​smoky flavor.
They ran out of filet so got a steak called cote something with green peppercorn (poivre vert) sauce. Was good altho not exceptional. Maybe would try a less creamy sauce next time

I have been going to this restaurant for last 20+ years. Never had a bad meal — both steak and fish. Small and intimate place and far enough away from Grand Place to make you feel you are not in a tourist trap. Good recommendations on wine. Staff are lifers here — some noted they may be difficult — but treat them with respect and they will return the favor and be helpful. Depending on the day and time of year, will need reservations.

Very nice pheasant and pleasant service with funny waiters. Also had good risotto. I was with a large group the time I went and ordered a la carte but I next time I plan to go back for a full meal and really go through the menu.

J’ai été tester ce restaurant à midi, et je dois dire que la nourriture était délicieuse!
Entrée: croquette de crevette — top
Plat: entrecôte à la béarnaise — cuisson parfaite
Dessert: crème brulée maison — légère, délicieuse!
Service très prévenant et cadre plus que sympatique dans une ambiance de brasserie «bien de chez nous».
Endroit à faire!

Had the Tuna Steak, it was so fresh and well prepared! They do not have menu in English but the server was nice enough to go through the menu in English for us. We went in at 8pm on a Tuesday night without reservation, but the restaurant was full house when we left around 9:30pm.

I had a wonderful rack of lamb and the vegetables were done to perfection. The waiters are fun and boisterous, but very professional. Glad we made a reservation as it filled up quickly.

We had the rack of lamb for two. Couldn’t be better. Perfection. No need for a knife — it was like butter, no really! Comes with gratin (a-​mazing!), and a large plate of mélange of vegetables (snow peas, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, green beans and endive, all lightly buttered and cooked to perfection). Highly recommended. Atmosphere is quite casual, with a busy group of young, nice waiters. Excellent night! (. PS Just one little warning– if you are allergic to pets– there is a house cat there, and dogs I believe are also allowed. The space is quite intimate so for allergic people that could definitely cause a reaction).

This was absolutely the worst restaurant that I have eaten at anywhere in the world. Being an airline pilot, I’ve been fortunate to have some fine meals, I ordered the Irish Roll, since it was € 32, I thought the quality must be good. I was totally unprepared for the lack of quality that I received. Almost inedible. Had to chew like shoe leather. I couldn’t even finish half, my jaws were so sore.

Came here because Rick Steves’ travel book mentioned it and the Unilocal reviews were positive. They weren’t happy that we didn’t have reservations, yet they sat us at a table. Calamari was good, but overpriced. I ordered the sashimi which was good. We had to ask for bread, though everyone appeared to just get it. My husband ordered the cube steak and that was a big mistake. It wasn’t edible. It was raw and fatty and he couldn’t eat it. He didn’t want to send back, because then you never know what’s done to your food. He’s had airline meals better than this. It was an expensive mistake.

Vrai bistrot authentique proposant une gastronomie traditionnelle au goût du jour.
Le sable au sol rappelle la tradition des marchands d’antant qui crachaient sur le parquet leur tabac à mâcher. Un décor charmant, parquet, tables en marbre et fer forgé, beau zinc, caisse à l’ancienne.
Et surtout dans vos assiette des produits au top. Carpaccio de saint Jacques aux goûts parfaitement équilibrées, épaule d’agneau de lait confite, servi finement découpée dans son jus. Extrême qualité des matières premières, traitées selon les principes de la gastronomie classique, mais avec finesse et créativité.
Comptez 60 – 70 € par personne mais si vous êtes fin gourmet né manquez pas de vous arrêter.

Arrived in Brussel’s on Monday, this is Thursday, tried many restaurants in the Grand Place area, nothing was as good as this restaurant. Need to try the Calimari, Croquette, Seabass with Risotto, chocolate mousse, Crème brûlée. Need to go there if you want great food and great service. best to make reservations or go early, we went in at 7:00pm, no one was in there, when we left at 8:45pm, the place was packed.

Alors oui, moi aussi je pensais que tous les resto qui ont un nom qui sonne bien Bruxellois genre avec «Kelder», ou «Manneken» ou encore «Mayboom» dedans sont avant tout des attrapes touristes et valent pas le coup…
Et ben j’ai TORD! l’Ogenblik prouve que les vrais bons restos de brusseler ça existe et mérite que l’on si arrête un instant.
La déco genre vieux troquet ou les marchands venaient boire leurs ventes donne beaucoup de charme a l’endroit. Et alors la nourriture est TOP! Pas question de nous lourder avec stoemp ou des trucs a la biere etc. Ici c’est de la vrai restauration.
La carte est assez riche et propose beaucoup de poisson. En entrée, la carpaccio de 3 poissons était fantastique!
Le seul point négatif est le prix, comptez 70eur pp pour entrée + plat avec vin. C’est donc pas pour tous les jours. Mais quand c’est le jour… ça fait vraiment plaisir.
Donc je retournerai dans un resto de Brusseler (allé tisch, on y retourne un peu une fois!)

This is a really nice brasserie. In contrast to the other restaurants in the area that are begging for customers, this one turns away people without reservations. The reason is they have phenomenal food. I’ve had the seabass there and a friend had a steak that looked amazing. I would highly recommend you check this restaurant out (make a reservation first).

Dans les Galeries Royales Saint-​Hubert et à 100 m de la Grand’Place, cadre authentique, ambiance décontractée, brasserie dont les gourmands et les gourmets en font leur escale obligée.