Where to eat

Lobbyists’ Preferred Restaurants (Brussels)

Belga Queen

Rue Fossé aux Loups 32
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02.217 21 87 - website

Brussels Piola Libri

Rue Franklin 66-28
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02 736 93 91

Coco Eat and Drink

Place du Luxembourg 10
1050 Brussels
Tel: 02.230 22 30 - website

Comme Chez Soi

Place Rouppe 23
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02 512 29 21 - website

L’Atelier Européen

Rue Franklin 28
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02.734 91 40 - website

La Maison du Cygne

Rue Charles Buls (Grand’Place) 2
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02. 511 82 44 -, website

La Truffe Noire

Boulevard de la Cambre 12
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02. 640 44 22 - website

Notos

Rue de Livourne (Quartier Louise) 154
1000 Brussels
Tel: 02.513 29 59 - website

Poivre et Sel

Rue du Parnasse 2
1050 Brussels (Ixelles)
Tel: 02 503 46 93

Quartier Luxembourg

The Avenue

Lobbyists’ Preferred Places to Meet MEPs in the European Parliament

  • Mickey Mouse Bar (PHS Bar 3rd Floor), Hemicycle level
  • MEP’s Bar (ASP Bloc G, Level 0)
  • MEP’s Dining Room
  • Forum Bar (ASP Bloc G, Level 3)
  • 12th Floor Dining Room
  • Presidential Dining Room

European Quarter

This quarter is the place to find high-ranking politicians, lobbyists, MEPs and journalists all chatting over drinks. When the institutions are in session, the bars around Place du Luxembourg are packed with the Union’s men in grey suits and their companions. The Place is fantastically multi-cultural, as are Rue Archimède and Rue Stevin, with their plethora of Irish and other bars and a variety of decent restaurants.