Skievelat

Bön, belge et les prix sont raisonnables (20 – 25 € par personne) ! Les serveurs sont sympas et le cadre est vraiment au top!

Jeudi soir, après un apéro afterwork, on se décide pour un resto dans le quartier.
Nos deux premiers choix s’avèrent infructueux, étant fermés.
Je propose alors cette enseigne légendaire qu’est le skievelat.
On y est accueilli avec bonne humeur.
Le service est drôle et efficace.
La carte est attendue, c’est normal, c’est une brasserie belge.
Pour ma part, je me décide pour un américain. Il est frais, mais fade.
En dessert, je choisirai une dame blanche, exécutée comme il se doit avec du vrai chocolat fondu.
En conclusion, c’est une option pratique et facile, plutôt bon marché, qui né déçoit pas.
Mention particulière pour la sympathie du service.

Trop sympa comme endroit service très prévenant chicons et le reste à la hauteur bien servis — une note toute particulière pour le vin du mois

Ambiance bar bistro sympa. Accueil agréable cependant un déçu de la qualité gustative des plats. Nous sommes 4 a table et mettons sans conteste entre 2 et 3 à ce restaurant. Je pense que le peu trouver d’adorable restaurant un petit peu plus loin dans les petites rues des antiquaires.
Par contre grosse blague 7,50 € une bouteille d’eau d’un littre

Je suis nouvelle sur Unilocal et je cherchais un chouette endroit pour fêter la Saint Valentin avec mon copain. Je suis donc tombée sur Schievelat et c’est parti, on réserve. En entrée, nous prenons un carpaccio de boeuf et des croquettes aux crevettes. Très bon tous les deux. Un peu déçue par le plat, un pavé de boeuf. Le mien est trop cuit (j’avais demandé saignant) et est noir sur les bords. Celui de mon amoureux a l’air comme il voulait. La sauce béarnaise n’était pas top, elle avait l’air de sortir d’un pot de sauce toute faite puis réchauffé. Sinon très agréable endroit avec un service très apprécié.

This restaurant with an average of 3.5 stars caught my attention but… no second time.
It is quieter than the other restaurants very close to the touristy area (ie Rue des bouchers) but besides that, no extra pros.
I was first greeted by the bartender and immediately sat at a table. About 10−15mins after, the server came to take the order/​answer questions. I didn’t like a lot the amount of time it took him (the restaurant was not full) but counting the fact that he made an effort to speak English made me forget about the waiting.
The food arrived fairly quickly and it looked very very appetizing; through the eyes it watered my mouth. When it came to the taste though, I’ve had better.
I tried the famous Moules-​frites (smaller portion) and the dish with the kriek rabbit leg with north cherries and potato croquettes. To me none were that good. Different to what I am used to yes, but nothing I would repeat. Days later I ate at a super lay-​back place Mer du Nord uffff so good.

So, my sister says, «Everyone says I have to get the mussels if I’m in Brussels». So I’m like, «Ok so lemme call Jean-​Claude Van Damme real quick…*commence frantic search on cell phone for JCVD’s home number* Then I remembered I had to take his number out of my phone after… well…I don’t want to talk about it.
Anyway, after recognizing my sister meant the bivalve mollusk and not human tissue we headed over to Skievelat. It was just up the street from where we were staying. I had already ate a Chipotle burrito I brought over from England, so I was looking for dessert. The place was pretty full on a Friday night which was great for the ambiance. Both floors seemed pretty busy. The waiters looked stressed out though as it seemed to be only 2 – 3 of them for the whole two floors. We ordered our adult beverages and waited since the waiter forgot to give us menus. Now, my sister ordered a large beer and it was much bigger than she thought so I had to help her finish it later on, but be aware that large is actually huge. It wasn’t quite Oktoberfest stein huge, but it was pretty big. I ordered crème brulee and my sister got the pot of mussels which came with frites (fries).
So the waiter comes out like 10 – 15 mins later (yes.they’re quick) with this medium pot of mussels but honestly two people can probably share a pot. I actually think you’re supposed to share them but since I’m vegetarian I told my sister that was all on her. And… she still had that big glass of beer to slam. Anyway, the crème brulee was ok. Not the best I’ve had and really nothing overly special. My sister fully gorged herself on the mussels pot and felt bad for leaving a few in the pot. I told her that to just let go and let god because I could see that over-​stuffed miserable wince in her face and she didn’t seem to like the painful reminder that her big beer was only half gone. So… she tapped out but got her money’s worth. It’s a great restaurant and the people that sat nearby were sociable. It wasn’t too touristy either so it seemed like actual locals eat there.

This was the first stop on a 2 week trip to Europe. Brussels began the tour!
Skievelat provided an excellent friendly atmosphere, with a nice bar and dining area selection. From booths, heightened tables where 1 on 1 lunches felt relaxed along with nice leg/​footrests. Included in the dining was a 2^nd floor that was packed with people. The waitress was very friendly and accomidating, with fast service.
I ordered the meatballs with brown sauce which came with a side of fries. Of course as all of Belgium does fries with mayonnaise, I indulged like a king avec le mayo. Using the gueuze (brown) sauce with the fries was fantastic as well. Three meatballs accompanied the plate and were soft + cooked to perfection.
Highly recommended!

Decent food and beers. It was close to my hotel so we decided to come in for some Belgian cuisine and beers. Tons of beers, and a pretty extensive menu. The best part of my dining experience for dinner? Our server. He didn’t speak English too well but he was very friendly and tried to explain as much as he could while trying to communicate with us. As an American tourist, it was nice to be able to sit down, enjoy the restaurant and good service without being labeled as tourists! :)
Beer is cheaper than the spring bottled water they serve here. So if you can hold off on the water, order the Belgian beers. They have steaks, Belgian mussels and fries. It was nice to dine in at 900pm with the sun still shining out!
Sit outside if possible…

Si vous voulez tester ce que Bruxelles peut offrir de pire, ce «restaurant» doit s’en approcher.
Qualité très très très médiocre. Servir des classiques pourrait se faire avec le respect de son métier de restaurateur/​cuisinier, Certains plats simples (boulettes,…) peuvent pourtant être divins.
Pour ceux qui aiment manger… A éviter

The food is pretty good in this place, one of the main reasons I frequent this restaurant is because of the proximity to my apartment. If your looking for great customer service, this isn’t the place. It’s sad because the food is good but the customer service isn’t there, for that reason it gets 3 stars from me.

Très bonne ambiance et décoration. Les serveurs sont aimables. La carte propose pas mal de spécialités belges qui sont notifiées. Cependant les prix sont EXCESSIFS pour des plats qui sortent de sachet sous vide (j’ai pu apercevoir le cuisinier depuis la table) et dès que le restaurant commence à se remplir, impossible de s’entendre à cause du bruit.

Petite faim un midi. On s’arrête donc ici. Service assez sympa et rapide. J’ai bien aimé l’ambiance et la décoration.
On à testés les croquettes de crevette et de fromage et jambon. C’était bon, ça m’a rappellé la Hollande mais ça né valait pas vraiment les 12 ou 13 € pour deux croquettes.

The wait staff is unbelievably rude two consecutive nights in a row.
Night#1: three groups of customers are clearly drinking, but when I enter, «we are closed.»
Night#2: i show up an hour prior to my last adventure, and head up to the restroom. I am immediately harassed about where I am going as ‘that floor is closed’. Disregarding the strange comment, I return downstairs and wait 20minutes and make eye contact with a number of staff– no service despite their waiting of a number of tables and even clustering around an old homeless looking delivery man for some laughs. Ultimately I do get served after pointing at the menu and requesting a drink. I promptly have Euros and my credit card on the table for 30min while I wait for a bill, despite making eye contact with everyone again. I watch continued staff cameradarie and one which smoked a cigarrette on a break and tried to get lung cancer for 15minutes or so, and returned to dry dishes. Finally I am provided the bill which requires my credit card use when I am informed it is a 25Euro minimum charge (well above my single drink charge). I offer to buy another drink, wine, and even pay other customer bills– just to make my money go somewhere useful. I am denied as they are ‘closing’. Some conversation ensures in French between a concerned looking couple and the staff. I am offered an IOU of sorts, going to an ATM, or the 25Euro charge– i pay the latter to be rid of this place (although most of my money was subtly returned by a sympathetic staffer).
This place is ridiculous, customer service is not important here, and signifies a larger potential problem with Belgium culture (experienced this rudeness a few other places by colleagues of mine this week) — no wonder the Euro is crashing.

Have been here twice for lunch and unfortunately was never really impressed. The food is definitely okay, but nothing out of the ordinary. I’ve had the cheeseburger (which comes with too greasy and flubbery bacon) and the steak tartare. Service was quite fast, even with larger groups. Overall experience was meh.

Nous avons fait un bref passage au Skievelat, donc mon avis né portera que sur le côté «Bar» de la brasserie.
Après un bon burger, nous avions envie de finir la soirée avec une boisson à la main. Nous avions d’abord été chez Hortense, mais celui-​ci était déjà comble, nous avons donc dû nous résigner et avons fini ici. L’accueil était sympathique, et mon mojito était fait comme je les aime! Avec une petite dose de sucre en plus!
Une bonne petite fin de soirée sans être trop «skievelat» finalement. ;)

This was the best mussels I ate since long!
This is a nice Brasserie style restaurant with industrial decoration (wood, metal). The waiters are nice but the service is a bit slow (as the food is good, it’s ok).
The menu is a list of belgian specialities from shrimps cakes to stoemp (mash with mixed vegetables) to carbonade and mussels!
I love it and will be definitively back!
For one starter (shrimps cake), 2 mussels with 2 beers and 2 waters, we paid 63 € and it was the right price for good food.

Came on a Thursday night at around 9:40 pm. There were a number of tables empty. Asked for a table and was told to wait. Asked another person no response. Then another. They said wait. After staring down a waitress for 15 minutes they seat us. This is when there are a lot of tables free.
I had already eaten so I ordered a drink and my wife a burger and drink. A friend was joining in 5 minutes.
The waitress was horrified that we were only having one burger (ignoring we ordered 3 drinks). She said we should move to a table for two since only one person is eating and others are drinking and threw a fuss.
The attitude from every staff we encountered was horrible!
Don’t go there, sablon has better places and Somalia has better staff on the pirate boats.
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Une brasserie sans grand intérêt. Le quartier est sympa, c’est pile entre le petit sablon et le grand sablon. La nourriture n’est pas mauvaise mais pas dingue non plus. Dans nos assiettes: une salade au chèvre, saumon et avocat pour moi. La salade était imbibée de sauce, le guacamole me semblait industriel, le saumon une petite tranche, c’est juste et le chèvre présenté comme deux boules de mozza, ça c’était sympa mais dommage pas de pain grillé à manger avec. Le pain baguette était industriel et un peu dur. Dans l’autre assiette le burger skievelat: bonne viande et fromage cheddar bien fondant mais pain indus (là encore) et les frites surgelées style Mc Cain. Bref pour 14 € par personne on attend un peu plus que des produits industriels… Néanmoins le service était assez agréable et le lieu a son petit charme de brasserie.

Pas mal du tout ces petits plats :) je pensais y trouver des plats de type brasserie, mais en fait c’est bien plus que ça, ils proposent des salades, viandes et autres plats avec des variations intéressantes, ce qui fait d’eux plutôt un restaurant plus classique qu’une brasserie.
Tables originales (inox), menu attrayant, grande mezzanine (peut être très bruyant dans tout le restaurant si il y a un groupe qui l’occupe)
Les serveurs sont très efficaces, voir trop. Un peu de mal à sourire, et n’ont pas de patience, ce qui fait perdre des points au Skievelat d’après moi.
Désolé …

Waiter was hands down the rudest person I’ve ever met. We didn’t get past ordering before he accosted me about the water bottle in my bag. Please do myself and yourself a favor and do not frequent that establishment.

Voilà la situation, pr mon anniversaire j devais trouver un resto cuisine belge simple, prix raisonnable, dans le centre ET qui acceuille les groupes.
On m’a conseillé le Skievelat!
Tout d’abord ma réservation avait mal comprise (20 au lieu de 25!!!, heureusement on a su ce coincé!)
Un peu étroit les tables, et bon un tube de ventilation au dessus de sa tête, rempli de poussière bof…
Tout de même les plats sont simples, délicieux et bien belge qui a ravie tout mes convives! Le personnel est sympa et attentifs! Et la note raisonnable!
Mais un tit effort sur l’aménagement serait cool!

Le skievelat est très bien situé, tout près de la place du sablon, il rentre parfaitement dans l’image du quartier point de vue esthétique.
J’aime bien le côté brasserie à l’intérieur, on s’y sent bien.
Ce restaurant s’étale sur 2 étages, le tout est très brut. Du bois, pas de nappes, même pas de set de table. Mais je n’aurai pas trouvé ça utile de toute façon, j’aime le côté sans chichi qu’offre le skievelat.
Niveau culinaire, c’était bon, mais pas excellent. Les assiettes sont copieuse, pour ma part, j’ai eu assez, ce qui n’a pas été le cas de tout le monde à notre table apparemment.
De plus, ce que je trouve dommage, c’est que nous avons eu droit à une petite carte car nous étions la pour fêter un anniversaire et donc nous étions une vingtaine de personnes.

Hmmmmm trop bon! Bön, dommage, nous avons eu la carte réduite de groupe car nous étions environ 20… Mais bon… de que j’en ai vu et gouté… c’était très bon, pour ma part un tit gout de trop peu, mais j’ai eu de la chance, j’ai pu finir un plat de sapghettis, du coup j’ai été rebaptisée «stierput» :(
Par contre, a première vue, je né recommande pas les boulettes, 3 malheureuses boulettes baignées dans une sauce tomates toute liquide, limite transparente…
Le personnel est très sympa, nous fetions l’anniversaire d’un ami, il a recu une leffe de 50cl. Ils né pouvaient faire plus plaisir!

Hier, ma première fois au Skievelat.
Et bien, c’est parfait pour une bonne bouffe entre potes. Le cadre est agréable et assez grand avec ses deux étages. Les serveurs sont très sympathiques, disponibles et toujours souriants.
Mon pavé de boeuf était délicieux et les prix sont très raisonnables.

Pas mal! Le cadre et le quartier sont sympas; brasserie en plein centre, au Sablon. Ambiance posée mais énormément de bruit par contre.
Possibilité de réserver pour des groupes jusqu’à 25 personnes. Carte un peu trop réduite à mon goût (choix entre 6 – 7 plats pour les groupes) cela dit. Dommage quand on voit la carte de base mais compréhensible. Les plats sont corrects mais très lourds.
Service convenable mais mitigée car une fois sympa, une fois imbuvable… les prix quant à eux, tournent autour des 10eur pour des pâtes et 15−20eur pour des ribs, vol au vent ou pavé steack frites. Grande stupeur au niveau du stationnement dans les alentours: assez facile de trouver une place un samedi soir!

Simple et efficace.
Ce resto est très pratique en groupe, car il est assez grand et qu’on s’en sort avec une note vraiment correcte malgré la situation.
On y mange une cuisine de brasserie belge typique: burger, spare-​ribs, carbonnade flamande, boulette à la gueuze, chicons au gratin, … Les portions sont très (trop) généreuses. L’ambiance est sympa et pas prise de tête, ce qui est très bien de temps en temps.

Un resto de bonne bouff’.
Parfait pour un bon dîner en groupe, l’ambiance y est bien belge.

I was here with my boyfriend on a short trip. We found this pub on Unilocal and thought it was easy to find. The entrance to the restaurant wasn’t on a busy street and was a bit hidden, so we had to go around a block before we found it.
We got there around 4pm for early snack/​dinner, so the place was not busy at all. My favorite out of the two dishes we ordered was the stuffed tomato with shrimp was very good. It looks like the tomato was poached quickly and chilled, while the cooked tiny shrimps where served cold with a bed of lettuce. It’s slightly peppered and salted so it feels refreshing and light. The shrimp croquette was interesting. It was a little too creamy for my taste, but it was more liquid-​like than usual croquettes and the cream melts in your mouth.
Unfortunately mussels weren’t in season, so I’d love to come back in winter.

My boyfriend and I are here on vacation, and have had to do some hard looking to find food we wanted to pay for (and by pay I mean reasonably hand over our money without feeling ripped off). I found this place on Unilocal,and we got lost on the way, but it was very worth it. The interior is awesomely welcoming as was the staff working on this busy friday night. Lots of bro dudes in pacts, but our experience helped us overcome their incessant group chanting and purposefully purchased worn in denim.
I had the chicken in ginger and curry. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I took the first bite and exclaimed to my boyfriend, «holy shit». The sauce was unbelievable. We both kept eating it (he dipped his fajitas in it) and every time it got to our mouth we made obnoxious noises; almost as if we had no control over our reaction. I know this is a bit much, but I was happy and satiated.
The bartender made us complimentary shots as we ended our meal and the service was great. If I lived around here, I’d definitely be there regularly. Eating out in a foreign city around 11pm is a gamble, but it was worth the risk.
Go for it.

Excellent experience in the mid afternoon. Very good food, drink and desserts. Dance floor with disco ball in middle of downstairs. Dark décor and lighting — some may not like. Would repeat.

Yeah. We found this on Unilocal and decided to have lunch here on our first day. The reviews looked great, so we thought we found a winner.
Unfortunately, we didn’t. Six of us ordered the mussels and chips. Two were with cream, two with garlic and cream, one with peppers and one moules marinerie. The other half and I also shared a starter of Belgian tapas which consisted of a piece of braised beef, two types of meatballs, one type of sausage, some apple stuff and some mash. It looked great. It was just okay. Things were a bit cold, but nothing was super fantastic (the best was the braised beef).
The mussels were pretty crap to be honest. No flavor at all. I’ve had better mussels in London. It was really disappointing. Most of us weren’t overly impressed with the quality of food here. Which was really disappointing seeing how highly it was reviewed. Maybe it was a bad day. But I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone if you’re looking for good mussels in Brussels.

Sous le coup de midi, sous l’impulsion d’un collègue, sous la pluie… on se retrouve finalement au Skievelat… Un rapide coup d’oeil sur Unilocal me dit que je né risqué pas d’être déçu :-)
Et c’est bien le cas… Une carte très bien fournie, très variée (petites-​grandes faims, du belge, du classique, du gras, du sain… bref, impossible de pas trouver son bonheur)
On a tous pris le Burger façon Skievelat (photo)… Juste nickel, ça vaut un Burger au Boston Steakhouse, et qu’est-ce que c’est bon :-) Pour 13 €, ça vaut la peine.
En somme, une nouvelle très chouette adresse à retenir, pas cher, pour boire un verre, prendre un lunch, repas entre amis/​collègues, et même à 2 pendant la semaine quand on a pas envie de se faire à manger :-)))

We found this place on Unilocal and were happy that we did. We are all about good food and great atmosphere, which is exactly what this place serves up. We had a booth by the window on the ground floor which we loved. We over ordered, but were happy to try it all. I say we over ordered because we got the moules-​frites (with onions) for the four of us to share. It was delicious!!! and HUGE. I would have been happy to stop there. We didn’t though and we all enjoyed our main dishes which I didn’t come close to finishing. The service was excellent – and the spot was happening. The menu is extensive and in French but our server spoke a bit of English though not much – so we relied on 2 of our group who could speak elementary French. The beer and wine selection were good as well – even though I am told no one drinks wine in Belgium, I managed to do just fine.
The other 8 reviews on Unilocal are in french which to me is a good sign that this is a great local restaurant. Would definitely recommend for the moules alone.

I love the street that Skievelat is on… it’s so European & awesome! When I first arrived, it was an extremely chilly night in Brussels and my friends brought us to this lovely restaurant. It was crowded and our table wasn’t ready yet so we had a few beers at the little bar they had. We probably waited about 30 minutes before our table was ready and I was in the mood for some mussels. The boys recommended I get the garlic ones and I’m so happy they did because they were seriously so good! The best mussels I’ve ever had! So full of intense garlic flavor like you wouldn’t believe so I highly recommend it.
I must say that the service was pretty on point and the atmosphere is cool. It’s a nice place to hang out with friends, have a brewski, and enjoy a nice meal. And if you don’t already know, GET THE GARLIC MOULES-​FRITES!