Belgo Kingsway

I miss the old Belgos menu. It seems more ‘Americanised ‘, now, with burgers and barbecue sauces, also the menu on the mussels had changed offering a more Asian influence on the pot of mussels menu.
to tell you the truth I was confused by the Menu and a little disappointed but what I had, the half Lobster, was clean fresh and nice enough.
The drinks menu with its endless list of beers, soon made me forget my confusion.

After a heavy night of drinking and a late start to the day, we came to Belgo for some chicken, chips, prawns, and mussels! The service was friendly and the food was good and decently priced. I may make this place a ritual for hangover dining!

Nice venue, they have quite a big selection of Belgian beers (with traditional glasses of course) including the famous Kwak. But, the beers are a bit on the pricey side. Saying that, I would go back. If you’re a fan of mussels, they also serve ‘moules et frittes’.

Went there with a small group and had a lovely time! We sat outside as it was a nice evening and that made the experience all the better! Most of us had the mussels, I was feeling adventurous and tried the Thai version which was very tasty! Just spicy enough and well seasoned. They had a wide choice of beers and the waitress knew just what to recommend as I normally only like dark beers, porters and stouts. She recommended a delicious dark beer that I really should have made a note of the brand name but was having too much of a good time to remember! I’d definitely go back!

Food was good. The bread is plain. Desserts are really plain… nothing ‘belgian’ about the crêpe/​waffle. Service was quite bad… management needs to make sure that there are enough experienced staff on hand to man the tables on weekends. The staff forgot to place a few of the food orders… which meant having to remind the staff about them 20 mins later. We ended up cancelling the ‘forgotten’ orders. They stop serving cocktails around 8pm because it apparently took too long to make one and so they couldnt be bothered. One of the waitresses dropped cutlery on me while taking the plate from the table. The main entrance door swings… so beware you could just get whacked in the face by the glass door if you dont watch out. All in all the experience was quite awful… im never going back!

Great food, decent price, okay service, but the Belgo in Convent Garden is sooo much nicer!

I’ve not been to Belgo in a while, as it is a very touristy place, but on this occasion I was pleasantly surprised. While the menu is not very adventurous with the usual suspects, they still do a very good kilo pot of mussels and chips. And at not too bad a price either.
Will I go back? Probably not as there’s so much more exciting food in London. But if I have tourists or need to choose a place for a good (but safe) meal for a group of people, Belgo is ideal.

This location is mediocre compared to the original — weak service despite being empty and loud obnoxious clientele.

I went with a group of friends and thought the selection of Belgian beers was really amazing! When they got delayed in bringing drinks over, they were so apologetic and really made up for it by giving drinks for free and by making sure we were happy throughout which was highly appreciated. I will definitely return given the service and the value for money of the venue

Was excited about trying Belgian food since I didn’t really know what that is, but I’m not really a fan of this place. Their menu lacked any appeal and the service was a bit slow when we first sat down, even though the place was pretty empty. The menu mostly consisted of burgers, roast chicken, and a variety of seafood dishes. I was mostly unimpressed because I can easily make burgers and roast chicken myself (not that I would or will anytime soon…) but the point is that I really don’t want to pay £11 for half a fancy chicken.
There was 5 of us and we all ordered different things, but no one really enjoyed their meal except one person, who got the Poppei Moules platter, which are basically mussles and fries (aka. chips). I got the spinach and crème fraîche tartlett, which was alright but definitely NOT worth £8. Another one also got a pasta of some sort, off the Express Lunch menu, which he devoured but said it was pretty forgettable.
I think I have to get a better idea of what Belgian food actually is before I make any further decisions about it, but I probably won’t be doing it here. I thought the entire Belgian diet consisted of chocolate, fries, and waffles. Who knew there was more?! I found the idea of Express belgian food kind of intriguing, as Belgian food is lacking pretty much everywhere else in the world. Guess I’ll just have to take a trip to Belgium and see for myself what it’s really about!

Surprised that I didn’t like this place better because I LOVE Belgo Centraal. It’s the same chain so shouldn’t it be the same quality? Au contraire.
First off, believe what people tell you when they say the service needs work. We sat down and waited 20 minutes before they even took our drinks order. Oh boy. We were in it for the long haul. Despite it being the place for mussels, I’m not a big mussels fan so I opted for the rotisserie chicken. I’ve had it before and always enjoy it, but this time around, it came out with the skin burnt… not that appetizing. We asked for ketchup and mayo to go with the chips, they brought out the mayo asap, said the ketchup would come out in a minute and forgot. We had to ask again.
The beers are great (can’t go wrong with Belgian beer) and the dessert was delicious (had the berry pavlova… mmmm), but this place needs to work on its service. I’ll stick with Belgo Centraal, thanks.

Offering an excellent selection of Belgian beers, great stodgy food menu, excellent chips (served with mayo, of course)
The mussels here are delicious. My company has an office in the UK so I visit at least once a year.
love their fresh bread too. if you have to wait, then wait!

When the craving for moules frites strikes, it makes sense to head to a Belgian restaurant for satisfaction. Naturally, one of the first that comes to mind in London is the Belgo chain and, while it may not be the best there is, it is cheap and cheerful and always has space for a group.
The Kingsway branch is just around the corner from the Centraal location in Seven Dials. It’s not as cool as its hipster sibling, but then again it’s designed to cater to hordes of hungry students from next door LSE. Unfortunately, it seems to have too many hallmarks of a school cafeteria for my liking.
We arrived on time for our reservation and had to wait a few minutes for them to wipe down the table. Not a big deal except the table had been empty for a while so why don’t they clean faster than that? The four small tables that comprised our table for 8 were also of different heights. While all were suitable, it just looks odd and it strikes me as a better idea to match up 4 tables of the same height rather than two groups of uneven eating surfaces.
Naturally, I wanted to get the moules and opted for a kilo pot with the Thai sauce. The mussels were cooked well and almost completely clean of grit which was a shellfish win for Belgo Kingsway. They were a bit small for my liking and I wonder if that’s because they are out of season or if Belgo can afford to have low prices by avoiding the premium big shell mussels. But that’s a minor issue compared to the lack of flavour in their sauce. When I get Thai, I expect bold green curry flavours, plenty of spice, and smoothness from the coconut milk and lemongrass. What I got was a watery broth with just a hint of sweetness and no spice or full flavour whatsoever. In fact, I think it was mainly butter and water with a touch of coconut milk. Not cool, Belgo, not cool at all.
The frites were average and not much to talk about. I think when they represent a key part of your core offering, you need to spend a little time getting the frites right. Hell, McD’s can do some decent skinny fries and they only charge a quid for them!
The final straw was the unbearable heat of the restaurant. Given it was a relatively warm night (especially for December), there was no reason to crank the heat up. The end result was our group shovelling the food down in order to get out into the cooler air.
I’m not one usually to complain but I know this review sounds like a bit of whinge. The main takeaway was that we went in expecting a nice relaxed meal and it ended up being a depressing and quickly ended attempt. At least the company was good!
I won’t be back and will give Belgo one more chance, but at their Centraal location I think as I couldn’t take another sauna experience!

For Central London, Belgo represents surprisingly good value — in particular the happy hour meal choices from 5 to 7 PM where you pay the price on the clock. A good deal at 7 PM, a stunning deal at 5 PM. Beers are delicious, too.
Would not hesitate to return — for cheaper than the kebab joint down the street you can get a proper meal with a beer.
Good stuff.

If you’re looking for a good pre-​theatre meal before a show at the Peacock, I’d definitely recommend Belgo. They have a happy hour menu — I think it’s classic mussels, half roast chicken or pasta and you pay the time you get in. It’s relatively quick so you can get to the theatre without rushing. I’d recommending making reservations just in case or you’ll have to end up at Wasabi’s instead.

The £6.95 lunch menu is great value, and while the moules frites weren’t outstanding (something about the frites was a little bit off, as other reviewers have said) this is a really great option if you happen to be in the area. I particularly liked the celery in the sauce, which gave it extra flavour and texture. Those of us drinking got lucky because they were trialling a new beer at just £2 extra with the lunch menu.
Random point — they also have a really user friendly website. I don’t know why 99% of restaurant websites feature pointless graphics that take forever to load, .pdf menus, and the location page about 19 clicks away, but Belgo’s is actually designed to help customers!

Warm goat cheese salad on croutons is heaven. Mussels are their specialty and super yummy. Not to mention the prices are spectacular!!! Great service very attentive and cordial. I did not try the beer… but they had a wonderful selection.

I’ve been coming here since I was a student and lived not far away. No, not an obvious student hangout, but at the time it was styled as a Bierodrome (exactly the same, just more students) and we came for the Belgian beers.
Nowadays I tend to come for the mussels, which are consistently good (at all Belgo locations, I find). In particular between 6 and 7pm when they charge you the time (i.e. 6 quid at 6pm) for moules frites. A couple of other dishes are on the special offer menu but gone are the good old days where everything was included. The frites aren’t really frites but they’re gooood.
The beer selection is huge, and expensive, though some of it is so strong you probably save money… It’s one of those places where you can sit and eat and drink and then get a bit of a shock when your tab need settling. However, Belgo is Belgo and there isn’t anywhere else quite like it (or if there is, please tell me).
Why 3 stars? This Belgo doesn’t have as nice an atmosphere or setting as Centrale or Upper Street branches. It tends to get inundated with after work drinkers who stand annoyingly in the way by the bar. The soap in the bathroom smells utterly vile.

Belgo is a safe and easy option. The mussels are decent, and they have an interesting range of sauces, some of which are a tad overpowering but most of which are great. The fries are nowhere near as good as they should be from a Belgian place, but who really cares about fries when you have mussels.
The rest of the menu is pretty good, if a little un-​inspirational. They have a seriously extensive selection of beers, which is great if you’re a fan of Belgian Beers, even if they are on the more expensive end of their range. Always a bit depressing looking up from an exciting beer menu to see everyone around you drinking bottles you could buy from any other bar in Holborn, but some people are, it seems, just lost causes.
The atmosphere in this Belgo is a little lacking — the restaurant area if kind of tucked around the corner by the kitchen, but not with enough of a view into the kitchen to make that a selling point. There is some vicious air conditioning which seems to have the power to cool a plate of food in thirty seconds flat. The bar itself is fine, even if they do sometimes feel the need to fill it with TV.
But what keeps bringing me back to Belgo is their Beat The Clock deal — get there at 6.15pm, and that’s what you pay for your meal. Love it. As long as they do that, I’ll be there for my mussels.