Reviews - Bij Den Boer
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8.7/10
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5.5
I have been a loyal customer for nearly eight years and have recommended this restaurant to everyone I know in Brussels. Unfortunately, my visit this past Saturday was a major disappointment. Bringing international friends here, I was embarrassed by the food quality; it has declined significantly. Some dishes resembled low-quality friterie food, though, frankly, the local friteries taste better. Many items, particularly the cheesecake, felt mass-produced rather than homemade. I’m not sure what has changed, but it was a very letdown.
9.0
Very well located. Nice staff. We had the mussels with fries. Nice portions and Service was quick and efficient. The restaurant is a bit noisy.
10
Been many times, great food every single time
9.0
Food was excellent, and the menu is good value. It can be a bit noisy depending on the clientele.
8.5
Mixed dishes are very good. It includes dessert. But there was no drink with the desert. If it also includes some tea or coffee with the dessert, it becomes perfect.
10
As we remembered it from 25 years ago when we lived in Rue St Catherine. Only remark I would make is that the chairs are hard.
10
Great food, good service and a good atmosphere
Bij Den BoerThank you verry much
10
We had fantastic dinner!
6.5
You have to search out these unspoilt traditional type bistro restaurants now. This one doesn't disappoint, although non meat & fish eaters might struggle. Not a problem for us.
7.5
Fantastic food and atmosphere. Enjoyed the evening alot.
3.0
Service failed
8.5
The waiter could be a bit more friendly, but he was professional. The food was incredible.
10
Very good food
9.5
If you always go into a restaurant experience in a relaxed and enthusiastic frame of mind, then the dining experience will reward your positivity. The staff at Bij den Boer were lovely and the food was superb. I can heartily recommend the foie gras and my partner very much enjoyed her corvina (both on the €24 lunch menu.) All four of our party walked away from BdB happy to have eaten there for our last meal in a fabulous trip to Brussels.
9.5
Nice locations and decoration inside. All the food was delicious and well cooked.
9.0
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8.0
Delicious food, nice service service comfy atmosphere
7.5
Classic good quality food served with some local arrogance typical for BXL
6.5
No English menus. Poor English usage by staff
3.0
Terrible waiter!!! Simply terrible service. Average food- no english menu, no explanation of the menu english, waites 20min for water to arrive..
7.5
It was dinner for two on a busy Friday evening and the food was great. We had the set menu of fish soup, scallops and oysters which were tatsy. And we had the sunfish and monkfish for mains, though dishes were quite similar in taste profile, delicious nevertheless. The staff were friendly however the service was slow and had to prompt them every step. The couple on next table were still waiting for starters when we finished our mains, though having being seated at the same time. Would definitely return but perhaps on a weekday.
8.0
Food excellent. Service not overtly attentive. Authentic for local Brussels dining. Would highly recommend for Americans. People are normal and friendly.
10
Tasty kitchen, helpful and friendly service.
9.5
Excellent food, good service but stressful welcome… We booked the only available time slot (as from 14h), we arrived on time but we were told that the restaurant did not received the booking and that 14h is too late… Nevertheless, they accepted to serve us food but maximum one dish… Finally we received main dish, dessert and coffee (all excellent), so it’s a pity that we had this useless stress at our arrival.
10
We had an exceptional lunch at a local establishment. Wait staff was extremely professional and kind. He assisted us in explaining the menu due to our lack of the language. Everything from drinks to dessert was sublime. We wouldn’t hesitate recommending this restaurant to all. What an enjoyable gastronomical experience.
9.5
This resto in centre of Brussels with metro station ideally placed outside the door has been one of our favourites for 40, yes forty, years. Brilliant fish dishes - magnificent sole meuniere
2.0
They refused our reservation even though we had a confirmation. They did not check their online reservations! Next time I will definitely go somewhere else because they activate a service they never check !
7.0
My guests loved the atmosphere and our waiter was very pleasant but my monkfish was over cooked and the dish it was served in was hot enough to burn my hand when I brushed against it.
6.5
The good news was that the mussels were excellent - plump juicy, plentiful and hot with good frites. The restaurant was buzzy. The bad news was that they had no record of my booking. However I stood my ground and eventually we were sat next to the kitchen which was ok. However there was a lot of muttering and puffing.
9.5
Splendido plat royal of sea fruits with lobster, delicious!
10
Excellent!..Cannot say enough good things about this place...I make it "a thing" every year for my birthday.
9.5
Not a huge fish lover, but all dishes were delicious - even the fish soup! Boisterous atmosphere but still able to have a conversation without shouting. Seemed like a genuine local place. Recommended.
5.0
Apparently reservations you make post 6pm don’t work.. we reserved for 7.30pm and had our mains bt 9.30pm... Also, mussels there are relatively small.
9.0
The typical Belgian restaurant offers regional dishes as fish and mussels in good and fresh quality.
5.0
Took 20 minutes to be acknowledged by any server once sat at our table, and we only then got helped because I tapped a waiter and asked for service. Even though we spoke English when we were sat, we were not given English menus until it was clear that we were trying to use Google translate app to figure out what to order. No one checked on us while we ate to see if we liked the food or wanted another drink. The food was good, but not great. The tasting menu looked like a good value, but we were not hungry enough for 4 courses, so we opted to order a al carte, which was dramatically more expensive than the tasting menu (basically paying significantly higher prices because we didn’t want to waste food or stuff ourselves). What is the point? There are so many delicious restaurants in Brussels. Disappointing because we were excited to eat here, but we’re quite let down.
5.0
It has been our fourth visit at this restaurant since 2008. We have always appreciated the cuisine and their really good tasty dishes. We recommended this restaurant to many our friends who have been visiting Brussels during the years. Oyster, fish soup, those was always delicious. This was the reason to visit bij de boer again and again. But yesterday was the worst visiting ever. As we arrived was the reaction of bored deeply unmotivated waiter very insulting. Even for obviously his fault in our reservation we never heard a excuse. A very rude behavior of this waiters let a very sad impression. I think this was our last visit at bij de boer.
7.5
Good, authentic food, especially the seafood. Basic, friendly service. They managed to overlook our online booking, but did come up with a table for us fairly quickly.
10
One of the best if not THE best place in Brussels for mossels or seafood. Very happy and cozy atmosphere and a very friendly staff.
10
The food was really good and service professional and friendly.
9.0
Great and relaxed place, fresh well prepared seafood and fish. Nit cozy by any means but a very good kitchen attentative service and some cooks who know what they are doing. The fixed price menu is a bargain.
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