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Reviews - L'Ecailler du palais royal

Reviews

9.2/10

Excellent
781 reviews
Food
9.3
Service
9.2
Ambience
8.8
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  • Siu Lun W.5 months ago

    10

    +2

    Excellent food and services

  • Mikael R.8 months ago

    10

    This restaurant is a hidden pearl. The modest outside hides charming ambience and the friendly personnell gives excellent service. Beautifully plated dishes.

  • Olga F.11 months ago

    5.0

    Not recommended. Pluses: very friendly service, nice style of interior, you feel nice there. Neutral: main course was fried sea bream with seasonal vegetables. It was fine but not smth interesting. Fish was a bit undercooked for my taste, but not a big deal. Dessert was the best dish out of all. It was not heavy as it might seem. But again lack of flavours, instead of chocolate ice cream they could add more pears or other fruits. Minuses: two starters were awful. First was Hering with tomato and green beans. Hering was with small bones, a tail and pieces of scale. Tomato was plastic like from a cheap supermarket. It was not to pleasant eat at all. I had to return a dish after two bites. Second starter was white fish with red paper sauce and eggplant caviar. Better than the first one but taste was not balanced, fish was overcooked. Overall impression - the menu was not a good value, surprised that this restaurant is included in the Michelin Guide. Hope their dinner menu is much better

  • Anna T.1 year ago

    10

    Great food and perfect service. Thank you!

  • Sandar R.1 year ago

    10

    we had the best attention to our need, great experience, and top service

  • Filomena W.1 year ago

    10

    The service was impeccable exactly as you would expect from a Michelin recommended restaurant. The food was prepared perfectly and the flavor of profiles spit on. The the only thing not fitting with the first 3 courses was dessert while the sorbet was tasty overall presentation was underwhelming

  • Sergej B.1 year ago

    10

    My favorite restaurant in Brussels just amazing 🤩

  • Daniel S.1 year ago

    10

    Wonderful night with delicious food!

  • Harun T.1 year ago

    9.5

    Everything we tried was delicious and meticulously prepared… we enjoyed the service as well very cozy and to the point… I would recommend it to everyone…

  • Stephanie B.
    Stephanie B.1 year ago

    10

    Amazing food

  • Mary H.1 year ago

    10

    My family visited on Christmas Eve. It was our first time in Bruxelles and we couldn't have desired a better dining experience. All of our meals were delicious and the service was superior!

  • Doug P.1 year ago

    10

    Superb food, service and experience. Will definitely return!

  • Alex C.1 year ago

    9.5

    Exceptional food & service. The restaurant also made an extra effort to accommodate a larger group of people at the last moment. Worth every penny.

  • Françoise Denise O.1 year ago

    10

    The setting has a great contribution, especially for the Christmas Eve , very cozy atmosphere, not noisy and so comfortable for a special family gathering such a success . Staff is very nice and helpful. Each plate well prepared carefully bringing a tasty, delicious and colorful meal as a whole .

  • eteli m.1 year ago

    10

    Outstanding experience! Delicious food, too service and beautiful decor.

  • Bill M.1 year ago

    10

    Great service, wonderful food, great relaxed vibe

  • Maxime D.1 year ago

    10

    Service was perfect, food was delicate and delicious. Quiet and cosy place. It was excellent!

  • Bernd K.1 year ago

    9.5

    Top Service, very good Taste

  • Ajit S.1 year ago

    10

    Excellent service, excellent food and great ambiance

  • david r.
    david r.1 year ago

    9.0

    +1

    the desert and pre-desert were amazing. other dishes were more classic but well done and well dressed.

  • Janez S.1 year ago

    9.5

    The relaxed atmosphere, with great food, was perfect for the end of a busy day and getting even closer with business partners

  • Terry S.1 year ago

    6.5

    Friendly service. Limited offer of fish. Overpriced dishes considering the quality . Small portions . Fish should be served with some salad or grilled veggies

  • Aviva F.1 year ago

    8.0

    Tasty food.

  • Sheetal N.
    Sheetal N.1 year ago

    10

    an institution, increíble staff and food

  • Jan P.1 year ago

    10

    One of the best „fish” restaurants

  • Daniele W.2 years ago

    10

    An exquisite fine dining adventure, perfect for a romantic date. We really enjoyed the 6 service menu and we did not realize that nearly 3 h passed. Service and food impeccable. Adequate prices for the service provided. An ideal place for special occasions at the heart of Brussels.

  • Oliver F.2 years ago

    10

    Lovely service, great food!

  • Christian O.2 years ago

    10

    Perfect Restaurant!

  • James B.2 years ago

    10

    +4

    Exquisite 6 course menu. Gorgeous presentation, well balanced sauces and delightful course of fish including seabream and birch as well as expertly prepared free range chicken. Service was responsive, friendly and knowledgeable. Spacing was well placed and lighted, creating a cozy overall atmosphere.

  • Henrik R.2 years ago

    10

    Everything went well and food was good. However, the price on The Fork App said 119€ per Menu. Price at the Restaurant was 175€ per Menu.

  • Susan s.2 years ago

    10

    A lovely venue, elegant and quiet. Young attentive staff made our evening very enjoyable. We took the 4 course menu for 95 euros. Each dish, 3 fish and 1 dessert was excellent. You can have wine by the glass and a one off price for water that was poured all evening. A delicious amuse bouche, excellent coffee, a real treat.

  • Aki N.2 years ago

    10

    The food and service were fantastic. Our table was on the 1st floor (above the ground floor) which was good because it was very quiet, but we hope we could've experienced the lively main dinning room. We need to come back again when we are more hungry, as both my wife any I could not finish the main dish due to late lunch and big portion. What a pity!

  • Peter V.2 years ago

    8.5

    Service was excellent! The entre we had had a poached egg with a wonderful sauce and a small portion of caviar on top. Although teh dish was very tasty overall, the egg white was still a bit runny around the yoke (which didnt bother me much because tje sauce Although the

  • Roberta M.2 years ago

    10

    Food was exquisite, service was impeccable. It was a joy to experience.

  • Luiz O.2 years ago

    10

    Fish in the salt oven was better then those in Paris.

  • Bart D.2 years ago

    10

    Excellent ! 👌

  • James D.2 years ago

    5.5

    This was very disappointing. We had booked for the Michelin experience which was supposed to be a seafood based menu with Lobster and other treats. We had also stated allergies in advance. On arrival, we were given a table where one diner was on a banquette, unfortunately this also meant they were right on top of the large space between cushions, so we moved our table sideways. How no one has ever noticed this is beyond belief. Anyway, we proceeded with a starter and it soon became obvious that it contained chillies, one of the allergies. Upon asking the waiter, he went to the kitchen and returned to say, No there weren't any chillies in it. We insisted and off he toddled again only to return to say sorry, there were. That's it, tough. As for the main course, it turned out to be Duck, so what happened to the Michelin menu, you may well ask, well we'd given up. on that, in fact we never saw a menu at all Meanwhile, it seemed obvious to us that the whole place seemed like a staff training school with things forgotten and insecure waiters. Dessert turned out to be a Paris-Brest, which was ridiculously inedible and could have been used as a hockey puck. It was obvious that we were by no means alone in being unable to even cut the pastry, as people sat tapping it with their cutlery. We complained and the waitress laughed and said she'd tell the chef. Got the bill, no apologies, nothing and as we don't like to cause a fuss we tried to leave. As people who've been dining in Belgium & Brussels for 30 or so years this had to be one of the worst meals we've ever had. Avoid at all costs.

  • Declan D.2 years ago

    10

    Spontaneous booking for Me but so pleased I did Fabulous Dover Sole and Sancerre Ben the waiter ably assisted by Philip delivered fabulous from the Chef. Will be back .

  • Sergej B.2 years ago

    10

    We love this place

  • Lieven C.2 years ago

    10

    romantic dining, impeccable service, great food and interesting wine list, this has been our favorite place at Sablon in Brussels for years!!

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