When you walk up to Atomium, it is a jaw dropping structure. We were super excited to eat at the top and see the views. When we arrived, we were treated with a complementary photo which was lovely and escorted upstairs.

At the top, you are met with the observation space which can be distracting if you didn’t visit Atomium outright before arriving at the restaurant. Your instinct is to look at the views and neglect the reservation.

I would have liked to know in advance that we would have no direct view of the outside. The restaurant has 2 levels and the second does not boast the stunning 360 view the main floor has, which was unfortunate. Had I known I would have requested a space on the lower level when making a reservation.

We also had to wait an obscene amount of time for our food, about an hour and 15 for our appetizers. We saw that others on the main floor received theirs within 15-20 minutes, it might have been that we were simply out of sight. The servers periodically checked on us but no one was stationed up on the second floor permanently. Our server did as best he could and tried to expedite our food on several occasions. We were only 4 and we only had 3 apps so I’m not sure what the delay was.

The food was excellent, the app portion was very small. I think the food could have used a nice finishing salt to brighten up the flavours. The salmon skin was not crisped up on our main which was a lost opportunity.

Overall it was a pleasant experience with delicious food, but at that price point I would expect impeccable timing and service from the kitchen.