BrewDog | Brussels — Restaurant in Brussels

Okay so here’s a long review.

We had a reservation for the all you can eat chicken. Walked in. No one greeted us. It wasn’t busy so we just sat down at a random booth.

We scanned the qr code to order our food but only sauces were available. We went up to the bar and asked what we should do. The bartender was very rude and dismissive. He asked for our name four times. My friend spelled it out and finally after the fourth time he realised what she was spelling out. He told us in a very rude manner that we should have known where our reserved table was and that we should’ve asked at the bar. Like babe why do you think we’re at the bar.

Anyways we sit down with our little pamphlet do choose our food options. We get a variety of everything. Meanwhile we got our drink from the bar. After 20 min the food comes (the girl who served us was actually quite nice unlike the bartender):

Mac and cheese was insipid. It was creamy but lacked flavour. The pasta was overcooked but overall not the worst.

Onion rings were okay. Oily and flavorless. Very batterish.

Fries were standard. Unfortunately my fry standard is very high. But they were okay.

And now the reason we came: the wings. We had the Cajun lemon ones which were fine, lacked a little in taste but they were very tender and refreshing if the buffalo wings were too spicy.

The buffalo wings were so good. They were tangy and flavourful and fell of the bone. The cheese sauce that came with it was okay. Nothing to write home about. But the wings made up for all of that.

We’ve been now sitting here for over an hour with nothing on the table and our bill still hasn’t come. Again should we go to the bar? It’s a bit unclear.

Overall would recommend the buffalo wings and a little side if you’re hungry.

The location is pretty nice. The booths are comfortable. Would definitely come back again for the wings

In the end we did go to the bar for the check hehe. Also wanted to add that the drinks are a bit expensive. 4.5 for a soda (even if it’s a specialty one is a bit steep) and water was 5. We didn’t try any of the beers so I can’t say anything about that.

To finish: as they say in dune: he who controls the spice controls the wing (or sum...

So we went for Wings Wednesday. First of all, the price of the wings (all you can eat) is not mentioned in any of their sponsored ads on social media, nor in their website and obviously not when they hand you the paper with the wings menu. They give you some children colour pencils to mark your preferences on the wings flyer, but you cannot write with it as the paper is shiny so the wooden colour pencils cannot write on them.

Anyway, the first portion of wings is decent, but when you order your second round, the amount of wings is really less, almost half. The sides are not worth it, the fries come in a small coffee mug. If you want to order the second round you have to go to the bar.

But the worst thing is the staff: untrained, rude, with an attitude. I am a girl, I ordered a 250ml beer, and they heard 2 x 50cl so they brought me 2 beers of 500ml. I told them that it is impossible for me to drink these, I was only one person and they were refusing to take them back. The waiter was rude and she just left me the beers there and I said I don't want them, and she said I have to speak to the manager. I replied that I will not pay for the second beer and I ll keep one of the two (although I couldnt drink 500ml beer). She left. I started drinking one, I mean what can I do since I will pay for it, and she came later and she took the second beer, saying "I guess you won't drink the second, right?".

When I went to pay they charged me 1/2 pints. Again, I never wanted a pint (let alone 2) but they were unwilling to take it back.

Thanks for ruining my Wednesday! And do not reply here by asking me to send you an email. Nothing will be solved with an email - I said what I had to say, educate your staff better and do not yell at us and do not force us to drink your...

This is a great place for some good American style IPAs 🍺 and I like that you just order at your table with the QR code and don’t have to talk to anyone like in a grocery self checkout line. I like that there’s no pressure then to order extra. The bar staff and those delivering food were friendly and upbeat.

I had the Avo & Feta salad and it was so delicious. Just the right amount of dressing, which I was worried would be too sweet, but it was tasty. Some unique lettuce in there and not just run of the mill iceberg.

My husband had hot wings and said it’s the best buffalo sauce he’s found in Belgium, but would probably be considered sub-par in the US (sorry).

We had high hopes for the beer-battered cauliflower, however, they had a strange flavor that we just couldn’t handle and the batter seemed heavy and dense. We tried peeling it off to eat the cauliflower itself but still couldn’t get past the flavor. Since the cauliflower was bright yellow underneath I can only assume the flavor was an over abundance of turmeric, which is a pretty mild spice in itself, but I think it was just a bit heavily used here. I think a rework of the cauliflower with some salt and different spices and batter tweaks would make it really good. They weren’t tiny bite-sized pieces, rather fist sized mega florets that you need a fork and knife to eat. The accompanying vegan mayo sauce was kind of flavorless, but and would be really great with the addition of some fresh garlic and some salt and onion powder.

I would eat here again for the salad...