Genco — Restaurant in Brussels

Terrible disrespectful service.. Really shocked with the experience. Came in to order the main course, some coffee, deserts. Ended up with a limited choice list, which was fine by us, no pizza for example. Asked for a pasta and couple of coffees with some deserts, but received a negative answer - no coffee or anything else without a main course. Well fine, but that sounds like a self maid rule :( One of the waiters started making a scene loudly complaining about our food order choices, then discussing with the neighbor table and pointing at us. We tried to engage into the conversation, but we don’t speak Italian :D Sad story .. Won’t recommend to go. By the way, the staff doesn’t speak anything but Italian, so be ready to have a dictionary. We tried French,...

One of the VERY BEST true Italian restaurant in Brussels (and we have tasted all the top ones, even with one Michelin star). Short, fresh card from which you would pick absolutely anything. We often take one of the suggested red wine that are perfect fit for our meals. I however have two minors concerns : first, reservations do not seem to be taken seriously. If you enter the restaurant door at 11:30 and verbally make a reservation for two, they do not even write anything or ask your name. And then, altough food is excellent, portions are quite small. Every time we come we take an entrée and a main meal, and for both we would like 20% - 30% more food on the plate (especially considering the relatively...

Had the ravioli, which by itself was fine albeit a bit bland, and definitely not worthy of the 25 (can't recall the exact number) euro price tag.

I'm definitely no Italian cuisine expert, but the dish also felt like it was missing something. As far as I understand it's a main course with 5 pieces of ravioli, some truffel shavings, and what felt like a simple butter/cream sauce.

But if that had been all, I would still have returned and tried out another dish at some point; instead, the service was absolutely abysmal. The waiter essentially just communicated in grunts with us.

The interior is quite cosy and it wasn't too loud to have a proper...