L'Océan — Restaurant in Brussels

I liked the idea that I choose various sea food and it will be cooked for me. But...

1. There is two type of seafood: premium 35eur/kg and regular 25eur/kg. There is a rule that minumum order should be 400 gr per person. It means if you order 650gr - you will still pay for 800gr (two people eating)!!!

We ordered premium seafood, more than 800 gr and later decided to add 150gr of regular sea food (calamari rings). I was so surprised to realise that I was charged for 400 gr instead of 150gr. Really, they could tell us about this and offer to add more seafood.

Be careful! We overpaid 6 EUR as a result, not much - but it made me feel "robbed" as a tourist. 2) We ordered salad - they just bring plate of 4 different salads on it. Later I noticed that locals could select type of salad they want. Again, it was not explained to us that we can choose.

We visited restaurant on Monday during lunch time - it was absolutely not busy. I guess I was treated in such way because...

Bonjour a tous, je suis venu diner a l’ocean la semaine derniere avec ma femme, nous aimons le poisson et nous avons voulu decouvrir l’endroit. L’acceuil a ete des le debut glacial de la part du cuisinier derriere son comptoir, on commande et de suite on constate que ce dernier depose nos mets a cuire dans un bac non lavé plein de residus alimentaires divers, ensuite on monte l’escalier tournant qui mene a la salle a l’etage le lieu s’avere exigu et la surrealiste le serveur ne dit meme pas bonjour, on attend nos plats il fait froid dans le restaurant aucune musique ce soir la et des mouches mortes au sol, la nourriture arrive alors autre souci l’unique sauce maison proposee de couleur orange se revele plutot fade et le thon rouge presente un gout fort suspect, alors ma femme a juste fait une remarque tres polie, mais le serveur est rentré dans une fureur veritablement malaisante et est devenu menacant en criant c’est a monsieur que je parle uniquement, ne voulant pas faire d’histoire j’ai mis un terme a cette conversation sterile et nous avons alors entrepris de manger les frites molles et les crevettes qui avaient un gout de congelé, des lors nous n’avons au final uniquement consommé que les crudités et le pain qui lui etait bon , puis a la fin au moment du reglement le cuisinier en bas qui nous a encaissé a pris les billets (80 euros pour 2 personnes) et a immediatement remis ses mains sur des gambas sans gant en plastique et sans lavage des mains pour resservir aussitot un nouveau client. Au final, le diner a ete particulierement pesant, nous avons eu l’impression que les femmes derangaient, que l’hygiene n’etait pas une preoccupation et que le client n’etait pas pris en compte hormis au moment du paiement. Vraiment un mauvais souvenir pour notre part et le seul mot qui me viendrait si je devais repenser a cet etablissement serait un...

Ok we never ate here but...... the place is located in what I’d describe as little Morocco which is dominated by men with the only females were those like us who happened upon the area. Not that anyone was aggressive but it was extremely odd for my wife who wanted to leave immediately. L’Ocean was busy and you had to wait in line to order then, and only then would you be seated. Given the anticipated time we’d would have waited and the overall atmosphere I would never return here. I’m sure the food would have been adequate but the time and effort to obtain it would never have...