Schievelavabo — Restaurant in Etterbeek

The first time I've been to Schielavabo was two years ago. This was my second visit in Brussels and I had to eat at this restaurant again because it left me with a wonderful memory. After two years not only the quality of the food is still perfect, but the staff also improved. Super fast service, very kind and multilingual. The food is amazing: Italians are known to be very critic especially on pasta dishes, but I absolutely approve Schielavabo's pasta. Tasty and generous in quantity! Try the salads, they use very interesting combinations and dressings: delicious. The atmosphere is really quirky and cozy, nice to spend an evening with a group of friends or your significant ones. Overall very recommended! Can't wait to...

My wife and I popped in for "moule frites", something we were told is a traditionally Belgian dish, not to be missed. The staff were friendly and welcoming; neither of us had eaten mussels before, and they were happy to explain it to us.

The ambience is quirky and fun (apparently Schievelavabo comes from a Flemish root, meaning roughly "broken/slanted sink" - they have a sink by the door to tie it all together, sorry for the blurry photo) food, wine, and dessert (sorbet) were delicious and I would try to go back if we weren't...

Bland and sauceless pasta. I have never before tried pasta like this. When I ordered the ham and cheese pasta my expectations were very high as the interior of the restaurant was interesting and people seemed to be enjoying themselves. However on arrival it was just that. Ham. Cheese. Pasta. No sauce, no flavour just a tasteless bowl that a 3 year old would turn their nose up at. It was by far the worst pasta I’ve ever had and for them to serve it to anyone is just sad. Don’t think I’ll be back...