Le Bistronome — Restaurant in Houffalize

An overall disappointing experience.

Ambience: A bit shabby and worn out interior, ok music.

Service: French only with good intentions but erratic execution. Half of the order was served 20 minutes later as it was likely forgotten (or maybe they had to catch a trout from the river, first...) On the positive side we got a beer for free to compensate for the delays.

Food: ok main course but pretty poor desserts, the latter were expensive, tiny and poorly presented. To be precise, the kids bowl was just half a scoop of ice cream) and the 9 euro milkshake was a glass of flavored milk, it didn't contain the...

Le Bistro some has outside tables along the main road through Houffalize. We took a table next to the road, not realising traffic would become busier during our dinner. Although there is a division between the road and the tables, it feels a bit strange to sit next to cars driving by.

Now turning to the positives of our dinner. We ordered trout (most likely from the region) with almonds. The dish was very good. I combined it with an Achouffe, from a brewery about 5 km away. The deserts were nicely presented and tasteful.

Service...

All in all, a very good cafe in such a small village. The steak is excellent, grilled with clear marks and the flavor you only get from cooking over flames or coals. It was served with fries, a mixed greens salad and a delicious bernaise sauce. The lasagne is usual, sort of a built in bowl affair with copious red cream sauce and ham as one of the layers. Our server was very pleasant, with a great grasp of...