La Source — Restaurant in Lanaken

Having high hope for this meal as it is a 2-Michelin star restaurant, situated in the hotel we are staying and we wanted to celebrate my BD here. Well, food was great, almost to the point that we can call “perfect”, but services was very disappointing! Dinner started at 7.30 pm and didn’t end until after 11 pm, and that was because we asked for the bill. That was after 2 waiters came asking if we wanted coffe or tea or not, and we said no. Instead of bring out petite four trolly out like they did with other tables, no one came. After our patience ran out, we asked for the bill. Waits between each course was way too long (and it was only a 5-course dinner). There were missed serves, not refilling the wine, not offering petit four, and we had mentioned that it was a BD celebration, but nobody acted like they knew anything about it. Worst of all, they made us feel like we were discriminated as services were selectively “normal” for other tables but not for us! Too bad, food was really good! And this was the evening of...

Just had my second visit to Ralf Berendsen a day ago, I have to say it remains at the top spot of my fine dining experience in Belgium, the food presentation, the taste, the wine paring are absolute perfection. The most impressive part to me is the creativity of the chef, the menu has changed a lot since our first visit last year, and the quality of the food remains at the top level, just with more pleasant surprise!

The service is very nice and professional, but has small room for improvement, I really think that is the only missing part for the restaurant to become a 3 stars, for instance it still happened that the dish is already on the table but the paired wine is not yet served. Also would be nicer if we were informed that the BOB wine pairing has no price difference from the full wine pairing when we requested it.

Overall I am super happy with every visit to Ralf Berendsen, and I cannot wait for...

Fabulous experience Everything was absolutely perfect A fairy tale when it comes to this elegant and opulent mansion with the birds singing in the trees The cuisine is just a. Dream, sophisticated but with an absolute respect of the products Sweetbread, Wagyu, turbot: all of them take you to heaven But maybe the best part of it is the second to none service, every single employee genuinely doing their best to make your visit a forever memory A particular thanks to Mr Jasper Rijkers , head sommelier but much more than that! A real multilingual gentleman always dedicated to be ahead of your wishes ! Flawless experience! Not...