Alfalfa — Restaurant in Leuven

Coming here I had high expectations as the reviews are mostly positive. I live across and it always looked lively and the food delicious. However, I left a bit disappointed. The concept is sharing dishes - 3 of us ordered 5 dishes. They were bringing each dish one by one taking forever in between each dish. I don't know if they were waiting for us to finish one dish to bring another but for me this way is not it. Sometimes you want to try 2 things at once. I mean we are "sharing" but why can't we share all the dishes at once?

The food itself was mostly nice. I have to say the way they make salmon - delicious. One of the best I've had. Though, their duck was super chewy and really not that great. For 20€ tiny piece of meat I would expect much more.

The staff was really nice and attending. Still, overall I did not enjoy the experience as much as I wanted...

We came midweek evening after we had checked for a restautant with vegetarian food. The food was absolutely delicious and came out in a time that allowed you to enjoy each dish. Staff attentive but not intrusive. We had four of the mains to share: dumplings with mushroom; sweet potatoe with panna cotta and kimchi; aubergine with a crispy bread crumbs; and salmon with fennel. Menu clearly marked to help you select gluten free or vegatarian. Interesting & excellent choice of artistanal beers, and good selection of none alcoholic drinks. (Can be expensive but the 'Hands of Desire' we had was well worth the price - 75cl bottle) The tables were a little close and there was some noise from other diners but possible to chat. Will definitely come again. Could be my new favourite...

We stopped at Alfalfa for lunch on a Saturday since it was located very conveniently next to our parking garage. There is very limited seating inside, so we placed our order for take-away. I ordered the Classic which was very tasty. My wife ordered the Cauliflower and really enjoyed that as well. There is a sign that reads “No cash. Cards only.” which was perfectly fine for us. The prices seemed to be on the higher side, especially for a college town, but not too outrageous. I would visit again for a quick, but...