Asturias — Restaurant in Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis

The restaurant was almost fully reserved the evening we visited but had seats as we were few. The bar takes up most of the front area with a tight couple of tables towards the kitchen. That said, the place managed to pack in quite a crowd.

As the restaurant filled up with customers and conversations start, the ambiance is lively but loud. For those looking for a quiet location, this is not the right place.

The furnishings feel home-styled and functional. Toilet was dirty and not well maintained.

While we were seated quite fast, service following that required much waiting and patience.

After ordering, our food, mostly tapas orders arrived shortly. Noticed that some of the tapas were heated up and not freshly cooked.

We tried two seafood dishes - Grilled prawns and Clams in white wine sauce. The seafood was fresh and good quality.

Taste-wise, overall a little below average. The presentation looks ok but the taste lacked authenticity.

We kept some last hopes for our desserts - vanilla ice cream topped with cream and chocolate sauce and a chocolate mousse. They were sweet but undelighting.

The bill burns a hole in the pocket. 1 ice tea, a quarter flask white wine, 5 tapas, 1 warm main, 2 desserts added up...

Delicious food and amazing customer service! We had traveled to Brussels in the evening and stumbled upon this little restaurant. They were fully booked but the staff managed to sort out a little table for us. Would advise to book table beforehand just to be sure they have a table for you, and pre-order the mixed paella when doing the booking (it comes for 2+ peoples). It’s a special dish that most times they won’t be able to make it on the spot but we were lucky enough that the kitchen staff agreed to make an exception for us and are more then grateful that we got to try it. For starters we had 2 tapas, the grilled calamari and chicken wings, which were equally delicious and for our main we shared the paella witch was so flavoursome I will be dreaming about it until I have it again. The whole experience was amazing and the food was some of the tastiest we have ever had. Thank you...

This is a neighbourhood, somewhat rustic, restaurant. I concur with other reviews that it serves very good food and has a respectable selection of beers and wines. There were four of us who met up there to talk and have some dinner. Everything we ordered was well appreciated. I had the 'blanquette de veau' (veal stew), which I had not had for probably 20 years. It was lovely. Cooked to perfection, and the side salad I ordered with it was enormous and fresh. The interior is somewhat plain, but typical of many restaurants of modest interior, the food speaks volumes. It was bit hard to find, though that is probably due more to the absence of street signs in the area around the Gare du Midi. But it was...