Le Parloir — Restaurant in Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis

I am a bit conflicted about this place. On the one hand it looks like the classical eat and leave type of place, on the other hand the more fancy sort of food makes you believe you can spend an evening there. The place is small, 6-7 tables, very simple in terms of decorations and there isn’t much of an eating experience. Music is very low tuned so one can talk but as it’s so small there is a bit too much noise from everyone. The menu is adapted based on what’s easiest available that time of the year, but on the less practical side, from the menu you cannot tell what is an apetisser and what’s a main dish, which we found very confusing. The food is good, you need to take about 3-4 dishes for 2 persons, one per person is definitely not enough. The dishes are not to share in the sense of being large, but rather you get to try a few...

Small restaurant with amazing food - reservation is mandatory.

Once entering the restaurant, you walk into someone’s passion, feels like they are living there with a hosting style of welcoming friends over.

With 3 people, we ordered a total of 5 dishes to share, which was a perfect amount. They timed the dishes in a good way, without feeling pressured to eat fast.

1. carpaccio: amazing, high quality and tasteful meat - highly recommended
2. Calamari: good, thick slices
3. Aubergine: a lot of coriander (easily to remove) and a taste full dish
4. chicken: soft, tender and tastefully - would recommend
5. entrecôte: was served with baked potatoes and salade. Was good, but not wow compared to restaurants as La Meute or Colonel

Would definitely recommend to go here, but don’t...

It was already 9pm and my group of 8 had wandered down the street from our hotel. About 30 minutes before closing, we arrived to Le Parloir and thought it was a long shot but the staff welcomed us in and accommodated us. The menu was hand written and was explained that it was family style. As hungry as we were, we ordered everything on the menu plus some more. Let me tell you, this was one of THE best restaurants I have eaten at in Europe and beats many in Paris. Presentation was very French and flavors had many Asian and French influences. Words cannot explain it so you will have to go and try it...