L'Estaminet 1030 — Restaurant in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek

My gf and I are both from Spain and we're visiting Brussels for the first time, we forgot that dinner time was much earlier than in our country and most places had closed kitchens. We happened to see the sign, and we wanted to try with L'Estaminet. There we met Alex, super nice guy, who spoke Spanish and understood the situation well, and despite the time decided to cook us a tasty meal and seat down to eat with us and make us some company, we tried the soup, the quiche and a sandwich. Felt good and warm, what you would call comfort food, je also decided to make us taste Belgian Beer and Cider based on our preferences. He told us the story of the place, some local recommendations, and showed us around. Such a warming and welcoming place, can't describe with words how can someone make you feel so at home when you are thousands of KM away from yours. Much...

This place is absolutely breathtaking. Not just the insides, but maybe especially the garden outside, which is so green and has a small fountain.

That said, I don't think this place should be on happycow though. On the website they say they have several vegan options (vegetalienne), but then the sandwiches marked as such contain cheese. I'm tired of misleading marking like that.

They have a vegan soup, but none of the sandwiches are vegan. The waitress said they could make the sandwiches vegan by taking away the cheese, but that's not a proper option.

Still, a beautiful place to go, and the soup was very tasty.

Great selection of beers, although they were not very cold (except the one draft...

Nice place to eat, especially because of the great cozy square in the back. Some musicians played live music, later young poets read from their works. So, the atmosphere is excellent. However, the food choice is very limited and if you like meat, you might be disappointed. Very creative are the prices: one can choose to pay a low price, a middle price or a higher price (although even the high...