Going on a rugby tour next weekend to Brussels. The tour organiser has managed to book a hotel without a bar! Can anyone recommend some bars and restaurants in the centre of town. We are staying at this hotel - Hotel Astrid, Place du Samedi 11 Zaterdagplein so anything nearby would be good. Normal rules apply to the bar - must be able to handle 50 bodies. Late night opening a must! 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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http://www.cityvox.co.uk/bar_brussels/bars

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if you like steak, go to "pave eu bruxelles", family run steakhouse just off the grand place, ive been every year for about the last fifteen, and you dont come out hungry!! usually have a round of snails then a massive sirloin! avoid rue des bouchers, the street with all the seafood bars, they are a fortune and pretty rubbish!

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I wouldn't eat steak in Belgium, not been able to find a decent one, you get far better ones in the UK.
But I've not tried pave eu bruxelles. One nice thing is that the cafes are open pretty much 24/7 tho most are shut on monday Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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Thanks so far - one more thing what are the rules about kids in bars etc in Belgium - my son is 13 and will be helping me back to my room after a few drinks.  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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I wouldn't eat steak in Belgium, not been able to find a decent one, you get far better ones in the UK.
But I've not tried pave eu bruxelles. One nice thing is that the cafes are open pretty much 24/7 tho most are shut on monday

i agree, i was the same about steak in belgium, but then i found "paves ...
here is a link to reviews

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Re...ssels.html

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Thanks so far - one more thing what are the rules about kids in bars etc in Belgium - my son is 13 and will be helping me back to my room after a few drinks.

Well I'm sure you will be fine afte he has had a few
Kids are ok in cafes, bars have a slightly diffrent meaning here, where you usually have to pay the "entertainment" by the hour
I've seen kids from about 10 upwards in cafes until the small hours of the morning but usually only when there is something on. While they can drink it is frowned on when they are under 15, You can smoke in bars as long as they don't serve food and all other establishements are non smoking indoors.
Oh and Friet (chips) are Belgian not french and they are eaten with mayonaise
a good beer to try is Rochfort 10 with the blue cap or the 6 with the red cap  Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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Have to say that some of the Belgian restaurants etc don't exactly make you want to rush in...





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There are fantastic thais in Brussels, like this one I visit each time I go there :
http://www.cityplug.be/en/Brussels/3DEHCD8...-Food.html

And outstanding meats :
http://www.truffenoire.com/2009/intro.html

But you have to stay away from Grand Place, which is a tourist trap. 2010 TDV6 3.0 HSE Santorini Black Tan Full Leather