Brussels Night Walking Tour: Gourmet Belgian Food
- Location:Brussels, Belgium
- Duration:3 hours (approx.)
- TOUR Code:5071FOOD
14 reviews of Brussels Night Walking Tour: Gourmet Belgian Food
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It was fun! Our guide was very educative and told us a lot about Belgium cousine and its beers. We tastes very good beers, traditional Belgium dishes and desserts. I would recommend this tour for everyone.
I think anyone visiting Brussels should take this tour. The sites and food were amazing! Our tour guide, Marc, was very well versed with Brussels. He took us to the oldest bar, Chimay, which has been around since the 1600's. While there I tried a blueberry and rasberry beer that was out of this world. Word to the wise--don't go if you've already eaten. Go hungry because you will definitely eat until your heart is content. Everything was so fresh and delicious. I'm making myself hungry just thinking about it (lol). All I know is I will definitely return to Brussels again.
Kisha Reynolds
Excellent fun! The food was delicious and the company our little group formed was charming. Although we deviated from the published itinerary a bit, the guide was superb and it became like having a meal (an excellent) one with friends. Highly recommended.
Excellent food at two restaurants, a few nice beers too.
The tour was a nice way to spend an evening to get a locals guide to some of the best food in the city (as well as points of view on politics and life of the country).
We made three stops to different restaurants - one to sample some good appetizers, the next to sample mussels and a beef stew and the last for coffee. Food was very tasty and plentiful. Drinks were included which was very nice although we are not big drinkers so we didn't take full advantage.
The only thing I felt was a bit lacking (and this is a very small thing) was that there was no dessert course. It wasn't a matter of lack of food - just that I would expect a city with such a great selection of sweets to have some of that represented on a food tour. No matter, we sampled plenty of it on our own during other parts of the trip.
Enjoyed the evening but not good value for money. When I asked for a second glass of wine wasn't forthcoming
The trip was fun and ok, but not a gourmet tour. We had a beer one place, food another and a "dull" waffle at the third place. The food was ok but certainly not gourmet style.
The food was excellent, but the tour was not quite what I expected (based on the description). I thought we would be "restaurant hopping" meeting chefs at different locations and trying samples of food at each place. This was not the case. We made two stops: 1 for the food and 1 for the waffles. As mentioned before, the food was great and there were items I probably wouldn't have ordered on my own, which made the tour worth it. However, the overall experience was disappointing. We were met by 2 guides, one of whom left as soon as we got to the restaurant and the other guide barely spoke the entire time. I was hoping to learn about local cuisine and what made something a traditional dish or not, but that was not in the cards, apparently. While the food really was outstanding, the entire experience did not make this tour worth the money.
One restaurant that serves good food and another that serves good waffles doesn't make a gourmet walking tour, as advertised.
wow what a rip off talk about just unk! The guide was late! the oldest pub- no chefs ever came into view- no chocolate-the waffle was old and cold- no gourmet-- the fires were not as good as from street vendors-- I will not recommend this tour-- it was awful!
The guide spoke really bad English, and did not tell us anything about Belgian food or things related to eating, history or culture. Some of the participants were already extremely drunk as the tour started and we had to wait for them in many places. The food left a lot to be desired - and for dinner our group was joined by another drunk guy who presented himself as the manager of the company. Not professional at all - especially considering the cost! I do not recommend this tour to anyone - especially if you like good food.
The word 'Gourmet' should be left out of the this food tour. It was anything BUT Gourmet and probably the worst quality food we ate in Brussels over the 3 days we were there. We were about 7 people in our tour and we happen to meet up with the other 5 by chance over the following 2 days and they were all unhappy/disappointed with the tour. Definitely NOT recommended and definitely not worth the money. It was very expensive for very poor quality. If the tour says GOURMET, you'd expect GOURMET, not normal 'diner' food. Even the restaurants we went to (3 of them) were not the kind of restaurants I would even think of going in to and even though the guide was very friendly and very nice, she was a very poor guide. Was it not for her colleague that joined us for a bit, we would not have known many facts she was suppose to tell us on the tour. From wikipedia: GOURMET may describe a class of restaurant, cuisine, meal or ingredient of high quality, of special presentation, or high sophistication. This was everything but.
A big disappointment, visit one pub, have good food but unfriendly host in another restaurant, and a dessert at another. Good food but a terrible tour guide, we could have done much better simply having a meal at a restaurant.I can not recommend this one, sorry, but it was not good.
We got the feeling that we were the first ever group to try this....and this tour was organized at the last minute..."on the fly". It was not very professional and definately did not reflect the price. The only thing that saved it was the quality of the food at the main restaurant (where we ordered off the menu like everyone else who came through the door...nothing special). We have had good luck with Viator tours in the past...and this one was NOT up to these standards. The idea is good...as Brussels has a lot of good food...and many good restaurants within close proximity....but, this local partner is not ready to host groups.
Get a taste of gourmet Belgian food as you tour Brussels at night!
