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La Villa in the Sky Bruxelles Reviews
I'm so glad I was able to book this Michelin-starred
I'm so glad I was able to book this Michelin-starred restaurant, especially just before sunset!! The panoramic views of Belgium were absolutely breathtaking. We started off with complimentary sourdough bread, which was fresh, light and fluffy. Paired with airy butter and rich Sicilian olive oil, great way to start the experience! The highlight of my meal was definitely the appetizers. It did not disappoint! Unfortunately, the mains were underwhelming, nothing particularly stood out to me... As for drinks, the wine pairing was just okay, should've skipped it. But the passion fruit cocktail (not on the menu) was delicious and actually tasted like passionfruit. I ended up ordering a second one! Cocktails are very limited as they don't have a full bar. Just mostly wines. Overall, it was a lovely experience but the food was just ok.
Excellent dinner with a view
Excellent restaurant “at the top” of Brussels. The location is amazing, 25 floors above street level with an unsurpassed view. What’s on the plates is equally impressive, very creative dishes prepared from the best ingredients and beautifully presented. Service is professional yet very friendly. I highly recommend La Villa in the Sky.
This is the best meal I've ever eaten.
Every bite was a delicious surprise. The service was impeccable. The view is unparalleled. We added the wine pairing, adding a wonderful dimension to the meal.
Horrific Experience
My husband and I visited this restaurant as part of our trip to Brussels. I am a vegetarian and we chose this restaurant as their online information suggested they were vegetarian friendly. This was not the case. My husband made the booking online noting my dietary requirements. A day before the reservation my husband received a call to ask him if I would eat fish. He confirmed I did not eat fish or meat as I was a vegetarian. They said “no problem” and that they would make it work. When we were seated at the restaurant, our server confirmed he knew I was vegetarian and said I would be looked after. The first snack that came out had fish in it. When I asked the waiter whether I had tasted fish, he replied saying there was no fish it just tasted that way. The second snack was sea bass. I didn’t eat it. When the waiter asked why I hadn’t touched the food I told him I didn’t eat fish as I was vegetarian. The waiter looked confused and said mockingly “I thought you ate things from the sea?”. At this point I felt awkward and that I was somehow causing a fuss. A few moments later the main waiter came over and accused me of lying and having told the restaurant that I “ate fish and shellfish”. This just had not happened. He was aggressive in his manner. He stormed off to the kitchen and we sat waiting for the next course for 50 minutes. The next two courses were vegetarian (and were almost a full hour apart) but clearly had been thrown together with very little thought. My husband, despite being a meat eater and very much looking forward to their regular menu, had to eat vegetables. We had clearly upset the chef and it was decided that both of us would receive vegetarian food. This didn’t seem fair to me so I asked the waiter why my husband wasn’t receiving the experience he signed up for and the waiter replied with “the chef is the boss” shrugging very carelessly. When he brought our main course (if you could call it that) he put the plates down and said “different thank you” and sniggered and walked off. I called him back to ask him to explain what we were eating and why we were eating the same meal and again he said “i am not the boss this is the chef’s decision”. At this point we were so upset we asked for the bill immediately. The bill came and it was the full price. We had to defend our position with a very aggressive waiter before receiving a different bill. The second bill was the full price for a five course menu with wine pairings (as opposed to seven course menu) when the reality is we hadn’t even had five courses. We asked to speak to the chef who was clearly in charge but he refused to speak with us. We left the restaurant feeling hungry, upset and ripped off. This place is not deserving of a Michelin star. The attitude of the staff and chef are beyond rude and careless. Do not dine here under any circumstances.
Overrated and salty average food
More than average food, unbearable chef’s attitude but hopefully good service, and clearly overpriced. Booked a table for 2 for the birthday of my partner on Saturday evening. We were very excited to be back after a few years. Unfortunately the experience was disappointing. The restaurant lost his second Michelin star and it is totally understandable. The one left will probably follow. The food: on Saturdays, there is a single 7-services « surprise » menu which is very restrictive. No allergies or intolerance were confirmed (even if it is asked at booking, it should be reconfirmed). The food was average and no wow effect. The first starter was way too salty. I mentioned it but it seems than the staff is afraid of the chef and don’t dare saying anything. The 2 following starters were on the edge of being too salty. The fourth one was again too salty. I could not eat it and send it back. The chef didn’t even bother going out of his kitchen and the only comment I got from the staff was that there are sorry but the chef try it and he found it « tasty » and no other customers complained … so we probably invented it. for who is the chef cooking? For his taste or for our taste? Maybe other people didn’t dare saying anything. Chef’s attitude : hot-tempered… There were an issue with the order in the service. The chef swore, threw papers and yelled at them. Even though the staff is running and trying to do their best. After mentioning that our food was too salty, the chef didn’t even bother coming to our table. We are just paying customers. Service: even if there has been an issue with the order in the service, the staff was very helpful. Many thanks to the maître d’hôtel who tried to round the edges and made our experience a bit more comfortable. We got some glasses of excellent wine as a compensation and we highly appreciate it. In conclusion: disappointing food in the taste and in the creativity, clearly overpriced (he kept the price of a 2 Michelin stars even though he lost one) and good service.
desperately disappointing
To say this meal was a disappointment would be an understatement. Having been to many 1, 2 and 3 Michelin star restaurants I can safely say the experience here was utterly dreadful. To be clear I’m comparing this restaurant against the standards expected of a restaurant holding a star. I don’t want to come across as snobby or entitled so please bear this in mind when reading my review. When you arrive you are greeted by a man who checks you name off of a list and points you in the direction of a woman standing at an elevator. She ushers you in but not a single word is spoken, not even a hello. You go up in the elevator then once you reach the top you have a further 3 flights of stairs to walk up. A bit annoying and certainly something to consider if you are in a wheelchair or have difficulties walking, I don’t know how that would have worked. Once you do reach the restaurant the first thing you notice is the view, it is spectacular, best in Brussels by far. The setting is essentially a glass cube on the top of a building, similar to a smaller version of Kaefer in Berlin. We were directed to an available table set for 2 and this is where things started to go a little sideways. No one spoke to us for 20 minutes…. Not a single word, no menu, nothing in front of us, nothing to drink, nothing. After 20 minutes we were asked do we want sparkling or still water. We requested still, a glass was poured then we were left again. The next thing that happened is a plate containing a bowl of dried flowers and a small chocolate ball appeared in front of us. No description of what it was, no indication if this was a suspected amuse-bouche or what. With no introduction we had no idea what to do with the small chocolate ball, do we dip it in the bowl of flowers? are the flowers edible? Do we eat this now? You must bear in mind that at this point we had not been offered a drink, beyond the table water, we had not seen a menu, we had no introduction to the wait staff, absolutely nothing. Some 30 minutes into this ‘experience’ I had to grab a waiter and ask to speak to the sommelier. He then appeared and asked what we wanted to drink. We had no menu, no idea of what we were eating, no wine list, how am I supposed to know what I want to drink. I like to start a meal like this off with a cocktail, so I asked for the cocktail menu. I was told they don’t do cocktails but if I wanted they could probably make me a negroni…..thanks. I then asked ‘well is there some sort of wine pairing? Or?’ I was told there was and to save any further awkward silence as the sommelier looked at me like I was from space, I accepted. 3 courses in we were given s slice of bread. No butter and no explanation. What type of bread is it? Was it made here or locally? Why no butter? The butter did appear around a course or so later when my partner asked for it. The wine pairing is the single most unique wine pairing experience I have ever experienced, star or otherwise. Every single wine, bar the first one, arrived after we began eating our food or after we had finished completely. Sometime around the middle of the meal we had completely finished our course with no wine to be seen. The sommelier then hurried over with 4 glasses to which he said ‘drink this first one quickly and the second is for your next course’. What an absolute embarrassment. The food was…….ok. Remarkably unremarkable. Possibly this is why it lost one of its stars and will certainly lead to the removal of its last existing star if its not improved upon. If not the quality of the food then the terrible customer experience. By now you probably have a good understanding of how the meal went, the meals were introduced hurriedly and often incorrectly by staff that offer a service you would expect from your local pub. We often saw a chef walking around talking to tables, not ours (I’ll chalk this down to a potential language barrier but it would be a lot less insulting if someone explained this to us rather than just feeling left out). The only thing I would like to extend to ‘La Villa in the Sky’ is my deepest apologies, I’m terribly sorry for having inconvenienced your staff with my attendance and I sincerely hope you are not inconvenienced by any other guests going forward.
Refined food, beautiful setting, but slow service
We visited for dinner on a Friday night during a short vacation to Brussels. Getting into the restaurant was a bit of a process. It seemed that all guests were booked in at the opening time of 7:30pm, and we were all asked to hang around in the lobby of the building before being escorted up in small groups based on table allocations. We arrived at 7:25pm and were in the second group taken up, being seated in the restaurant at 7:45pm. I have to admit it is quite a unique setting, in what feels like a small glass box hidden on top of a large building. The views were impressive, even more so as the sun was setting, and there was an outdoor terrace that was accessed by a number of guests briefly to capture a few photos. Only a blind tasting menu is on offer with a choice of 5 or 7 courses. We opted for the latter. The food was generally very nice and beautifully presented as well. Service was friendly and quite formal, but not overly so. Although a solid fine dining experience in many aspects, one area we had issue with was the speed of service. The initial 20 minute delay before being seated set the tone for the rest of the evening. We did indicate our preference for a quicker paced meal right at the outset and a couple more times during the meal, and to their credit we did manage to almost “catch up” to the tables doing the shorter 5 course menu, but despite this we were not done until 11:45pm, which was 4h15m post arrival. We live in London and have been fortunate enough to try out most of the 20 or so 2 and 3 star Michelin restaurants in town, as well as a bunch more in New York and other big cities, and based on these experiences find 3 hours to be more typical for a 7 course meal, which upon our standard request for a quicker pace can occasionally be cut down to 2.5 hours or so. Hence for us, the 4+ hours we experienced here did feel very slow. That said, this did not seem to bother the other guests (all of which were still seated when we left) so perhaps it is more acceptable in this part of the world! Our bill came to €680, which included a wine pairing for one person (priced at €125). Within reason and cheaper than one would pay in London for a similar experience. It was a nice meal overall, I would put the food at a 2-star level, it was an impressive venue as well, but as mentioned the slow pace of the meal and their seeming lack of flexibility to deviate from this did detract somewhat from the experience. I would still recommend it for those who are happy to sit through a 4-5 hour meal!
Perfect !
Culinary Delight! From the warm ambiance to the tantalizing dishes, this restaurant delivers an exceptional dining experience. Impeccable service complemented by a diverse menu featuring exquisite flavors and artfully presented meals. A must-visit for anyone seeking a delightful gastronomic adventure!"
Worth a visit
A true gastronomic experience worth every euro. The staff and food were exceptional and the views were breathtaking. Cant wait to come back.
Great experience but very slow service
Excellent food experience in a unique place with stunning views over Brussels. Pity the service is so slow! 4 hours to end a 7 courses degustation menu is really too much ! Considering there are only 9 tables and almost one waiter per table ! Be relaxed… no hurry
Wow
Wow! A stunning restaurant in an unusual location, positioned proudly on the roof of a tall office building you wait (quite a while) into the building lobby for a host to escort you up the lift, then up some dimly lit stairs leading to the little red door. Once entering the space the view strikes you, amazing! The service was at a slow pace so allow time, but this isn’t a place you take just anyone, so we enjoyed the view and the wine. Every dish was great. Normally in a restaurant such as this, the chef has a dish that in my opinion doesn’t work, here is not the case. Every single dish was stunning. We recommend and we enjoyed so much we may return to the city to go again!
Pretty good, but a bit noisy and lack of ambience
Went here on a business dinner with five other people. The food and service were in line with what you could expect from a 1-star Michelin restaurant. I particularly enjoyed the seafood risotto and the cheese tray. But the ambience didn’t do it for me - too much industrial grade and a noisy dining room. It also didn’t help that the view from the 26th floor was somewhat inhibited by clouds and nightfall.
Fantastic view and food
A fantastic restaurant in 25th floor of an office building. View over all Brussel is a great part of the experience. Add with a superb 7 course menu, good wine pairing and very proffessional service, and you get a great evening
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