Taste Authentic Belgian Cuisine at Le Zinneke

A while ago I went for dinner in Le Zinneke in Schaarbeek again. This is an old style traditional Belgian restaurant with a one of a kind interior. Nothing fancy but authentic and definitely unique. Very friendly staff and prices are good, eating here will not break your bank account. They serve traditional dishes, Brussels classics they call them and during the mussels season they have an enormous choice of mussels preparation styles, like for example with garlic, white wine, curry and so on. I read somewhere they have 65 different options on their menu. I had mussels and they were very good. 2025 was anyway an excellent year for mussels and the ones served at Le Zinneke were no exception. The interior and atmosphere is that of a Bistro, so you don’t have to worry if you can bring your kids or if you are wearing the right shirt. The menu has a fun touch in case you speak Dutch: As this is Brussels the menu is in French and in the Brussels dialect instead of the official Dutch which is quite funny. Worth visiting if you are in the neighbourhood.