Mario M

Start from the last floor to discover the original Manneken-Pis. This museum has more than 7.000 pieces to discover the history of Brussels.
As Brussels resident, I loved it. It’s nice to see paintings of the old Brussels.
For tourists, I recommend to visit this museum only if you have spare time. The visit takes around 1h30/2h. The entrance is 10 euros for adults and 4 euros for students and kids.
Brussels has an incredible story but I don’t think this exposition helps the discovery in an easy and user friendly way. A lot to improve in the journey of the visit to the museum. I recommend to start from the last floor where you learn about the history of the city. Then, go down to ground floor where there are the less interesting pottery and the statues from the old city.

Calling it a shopping Center is maybe not correct. This is a 100-meters covered street of shops. What’s interesting is that besides the usual big chains (Perls Opticians, Dí beauty shop, for example), you also have some pop-up stores (they don’t seem to last much) like virtual game rooms etc. From the gallery you can also access to the Viage Casino.

Nice option to buy bread, desserts, biscuits and cakes. This patisserie also sells savoury snacks, beverages and Middle Eastern typical biscuits. The desserts are quite loaded with sugar. I wished there was a bit less on each pastry I bought. The prices are good and the staff is kind. They accept payment with card. Recommended!

The sushi is ok but the stuff on the rolling belt is too repetitive. We went on a Monday evening, inside there were only a few people so probably that’s the reason there was not much choice. The all you can eat menu costs 26 euros and includes everything passing on the belt, miso soup, one little dish of meat and a dessert. Around 21.30, when we were the only one remaining guests in the restaurant, they stop putting stuff on the belt and kindly served us the dessert so we could leave. Very friendly staff but not a real all you can eat. I would not go again.

Trashy bar with music and low quality spirits. Mainly oriented to tourists and young crowd. During the day it’s just a bar while at night there is a Dj set to dance. Sometimes they do happy hour: pay 1 drink, get 2. Although this is really the place you don’t want to drink. Alcohol is cheap and cocktails are made of the cheapest ingredients and very watery. During the night when music is on there is free entrance that means beware of pickpockets! Security at the door that will ask you to remove your hat/cap. Latino/raggaeton and commercial dance music. It gets packed around 2AM. Bar service is ok. You must pay 50 cents to use the toilet.