A good place to sit in your shades on summer lunchtimes or evenings and watch the Sablon types and their Porsches. Pleasant bar near the university in Ixelles where you can play games including Scrabble, Pictionary and Rummikub. The interior has distressed, tangerine paintwork, and beech tables and counter, a style that seems popular in this part of Brussels. There's a garden at the back. Open 11am-2am daily.
Customers are mainly tourists, students, Goths and horror fans.
Unpretentious neighbourhood bar, just off avenue Louise, of a type that is rare in this district of Brussels. There are old theatre posters and photos of Hollywood stars on the walls, but generally there is little sign of conscious design. It also serves food, such as omelettes, croques and steaks. This bar's main claim to fame is its glasses. The music gets louder and the customers rowdier as the evening wears on, and if you've always wanted to stand on a table and sing pop songs with young Belgians on a Saturday night, the opportunity may well present itself here.