"Alexandre Dionisio's one-star kitchen floats 120 metres over Avenue Louise — book the glass cube for a proposal you want remembered."
One Michelin star, a glass dining room bolted to the roof of the IT Tower, and a 120-metre drop to Avenue Louise below: La Villa in the Sky is the most literal fine-dining address in Brussels' dining scene. Chef Alexandre Dionisio runs the kitchen at the top of the tower in Ixelles, where the set Menu Experience costs €165 and the skyline changes with the weather. The MICHELIN Guide Belgium lists it as a one-star table for 2026.
Alexandre Dionisio earned his stripes under Yves Mattagne at the Sea Grill before taking the rooftop kitchen, and his cooking is precise, produce-led and quietly playful. A beignet filled with Isigny cream and caviar opens most menus; a plate of pasta finished with star anise, cockles, fried capers and a squeeze of lime is the dish regulars come back for. The format is a single Menu Experience at €165 per person, with shorter lunch options and a wine list built for the altitude.
Dionisio has carried the restaurant's MICHELIN star into the 2026 Belgium guide, and the kitchen sends each course up to a single glass cube seating roughly forty. There is nowhere to bury a flat plate when the room is this small and the windows run floor to ceiling. Among Brussels' best French restaurants, none commit so completely to the view as part of the meal.
The dining room is a transparent box on the IT Tower's roof, more than 100 metres up, with glass on every side and the Brussels skyline standing in for wallpaper. Tables are generously spaced — there are only about forty seats — and the lighting stays low so the city does the work after dark. Sound is conversation-easy; this is a room for talking, not a brasserie roar. Dress smart: jackets are not required, but most guests rise to the occasion the lift and the price imply. Window tables are the ones to ask for when you book.
Book this room for a proposal or a milestone because it stacks three things almost no Brussels restaurant can: a 120-metre view, a quiet forty-seat room, and a single set menu that turns dinner into a three-hour event. Ask for a window table at sunset and let the skyline carry the moment. For more rooms worth the trip, see the best tasting-menu restaurants worldwide and the best restaurants to impress clients.
Not for anyone uneasy with heights or pressed for time — the restaurant sits 120 metres up a single lift, and the set Menu Experience runs about three hours with no à la carte escape hatch.
Yes, if the view matters to you as much as the plate. La Villa in the Sky pairs a genuine one-MICHELIN-star kitchen under Alexandre Dionisio with a glass dining cube 120 metres above Avenue Louise, and the €165 Menu Experience is priced in line with Brussels' other starred rooms. Book it for an occasion rather than a casual midweek dinner, and request a window table.
Fairly hard for weekend and sunset slots. The dining cube seats only about forty, so window tables and Friday-Saturday evenings go first; reserve two to three weeks ahead through the restaurant's own site. Weekday lunches are easier and cheaper. The address is Avenue Louise 480 in Ixelles, and you reach the room by a dedicated lift up the IT Tower.
Smart, with no jacket requirement. There is no formal dress code, but the lift, the altitude and the €165 menu push most guests toward a blazer or a dress rather than denim and trainers. Smart-casual is the floor. Because the whole room is glass and you will be photographed against the skyline, most diners dress for the occasion.
The headline Menu Experience is €165 per person before wine. Shorter lunch menus run lower, and a wine pairing or bottles from the altitude-built list push a couple comfortably past €450 all in. There is no à la carte: the set tasting is the only format, adjusted for dietary needs on request. Budget for an event, not a quick bite.
Yes, it is one of the strongest proposal rooms in Brussels. The forty-seat glass cube, the 120-metre view and the unhurried set menu give you a private, cinematic backdrop, and the staff are used to staging the moment. Ask for a window table at sunset when you book. See our best restaurants for a proposal for alternatives.
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