Best Restaurants Open Sunday in Brussels 2026

Why a Sunday list matters in Brussels

Brussels has a deep fine-dining bench, but its starred rooms keep continental hours, closing Sunday and often Monday to rest the team. Comme Chez Soi and Bon Bon, the city's two-star pair, both go dark, as do most of the single stars. That leaves a clear Sunday gap for a visitor who wants a serious table.

The rooms that hold Sunday are the grand brasseries, the ones built for crowds and seven-day service. They cluster in three places: the Ilot Sacre around the Rue des Bouchers, the glass-roofed Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, and the antiques-and-chocolate square of the Grand Sablon. The order below leads with the belle-epoque brasseries, then the seafood and value rooms. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. Every name links to its full review with the score and booking mechanics. For the rest of the week, start with the Brussels dining guide.

The Sunday list

Belga Queen

Grand brasserie · City centre, Brussels · €45–80 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–14:30 and 18:00–22:00

Belga Queen fills a former bank on the Rue du Fosse aux Loups in the city centre, a marble-and-stained-glass hall with the old vaults turned into a cigar bar and an oyster counter. The Belgian classics done up (oysters, grey shrimp croquettes, Flemish beef in beer) and the all-Belgian drinks list are the draw; a meal runs €45 to €80 a head. Sunday runs a lunch to half-two and dinner to ten. The grand banking-hall room makes it the Sunday pick for an occasion that wants scale and a sense of theatre.

Aux Armes de Bruxelles

Traditional Belgian · Îlot Sacré, Brussels · €40–75 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–22:30

Aux Armes de Bruxelles has served the Rue des Bouchers in the Ilot Sacre since 1921, a white-linen room that is the grown-up anchor of a tourist-heavy street, now run by the Chez Leon family. The mussels, the waterzooi and the lobster are the order; a meal lands €40 to €75 a head. Sunday runs noon to half-ten. It is the most polished room on the Rue des Bouchers, which makes it the Sunday choice for the classic Brussels dinner without the tourist-trap edge of its neighbours.

Chez Léon

Mussels and frites · Îlot Sacré, Brussels · €30–55 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:30–23:00

Chez Leon has run a moules-frites (mussels and chips) operation on the Rue des Bouchers since 1893, a warren of timbered rooms that is the most famous mussels address in the country. The pot of mussels in white wine and the bottomless frites are the order, and a meal is the best value on this list at €30 to €55 a head. Sunday runs half-eleven to eleven. The unfussy room and the long hours make it the easy Sunday booking for a group or a family that wants the one dish Brussels is built on.

Au Vieux Saint-Martin

Belgian brasserie · Grand Sablon, Brussels · €40–70 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 10:00–23:00

Au Vieux Saint-Martin faces the antiques dealers on the Place du Grand Sablon, a modern-art-hung brasserie that claims to have invented the filet americain (steak tartare) served here raw and hand-cut. The tartare, the shrimp croquettes and the Sablon people-watching are the draw; a meal runs €40 to €70 a head. Sunday is the longest service on this list, ten in the morning to eleven at night. The Sablon terrace makes it the Sunday pick for a long, unhurried lunch that drifts into the afternoon.

Taverne du Passage

Belle-epoque brasserie · Galeries Royales, Brussels · €45–80 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–23:00

La Taverne du Passage sits under the glass roof of the Galerie de la Reine in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, an art-deco room with white-jacketed waiters that has barely changed since 1928. The shrimp croquettes, the sole meuniere and the steak tartare prepared tableside are the order; a meal lands €45 to €80 a head. Sunday runs noon to eleven. The covered arcade and the old-school service make it the Sunday choice for a rainy-day lunch with a sense of occasion.

La Quincaillerie

Seafood brasserie · Ixelles, Brussels · €50–85 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 19:00–22:00 (dinner)

La Quincaillerie occupies a converted Horta-era hardware shop on the Rue du Page in Ixelles, two galleried floors of dark wood, brass fittings and a raised oyster bar. The seafood platters, the oysters and the grilled fish are the draw; a meal runs €50 to €85 a head. Sunday is dinner only, seven to ten. The dramatic ironwork interior and the seafood counter make it the Sunday pick away from the centre, the room for a date or a quiet dinner in the south of the city.

How to book a Sunday table in Brussels

In Brussels the Sunday brasseries fill from lunch: Au Vieux Saint-Martin's Sablon terrace and Belga Queen's banking hall both go first, so book the moment your date is set. Chez Leon and Aux Armes de Bruxelles hold the most last-minute room on the Rue des Bouchers and are the safe choice for a Sunday on short notice or with a group. La Quincaillerie is the dinner-only option and the room for a date in Ixelles. For a solo Sunday, the oyster counter at Belga Queen or La Quincaillerie are the easiest seats and a strong solo-dining move. Most take bookings direct or through their own sites; for the city's seafood at large, see the best seafood restaurants worldwide.

Frequently asked questions

Which fine-dining restaurants are open on Sunday in Brussels?

Six upscale Brussels rooms keep a confirmed Sunday service: the grand brasserie Belga Queen in the city centre, Aux Armes de Bruxelles and Chez Leon on the Rue des Bouchers, Au Vieux Saint-Martin on the Sablon, La Taverne du Passage in the Galeries Royales, and La Quincaillerie in Ixelles. The city's starred rooms, including Comme Chez Soi and Bon Bon, close on Sunday, so a confirmed list of the grand brasseries saves a wasted evening.

Are Brussels Michelin restaurants open on Sunday?

Most are not. Comme Chez Soi and Bon Bon, the city's two-star rooms, both close Sunday, as do most of the single stars such as Bozar and La Paix. For a Sunday at a high level the answer is the grand brasseries, led by Belga Queen and La Taverne du Passage, which serve the same Belgian classics in belle-epoque rooms and keep a full Sunday service.

Where can I eat mussels on a Sunday in Brussels?

Chez Leon on the Rue des Bouchers is the classic answer, a moules-frites institution since 1893 that serves its pot of mussels and bottomless frites from 11:30am to 11pm on Sunday, around €30 to €55 a head. Aux Armes de Bruxelles, a few doors away and a touch more formal, also serves mussels through Sunday to 10:30pm. Both take bookings and both suit a group.

What time do Brussels brasseries close on a Sunday?

The grand brasseries run late. Au Vieux Saint-Martin on the Sablon serves to 11pm, Chez Leon and La Taverne du Passage to around eleven, and Aux Armes de Bruxelles to 10:30. Belga Queen splits into a lunch to 2:30 and a dinner to ten, while La Quincaillerie is dinner only from 7pm. For a late Sunday table, Au Vieux Saint-Martin and Chez Leon are the safest bookings.

Do I need a reservation for Sunday dinner in Brussels?

It is worth booking, especially for Belga Queen's banking hall and Au Vieux Saint-Martin's Sablon terrace, which fill their best Sunday tables ahead of time. Chez Leon and Aux Armes de Bruxelles hold more walk-in room on the Rue des Bouchers, but a reservation through the restaurant's own site is the safe move for any party larger than two on a Sunday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.