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Brussels Map: La ManufactureLa Manufacture Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine French, International
Hours Mon-Fri noon-2pm and 7-11pm; Sat 7pm-midnight
Address
Rue Notre-Dame du Sommeil 12-20
Location Off place du Jardin-aux-Fleurs, Around the Fish Market
Transportation Métro: Bourse
Phone 02/502-25-25
Web site www.manufacture.be
Prices Main courses 12€-19€ ($15-$25); menu du jour (lunch only) 14€ ($18); fixed-price menus 30€-65€ ($38-$81)
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V

Frommer's Review

Even in its former incarnation, this place was concerned with style -- it used to be the factory of chic Belgian leather-goods maker Delvaux. Fully refurbished, with hardwood floors, leather banquettes, polished wood, and stone tables, all set amid iron pillars and exposed air ducts, it produces trendy world cuisine on a French foundation, for a mostly youthful public. You may find it a little disconcerting at first, being able to mix Asian menu dishes like dim sum and sushi with Moroccan couscous, Lyon sausage, sliced ostrich filets with mango and green pepper, and Belgian specialties like waterzooï, but you soon get the hang of it (the menu changes seasonally, so these particular dishes might not be available when you visit). Some evenings there's live piano music. On sunny days in summer, you can dine outdoors on a terrace shaded by giant bamboo plants.

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