The chef in the kitchen
Present at every service, accountable for every plate.
The Art of Home Cooking
Restaurant and brasserie in Spa
Seasonal cuisine, slow-cooked here, every day.
A word from the founders
We took over this legendary place with a simple idea:
put taste back at the heart of everything.
No frills, just the essentials: quality produce, generous homemade cooking, and a sincere welcome.
Steven & Ryan Lemaire
Founding brothers
In the former officers’ mess, an iconic place steeped in history.
Our commitment
For a great meal in Spa, every day.
Here, our cooking is made on site. The sauces, the fries, the desserts, the slow-cooked dishes: every preparation comes out of our kitchen, every day. It is a value we hold without compromise: we want every guest who walks through the door of our restaurant to leave with the simple feeling of having truly eaten well.
Homemade cooking
Sauces, fries, desserts, daily dishes: all prepared here, no frozen shortcut, no compromise.
Carefully chosen produce
Sourced from our producers, as close to the season as possible.
Attention to every table
Every guest matters, from the first service to the last.
The little extras
More than a restaurant, a home.
What makes a visit at our place a bit different. Honest cooking, a welcoming space for the whole family, and everything you need to linger a little longer.
Restaurant homemade cooking
Generous classics, homemade each day with carefully sourced produce.
Dining room and terrace
A warm dining room for a comfortable evening and a terrace for sunny days.
Playground
A secure outdoor area, accessible to our guests’ children.
Sleeping on site, at the Villa Quisisana
The restaurant occupies the ground floor of the Villa Quisisana. The rooms are upstairs in the same building, run by the Villa, with whom they are booked.
Easy parking
Parking spaces available, a few steps from the entrance.
Wheelchair accessible
Establishment accessible to people with reduced mobility: step-free entrance.
Our restaurant
Welcome to our house.
In the former officers’ mess of Spa: a warm dining room, a friendly bar, and a large outdoor area to enjoy the fine days.
Our spaces
Dining room, terrace, and bar
The former officers’ mess of Spa left us fine rooms: a dining room, a terrace for fine days, and a bar.
The dining room
A warm dining room in the former officers’ mess of Spa. People come for a family meal, a table of friends or a quiet dinner for two. And they take their time.
The terrace
On fine days the terrace takes over from the dining room. The playground, a secured outdoor space, is open to our guests’ children.
The bar
A friendly bar, where the drinks list holds real ground: aperitifs, Belgian beers including Orval and Duvel, cocktails with and without alcohol, spirits and digestifs, and hot drinks, from a plain espresso to an Irish Coffee.
Online booking takes up to eight people. For a larger table, a call to +32 483 68 03 26 is simpler.
On the menu
What we serve, every day
Brasserie classics and restaurant cooking, prepared here. The menu reads in two parts: the kitchen first, then the drinks. Here are the broad lines.
To begin
Cold: beef carpaccio, and melting burrata with a crisp salad. Hot: the chef’s scampi, scampi in garlic butter, a local cheese croquette and a seasonal vegetable risotto.
The brasserie corner
The classics everyone knows: boulet sauce chasseur, vol-au-vent, gourmet burger, Green Gourmet Burger and double gourmet burger. Reason enough to come back often.
Meat, fish, pasta and salads
Beef pavé, ribeye, braised ham hock with local beer and honey, cordon bleu with Ardennes chicken. From the water, confit trout fillet from Ondenval and salmon in a sesame crust. Linguine and salads round it off.
For the little ones, and to finish
A whole section at child height: boulet chasseur, vol-au-vent, linguine bolognese, children’s burger. Then the desserts, from crème brûlée to lemon meringue tart with toasted almonds.
On the vegetarian side: the vegetarian linguine, and the Green Gourmet Burger, a breaded cauliflower steak.
Opening hours
Open Tuesday to Sunday
The dining room opens at 11 am, Tuesday to Sunday. We are closed on Mondays. Breakfast is served from 8 to 11 am, by prior-day reservation only, because it is prepared that very morning.
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- 11 am to 9 pm.
- Friday and Saturday
- 11 am to 10 pm.
- Monday
- Closed.
- Breakfast
- 8 to 11 am, Tuesday to Sunday, by prior-day reservation.
Unsure about a public holiday or a special evening? A call to +32 483 68 03 26 will settle it.
Finding us
Coming to us, and parking
Rue Chelui 23, in Spa. Parking spaces are available a few steps from the entrance, and access is step-free.
- The address
- Rue Chelui 23, 4900 Spa, Belgium. The map and full directions are on the Contact page.
- Parking
- Parking spaces are available, a few steps from the entrance.
- From the Spa-Francorchamps circuit
- About eleven kilometres, roughly a quarter of an hour by car. The restaurant is in Spa itself, and full directions are on the Contact page.
- Accessibility
- The premises are wheelchair accessible: step-free entrance.
- Sleeping on site
- The restaurant occupies the ground floor of the Villa Quisisana. The rooms are upstairs in the same building, and they are booked with the Villa, which runs them.
Booking
Booking a table, in a minute
Two ways to book, whichever suits you. And a third if you are coming in the morning, because breakfast follows a rule of its own.
Online
Booking online takes a few clicks, at any hour of the day or night. It takes up to eight people.
By phone
On +32 483 68 03 26, Tuesday to Sunday, during opening hours. This is the way to go for a table of more than eight.
For breakfast
It is booked the day before, and only the day before: everything is prepared that very morning. From 8 to 11 am, Tuesday to Sunday.
As a gift
There is a gift card. You choose the amount, it arrives by email, and the recipient picks their own moment.
A question before you book? The phone is still the most direct: +32 483 68 03 26, during opening hours.