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Japanese
Macrobiotic

Shop sells some vegan-friendly foods and health foods. Cafe closed January 2024. Open Mon-Sat 08:30-19:00. Shop hours listed.


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55 Reviews

First Review by scallymuffin

AlainEtienne

Points +50

Vegetarian
17 Apr 2023

Ok

Ok good

veganhat

Points +1063

Vegan
05 Feb 2023

A very good spot

A place that offers healthy and organic lunch. Welcoming staff. I recommend!

Marlinou

Points +24

Vegan
19 Oct 2022

This place is more than just a restaurant !

I love this place. I have known it for a few decades. The food always makes me feel good. It is not just some veggie food, as it is prepared according to macrobiotic principles, a very fine and subtle balance between yin & yang.
Wishing Den Theepot a long and healthy life!

PS: I wish also it was open more, as I am not often in the city center on weekdays.

Pros: authentic , macrobiotic

Cons: often closed when I am in the neighborhood

kennosis

Points +21

Vegetarian
30 Aug 2022

Comida rica y sana. Está en la segunda planta de una tienda.

Plato del día 17.50€

Cons: La señalización de entrada no está en inglés

kandimba

Points +422

Vegan
10 Sep 2019

Nice organic products store

This is a nice store to get organic and vegan products of all sorts. They sell bulk items at very attractive prices and have fresh produce and other fresh items like tofu and soy yogurt. The prices are within the average for these kind of products or below average. They also sell some vegan pastries and snacks. On the first floor there is a macrobiotic restaurant serving lunches but I haven't been there.

Pros: Good place to find vegan products, Friendly staff

roottori

Points +46

Vegan
30 Jun 2019

Good

Good healthy vegan lunch and really tasty miso soup

Pros: Healthy food

Cons: Not 5/5 tasty but good enough

Manoka

Points +603

Vegan
06 May 2019

Vegan macrobiotic gem

I’m so happy I found this place : a macrobiotic restaurant that serves daily menus and OMG it’s delicious. I had quinoa burger, sea weed, carrot and pumpkin, rice, beans and cabbage. Very tasty, good portions (for me it was more than enough) and price is fair for Belgium standards. Very friendly staff as well.

Pros: Very good portions , Awesome stuff, Very nice atmosphere and fair price

ClaudiaDeLimaGouve

Points +34

Vegan
06 Apr 2019

Delicioso

Comida excelente. Ótimo atendimento

Pros: .

max120

Points +17

Vegetarian
09 Feb 2019

One of the best!

Great place to discover when you visit Brussels. Decent vegan fresh food for an honest price.

Pros: price-quality

Carlton

Points +126

Vegan
26 Dec 2018

Depressing.

Was pretty pricey. Only one choice. Nice coffee and the lady was pleasant.

CappuccinoFields

Points +84

Vegan
15 Nov 2018

Good daily lunch in the center

Lunch for about 13 euros is always vegan and very good. It's a dish of the day situation so don't expect a large menu. Healthy macrobiotic food and an organic store downstairs. The vegan cakes are so bland though.

Pros: Healthy, Vegan lunch

Cons: Vegan desserts aren't good

Harp

Points +1556

Vegan
13 Jan 2018

Boring and not very tasty!

Nothing special about this place. Typical macrobiotic food but quite bland. As well, it is not cheap. Nice staff though.

Pros: Vegan

Cons: Expensive, Boring, Taste

LaureDeprez

Points +69

Vegan
02 Jan 2018

Shocking food

They only have one option, and everything on the plate is poorly cooked. The service is mediocre and the prices are steep. Would not recommend.

TrudiBruges

Points +18845

Vegan
23 Nov 2017

fair amount of products

review is about the shop only.

Organic shop, not so big, two adjacent rooms, small aisles.
Packed with goodies though, and a fair amount of vegan products, although we didn't find any real specialities (the usual suspects, like plantbased milk drinks etc were available).

We wanted to have lunch upstairs (plat du jour), but it was still half an hour before the restaurant opened, so we went elsewhere

Updated from previous review on 2017-11-23

symbiosis

Points +433

Vegan
20 Nov 2017

Excellent macrobiotic food

I enjoyed the meal very much, it was very much like many meals I had in Japan right down to presentation. Japanese food for vegetarians and vegans is not the most tastiest cuisine, by contrast many can find it a bit bland and boring, if not a acquired taste (like many things in Japanese cuisine). So if you don't like the food here, it's not necessary the lack of skills of the chef, but rather the style. Still very good, they managed all elements very well. A big difference at den teepot was on the ingredients-which seemed to be more local and seasonal affecting the taste-so a carrot dishes was on the plat, and brussels sprouts. The place seems to have tried a few different styles in the past few years, I'm happy with this one, and happy to come back.

mcquinten2

Points +231

Vegetarian
14 Nov 2017

Good food

I go often to Den teapot, the standard dish of the day is what I only order and it tastes always good. Portions are not to big but it is fine for me.
Pitty they are only open during lunch hour.

Pros: organic, surprise dish, city center

Cons: not big portions, not a lot of choice, opening hours

WilmerdaSilva

Points +30

Vegan
12 Oct 2017

An healthy experience

Easy to find and is over a bio grocery store, which for me is great to open the appetite. Works with a standard dish of the day. One of the best miso soups I ever tried. It was my first approach on the macrobiotic cousine, so I can't compare it to anything within. But I liked it and I felt great after.

Pros: Healthy , Nearby bio store, Good ingredients

Cons: A bit slow service

Meadhbh91

Points +41

Vegan
16 Apr 2017

Tasty and healthy lunch

After several days of too many chips because Belgium isn't the most vegan friendly country a lunch here is exactly what my body needed. I had the dish of the day which was a variety of very tasty vegetables and brown rice with a millet burger which was just so flavourful. On the tables is soy sauce and ground up peanuts instead of salt and that really enhanced it. I recommend this place for a welcome break to the chips and beer. Only down side was trying and failing to explain macrobiotic to my partner.

AnaGabriela

Points +621

Vegan
04 Feb 2017

Not completely vegan and the food didn't impress me...

I really wanted to like this restaurant but nothing besides their music was ok for me. They aren't completely vegan, almost all of their dessert had eggs in it, the food was not that good(some of it was even tasteless and some had a strong and unnatural taste) They seemed to care more about the fact that it was organic than vegan(they said it's fine that dessert had eggs because everything is organic).

Updated from previous review on 2017-02-04

Pros: Music

Cons: The entrance is not visible and it's easy to miss., Not completely vegan., Food not that tasty

Ludo24

19 Mar 2017

Yeah, you can talk, with your pale anemia... The products of this restaurant are all of the finest quality and the eggs come from a farm that the owner knows personally. Chicken lay eggs. You may as well eat them or throw them to the garbage, which is a waste and disrespectful of the abundance. Some people dedicate themselves to being vegan without even knowing why. Eating the egg of a happy chicken causes no moral issues.
You should probably eat an egg or two for your anemia.

AnaGabriela

20 Mar 2017

I'll suppose you are the owner since normal people don't check on friend's pages on HappyCow to defend their business. Thanks for reminding me to change the pic I had since I was vegetarian and ate eggs to this when I am all vegan. Very nice of you to pick on how your clients look. I didn't want to say this publicly, but I did send a message to HappyCow​ when I first wrote the review: in this restaurant I asked for an ALL VEGAN menu and I was given something that looked very much like it had eggs in it. I asked if it's true, they said no eggs, but I didn't touch it and I'm glad I didn't now that I know of your restaurant's love for chicken menstruation. I'll have you know that sanctuaries let the chicken eat the eggs and don't take them for themselves since the chickens lose many minerals laying it and this way they can recover faster. This is the humane thing to do, not selling the eggs to clients.

beam

14 Apr 2017

A few years ago I used to go to den teapot frequently.
The meals were always very authentic.
The mains were cooked according to macrobiotic principles from organic sources and of course vegan.

I do not remember if the deserts were too, I was vegetarian at the time and paid less attention.

I haven't been there in a while and if it's open this weekend will go and visit.

Thank you AnaGabriela for your review, I will check on the eggs.
If it's vegan it's vegan, eggs from any source are not vegan.

Ludo24: keep your personal attacks to yourself. They do not belong on happy cow.

Dinie

Points +128

Vegan
30 Jan 2017

Lunchdate

Perfectly located behind the rue dansaert is this little place above on organic health food store serving really nice lunches. Each time the daily meal is a feast. Mouthwatering dishes that my family enjoys on a day out on the town.

Pros: Macrobiotic, Fresh made, Great flavours

Cons: Not open for diner!, Little hidden above the store

Bren_

Points +238

Vegan
07 Aug 2016

Simple, healthy, yummy, vegan food.

Simple, healthy, yummy, vegan food. Had the miso soup and dish of the day. Loved it.

Pros: healthy

Cons: not the cosiest interior

Meaks

Points +5827

Vegan
30 Jul 2016

Reasonable lunch in Brussels

Vegan cafes seem sparse in Brussels and despite it's very limited opening hours it's worth visiting Den Teepot for lunch. It basically serves a soup and plate of the day with a few side options and tart. The food doesn't look the most glamorous but it was all tasty and wholesome. We went back on our second day as we felt it was a 'reliable' choice.

Pros: All vegan, Changing mixed plate of the day, Friendly service

Cons: Limited opening hours, Limited choice, A little pricey

JosickvanDromme

Points +66

Vegan
27 Jul 2016

Just try it!

Very good food, and such a nice place to shop!

Pros: Good food, Good value for money, Nice place

Cons: Could open as well in the evenings and Sundays!

Delve

Points +302

Vegan
26 Jul 2016

I Went Hungry Den Left Full

My companion and I went to this little spot up above an organic store back in 2014. Maybe my review is null and void now, cause it's well overdue, but man, it's time to finish some of my to-do list things (such as review some darn good restaurants). This place was an oasis back in 2014. Great atmosphere and seemed super clean. It was super duper cozy, and all vegan at the time (now I am reading it is not). The food was excellent standard macrobiotic fare. The woman working there at the time and I had a slight language barrier, but with a few hand gestures and positive facial expressions all was figured out. We didn't realize that once you load your plate up with food you have to put it on a scale to weigh it...as that's how they determined the price. Not sure if this is still the drill. The prices were pretty good as I remember. The food was delicious. My eyes were bigger than my stomach because I had a bit left over, but I packed it up and all was well in the world. I'd visit it again...just to see how it has changed. Not too keen on vegan places adding non-vegan items to their menu though. That's such a disappointment in life, yo.

Pros: Macrobiotic, All vegan in 2014

Cons: Hear it may not be all vegan now (2016)

NicoNico

Points +207

Vegan
27 Nov 2015

Like home cooking

The staff is friendly, the food tastes good but nothing exceptional. The menu I had looked like I made it myself at home which is not bad.

edwardbc

Points +1021

Vegan
21 Nov 2015

Nice food and great store

It was nice to find a vegan restaurant in central Brussels. The food is tasty but price is way high for the size of the portion. Still a good option if you're looking for a vegan option for a coffee in the afternoon in that specific neighborhood.

The store in the first floor is really well stocked, they have a good quantity of vegan and healthy products.

Gudrun

Points +4875

Vegan
01 Jun 2014

Healthy indeed

The previous review describes the place very well in one word - "healthy". The buffet has only very limited options, and during my -so far- only visit of the place I found everything quite bland. However, it is possible to spice up the food with extra seaweed or soy sauce. The focus is clearly on "healthy" and "macrobiotic" and not too much on "delicious". Not on "vegan", either: everything from the buffet was vegan and this seemed to be the default, however, none of the three different cakes offered (coming from the organic shop on the ground floor) was vegan. Friendly staff.

I will probably come back on my next visit to Brussels, at least if I can make it within the only 2 hours they are open. But that is mainly due to a lack of alternatives.

Pros: healthy, mostly vegan, friendly staff

Cons: bland food, lack of variety




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