• Le Pain Quotidien - Galerie de la Reine

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Serves meat, vegan options available. International restaurant chain featuring artisan bakery and communal table. Menu includes ovo-lacto vegetarian dishes as well as vegan ones (denoted). Situated within the famous "Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert", 5 minutes walk from Brussels Central station. Open Mon-Sat 07:00-19:00, Sun 08:00-19:00.


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18 Reviews

First Review by Gudrun

JackyDeReviere

Points +2598

Vegan
17 Jan 2024

Vegan viennoiserie in a beautiful shopping gallery

Bakery/tea room located in the beautiful 19th century shopping arcade 'Galerie De La Reine' in the center of Brussels.
There are some vegan dishes on the menu.
We were there in the afternoon and ate cakes with vegan hot chocolate and coffee.
The tortillon and croissants are average and quite expensive.

Pros: Beautifull location

Artosch

Points +222

Vegan
12 Nov 2023

Warm & welcoming

We enjoyed a lovely breakfast upstairs watching the people passing by. It‘s a cozy place with friendly staff. For breakfast we had cappuccini, avocado toasts and a tortille (a sweet pastry flavoured with apricot jam).

Pros: Friendly staff, Nice view

Franzlich

Points +325

Vegan
12 Nov 2023

Cosy Place

We had an avocado toast which they did not prepare fully since there were also some other free spreads (Jams and Spekulatius) available on our table. Vegan options are labeled and staff is super friendly.

_Johnny_

Points +524

Vegan
11 Nov 2023

The great food of an LPQ amongst the beauty of the Galerie de la Reine

The food quality matched what I knew from the branch at Tour et Taxis, as did the atmosphere. I chose to go here for breakfast because every other interesting place with vegan breakfast options didn't open until 10:00.

I understand the branches maintain the same look, but not matching the style of the surrounding Galerie is a missed opportunity!

Pros: Tasty food, Relatively fair prices, Open before 10:00 on weekends

Cons: Not as stylish inside as the Galerie around it

SelonHelene

Points +1122

Vegan
02 Jun 2023

Good vegan option

De sympathiques options véganes pour accompagner des omnivores. Qualité, bio, bon goût.

Pros: Très joli cadre

Cons: Moyenne très haute nouveau prix

martint

Points +7760

Vegan
17 May 2023

Vegan croissaint... and not much more

They have some vegan pastries such as hibiscus croissant, but the vegan savoury options are very limited. Therefore only recommendable as takeaway. Other reason is that the prices for stay are almost the double (!) as for takeaway, which I find quite a scam.

DavorinSiuc

Points +30

Vegan
09 Aug 2022

Nice place to eat

Food was very nice, with a few vegan options. Stuff is friendly. You only have to be prepared that you will wait for service and for food longer than usual.

Pros: Very tasteful, Nice dish size

Cons: Waiting

thevegancreator

Points +626

Vegan
30 Jul 2022

Not the quality we are used to from LPQ

We frequently dine at LPQ (in different countries) and are big fans of the bread basket. The one we had here was small and the bread didn’t taste fresh.
The soy yogurt & fruits was okay.

Also giving only one star as an Apple Watch was stolen out of our backpack which was inside the stroller which I had to leave downstairs (inside) when I went to the upstairs bathroom with my little daughter.
If I’d had known we had an Apple Watch in that bag I’d have obviously taken it with me - however the toilets were relatively far away and the area where the stroller was standing (with the backpack) was mostly frequented by employees (who also know the waking distance to the bathroom).

Cons: Bread didn’t taste fresh, Pickpockets (customers or employees)

marianogales90

Points +935

Vegan
14 Apr 2022

Little overpriced

The brunch-breakfast was tasty however overpriced. For 20 euros you have some bread, hummus, guacamole, quinoa, small bowl of yogurt and croissant with a hot drink plus a juice. Small portions but tasty!

Pros: Tasty food, Beautiful gallery, Friendly staff

Cons: Few vegan options , Not vegan butter, Small portions

MarikaLazorskaya

Points +103

Vegan
17 Jul 2021

Gut

Es war ziemlich lecker

Xayedi

Points +99

Vegan
22 Feb 2020

Very good

Nice atmosphere, delicious food.
Absolutely loved the freshness of the ingredients.
The portions are small. The price a bit high for the portion size.
We had avocado toast, fried eggs with bacon and toast with fried eggs. We also had vegan pain au chocolat and a vegan croissant, which were absolutely aaaaammmaazing!!
We also enjoyed fresh ginger tea and orange juice.

Pros: A lot of vegan options , Nice location near station, Fresh biological ingredients

Cons: Bit pricey

HannahDempsey

Points +74

Vegan
02 Nov 2019

Tasty but a bit cramped and overpriced

Had a tasty avocado on toast with seaweed and tomatoes was nice.
Cramped and overpriced but overall a nice place to eat if you're running out of options

Pros: Vegan soy milk for coffee and vegan breakfast

Cons: Expensive and cramped

mamba

Points +1277

Vegan
31 Oct 2019

Good vegan options!

We visited different Le Pain Quotidien restaurants when on holiday in Belgium. They are always in very central touristic places and offer some great vegan options. For coffee/tea time, I really loved the “Chocolate Delice” cake, but didn’t like the berry muffin too much (too dry). For breakfast, the avocado toast is good, granola is good but a small portion, or you could just have bread (e.g. cranberry and nuts flute) with sweet spreads/jam (the “Noir” chocolate spread is sooo good – the spreads are on the tables but there are different ones. If you don’t find this on your table, it is worth checking out the spreads on other tables or asking for it). I was with a non-vegan friend and sharing the “Le Pain Quotidien” breakfast (where she ate the non-vegan Pain au chocolat and I ordered an additional soy cappuccino) was great value - you could probably replace the Pain au chocolate with more baguette/bread . For lunch/dinner they also have salads/soups/bowls and dishes like that. Although Le Pain Quotidien is a chain restaurant, there’s a good and cosy atmosphere.

DudaPimentel

Points +79

Vegan
01 May 2017

Good breakfast

I think it's a good place to have breakfast (expensive though) as you can have rice oatmeal, chia puddings, fruit bowls, bread with different kinds of spread, avocado toast, hummus toast, turmeric soya latte, among other things... the dark chocolate spread that they have is really great! I can recommend it but the service can get really slow if the place is full, which happens very often since it is inside one of the main touristic attractions in Brüssels. I didn't have any salad or lunch/brunch food but the breakfast stuff is great!

Pros: good breakfast, many vegan options

Cons: slow service, expensive

edwardbc

Points +1021

Vegan
04 Jan 2017

Not bad at all

On a holiday where every veg restaurant was closed I tried this place and it was all good.

It's not a veg restaurant so the options are very limited but everything I tried was good. The service was also very good, might be a little bit slow since it's usually a busy place. No complains.

Updated from previous review on 2017-01-04

piffelina

Points +3514

Vegan
28 Jul 2016

Breakfast on the go

They had two vegan muffins - blueberry and apple/cinnamon, esp. the apple one was great and saved med from being grumpy and hungry. It was big and filling.

Amy1274

Points +4979

Vegan
18 Oct 2014

Quick service, limited choice

This is the larger Le Pain Quotidien in the centre; the upstairs is huge, with classical music playing in the background, and very speedy service. Many of the staff speak fluent French, Flemish and English, and in any case, the menu prevents communication problems by marking vegan and vegetarian items. To be honest, more vegan options would be nice – there were no vegan specials or desserts on the day I went – but my soup was delicious and with two types of bread and croutons that come with it, even the small portion was very filling. There is also a vegan salad on the menu, as well as rice-milk porridge on the breakfast menu until 12. I had the problem that the wifi didn't work – nobody could explain why – which was annoying but would not stop me going back. On the other hand, there are fully-vegetarian places in Brussels that I would make a higher priority.

Pros: size, labelling, service

Cons: limited choice for vegans

Gudrun

Points +4887

Vegan
02 Jun 2014

A pity...

I was really happy when I discovered this branch of "Le Pain Quotidien". LPQ has saved me in other non-veg friendly places many times - and Brussels is clearly one of those.

This branch is situated within the famous, beautiful and busy 19th-century shopping arcade "Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert" / "Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen" very close to the Central Station. As usually, the menu has a couple of items clearly marked as "vegan".

I was served by a lady taking the order and a guy bringing the food. I ordered a vegan dish with salad, dips and bread and a soy cappuccino. When ordering I stressed out that I am a vegan and verified that the food was vegan. The guy brought me the food, and I asked what the white sauce on the salad was. He checked and said there was egg in it, and that he was sorry. He was very friendly. I then got an extra side salad with olive oil. The food was quite good and fresh, the bread excellent.

I started to drink the soy cappuccino but I felt it tasked pretty milky. It did not help that it looked exactly like the regular cappuccino on the table next to me, and on my voucher it just said "cappuccino". When the lady who took the order passed by I asked if this was really soy cappuccino, and she asked back: "What did you order?". I replied "Soy cappuccino". In a very unfriendly way she said: "If you ordered soy cappuccino, then you got soy cappuccino". I decided not to finish the cappuccino.

This is really a pity because the place is meant to be vegan-friendly. Unfortunately this does not seem to have been communicated to the entire staff.

Pros: vegan labels, fresh food, partially friendly staff

Cons: cannot trust the tabels, partially very unfriendly staff, partially veg-unfriendly staff




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