Vegan
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Asian
Catering
Taiwanese

Small Asian restaurant serving edamame, wakame, spring rolls, dim sums and a variety of baos. Open Mon-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-21:30.


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231 Reviews

First Review by stayxfree

david_droes

Points +4459

Vegan
05 Apr 2023

Vegan Taiwanese Streetfood

Bao is one of the most popular streetfoods in Taiwan! Traditionally it’s a steamed bun filled with mean and eaten for any meal of the day.
This store makes them all vegan and just as delicious!
I’ve tried Aubergenius and Jacko Wacko - as well as their lil dims.
Aubergenius is a bao filled with braised eggplant, fresh cucumber, fried onion and crushed peanuts! It’s umami and soft, simply divine.
Jacko Wacko is filled with pulled jackfruit (super meaty!), smacked cucumber, fried onions and crushed peanuts. This one was my favorite, the chili oil inside added an amazing spice.
Their lil dims are mini steamed dumplings with a veggie filling and hoisin sauce. Nothing special tbh, tasty nevertheless.
The staff is friendly and they also offer some good drinks, for example kombucha with chili and pineapple!

Pros: All vegan , Tasty food

kebabgage

Points +62

Vegan
23 Dec 2025

Best Bao I’ve ever had

We were eagerly waiting a few hours for this place to open up for dinner. And it was WELL worth the wait.

We had the calamari and dim sims. The calamari was the best I had ever had - better taste than real calamari.

We had four different bao: an eggplant one, jackfruit, meaty one and a chicken one. All of them were so diverse and so tasty. Can’t believe it. The meaty one and chicken one tasted like a burger in the most nostalgic way.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-23

Pros: The vibe was super cute, Awesome selection of bao , Best plant based calamari

MarcoVichi

Points +26

Vegan
21 Dec 2025

Spettacolare!!!! Un Must per i vegan

Abbiamo deciso di cenare in questo posto per non finire sul solito panino veg e perché scuriosando su questa app ci ha incuriosito molto.
Ordinato un Bao a testa, ma ne ho subito ordinato un altro da quanto sono buoni!
Anche edamame di contorno e per finire il Mochi. Sempre ovviamente tutto Vegan.
Avessi Lil Bao sotto casa ci andrei ogni settimana.
Persone cortesi all'interno e cibo squisito.

Pros: Cibo spettacolare, Accoglienza, Cibo spettacolare

YoshiLeLama

Points +35

Vegetarian
18 Dec 2025

C’est trop trop bon

Tout est génial, les baos sont moelleux et très goûtus. J’ai aussi adoré la salade de wakame et la limonade 😋
Mérite bien sa réputation !

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-18

Pros: Tout

BuckeyeKid

Points +350

Vegan
08 Dec 2025

Great Vegan Food

My wife and I had dinner here while visiting Brussels. It is located approximately a 15 minute walk from the Grand Place. We were lucky that it wasn't very busy when we got there and were quickly seated. The staff is really friendly (and spoke great English!). We ordered the spring rolls and wontons for starters and the hot chick and rambao for our mains. All of them were really tasty! My wife enjoyed the spring rolls so much she had a second order of them! To top it off, we shared the chocolate mousse and Da Baomb. Both were delicious as well! By the time we left, almost all of the tables were full so it is definitely popular! Next time we're in Brussels, we'll definitely be back!

Pros: Great Food, Super friendly staff, Good location

jcbe

Points +202

Vegan
06 Dec 2025

Amazing fake meat

Can't complain about anything. The place is nice, the service is good and both baos I tried were really good! I recommend the Rambao because I really liked its pea protein fake meat. It's kinda expensive but that's what I expected in Brussels tbh

AlaskaLuna

Points +284

Vegan
19 Nov 2025

Super découverte !

Tout était super bon ! On a pris des baos assez différents et tout était délicieux ! On a aussi pris des "calamars" frits à partager et la texture était incroyable ! Le personnel est super sympa.

Pros: La qualité de la nourriture, La variété de choix !, Les serveuses super gentilles

JamesMorales

Points +43

Vegetarian
14 Nov 2025

Tasty, tourist friendly, would go again

Very friendly staff, tourist friendly! Easy to order/pay. Chill open kitchen. We got 4 bao, two sides, two drinks and were plenty full. Price is similar to what we pay in the states so no sticker shock.

Pros: Tasty, Tourist friendly, Memorable

GijsJazz

Points +656

Vegan
30 Oct 2025

Great Asian junkfood

Creative buns with different mock meats and sauces. Nice mix of Asian and fusion cuisine.

I tried the eggplant and wonton, which were great.

Updated from previous review on 2025-10-30

Pros: Mock meats, Vegan sauces, Asian classics

Cons: Not super healthy

CarolinadelaCruz

Points +40

Vegan
25 Oct 2025

Yummy

Staff is super nice, place is small and cosy and food is super good!

D0m_Flo

Points +29

Vegan
23 Oct 2025

Delicious vegan bao buns

Friendly place we you can order delicious vegan bao buns. Impossible to not recommend this adress !

Updated from previous review on 2025-10-23

zolete

Points +478

Vegan
20 Oct 2025

Recomendable!

Sitio agradable con variedad y precios asequibles.

RugbyNerd

Points +1846

Vegetarian
19 Oct 2025

Good Baos

I had two Baos, which were really tasty. Can recommend it 😉

Updated from previous review on 2025-10-19

NHB

Points +64

Vegan
18 Oct 2025

Very small restaurant with tasty baos

Went there and got two baos to go. There was a line outside, but I got my food very fast. The stuff was very nice, but the baos are quite pricey.

ola.kala

Points +286

Vegan
15 Oct 2025

Have you ever tried eating fries with chopsticks?

If not - don't worry, I haven't either, but I tried for the first time at Lil Bao and it was surprisingly comfortable. The food is very tasty, spices are perfectly balanced. It's "Asia meets Belgium" on a plate - I loved their loaded fries and will definitely be returning. The place is very cute, not much space, but not very crowded either.

Updated from previous review on 2025-10-15

KCadventure

Points +1751

Vegan
30 Sep 2025

Tasty and creative!

Definitely recommend Lil Bao! Delicious bao buns with interesting fillings. I also loved the spicy dim sum.
It would be cool if they did a special meal deal thing - they recommend two baos and one side, which is quite a lot of food, but it's all tasty.

ALR14

Points +529

Vegan
29 Sep 2025

So so so good

Absolutely delicious! So glad I went.

hrl_lena

Points +3561

Vegan
29 Sep 2025

Easiest 10/10

Hot chick 8,90€
Deep Sea Baby 8,90€
Lil Wontons 7,50€

Both baos - amazing. Sadly I didn't realise the fillings were pretty similar so there wasn't that much difference between them. Nonetheless, fluffy buns with fried and juicy toppings.

But the WONTONS - wooooow. I could've eaten 20. Slightly spicy and the meat inside is actually perfection. I HIGHLY recommend them as a side dish!!!!

VictoriaCarter

Points +154

Vegan
28 Sep 2025

A fantastic find!!!

We loved the service, the food, the atmosphere, pretty much everything. I wish we could have visited twice but we were only in Brussels for the day.

Updated from previous review on 2025-09-28

Pros: The food portions, The taste of the food, Everything is 100 percent vegan

KatjaBatCat

Points +1033

Vegan
25 Sep 2025

My first time trying bao

Maybe I choose the wrong one. Somehow I wasn't convinced. It was ok.

LilBao

25 Sep 2025

Hi Katja!

This is a dish from another restaurant. Please address your review to the correct restaurant and please remove this review from our page, thank you!

Have a nice day and always welcome to our restaurant :)

ElenaGarcía-Consuegr

Points +793

Vegan
18 Sep 2025

Increíble

Qué rico estaba todo, qué sabor. Las camareras majísimas. Todavía sueño con esos wontons.

Updated from previous review on 2025-09-18

AlfieRC

Points +286

Vegan
13 Sep 2025

so fluffy

delicious fluffy bao with crispy protein. also tried the dim sum which was perfectly soft and chewy. extremely good, on the high end of price but worth it for sure

Pros: fully vegan

Vegan_Elly

Points +1209

Vegan
03 Sep 2025

Absolut empfehlenswert

Sehr lecker und schönes Ambiente. Der Service war super. Pres ist voll in Ordnung. Und alles vegan

Pros: Rein vegan, Lecker, Super Preis

Famous_on_Tumblr

Points +974

Vegan
24 Aug 2025

If Zero Stars was possible...

Style over substance? Perhaps. Ive had bao, wonton, dumplings etc more times in my life than I can count, but I have to admit I've never eaten so much raw dough before visiting this restaurant. The bao bun had elements of raw dough to it, the wontons were so raw that the filling(which could have been delightful...) was actually cold. The dimsum lacked flavour aside from the unmistakable sickening tang of raw dough. The dishes looked great for the sake of photos, but I'm not sure that the kids who served us have been remained in much more than presentation. This is sincerely the first time I've ever felt close to vomiting during a meal at an expensive restaurant. Really had to forced down almost every bite after the first couple of chomps. Each bao was at least 9 euro when they shouldn't have been more than 2.50. Feels like a wasted opertunity as the restaurant is in a good location.

lilScorpio

Points +12389

Vegan
23 Aug 2025

Lovely spot!

A great little spot with lovely little roof top terrace and even lovelier staff.
The food is super-yummy, I especially loved the gyros loaded fries and the coconut water, which was the best I had (very sweet, without added sugar).
Would always return to this gem 💎

Pros: tasty food , lovely staff , Dog friendly

AureaSilvestri

Points +68

Vegan
15 Aug 2025

Lovely staff and gnammy food

I have been several times to this little restaurant. Everything is delicious and the staff is lovely.

My friends and family who are not vegan loved the food too :)

DDDennis

Points +1844

Vegan
13 Aug 2025

Great wontons

Nice and helpful staff. Good food and enough choice.

Really liked the wontons

Updated from previous review on 2025-08-13




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