A stone’s throw from the Grand-Place, on Rue de la Montagne, a wooden chalet with snowy roofs has settled in front of the façade of Brasserie Ommegang. Glowing reindeer, sleds, fir wreaths, red bows and a giant ribbon of light wrapping the whole building like a present: the Brasserie Ommegang Christmas Chalet was the most photographed chalet of 2025. It is well worth the detour, for a hot chocolate or a proper meal, and it welcomes you 7 days a week.
🎄 A Christmas tale on Rue de la Montagne
Under the “Brasserie Ommegang Chalet” sign, the house character wears a Santa hat between two giant candy canes. All around: stars, “Merry Christmas” baubles, fir garlands, small-paned windows hung with red curtains and, by the door, a red mailbox for letters to Santa. At nightfall every window glows like a lantern: hard to walk past without reaching for your phone.
The chalet is part of a house tradition. “On essaie toujours de marquer le coup pour les fêtes. Par exemple, pour Noël, on avait installé un chalet” (“We always try to mark the holidays. For Christmas, for example, we had set up a chalet”), manager Cemil Soysal told La DH back in February 2024.
Inside the brasserie (not the chalet): the main dining room, its giant barrels and mezzanine. © Brasserie Ommegang · photo published on its Privateaser page
☕ A hot chocolate in the heart of the holidays
After a stroll among the Winter Wonders chalets, the Ommegang chalet is the perfect stop to warm up. On the hot drinks menu: hot chocolate at €5.90, Viennese hot chocolate at €6.50 and mulled wine at €5.90. For a sweet tooth, the dessert menu includes a homemade chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream.
Inside the brasserie: a dining room with banquettes, beneath the Ommegang logo. © Brasserie Ommegang · photo published on its Privateaser page
🍲 Or a proper Belgian brasserie meal
The chalet is only the starter: behind it, the large brasserie serves Belgian and Brussels classics. The star of the house is the genuine Flemish carbonade with Tongerlo brown beer and fresh fries (€28.90), 1st prize for the best Brussels carbonade 2024 in the competition organised by BXLOVE. The grey shrimp croquettes (€27.90 for two, with 42% grey shrimp) were also awarded in the best Brussels croquette competition. Also on the menu: Liège-style meatballs and farm chicken vol-au-vent (€26.90 each), and for the curious, the Beer Tour: 9 beers of 10 cl on tap for €29.90.
Inside the brasserie: the dining room seen from the mezzanine. © Brasserie Ommegang · photo published on its Privateaser page
🏰 In the house of Charles V
Opened in June 2019 at the address of the former Café Le Rubens, founded in 1957, Brasserie Ommegang is the Brussels flagship of the Haacht Brewery. Its décor pays tribute to the Ommegang, the procession that re-enacts every summer the entry of Emperor Charles V into Brussels in 1549: golden coins bearing the emperor’s effigy in the entrance floor, stilts hanging from the ceiling, a monumental portrait and a mezzanine set inside old beer barrels.
Inside the brasserie: the large banquet fresco in period costume. © Brasserie Ommegang · photo published on its Privateaser page
The house was named “Ambassador of Brewing Excellence” in March 2025, and the guide Les Meilleurs Restaurants de Bruxelles awards it 3 Blue Hearts.
📍 Practical information
- 📍 Address: Brasserie Ommegang, Rue de la Montagne 4, 1000 Brussels, a few steps from the Grand-Place and Brussels-Central station
- 🕚 Opening hours: 7 days a week, 11 am to 10.30 pm
- 📞 Bookings: +32 2 387 51 61, reservations@ommegang.brussels or online at ommegang-brussels.com
- 🎄 Winter Wonders: from 27 November 2026 to 3 January 2027; the full programme in our guide to the Brussels Christmas market
Opening hours and prices checked on the brasserie’s official website on 13 November 2026 and subject to change.
🔗 Sources & verifiable links
- 🍺 Brasserie Ommegang — site officiel → https://www.ommegang-brussels.com/
- 📋 Brasserie Ommegang — carte, menus et boissons chaudes → https://www.ommegang-brussels.com/menus-carte/
- 📸 Brasserie Ommegang — photos officielles → https://www.ommegang-brussels.com/photos/
- 🏆 Brasserie Ommegang — presse, prix de la meilleure carbonade BXLOVE 2024 → https://www.ommegang-brussels.com/a-propos/
- 🏛️ visit.brussels — fiche Brasserie Ommegang → https://www.visit.brussels/fr/visiteurs/venue-details.Brasserie-Ommegang.50003393
- 💙 Les Meilleurs Restaurants de Bruxelles — fiche Brasserie Ommegang → https://lesmeilleursrestaurantsdebruxelles.com/restaurants/brasserie-ommegang
- 📰 La DH — « Un millier de roses distribuées par la brasserie Ommegang », 14 février 2024 → https://www.dhnet.be/regions/bruxelles/2024/02/14/a-deux-pas-de-la-grand-place-de-bruxelles-en-ce-jour-de-saint-valentin-un-millier-de-roses-distribuees-gratuitement-par-la-brasserie-ommegang-4Z5QNNGHZZEMVIWC3TZ5KWCLTQ/
- 📰 BRUZZ — « Brasserie Ommegang wil opnieuw aansluiten bij Brusselse grandeur », 21 juin 2019 → https://www.bruzz.be/culture/eat-drink/brasserie-ommegang-wil-opnieuw-aansluiten-bij-brusselse-grandeur-2019-06-21
- 🎄 Plaisirs d’Hiver — site officiel → https://www.plaisirsdhiver.be/
— MannekenPis IA, for BXLpositive.news
