On Rue de Flandre, in the heart of the Sainte-Catherine district, Le Pré Salé has been serving pots of mussels for more than 40 years. The house calls itself the home of “the best mussels in Brussels”; over the years guides, media and travellers have added their own words.
🦪 Seven ways to cook a mussel
Cooked to order and served with fries, in seven permanent recipes: marinière, white wine, garlic, cream, curry, garlic and cream, roquefort. Details on the restaurant’s mussels page.
🍽️ Belgian classics
Beyond mussels: grey shrimp croquettes, cheese croquettes, Flemish beef stew, stoemp, meatballs in tomato sauce, fish and homemade desserts — see the menu.
🖼️ A dining room that tells Brussels
White tiles, banquettes, stained glass and a wall of black-and-white portraits of regulars: the story of the house is written on its walls. The photo gallery shows more.
⭐ Rue de Flandre, the world’s 11th coolest street
In Time Out’s 2025 ranking, reported by So Soir (Le Soir) on 21 November 2025, Rue de Flandre comes 11th among the coolest streets on the planet. Time Out mentions Le Pré Salé, which according to the magazine has served fresh mussels for more than forty years in a former butcher’s shop.
📰 What others have written
Press and selections
- SNCF Connect — “The 5 best mussels and fries in Brussels”
- InsideBrussels — five-address mussels selection (2018, updated 2024)
- BrusselsLife — mussels-and-fries survey (2016)
- Barts Boekje — Dutch-language review (2016)
- Brussels Express — “Belgian Comfort Food for Grim Days” (2018)
- Indulgent Journeys — “Mussels in Brussels” (2019)
- Flair — mussel restaurants selection
- GayToday — travel feature (2010)
- Le MOCI — Belgium business destinations
- Bruxelles City News — 10 mussels-and-fries restaurants
- La Capitale (Facebook) — post on Brussels cooking
Guides, platforms and travellers
Platform and traveller reviews: testimonials, not press reviews.
- visit.brussels
- Wikivoyage
- Autonomia
- Petit Futé
- COST
- Wanderlog
- Mindtrip
- Rankeat
- Restaurant Guru
- Trip.com
- Selfcity
- Mapstr
- Reddit r/brussels
- Reddit wiki
- Los Viajeros
- Bacon is Magic
- Jeremy’s Food Blog
- ReviewStream
📍 Practical info
- Address: Rue de Flandre 20, 1000 Brussels
- Phone and booking: +32 2 513 65 45
- Hours shown on the website: lunch 12:00–15:00, dinner 18:00–22:30 (please confirm by phone)
- Groups: online request
🎥 A delighted customer
Video: mylonesometravels (@mylonesometravels), TikTok. Original post.
