Gaard Taste Scandinavian Brussels

Cozy place. I went twice for lunch. The first time, about one year ago, was a very good experience : I had an excellent serving of guinea fowl as main course, everything was good and the price was not bad by Brussels standards. The second time, last week, I was disappointed. The set meal looked interesting but did not really live up to expectations; the house wine was terrible, I sent it back asking for a different wine. They brought me something which to me tasted like exactly the same wine. In the end they brought me a different one, which was OK, but overpriced. I would recommend based on my first visit but not on my second.

Service was good, Fish soup was flavoursome although it would have been better with some of the nice bread that the hotel provides at breakfast. Ribeye was tasty, the viscosity of the smoked meat sauce' was more microwaved water than sauce and the fries were sickening. Burger is nice, a little too much sauce/mayo as the burger itself is nice and juicy, the fries are disgusting oil soaked, awful in the country that invented them. I'd stay away from the fries, everything else is ok.

Nice cozy atmosphere. But no filter coffee? If one makes claim of scandinavia filter coffee is a must. C'mon.

Cozy atmosphere and the lunch platter for 24€ is a good value, but taste-wise it did not meet expectations.

We came with a big group. I was looking forward to the lunch here because the menu looked very good, but in the end it was a very disappointing experience. My main point of criticism is the fact that the food was cold when it arrived at the table in spite of the fact that we had limited ourselves to a few options to keep it doable for the chef. The sauce on the salmon was even solidifying already. Moreover, the soup and main dish came together on a plate like in an airplaine, so there was no way the main dish could have stayed warm sufficiently long. I had opted for the salmon. It was dry and rather tasteless. It came nevertheless with nice vegetables and mashed potatoes. Also the desert was really delicate and nice. The salad side dish was nothing special. I mean who puts cans of corn in their salad? This is really something you do when you have nothing else in your cupboards anymore and need to improvise. Finaly, the service was very direct, no to say rude.