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Strofilia is a Greek kitchen at rue du Marché aux Porcs 11 in Brussels, and it earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026, recognising good-quality cooking at good value. The restaurant has built its menu entirely around mezes, so most of the evening is spent sharing plates.
Every dish arrives as a small plate for the table, served with ouzo or a bottle of wine. Cold starters include white taramasalata, bottarga and tzatziki, while grilled octopus and fava, a yellow split pea purée, come from the hot side. The arnaki, lamb shank braised for 24 hours with chickpeas and rosemary, is the heaviest plate on the list.
Gault&Millau describes two atmospheres: a sleek, modern side and a rustic one with brick walls and wooden furniture. The room suits large groups, and the restaurant also offers outdoor seating and private parties. Dessert brings mastiha, salep ice and morello cherry sauce, a Greek finish to a long meal.
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good quality, good value cooking
This joyful institution has been going strong for almost 25 years now! And for good reason, thanks to its three dining areas (the first features a wall covered in wooden wine cases and all-white furniture, leading to an immense, red-brick warehouse, plus a 17th-century vaulted wine cellar below) made for big, merry tables which erupt in excitement when the mezze arrive: cold – authentic white taramasalata, bottarga, tzatziki – and hot options – perfectly-grilled octopus and fava (split pea dip); a showpiece of lamb shank cooked low and slow for 24 hours, nestled among trahanas (small artisanal pasta) and mushrooms; sougania (onions stuffed with spicy beef) and yogurt sauce. Followed by some seriously addictive desserts – mastic kaïmaki ice cream topped with morello sour cherries, or trigono, a puff pastry horn filled with vanilla cream, cinnamon ice cream and grilled apples. And after some mastiha, a liqueur from the island of Chios made from the sap of mastic trees, it’s all Greek to us as we chat with chef Mario Sarlanis, who hails from the island of Evia! // Cléo Popina
Two atmospheres: one part is quite sleek and modern, the other more rustic with brick walls and wooden furniture. Always busy, which has to do with Greek hospitality but even more so with the classics that are prepared there with respect...
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