Fodor's Travel

"It still manages to attract a largely local clientele with its slightly tarnished middle-class elegance and Belgian classics: turbot waterzooi (stew), a variety of steaks, and mussels prepared every conceivable way."

Barbara Ireland

"For lunch, head to the Aux Armes de Bruxelles, which has operated near the Grand Place since the 1920s, for some of the freshest buckets of mussels in town, complete with frites and mayonnaise."

Victoria Haschka

"The mussels are fawn coloured and sweet and the chips tread that grand line between an exterior that crunches and an inside as downy as a baby’s thigh. They’re very good smushed in mustard. They’re also excellent when swung through the tomatoey depths of the sauce."

Terry Durack

"The touristy Rue Des Bouchers is lined with restaurant spruikers, but ignore them all, in favour of the venerable 97-year-old Aux Armes de Bruxelles."

Scandinavian Traveler Magazine

"Locals and tourists are pampered with the best seafood available in this elegant eatery in the old town. Try the one of the many classic moules frites varieties."

DK Eyewitness Travel

"Aux Armes de Bruxelles was a favourite haunt of Brussels' most famous chanteur Jacques Brel. The mussels are top recommendation."

Laila Gohar

"Aux Armes de Bruxelles is one of the oldest restaurants in the city and the go-to place for Belgian classics like moules frites. Contrary to popular belief, Belgians hit up places like this to have their fix. “Mussels are not something we have at home,” a Belgian friend explained to me."

World Travel Guide

"While many of the restaurants in the winding streets surrounding the Grand-Place are tourist traps, this place is always a safe bet for traditional Belgian cuisine such as waterzooi (fish or chicken in a creamy soup with vegetables)."

Stay

"It’s seafood that folk come for, the perfect moules-frites and creamy fish waterzooi. You’ll pay more for this true brasserie experience, but you’re getting top quality."

Eurostar

"Brussel's best Musses: Aux Armes de Bruxelles - King Leopold III was a regular customer (opting for sole meunière and a plate of mussels), so you’re in illustrious company in this Brussels institution, all starched napkins and stained glass."