Belgo Noord

The modern cellar-like interior of Belgo Noord is wildly atmospheric, split into two areas with curved walls and high glass ceilings. Round the walls the names of medieval fish are engraved, with an open plan kitchen, and a variety of the famous Belgo dishes served by waiters in traditional monks' habits.

Affordable, filling meals include their famous mussel platter, served with frites, and other superb seafood, vegetarian or meat dishes, such as rotisserie chicken, pork and leek or wild boar sausages, or roast duck breast served with a light spring onion mash and a plum beer jus. If you can find the space you should try one of their scrummy desserts featuring Belgian dark chocolate cheesecake on a baked biscuit base with Chantilly cream.

The waiters are always willing to guide guests through the vast array of varying Belgian white, dark and fruit beers that are on offer to complement your meal. Belgian food tends to concentrate on leeks, asparagus, potatoes, beetroot, carrots, fennel; onion, celery, thyme, chives, rosemary, turnips, radish, beef, chicken, fish, butter and cream. From this by and large pretty healthy selection by most standards, they produce such classic Belgian dishes as waterzooi and carbonnade.

Do keep an eye out for their special deals, such as the famous 'Beat the Clock', where you pay the price at the time shown on your food order when ordering from their BTC menu, i.e., 6pm is £6. Express lunch is a set lunch menu for £6.95, available daily, with spit roast chicken, bowl of mussels marinière, and salmon fillet served with leek mash and mustard cream sauce.

They also have 'Kids Eat Free', which entitles one child to eat free from the 'mini menu', a 2-course meal served with frites or mash, that includes such dishes as rotisserie chicken, pork and leek sausages, or cod goujons, rounded off with Belgo's homemade ice-cream, per one adult ordering a main course from the à la carte menu.

With two seating areas to choose from, firstly their dining area, where reservations can be made, or dine in the more relaxed beer hall area, with bench style seating,  where reservations are not required, this is definitely a unique dining experience. They can also cater for private parties from approximately 50 to 250 guests.

And talking of guests, read on: 'an excellent night! Fantastic food and service, I would recommend Belgo to anyone'.

For information on reservations, parties and private hire, or just to learn more about Belgo Restaurants, visit their well designed Website.