EssenCiel

• ★★★★★

  Essenciel offers a polished and very enjoyable one-star dining experience in an intimate and elegant setting. The service was attentive, professional and pleasantly relaxed throughout the evening. The tasting menu was beautifully presented and showed considerable technical skill, with refined combinations and several particularly successful sauces. The amuse-bouches were varied and well executed, while the excellent selection of breads was another highlight. I especially enjoyed the earthy character of the butter-bean course and the lobster-based sauce accompanying the sea bass. The cooking is

  Peter Kravanja · 3 months ago

• ★★★★★

  Excellent fine-dining (Michelin Star) restaurant run by Chef Niels Brants and his wife Romina Charels in the city centre of Leuven. At their opening in 2013 they were located in a small place in the Muntstraat, then they moved to the Naamsestraat and in 2023 they moved to an elegant mansion with beautiful garden in the Bondgenotenlaan. I have been to all of these locations in the heart of Leuven and I can confirm that their current "home" is the best! I have eaten there twice, one time for dinner during summer in their wonderful garden and another time for a lunch inside during wintertime and

  Kristel Van Loock · 9 months ago

• ★★★★★

  EssenCiel is truly exquisite! Had the lunch menu and understand why this restaurant received a Michelin star. It’s all about the food - the quality of the ingredients, the attention paid to the combinations and the details down to the plating. The team working were very knowledgeable and explained each course. They even left sauce for the dishes on the table that I gladly poured onto my plate to eat with the three types of homemade bread. One feels welcome even in such a large open space, especially when offered an amuse bouche that increases your anticipation for the rest of the meal and fini

  Nanita · 3 years ago

• ★★★★☆

  Went there for my birthday celebration for lunch. Took the 4 course lunch menu for 2. Food was OK... a bit disappointing for a Michelin star place. To much foamy stuff. Small dishes. Overpriced. Glasses of wine were very small.. stitchy really. Dessert was the best dish. I'm sure they can do better.

  Dirk Devisch · 5 months ago

• ★★★★★

  I had a lunch at EssenCiel last November. The dishes were beautiful and full of flavour. Cocktails were nice, and the wine selection offered plenty of great choices to pair with the meal. Overall, a very nice dining experience!

  Ariel · 5 months ago

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