De Mijlpaal

De Mijlpaal was a nice Friday evening, but perhaps not as high quality as we expected. The food was excellent, but the creativity and service was not as high level as we had hoped. Still, it is an excellent experience and is a wonderful end to a day in Tongeren.

Excellent meal with excellent wines. We had a wonderful time together, like always at this place! We feel very welcome, and enjoyed every minute spent dinner!

I had dinner at "De Mijlpaal'' on a Saturday in Oct 2022. Service: The team was friendly and accommodating, I found the atmosphere remarkably familiar. Food: Apart from the starter, which had an Asian style, the dishes were mostly styled in a classic way. In two or three cases, the courses seemed a bit old-fashioned to me. Fish and seafood formed a small focus - I liked that. I would describe the level of most dishes and components as good. Besides that, I would rate the level of the starter as very good, the bread as simple and the dessert as substandard (mainly vanilla ice cream with coffee-cream - simple fare you would expect to be served in an ordinary ice cream parlour). A pre-dessert was not included. After the above-mentioned dessert, I preferred to do without coffee. I therefore do not know whether this would have been accompanied by some confiserie. Wine: I found most of the wines good to very good. It was a varied compilation. All wines were matching the dishes. I particularly liked a red one from Spain. I did find the dessert wine a bit inaccessible, though. Presentation: I would say that the colors and decorations of the dishes as well as textures were unexceptional overall. Apart from some simple positionings with side dishes there were no noteworthy "special effects" included. I found the proceedings at and around the table - including the presentation of the wines - mostly unremarkable. A noteworthy exception concerned the restaurant's signature dish, an intermediate course with sweetbread: This dish had been elaborately built up at the table by the chef. I found the timing very good. The same goes for the sizes of the portions, but with the exception of dessert, where a way too large portion was served. Premises: I would describe the style of the room as elegant, but a bit hackneyed. The room is obviously clairaudient. As the restaurant filled up, the background noise swelled to a constant disturbance and became even very loud from time to time. Price: The bill was considerably higher than I had expected, after I had checked the restaurant's website (which I always do) when I made the reservation. I found that rather annoying. Just one example: De Mijlpaal charged 18€ for one liter of sparkling water. In summary, I would say that the restaurant met my very high expectations more or less satisfactorily.

We came for our 4th anniversary to spend some quality time. But the experience turned bad after 30 min. Just after the entrée, a big group of people arrived for their ''end of the year'' meal and just ruined our dinner. The restaurant turned into a very loud and crowdy ''brasserie". People were literally shouting, laughing out loud when we tried to enjoy the good food. The food was astonishing but I still don't know why the ''serveur'' didn't say a word to the loudy people to calm them down... Money comes before ''other customers'' experience I guess

Been here once and enjoyed dinner very much. Excellent food and excellent service.

Good food but unacceptable customer harassement by email despite countless requests to stop it.

Delicious food and perfect experience

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Absolutely fabulous 3-hour lunch. This is the only Michelin 1-star restaurant we visited during our week's holiday in Flanders and Holland. Our last European 1-star experience was quite disappointing. This was the opposite - it was perfect. It was what one should expect from such a well regarded restaurant. It started with the excellent and welcoming service. Not everyone could help us in English, but whenever it was an issue someone showed up who could help. The meal was never rushed, but never slow. We expected it to take a while, and it did. The portions on the tasting menu were all generous enough so that we could have more than the one sample-size bite I dislike in many tasting menu restaurants. And the wine ordered as pairing with the food kept getting refilled! That was great, although I had to slow them down since I was driving yet that afternoon. I won't cover the whole menu, but rather give a sampling. A restaurant this good doesn't need my oohs and aahs about every course. We started with a mint bread with a cheesy and nutty pate. An early course was white Belgian asparagus with peas and small boiled egg yolks. Paired with a great white Bordeaux. One of the main courses was plaice, a North Sea fish which needs to be served fresh to be tasty. That it was, as tender and tasty as a Dover sole. Finishing with lots of desserts to pick from as well as a tray of Belgian chocolates. The décor was very modern and open, with tables well spaced. Again everything was perfect. We drove most of an hour just to get to this restaurant. I would recommend everyone consider this a destination restaurant, worthy of a long drive.