Holy Smoke

Easily the best restaurant I've been to in Brussels, no competition. Incredible food, generous portions, friendly and fast staff, excellent cocktails and an amazing collection of American whisky to choose from. You can't go wrong with this place. Unless you're a vegetarian of course, but maybe reconsider your life choices at that point.

A good place to have smoked meat! Staff seemed new but are polite and attentive. Food was good, not great but good. I would consider to come again.

Okay place for American inspired BBQ, but not amazing. Service is fast and friendly. The meat is tender and juicy. Portions are very un-American. Small sodas, no refills. The ribs have a lot of bones and fat unfortunately. Overall pricey.

Super friendly service and great food. The fully loaded nachos are fantastic. The smoked meat is at it should be!

As soon as you enter Holy Smoke, you are welcomed with the amazing smooked meat smell. It will make you salivating. The restaurant is pretty cosy, with a very industrial, rough decoration. The staff and service was amazing. Helpfull, fast, full of advices and informations about the food. It was wonderful ! And now, the food. Everything was tasty and pretty uncommon in a good way. It's been a while that I have tasted a style of cuisine that's so unfamiliar. It was really refreshing to try it. I highly recommend you to try their "Fat" Brisket and the Asian Pulled Pork with tortillas. PS: - Yes, your clothes will smell like smoked meat after that. - Reserve a table at night, because the restaurant is really packed and there is a line of people waiting (you Can do it online on their website!)

This is your one and only destination for smoked southern meat pig out! It offers a great selection of quality, slow cooked smoked meat dishes which do not disappoint. I’ve been to Holy Smoke a few times and I enjoyed it every time. Nachos are an absolute must, but very heavy too - so it’s a shared dishes for many. Brisket, burger are all phenomenal and some cocktail selection to go with are also very nice. The service can be quite slow in the evening, unfortunately. But it is a t least nice and friendly. Recommend this for any meat lover in Brussels.

The food is great. We had an excellent dinner there. I recommend the plates for 2 or more persons. They are very tasty and we loved the staff. It is indeed a great place to spend an evening with friends and family. You can find lots of parking places in the area and it is close to the train station, métro and tram.

The brisket is a must try! It’s so tender that it melts in your mouth. They also offer a great variety of whiskeys. If you’re in Brussels and you like brisket, this is the place to go

I had the best pastrami sandwich ever! Very cool place. Great food and drinks. Must try.

I've been abroad for 2 months now and was looking for a familiar taste. This place calls itself Texas bbq-- and it totally is!!! The owner told me he makes a brisket chili. I didn't try it but if you can get it I highly recommend it because the beans and meat were so bomb. There is outdoor patio seating in the back and the weather is def perfect for that now (May). The food has such big flavor and is truly the flavor of Texas. I would come here once a week at least if I lived closer. But if you find yourself in Brussels-- get here.

Good place for those who are into slow-cooked meat. The dishes are on the pricey side, but also are good of taste and you get a fine full plate in front of you. As the name implies, the taste of smoke is attached to pretty much anything you can order here. And this certainly is no place for vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians or any other non-carnivore types. Good ambiance, even if it is a bit noisy. I had the asian-style pulled pork as a starter and the brisket burger as a main. Both tasty and meaty dishes which will satisfy the greatest hunger even. Service is great. The girls are very friendly and helpful, and know a lot about what's on the menu, from food to drink. Speaking of drink: there is a wide selection of whiskeys, beers, wines and cocktails. Only thing that could be better on this is that all wines are French (where is the New World?), there is no pilsner on offer (but some brilliant proper beers) and despite the vast amount of whiskey on offer, there is no whisky (i.e. no Scotch or Irish). Which is a pity. Overall: great place to go if you like your meat and great service!

This place probably has as good BBQ as you'll get in Brussels. Their lunch menu was limited, but I enjoyed my drink (the sidecar), the brisket nachos, and the brisket sandwich. The potato and coleslaw sides were fine, nothing to write home about. Why don't they get a higher rating? Well, they keep advertising themselves as an authentic Texas-style BBQ joint. They proudly say that they got their smoker from Dallas, and the BBQ is indeed cooked in the Texas style. So why do they destroy it with their disgusting, sugary sauces that would never be found in Texas? As a native Texan, I found their North Carolina-style BBQ sauce to be personally offensive. Why would you call yourself a Texas BBQ joint and then openly serve sweet, North Carolina-style, vinegar-based sauce? Their other BBQ sauce was a honey-based sauce that was even sweeter and totally inedible, in my opinion. Why wouldn't they offer at least one Texas-style sauce? Both BBQ sauces were horrendous, and I ended up just using their "hot sauce" on my sandwich. I put "hot sauce" in quotes, because it wasn't very spicy, but the flavor wasn't bad, and it didn't taste like BBQ sauce. I'd be happy to upgrade the rating if they offered a Texas-style sauce, or any sauce that isn't disgustingly sweet. Otherwise, they need to stop claiming they're a Texas BBQ joint. With that rant over, I'll probably be back, and I'll bring my own hot sauce.

We were a bit disappointed. Food wasn't bad but it didn't taste like a real Texan BBQ. Meat was a bit dry and tasteless. The burger was good tho! Sides were nothing to call home about. It was expensive! Portions were huge tho. The nachos that we ordered as an entrée filled us up like crazy! Service was amazing. And call beforehand to book a table, the restaurant is always full!

My husband decided he wanted to try this new kid on the block for his birthday, so who was I to argue... The decor gives you the impression of being in a loft style hip resto in NYC - tables are well spaced out - even on a Tuesday, we had the last table and watched how the resto buzzed all evening. An all female cast on the floor and what awesome service we had! An impressive menu of American whisky, rye, burbon and cocktails. We decided at the last moment to share the nachos as a starter - enough for 4 persons! Delicious.... in every respect. But too much... We shared the Meat Lovers platter - alas, to our dismay, the smokiness of the meat was just too much for me, and even hubbie struggled with this particular taste.. The side dishes were delicious, everything was extremely fresh and obviously all hand created. Plenty of wine options available by the glass, not to mention the whisky by 2 or 5cl, all served in cute glasses (glassware caught my eye in general). Personal assistance was on hand all evening, and we were never given the feeling that the staff were rushed off their feet. Just a shame that there is no fish or veggie option on the menu, I would happily go back, but a bowl of nachos is not my idea of a fulfilling main course. Overall, 5* service and we love the concept in itself. Bravo les filles!

Holy smokes, what an awesome restaurant. Just pure love and enjoyment of the perfect smoked meat. Lovely place, very nice, light interior and friendly servers. We enjoyed the biggest sharing platters, and boy how good were they! We had brisket, pork ribs, sausages, and a beef rib, all of them smoked to perfection. I ate till I was more than full, so much that I couldn't order the brownie with banana ice cream that I would have loved. They have an enormous American whiskey selection, and they can advise you something to go with every kind of meat.

Pastrami was wonderful!! Can't wait to try other meats. Easy to order via Facebook.