Philema 🇬🇷

Very delicious Cretan Greek dishes. The Dakos was amazing and we loved the fava. Very kind staff and cozy environment.

Very solid, professional and organized service. Kind staff and great food, refining Cretan cuisine while still keeping it true to the original - from the appetizers, the dakos (ντάκος) was full of flavourful ingredients and beautifully presented, as with every course. In terms of main courses, the bifteki (μπιφτέκι) is a notable highlight. On our way out, the staff offered us delicious masticha liqueur. Will definitely revisit to try out other dishes!

Staff was very friendly but rather slow. The interior is nice in the front part of the restaurant, but we got seated in the back where there's no fresh air and no windows, so it's quite gloomy. The food was delicious, however, the sizes of the entrées were disappointingly small, same for the vegetarian main dish, which was basically just three bites. Definitely not worth the price. The meat dishes were on the other hand generous.

Great experience as always, very knowledgeable and super friendly staff. Food is simple wonderful and delicious. The cookies we got with coffee were lovely! If they would sell them, I'd buy a huge pack.😋😋😋

We had a great dinner with pleasant ambience. Very friendly service.

Always a pleasure visiting this place. Good food, Good service Overall a great time!

I came here with a Greek friend who vouched that this is the best Greek food outside of Greece he had every had. The place is a cozy restaurant with very friendly staff which definitely elevated the overall experience. The food is delicious and the portions are extremely generous. Turns out the main ingredients are imported directly from Greece and they offer a lot of traditional meals that you can only find on the island of Crete. I would surely go back for their grilled cheese with marmalade, and their slow cooked lamb. Overall, the restaurant is well recommended! I can't wait to come back

We had an excellent experience at Philema. The food was really amazing (porc steak and sea bream) and the service was first-class! I wholeheartedly recommend for a lovely and intimate experience.

The positive comments does do it justice! I rarely leave a review but in this case I had to. Philema is now on the top of my list of the 3 good Greek restaurants in Brussels. And one of the best ones overall. Service, food, drinks and even atmosphere were really great. We were 3 Greeks out of four at the table and the appetizers, including known tzatziki and tarama were delicious. The main dishes, including a Greek risotto with goat meet, lamb with veggie spaghetti and bifteki were very tasty. Topping that with a baklava was just perfect. It's simple Greek (mostly Cretan) food revisited and served in good portions! A must in Brussels! One last tip: the Rakomelo (warm raki with honey, cloves and cinnamon) was delightful and actually took us through the entire meal!

A very nice Greek restaurant. Friendly staff, the owner came up afterwards and asked how we liked the food and wine. The aubergine was very good, also the feta-cheese. Recommended!

Flawless dining experience! We had the pleasure of eating here twice during our last trip to Brussels, and were super impressed both times. Very lovingly done food, extremely delicious and fresh, and a very welcoming atmosphere. DO NOT skip the homemade desserts!!! :-P

Nice place, good food and a welcome change from the typical greek restaurant! Would recommend the stuffed vine leaves and the spetzofai (spiced sausages with bell peppers in a tomato sauce). Prices are ok (not expensive, not terribly cheap either), house wine is quite affordable and good. Service is the greek way meaning no chichi but who cares... To recommend!