La Source

My husband and I ate here for our wedding anniversary. I genuinely enjoyed everything from the views, food, and staff. We had a great evening overall. Pros: delicious food, friendly staff, beautiful garden view, elegant indoor seating, staff spoke good English Cons: 1 younger staff felt a bit awkward (not smiling or saying hi when serving the food)

Just had my second visit to Ralf Berendsen a day ago, I have to say it remains at the top spot of my fine dining experience in Belgium, the food presentation, the taste, the wine paring are absolute perfection. The most impressive part to me is the creativity of the chef, the menu has changed a lot since our first visit last year, and the quality of the food remains at the top level, just with more pleasant surprise! The service is very nice and professional, but has small room for improvement, I really think that is the only missing part for the restaurant to become a 3 stars, for instance it still happened that the dish is already on the table but the paired wine is not yet served. Also would be nicer if we were informed that the BOB wine pairing has no price difference from the full wine pairing when we requested it. Overall I am super happy with every visit to Ralf Berendsen, and I cannot wait for the next time!

In Belgium, culinary delights abound, from renowned establishments like The Jane in Antwerp to the exquisite offerings in Brussels. Yet, nestled near Maastricht lies a hidden gem that surpasses all my expectations. Our experience there was nothing short of extraordinary, worth every single euro. For two, it was a sublime €900 indulgence. Special Thank you for arranging a table for us that special evening.

The restaurant breaths class and connaissance and while the environment obviously is stunning being located inside La Butte aux Bois, some of the dishes were a bit too heavy (eg fois gras taco, dessert) or out of season (eg deer in summer). Also the service felt almost over-orchestrated causing some ceremonial feeling while looking for a romantic dinner. For sure some high-flighers too and also the sommelier is a great, energetic and knowledgeable guy we had a good time with.

Sadly I cannot give more than 5 stars! This place was even better than we anticipated. All dishes, all drinks, everything was in perfect balance. We enjoyed this dinner from the first bite in the special olive, until the last bite of the desserts... Service was as to be expected in a 2-star Michelin restaurant, it was even better than expected. Very discrete, very correct, like a perfect ballet performance. Thank you to the entire team for giving us a wonderful experience, and especially the Maître d', for allowing us to take our coffee in the salon, it was much appreciated!

We were there for my bday after spending the day at the spa. The whole place is lovely. The day was great. Dinner was quite amazing, food was good, however the sommelier just ruined the eve for me. I wanted to ask for my husband to taste a dessert wine (already opened) to which I was told that is very expensive and he cannot let people taste it. I find this extremely tacky as I believe if I’m in 2* restaurant I know what expensive is, 2ndly it was my bday and it wasn’t even a happy bday moment for me, just a wish of, the moment we came in and we were waiting to be seated.

Had an amazing lunch experience as a couple. Service was friendly and given with care on the patio, facing the garden (what you would expect from a higher end venue), and food was fabulous from A to Z. I will definitely stop again whenever I’m around. Excellent value.

Having high hope for this meal as it is a 2-Michelin star restaurant, situated in the hotel we are staying and we wanted to celebrate my BD here. Well, food was great, almost to the point that we can call “perfect”, but services was very disappointing! Dinner started at 7.30 pm and didn’t end until after 11 pm, and that was because we asked for the bill. That was after 2 waiters came asking if we wanted coffe or tea or not, and we said no. Instead of bring out petite four trolly out like they did with other tables, no one came. After our patience ran out, we asked for the bill. Waits between each course was way too long (and it was only a 5-course dinner). There were missed serves, not refilling the wine, not offering petit four, and we had mentioned that it was a BD celebration, but nobody acted like they knew anything about it. Worst of all, they made us feel like we were discriminated as services were selectively “normal” for other tables but not for us! Too bad, food was really good! And this was the evening of May 28th, 2019.