Brasserie Surréaliste

Brasserie Surréaliste fills a 1932 Art Deco banana warehouse at Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 23 in Dansaert, a square away from the Rue Antoine Dansaert fashion strip. The Grison brothers opened it in 2021 across 1,500 square meters of brewery, taproom, restaurant, and art space.

A custom 10 hectoliter brewhouse sits underground below the taproom, built for hop forward IPAs alongside lagers, blondes, and barrel aged sours. Rebel Atlas describes the place as equal parts brewery, art space, and dinner date.

Visit Brussels lists it among the city's essential breweries, a rare new wave room in a town that long left brewing to the lambic houses.

The warehouse once housed the workshop of milliner Coppens; the renovation kept the concrete and daylight and added tanks, long tables, and rotating contemporary art. DJ sets and artistic events run through the week, so the room shifts from dinner service to party as the night goes on.

The flagship Surrealist anchors a board that runs from crisp pils to double IPAs and sour project beers, all brewed downstairs. Birrapedia tracks the range at well over a dozen active styles. The kitchen sends shareable plates built around the wood oven, so treat it as dinner and a tasting in one sitting.

Expect the Dansaert design crowd early, beer travelers mid evening, and a dance floor energy once the DJ sets start. Tripadvisor reviewers consistently praise the building as much as the beer.

What regulars say:

• Rebel Atlas calls it equal parts brewery, art space, and dinner date, with beers from crisp pils to hop forward pales.
• Visit Brussels includes it on the city's official brewery trail.
• Reviewers flag the underground brewhouse tour as worth asking about at the bar.

Who it is for:

• Beer drinkers bored of single style taprooms
• Groups that need dinner, drinks, and music in one room
• Avoid if you want a quiet lambic cafe; this room runs loud late

Brussels' most ambitious new wave brewery, and the rare one you can dance in. Book a table, leave with a four pack.

Getting there: Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 23, five minutes from Sainte-Catherine metro and the Dansaert strip.

Timing: Evenings are the show; come before 8pm for dinner, after 10pm for the DJ sets.

Cost: Drafts run 4.50 to 9 euros, plates 9 to 18. Cards accepted; the beer shop sells cans to go.

Make a night of it: Pair the taproom with Moeder Lambic Fontainas for the old guard counterpoint, fifteen minutes away on foot. Dansaert dinner reservations book out on weekends, so plan the table first.