Food and drinks in and around the venue
At Forest National in Brussels, you can simply eat at the venue: the food stands serve fries, burgers, pasta, pizza, wraps, waffles, and crêpes, and there’s a bar on every floor. Coming straight from work? Then there’s no need to grab dinner somewhere else first. You can pay everywhere with your bank card or smartphone.
What can you eat?
Outside on the esplanade and inside, food stands serve fries, burgers, pasta, pizza, wraps, corn dogs, waffles, and crêpes.
Fries, burgers, and pasta
Grab a tasty order of fries on the esplanade before the show starts. The fry stand outside also serves burgers, bratwurst, frikandel, and kaashartjes (fried cheese snacks), plus a veggie burger. You’ll find pasta and pizza outside and on level -1, where the pasta pesto and the pasta with cheese sauce are vegetarian. On the ground floor, LouLou Wrap rolls chicken or veggie wraps, and the corn dogs come classic or with cheese.
Waffles and crêpes
For something sweet, head to the ground floor. There are two waffle stands, and LouLou Sweet makes crêpes, plain or with a topping. The bars have chips, Haribo, M&M’s, and Kinder Bueno.
To see what each stand sells, check the full Forest National menu in the Helpcenter.
Food and drinks with a Premium Experience
Want to start your concert night relaxed, without lining up at a food stand? Most Premium Experiences include food and drinks in your package, along with a good seat in the venue. At Forest National, you come in through a separate entrance. What’s included exactly depends on the Experience and the concert.
View the Prestige Experiences offering at Forest NationalWhat can you drink?
The bars have Jupiler on tap, and some also Tripel Karmeliet. The champagne bars serve Pommery Brut, cava, and wine.
Beer on tap
The bars pour Jupiler into a reusable cup, and some also have Tripel Karmeliet on tap. Every bar has Hoegaarden Rosée. Want something typically Belgian? Order a Mazout (beer with cola) or a Tango (beer with grenadine). If you’d rather have something else, every bar has soft drinks, Fuze Tea, and water.
Bubbles, cocktails, and alcohol-free
Raise a glass before the lights go down: the champagne bars serve Pommery Brut, cava, cava rosé, and red, white, or rosé wine. Most bars have an Aperol Spritz, a gin and tonic, or a Passion Fruit Martini, and one bar also serves a Moscow Mule or a Dark and Stormy.
Alcohol-free: Jupiler 0.0 at every bar, and at some bars an Arancia Spritz 0.0% or a Virgin Mule 0.0%. To see which bar serves what, check the full Forest National menu in the Helpcenter.
Where to find food and drinks
Most bars and stands are on the ground floor. Level -1 and the balcony have bars of their own.
Where | Bars | Food |
|---|---|---|
Outside, on the esplanade | No bar, but soft drinks at the stands | Fried snacks, pasta, and pizza |
Ground floor | 4 bars and 2 champagne bars | Wraps, corn dogs, crêpes, and waffles |
Level -1 | Bar Parterre and Bar des Belges, both also with cava and wine | Burgers, hot dogs, pasta, and pizza |
Balcony | Red Lounge, also with cava and wine | Chips and candy at the bar |
Vendors also walk around the venue, and there are drink vending machines. Which stands are open and what they sell can vary by concert. To see where your zone is, check the Forest National seating plan.
Restaurants near Forest National
Want to sit down for a meal before the concert? Le Schieve Lavabo in Forest has a show menu, so you’re in the hall on time.
Le Schievelavabo Forest
The perfect restaurant before a show or concert at Forest National. Enjoy our show menu, quick and delicious, designed to make sure you arrive at the concert right on time. Belgian cuisine, homemade dishes and a friendly atmosphere, just a stone’s throw from the venue.
Address: Place de l'Altitude Cent 8, 1190 Forest
Phone: +32 (0)2 343 38 09
Email: schievelavaboforest@gmail.com
Website: schievelavaboforest.be
Frequently asked questions about food and drinks at Forest National
Is there vegetarian food?
Yes: the veggie burger at the fry stand outside, the veggie wrap at LouLou Wrap, and on level -1, the pasta pesto and the pasta with cheese sauce.
Can you bring food or drinks to Forest National?
No, food and drinks are not allowed inside, not even an empty water bottle, unless an event says otherwise. What you can bring is on What can you bring? Bags and rules.
Can you pay cash at Forest National?
No. At the bars and stands, you pay with Bancontact, Maestro, Visa, Mastercard, Google Pay or Apple Pay, or with a be•at cashless card.
Are there alcohol-free beers or mocktails?
Yes. Every bar has Jupiler 0.0, and some bars also serve an Arancia Spritz 0.0% or a Virgin Mule 0.0%.
