Le Roy d'Espagne offers nine private rooms for corporate dinners, receptions, meetings and family celebrations on the Grand-Place in Brussels. Groups range from a table of 10 to 150 guests in a single room, and the official site gives an overall range of 8 to 350 people across the building. The brasserie sits in a listed Baroque setting from the 17th century, directly on the square.
Seminars and company events
The rooms are sold for banquets, receptions, business meetings and press or product events. The Estaminet, on the second floor, has a projector, a projection screen and a sound system, so it works for a seminar with slides as well as for a standing cocktail. The Tower, on the fourth floor, is a single room for up to 10 people with a screen and a video-conferencing system, suited to a confidential management meeting or a VIP dinner. The Prestige room, on the third floor, has its own entrance at 45 rue au Beurre, a private bar, a cloakroom and private toilets.
Weddings and receptions
The Estaminet is presented for seated dinners at long tables, standing cocktails, walking dinners, dance evenings, weddings and club parties. Smaller rooms suit private meals and family gatherings. The terrace on the Grand-Place can be privatized for welcome drinks and receptions, with a quote on request.
Rooms and capacities
- Estaminet, second floor: 140 to 150 guests, view of the Grand-Place, with a mezzanine gallery.
- Prestige, third floor: 60 to 80 guests, six large windows facing the square.
- Fresque, first floor: up to 36 guests, plus 12 in the gallery.
- Flowers, first floor: up to 26 guests, can be combined with the Cravatier room.
- Cravatier, ground floor: 24 guests, accessible to wheelchair users.
- Caporal, ground floor: 2 to 50 guests, can be combined with the Rue au Beurre rooms.
- Rue au Beurre, ground floor: up to 16 guests.
- Terrace: up to 80 or 100 guests depending on the page, accessible to wheelchair users.
- The Tower, fourth floor: up to 10 guests.
Catering
The brasserie runs its own kitchen, open from 8:00 to midnight, and until 11 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. It serves Belgian cooking and lists about 40 Belgian beers. An allergen list is available. The site also describes a medieval dinner show for 5 to 120 guests, with a three-course feast and two drinks, lasting about three and a half hours. It is open to companies as well as individuals.
History and setting
The building stands at Grand-Place 1 and its decor is a classified Baroque interior from the 17th century. Several rooms look straight onto the square, which makes them a vantage point for the Ommegang procession, the biennial Flower Carpet and the winter Christmas events. For the Christmas Fairies experience, the venue can be privatized by companies and for private celebrations.
Getting there
The address is Grand-Place 1, in the pedestrian center of Brussels. The nearest main rail hub is Brussels-Central, a short walk away. The Fresque room carries a painted reproduction of Bruegel's Peasant Dance, and the Flowers room has a ceiling of colored flowers recalling the Flower Carpet.
