Does Chez Clément require a deposit for large groups?

A group deposit is a standard practice across Belgian hospitality, particularly for houses with a strong event capacity. Chez Clément seats 230 guests in restaurant mode and can welcome up to 250 for private cocktail evenings, which means the brasserie regularly handles group files: birthdays, engagements, weddings, communions, corporate dinners, seminars. A deposit protects against no-shows, secures specific purchases (notably for the all-house-made cuisine of chef Vincent Frédéric De Laloy) and commits both sides.

The Chez Clément policy is precise: the deposit is triggered from 10 guests upwards, at €20 per person. Below ten, no deposit is required, the booking holds on the standard 24-hour cancellation window. The deposit is calculated as a flat fee per guest, deducted from the bill on the day of the event.

For genuinely structured events, a wedding in the glass conservatory (where Marie and Gilles Verleyen, the fifth-generation owners, were themselves married), an eighty-cover corporate dinner, a two-hundred-guest seminar, the contractual frame is more formal: detailed quotation, staged payment, explicit cancellation terms, full logistical planning with the brigade of thirty-two. That is the normal pattern of the Belgian event sector. The dedicated contact is info@brasseriechezclement.be, who follows the file from initial enquiry to final invoice.

A deposit is not a barrier but a mutual commitment: the house reserves the space, mobilises the brigade and adjusts its supply; the guest confirms the visit and locks in the slot. That shared logic explains why large groups and signature evenings (the September Pétanque tournament, the October-November Raclette) are managed differently from a four-person lunch table.