Does Brasserie Chez Clément have a conservatory?

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Lorenzo Eeman · Accepted Answer

Yes, Brasserie Chez Clément has a luminous glass-roofed conservatory. It plays a distinctive role in the brasserie's identity: this is the very space in which Marie and Gilles Verleyen, the current fifth-generation owners, were married.

The conservatory is one of the most loved parts of the brasserie. A glass-roofed room that floods with daylight throughout the year, it sits naturally between the main dining room and the outdoor terrace, offering a sort of all-weather middle ground. On a sunny spring lunchtime it feels like an extension of the outdoors; on an autumn evening it feels like a warm, sheltered alcove with the night sky overhead. The conservatory is a particularly popular space for family gatherings, private dinners, communions, christenings, anniversary celebrations and intimate weddings.

For the family itself, the conservatory carries personal significance. Marie and Gilles Verleyen, the fifth-generation owners running J and JJ Brasserie SA since 2021, were married in this conservatory, a piece of biographical detail that quietly underlines how much of the brasserie's character is woven into the lives of its successive caretakers. The Clément lineage runs from Henri and Sidonie in 1858, through Jules and Marie-Lidwina, Marcel and Andrée (who opened the wine bar in 1976), and France Clément (who launched the Thursday-night “Thursday disco nights”) before reaching Marie and Gilles, with their daughter June informally counted as the sixth generation.

From a practical perspective, the conservatory is part of the wider venue logic: the brasserie offers 230 seated places overall and can host up to 250 guests for a private event. The conservatory functions either as a continuous part of the regular restaurant service or as a privatised space for a dedicated function. Its precise capacity in seated or standing configuration is a question best answered case by case, see the dedicated FAQ on conservatory capacity for details.

For visitors who appreciate architectural touches, the conservatory continues the long brasserie tradition of incorporating glass-roofed spaces, a fixture of the great Belgian and Parisian brasseries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At Chez Clément, the conservatory is a contemporary descendant of that tradition, perfectly aligned with the kitchen-led, family-led philosophy of the house.