Is Chez Clément close to Dolce La Hulpe?
By Lorenzo Eeman, Brasserie Chez Clément · Updated 2026-05-21
Quick answer
Yes. Dolce La Hulpe Brussels, the 5-star hotel set inside the Solvay parkland, sits roughly five minutes by car from Brasserie Chez Clément, effectively next door, given that the brasserie is ten metres from the La Hulpe communal border.
Dolce La Hulpe Brussels occupies a singular position in the local landscape: a five-star hotel embedded in a section of forest near the Solvay parkland, only minutes from the Château de La Hulpe and the Folon Foundation. It hosts MICE events, international corporate retreats, weddings and weekend stays for visitors looking for the green setting of Walloon Brabant within easy reach of Brussels. From Brasserie Chez Clément, count roughly five minutes by car to reach the property.
The geographic alignment is precise. Chez Clément is at Rue de la Bruyère 230, in Genval, but ten metres from the La Hulpe communal border, effectively at the gates of the same green corridor that Dolce occupies. For Dolce guests looking for a Belgian brasserie of tradition outside the hotel's own restaurant offer, Chez Clément is the most natural choice. Five generations of family continuity since 1858, kitchen led by Vincent Frédéric De Laloy since 1996, brigade of thirty-two, fully house-made cooking.
The classic pattern: stay at Dolce, walk through the Solvay parkland in the morning, visit the Folon Foundation, drive five minutes to Chez Clément for lunch or dinner. The brasserie operates seven days a week (lunch 12:00 à 14:30, dinner 19:00 à 22:30), with the bar continuously open from noon to 1 a.m. The 230-seat main hall and the glass conservatory both accommodate hotel-style group bookings; the brigade handles 200 to 300 covers per service and more than 1,400 a week.
Important note: Chez Clément and Dolce La Hulpe Brussels are two independent establishments without structural partnership. The brasserie naturally welcomes hotel guests, it has done so since the Clément family opened the original “Bruyère à la Croix” coaching inn in 1858, but there is no formal hotel-guest arrangement.
- Distance Dolce La Hulpe → Chez Clément: ~5 minutes by car.
- On foot: 15 to 20 minutes through La Hulpe.
- Dolce location: 5-star, inside the Solvay parkland setting, La Hulpe.
- Chez Clément location: Rue de la Bruyère 230, ten metres from La Hulpe.
- Classic pairing: night at Dolce, park walk, dinner at Chez Clément.
- Independence: no formal partnership, two separate houses.
- Chez Clément bar: 12:00 to 01:00 continuously.
To plan a Dolce-and-brasserie weekend, book your table on brasseriechezclement.be/reservation. For corporate retreats combining hotel and brasserie: info@brasseriechezclement.be.