Which parks and family activities around Chez Clément?

The Genval / La Hulpe corner of Walloon Brabant is unusually rich in family-friendly outdoor venues. Within a fifteen-minute radius of Brasserie Chez Clément, families have access to four distinct configurations: an ornamental lake (Lac de Genval, with its 3.5 km flat lakeside loop), a vast regional parkland (Domaine Solvay, 220 hectares of woodland and ornamental ponds in La Hulpe), an art museum suitable for older children (Fondation Folon), and a UNESCO-listed beech forest (Sonian Forest, inscribed in 2017).

For young children, Lac de Genval is the most accessible option, flat path, ducks and swans, several picnic spots, easy buggy access. For school-age children, the Solvay parkland and Folon Foundation pair beautifully: half a morning in the park, an hour in the museum, then lunch at the brasserie. For teenagers and active families, the Sonian Forest offers serious walking and cycling itineraries with proper Belgian beech-forest atmosphere. Chez Clément, at Rue de la Bruyère 230, sits at the centre of this micro-ecosystem and acts as the natural meal anchor.

The brasserie is well-equipped for family use. The 230-seat main hall is robust and noisy enough that small children rarely feel out of place; the glass conservatory and the separate bar give parents space to circulate. The kitchen, led by Vincent Frédéric De Laloy since 1996, is fully house-made; the brigade of thirty-two handles 200 to 300 covers per service. The large free car park ten metres from the front door spares the parking-with-children stress that downtown Brussels addresses cannot.

One detail worth flagging: the brasserie runs seven days a week with both lunch (12:00 to 14:30) and dinner (19:00 to 22:30) services. Families with weekend logistics that often include both venues can rely on the same anchor for two meals. On the practical side, the brasserie keeps 5 baby chairs on site; there is no dedicated children's menu but the kitchen adapts portions and simpler dishes on request, and well-behaved dogs are welcome everywhere, so the whole family can come in together.