Is Chez Clément easy to access from Brussels for a business lunch?

Access from Brussels is one of the underrated reasons Brasserie Chez Clément has become a regular B2B address for the southern-Brussels and Walloon Brabant business community. The venue is far enough out to escape city-centre congestion, but close enough that a lunch slot from a Brussels base remains realistic on a midweek schedule. The Ring R0 is the main axis: leave central Brussels and reach the brasserie in about twenty-five minutes outside rush hours, taking the La Hulpe exit.

From south-east Brussels, Auderghem, Watermael-Boitsfort, the European Quarter via the Ring, the drive shortens to fifteen to eighteen minutes. From the EU institutions axis specifically, the route follows the Ring R0 then the local roads down to Genval / La Hulpe. The brasserie sits ten metres from the communal boundary between the two communes, so the address (Rue de la Bruyère 230, 1332 Genval) and a navigation app pointing to “La Hulpe” will both land at the door.

For guests arriving by public transport, Genval railway station, on SNCB line 161 (Brussels-Namur), is a ten- to fifteen-minute walk away. The line connects directly to Brussels-Luxembourg and Brussels-Schuman, which makes the brasserie reachable from the European Quarter without a car. The pavement walk from the station goes through a calm residential setting, not a city-centre dash through traffic. For guests landing at Brussels Airport, the drive is roughly thirty minutes.

On site, the logistics close the loop: a large free car park sits directly opposite the entrance, full wheelchair accessibility removes guest-experience concerns, and the lunch service from 12:00 to 14:30 gives a comfortable window. The brasserie has been open seven days a week since well before its modern expansion under the Verleyen family, with each generation refining the same core proposition since 1858.