1. What is the Gare Maritime Food Market and where is it located?
The Gare Maritime Food Market is a venue for professional and private events, described as “the most beautiful hall in the world.”
It is situated at Tour & Taxis, in the heart of Brussels, Belgium, at Rue Picard 9, 1000 Bruxelles.
It offers a tasteful setting for company events, productive meetings, or informal networking.
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2. What types of corporate packages does the Gare Maritime Food Market offer?
The Gare Maritime Food Market provides a variety of corporate packages designed to cater to different event needs and group sizes. These include:
- Walking Dinner: For 50 to 3,000 persons, offering tastings from various food kiosks.
- Summer Package: For 200 to 750 persons, featuring BBQ options at a stunning summer spot by the new lakes in Brussels.
- Reception: For 50 to 1,000 persons, providing intimate experiences with privatized spaces and welcome drinks.
- Credit Voucher: For 25 to 200 persons, allowing guests the freedom to taste various menu items by scanning QR codes and paying for their consumption.
- Tailor Made: For 50 to 8,000 persons, offering customized experiences in the venue.
3. How does the “Credit Voucher” package work, and what are its terms?
The Credit Voucher package offers a fully digital and cashless culinary experience. Guests use a voucher code in a web app to purchase food and beverages from kiosks or the central Victoria bar.
For a complete experience, a minimum credit of €35 per person is recommended.
Credit vouchers can be ordered with a total value ranging from €500 to €6000.
For vouchers over €1500, a 50% payment is required 7 days before the event.
The amount is invoiced based on consumption, with a minimum of 50% of the contracted amount. These prices are 0% VAT.
4. What food and drink options are available with the “Reception” package?
The Reception package offers two open bar options:
- Casual Open bar: Includes a welcome drink with cava, Victoria and Stella Artois beers, Stella 0.0%, house wine (red, white, rosé), still and sparkling water, soft drinks, juices, espresso, and tea.
- Casual Chic Open bar: Features a welcome with Schlumberger or Mocktail, 8 draught beers, 8 bottle beers, Jean Leon wine (white, red & rosé), homemade lemonade and iced tea, still and sparkling water, Ritchie, juices, espresso, and tea.
Food options include Apero boards (mixed meat/cheese & veggie boards) and “One Bite Degustation” for a refined experience. Prices start from €17 per person, excluding staff, parking, cloakroom, and area privatization.
5. What are the two main “Summer Package” options and their capacities?
The Summer Package offers two distinct options:
- Apéro Style: Starting from €59 excl. VAT per person, includes beverage tickets or an open bar, food options like veggie or feast boards, mini sandwiches, fried chicken, fries, mini desserts, and ice cream.
- Barbecue Package: Starting from €89 excl. VAT per person, includes a Summer Open bar, an aperitif with artisanal cheeses and cured meats, a salad buffet, a full BBQ (pork & veal sausage, chicken wing, beef/scampi skewers, grilled squid, vegetables, fries, with optional grilled octopus & BBQ oysters), and two mini desserts per person.
Both summer packages are available between specific dates in August and September 2025, from 08:00-22:00, with a capacity of 200 to 750 persons, and include exclusivity of Quai aux Poissons, catering, staff, furniture, AV, and charges.
6. What does the “Walking Dinner” package entail for guests?
The Walking Dinner package is designed to create a unique experience within the Food Market’s atmosphere. It includes two open bar options:
- Casual Open bar: Welcome drink with cava, Victoria and Stella Artois beers, Stella 0.0%, house wine, still and sparkling water, soft drinks, juices, espresso, and tea.
- Casual Chic Open bar: Welcome with Schlumberger or Mocktail, a wider selection of draught and bottled beers, Jean Leon wine, homemade lemonade and iced tea, still and sparkling water, Ritchie, juices, espresso, and tea.
Food highlights include Apero boards (mixed meat/cheese & veggie) and a “Mix of tastings from all 10 Food kiosks,” followed by an assortment of mini desserts. Prices start from €49 per person, excluding staff, parking, cloakroom, and area privatization.
7. What is the capacity range for events at the Gare Maritime Food Market?
The Gare Maritime Food Market is highly versatile in accommodating various group sizes. The general capacity for the Food Market is from 20 to 900 persons. However, specific packages can cater to much larger groups:
- Walking Dinner & Tailor Made: Up to 3,000 and 8,000 persons respectively.
- Summer Package: From 200 to 750 persons, with exclusivity at Quai aux Poissons.
- Reception: Up to 1,000 persons.
For events up to 400 people, the entire Food Market can be rented exclusively for both Walking Dinner and Reception packages.
8. How can one book or get more information about corporate packages at Gare Maritime Food Market?
To book or inquire about corporate packages, interested parties can contact the Gare Maritime Food Market directly via email at corporate@garemaritime-foodmarket.be.
Alternatively, they can use the contact form provided on the website.
The full address for the venue is Rue Picard 9, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
