Closure

Christophe Hardiquest closes Michelin-starred Menssa in Brussels

19 October 2026 · Written up 13 November 2026 · Updated 15 November 2026 · The Starred Bill

Menssa, Christophe Hardiquest’s one-MICHELIN-star restaurant on Avenue de Tervueren in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, closed for good after service on Saturday 14 November 2026. The chef announced it on 19 October, calling it a personal decision: he wants to spend his time on cooking itself rather than running a restaurant every day.

What a meal at Menssa cost in its last weeks

The five-course seasonal menu at Menssa was €200 (about $225) a head before drinks, with a three-course menu at €155 and a wine pairing at €85, as listed on its own website. A three-course lunch served in 45 minutes, Wednesday to Friday, cost €90. The restaurant closed Sunday to Tuesday, so Saturday 14 November was the last night.

Brussels after Menssa

With Menssa gone, the Brussels-Capital Region has nine starred restaurants on our pages: two with two stars and seven with one. The cheapest dinner menu among them is at Barge, at €135 (about $150), and the dearest are around €285 to €295. Every one, with its lunch and wine pairing prices, is on our Brussels Michelin star restaurants page.

From Bon-Bon to Menssa

Hardiquest ran Bon-Bon from 2001 to 2022, where he held two MICHELIN stars, then reopened in the same part of Brussels as Menssa in 2023. It won its star in 2024 and kept it in 2025 and 2026. He is not retiring. He plans private dinners at guests’ homes or hired venues, cooking classes in which guests cook alongside him, coaching for young chefs and restaurant groups, and a bigger role at Petit Bon Bon, the brasserie at the Corinthia Brussels hotel. He will also work with the Gillet family, who own the neighbouring Sanzaru and Mizaru, and help the restaurant that takes over Menssa’s space, which has not been named.