Waffles, mussels, and shockingly honest wine prices
Over-the-Rhine · Cincinnati · Belgian-inspired · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 27, 2026
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You come in for the waffles and leave surprised by the wine list. It's short, but whoever built it wasn't just checking boxes — there's a Muscadet, a Côtes du Rhône rosé, and a Willamette Pinot Noir on a menu that also sells $23 all-you-can-eat mussels. That's a small act of rebellion worth noticing.
The list doesn't try to be everything, and that's actually its strength. You've got a Merci Muscadet from Sèvre et Maine sitting next to a Château Les Terrasses Bordeaux blend and a Straight Shooter Pinot Noir from Willamette Valley — that's real range for a casual Belgian brasserie. The Enfant Terrible Rosé from Côtes du Rhône adds a French through-line that makes sense with the food. Gaps exist — no sparkling beyond the Ca'Furlan Prosecco, no whites from Alsace which would be an obvious slam dunk given the cuisine — but what's here is curated, not lazy.
Ten-plus options by the glass in this price range is genuinely impressive, and the $9–$12.50 ceiling means you can try two or three without doing mental math all night. Rotation isn't confirmed, but the selection as-is covers enough ground — bubbles, white, rosé, red — that most tables will find something that clicks.
Merci Muscadet Sèvre et Maine — $12.50
Retails for $12 and they're pouring it at $12.50 a glass. That's essentially retail price for a glass pour, which almost never happens. Crisp, saline, made for mussels — this is the move.
Enfant Terrible Rosé (Côtes du Rhône)
Most people at a Belgian spot are going straight for beer or the Prosecco. But a Grenache-driven Rhône rosé with the pork shoulder is a seriously underrated order. Skip the obvious, grab this.
Grayson Cellars Chardonnay
It's fine, but it's a $10 retail Napa Chard served at $12.50 a glass in a room full of better options. Nothing wrong with it, but when the Muscadet costs the same and drinks twice as well with the food, this one just doesn't earn its place in your hand.
Merci Muscadet Sèvre et Maine + Mussels & Frites
This is almost too obvious, but obvious because it's right. Muscadet is basically the house wine of the Loire coast mussel belt — briny, lean, high-acid. It cuts through the broth, lifts the frites, and on Thursday it's half price alongside $23 AYCE mussels. That's a $6.25-a-glass white wine with all-you-can-eat mussels. Do the math.
Thursday — Half off all bottles of wine, Thursdays 4pm to close. Pairs with the $23 all-you-can-eat Mussels & Frites deal — one of the better Thursday night value combos in Cincinnati.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Taste of Belgium shouldn't have a wine list this good, and yet here we are. Come on a Thursday, order the mussels, drink the Muscadet, and be quietly smug about it.
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