casual dining group food type belgian street address 50 earlham street city london state uk postal code zip wc2h 9 lj coordinates 51 30 50 n 0 7 32 w 51.51389 n 0.12556 w 51.51389 ; 0.12556 coordinates 51 30 50 n 0 7 32 w 51.51389 n 0.12556 w 51.51389 ; 0.12556 seating capacity 440 other locations bromley chalk farm road centraal kingsway soho nottingham website www.belgo restaurants.co.uk belgo is a small chain of london restaurants specializing in simple belgian cooking and belgian beer . belgo is noted for its arresting 1990s design and architecture including kitchens viewable by customers entering the restaurant noord and centraal and its waiters and waitresses who dress as monks . citation needed anand zenz was the designer architect responsible for the main space and the furniture and fittings at chalk farm noord 1992 with ron arad taking over as architect designer for the extension to noord 1994 and the 13 000 square foot 1 200 m2 belgo centraal voted london restaurant of the year in 1996 . there are six belgo restaurants belgo centraal on earlham street covent garden belgo noord on chalk farm road the one former bierodrome on kingsway belgo bromley in the glades shopping centre in bromley which opened in march 2010 belgo soho on old compton street and newest addition belgo in nottingham . contents 1 history 2 charity 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit belgo was founded in 1992 by french canadian denis blais and anglo belgian andre plisnier . 1 the brand was expanded to a chain of bar diners known as bierodrome in clapham and kingsway and islington and belgo zuid 124 ladbroke grove both now closed but those remaining open all now trade in the belgo format . belgo was bought in 1998 by ex fund manager newspaper columnist and ex chairman of channel 4 luke johnson known for his financial stewardship with colleague hugh osmond of the pizza express chain of pizza restaurants in the 1990s . however attempts to extend the belgo franchise organically beyond london in the late 1990s were not successful the franchise in jersey lasted barely 12 months before closing in 2000 and in any event the belgo flotation was used as a vehicle to acquire a number of celebrated chic london restaurants such as the ivy the caprice daphne s the collection and j.sheekey creating the signature restaurants division and a business with a market capital that peaked at more than 90 000 000 . johnson sold his interest in belgo in 2005 to tragus group which also owns the french styled caf rouge chain and the bella italia chain of italian restaurants . charity edit in 2013 belgo were official partners of comic relief the british charity founded in 1985 that aims to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of poor and disadvantaged people . see also edit bella italia strada caf rouge tragus group list of restaurants in london references edit putting the mussel in to belgian beer by nigel huddleston beers of the world 26 august 2005 external links edit official website google images of belgo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title belgo & oldid 733265861 categories belgian cuisinerestaurants in londonrestaurants established in 1992hidden categories use dmy dates from august 2012coordinates on wikidataall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 august 2016 at 15 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view