🍽️ Dining in Brugge

The Belgian belly is an aggressively exercised muscle...

🥐 Breakfast in Brugge

🍽️ Lovingly Local (Dinner 1)

Brasserie style and truly local in quality and experience.

• Cambrinus – Top local food, big and tasty portions with many (many) beers, very central.
• Dilligence - Central with top local meat & fish-centric menu. Kitchen open to midnight daily!
• Stokershuis - The one man classic cafe of Hans, whistling while he works and best spaghetti in town. Cash only.
• L’Estaminet - Central cafe with great menu and even better beer on tap. Lovely covered terrace.
• Lion Belge – Local cuisine near-ish to the windmills, great portions & extensive wine list.

🍽️ Finest of Fine Dining (Dinner 2)

The very cream of the crop for fine dining in Brugge.

• BRUUT – Popular spot for a culinary experience, fixed menu. Original and full eco. Reserve!
• Pepermolen – Small & creative seasonal menu & excellent steaks. Market menu is top value.
• Cafédraal - Elegant atmosphere, excellent service and top menu. High value lunch menu.
• Le Mystique - Intimate gastro experience in a classical venue, set menu with wine pairing.
• Guillaume – Cozy romantic corner with gourmet French, central location & very well regarded.

🌱 Vegetarian Victory

Veggie dining is flourishing in Brugge despite the meat-heavy traditional cuisine:

Breakfast & Lunch

• That's Toast - All day veggie breakfast bar with an (as expected) toast-centric menu. 
• Balthasar - All day breakfast & lunch with homemade waffles & fresh juices.
• Greens and Beans - Supple vegan lunches in modern classy surroundings.
• Blackbird – Top class full vegan lunches, also excellent for breakfast tapas.
• De Buhne - Takeaway lunch delights by the Sint Salvator Church.

Vegan Dinner

• Atelier FLORI - Vegan restaurant, art museum and wine bar, live music on Saturday nights.
• Kosmopoliet - Creative dishes and lovely decor, drinks menu is outstanding.
• Patrick De Vos - Gastronomie lunch & dinner, among the top rated locals in town.

🍻Drinking in Brugge

Beer or otherwise, one of the best cities on the planet to pull up for a beverage...

☕️ Coffee & Tea

Into your instant coffee? Too bad, you're now in Belgium...

• Koffie Brazilia – Nearest to the tour meeting point, delicious brews & wide tea selection.
• Li-O-Lait –  Homey cafe with fantastic ambiance & tasty bagels. Near t’Zand & main shop street.
• Postbar - Sweet cozy local for coffee tea & sweets, concept encourages writing a postcard to home.
• Hemelse Taartjes – The spot for coffee & cupcakes, coffee comes with cookies & chocolates.
• Dees - Coffee house with in-house selection built around sustainable options.

🍻Beer Houses

Apparently, Belgian beer is well worth a try...

• De Garre - One of Andy's favourite beers (served with cheese), delightfully central cozy cafe. 
• Rose Red – Deviously romantic Trappist beer house, 200 beers & staff knowledge to help you choose.
• Brugs Beertje – Vintage beer house with over 300(!) beers available, menu as thick as a phone book.
• t' Zwart Huis - Beer house & restaurant oozing with flavour & medieval character.
• Joey’s Cafe – Classiest jazz cafe in town, also where Andy had my 1st date with the future Mrs Andy.
• Cherry Picker Records: Not just a top vinyl shop, also a superb local cafe with a tasty house IPA.

🍺👀 Superb Beer-Related Attractions

Drink it all in, not just with your taste buds...

• De Halve Maan – Recommended brewery tour (beer included!) and great local menu in the restaurant.
• Bourgogne des Flanders – World famous beer brewed right in front of you, great tour and cafe (with terrace on canal).
• 2be Beer Wall - See the many MANY Belgian beers on a sizeable wall, nice cafe with a top terrace you'll definitely recognise.
• Bath & Barley - Bathe in beer (literally) and soak in the spa vibes, unique wellness experience. 

😋 Snacks & Supermarket Treats

If you’re into your snacks and light meals, you will definitely not be left wanting in Brugge.

🛒 Supermarket Souvenirs

If you’re like me on shopping for souvenirs to remember somewhere, you’re probably very interested in what supermarkets can offer for treats to take home.

🍺 Belgian Beer

5 brands that are guaranteed to be in a supermarket and will blow you away: Sint Bernardus, Rochefort, Cornet, Verboden Vrucht, Kriek (cherry beer).

More on beer? See the drink recommendations tab.

🍫 Chocolate (pre packed)

Cote D’or & Galler are easiest to find & trusted as delicious. Jacques or Guylain are trusted backups.

🧇 Waffles (pre packed)

Lotus is a popular brand for good reason, look out for either the plain or chocolate coated options.

Belgian Cookies

Belgian cookies are one of the little secret treats of this land, and only logical after you look the chocolate & waffle situation.

De Stroopere is my fave, then Lotus & Delacre are the tastiest of the tasty.

🛍️ Shopping in Brugge

Fair prices are a feature of this fairy tale town...

📸 Camera Gear & Tech Shops

• Foto Coudenys – Proper pro shop & family owned, your best option for high end gear & accessories (and service with knowledge).
• Media Markt – Better prices than FNAC but less central (10 min drive), more extensive choice & nearby supermarkets.
• Kamera Express – My default spot for speedy shipping (next day if ordered by midnight). Recommended if needed urgently.
• FNAC – Multimedia shop on main Market Square, carries most basics & popular options for camera and tech gear.

🎧 Music Shops

• Cherry Picker Records - Best in West Flanders for new & 2nd hand vinyl,  5 star staff & delicious house beer.

🧥 Second Hand Shops

• De Brocante - Awesome antiques and funky 2nd hand goods, lovely cafe and superb staff!
• Think Twice – Vintage and funk-tastic threads aplenty, very central and while you’re there pop in next door to LeeLoo for a look.
• Sue Ryder: Great for all all sorts from stuff to clothes. Look for 2 shops, one is clothes and the other is “the rest”.

🕺🏻Funky Clothes

• LeeLoo – Two fine fellas who have supplied Brugge with funky fashion for over a decade, still on top of it and the future will never feel far. Or funkier.
• Kringwinkel (Zilverpand) - Part of an overall charity thrift shop chain, the best and funkiest brands are shipped for sale here.
• Tweemeisjes - Cool & fly ladies' clothes, affordable and classic. Top staff.

🛋️ Antiques

• Classics - Fine and unusual antiques as collected and refreshed on the regular by artist Paul Van Hecke.
• J&M Pollentier-Marechal  – Specialized in antique and contemporary photography and paintings of Brugge.

Other Brugge Tours

It's an under-spoken fact: We have some AMAZING tour experiences here that only add to the beauty of Brugge...

• Quasimundo Bike Tours - Lively and informative bike tours of Brugge and nearby Damme, available for group and private tours.
• Horse Carriages - Healthy and happy horses on offer for a fairy tale tour of a fairy tale city. Daily from Markt & Wijnaardplien.
• Quasimodo - Specialising in Flanders Field battlefields tours but also beyond, Sharon & Philippe are simply the best!
• Segway Brugge - Always wanted to discover a city on a Segway? This is the tour to take, top info and great guides.

Other Brugge Tours

It's an under-spoken fact: We have some AMAZING tour experiences here that only add to the beauty of Brugge...

• Quasimundo Bike Tours - Lively and informative bike tours of Brugge and nearby Damme, available for group and private tours.
• Horse Carriages - Healthy and happy horses on offer for a fairy tale tour of a fairy tale city. Daily from Markt & Wijnaardplien.
• Quasimodo - Specialising in Flanders Field battlefields tours but also beyond, Sharon & Philippe are simply the best!
• Segway Brugge - Always wanted to discover a city on a Segway? This is the tour to take, top info and great guides.