Restaurant Aneth
With only 7 tables, we like to keep it small and cosy, with a personal touch.
Brasserie Medard
Huge deal for low budget just near the centre: a mountain of tasty spaghetti with tomato sauce, cheese, and mushrooms for 3 EUR. Two options on the menu: vegetarian, non-vegetarian - both at the same price. Double its size for just â¬2 extra. Unbeatable. Very cheap beer too kriek at 1,50 EUR. Most tables order the spaghetti. Tourists aren't welcome until they sit - be sure to sit down and impose your presence to be served. Be warned that if you wait to be seated, you are likely to be sent away for no reason. Bring your own musical instruments.
Brasserie Forestière
Nice and calm restaurant, good food, not too expensive. Good menu for vegetarians. Meal of the day soup, main dish, dessert or coffee/tea costs ⬠11 although this is the cheapest menu it has little choice.
Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk
Midrange restaurant offering plenty to eat including oysters and meat cooked several ways, plus of course frites. There is not much for vegetarians.
Le Pain Quotidien
A sandwich chain founded in Brussels but now found in the U.S., France and a number of other countries. Most of the food is organic, and the sandwiches in particular the Tartine Bouef Basilic are delicious. Somewhat expensive.
Den Gouden Harynck
Gastronomic restaurant which offers three course meals at very reasonable prices.
La Romagna
Excellent family-run Italian restaurant and pizzeria. Inexpensive. Good menu for vegetarians.
De Bottelier
A favorite restaurant of many of Bruges' residents. Very reasonable prices and excellent food. Closed Sunday and Monday nights.
In't Nieuw Museum
Belgian grill restaurant, well off the tourist track. Excellent steaks, reasonable prices.
Bittersweet
'Cosy and Delicious' just like it says. Great for breakfast and indulgent afternoon teas. Reasonable prices, better quality and friendlier service than the tourist traps on the Markt, it's well worth the short walk down this quaint side street. Also serves the best coffee in the city!
t' Gulden Vlies
An excellent night restaurant. Small romantic restaurant east of the Burg with excellent food and reasonable prices.
L'estaminet
Good food, nice terrace, cool bartender. Try the renowned spaghetti for â¬8 or the delicious croque monsieur.
Tom's Diner
Fantastic upscale take on satisfying, home cooked food. Prices are reasonable, as well.
Trattoria Trium
This is a great spot to have a nice dish of pasta or pizza and is fully Italian. They also sell olive oil, pasta sauces and other authentic products. The decor has a warm home feeling. Try out their antipasto and the excellent house wine. ⬠15 - ⬠20.
Kok au Vin
The Kok au Vin was memorable both the entre AND the restaurant; the prices are reasonable for the high quality. Family owned and run. Reservations recommended.
Laurenzino
This is a good place to try out freshly baked Belgian waffles. They have them with chocolate, caramel, whipped cream or basically anything you want on top of it. They also have traditionally prepared ice cream available. It's easy to find, as you can smell the flavour of the waffles around the shop.
Restaurants are not always cheap or wonderful, although mussels and frites or fricadellen, frites with mayonnaise are outstanding here. Stay away from the central market place "Grote Markt" and the Burg Square e.g. the Tom Pouce Restaurant when eating. Tourists are easy victims here. One tactic used by tourist traps is to present items e.g. bread as if they were free with your meal, then charge you exorbitantly for them. Even water may be charged at an exorbitant â¬6 for a small bottle.
You will, however, find great food if you wander off the beaten track. Find a street with more locals than tourists and ask somebody. The locals will be glad to help.
A lot of places do not open until 1800hrs.
Grand Cafe Passage
Attached to the Passage hotel/hostel see below is the atmospheric Grand Cafe, serving traditional Belgian cuisine and beers. Prices are slightly lower than the tourist traps and well worth it. Try the beef stew very tender or the ribs.