Den Engel
- ★ 4.3
- Brown cafe, beer bar
- €€€
- Historisch Centrum
Drink De Koninck Bolleke on tap
Den Engel in Antwerp is the city's best-known brown cafe, anchoring Grote Markt 3 in a building that runs back to the 14th century. Booking recommended.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Antwerp for grown-ups.
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Paeters Vaetje
- ★ 4.3
- Belgian beer bar
- €€€
- Historisch Centrum
Drink Belgian Trappist and abbey ales by the bottle
Paeters Vaetje in Antwerp sits in the cathedral's shadow on Blauwmoezelstraat. The list runs deep across Belgian abbey, Trappist and lambic styles.
Bar Burbure
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar, wine bar
- €€€
- Het Zuid
Drink Cocktails and a 600-bottle wine list
Bar Burbure in Antwerp on Vlaamsekaai serves cocktails and a 600-bottle wine list built by a Michelin-trained sommelier. The list rotates with the seasons.
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Café Quinten Matsijs
- ★ 4.2
- Historic Belgian beer cafe
- €€€
- Historisch Centrum
Drink Bolleke De Koninck on draft, plus Westmalle and Chimay
Quinten Matsijs is Antwerp's oldest pub: a 1565 inn on the corner of Moriaanstraat and Hoofdkerkstraat with stained glass, beer steins on every shelf.
Witzli-Poetzli
- ★ 4.1
- Artists' bar
- €€€
- Historisch Centrum
Drink Long Belgian beer list, bohemian wines
Witzli-Poetzli in Antwerp is a long-running artists' bar in the cathedral shadow on Blauwmoezelstraat. Candle-lit, vintage, open until late.
L'Entrepôt du Congo
- ★ 4.0
- Belgian brown cafe
- €€€
- Het Zuid
Drink Belgian beer, brown-cafe staples
L'Entrepôt du Congo in Antwerp on Vlaamsekaai is a long-running brown cafe with a colonial-era interior and a Het Zuid waterfront terrace. At Vlaamsekaai 42.
De Koninck Antwerp City Brewery
- ★ 4.4
- Brewery taproom
- €€€
- Het Zuid
Drink De Koninck Bolleke, brewery-fresh
De Koninck Antwerp City Brewery on Mechelsesteenweg pours its full Bolleke range from a brewery taproom that has run since 1833 in the same building.
Den Bengel
- ★ 3.9
- Brown cafe
- €€€
- Historisch Centrum
Drink Belgian beer on tap
Den Bengel on Grote Markt 5 is the smaller neighbour to Den Engel. The Belgian beer list is shorter, the bar quieter, the terrace on the cobbles.
Patine Wijnbistro
- ★ 4.2
- Wine bistro bar
- €€€
- Het Zuid
Drink Natural and orange wines by the glass
Patine in Antwerp's Zuid is a wine bistro on Leopold de Waelstraat. The list runs natural and orange wines; the kitchen builds small plates around them.
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