Belgian€sint-jakobsDaily 11:00-17:00
Lizzie's Wafels on Sint-Jakobsstraat in Bruges sells oversized homemade Liège waffles for a few euro, dense and caramelised, plenty for a cheap on-foot meal.
Try: Liège waffle
Tip: Open Wednesday to Sunday afternoons only. One extra-large waffle can feed two.
Street food€t-zand
The Saturday market on 't Zand in Bruges is the cheapest fresh lunch in town: cheese, bread and snack stalls where locals graze for a few euro.
Try: Market-stall lunch
Tip: Saturday morning only. Build a picnic from the stalls and eat it on a canal bench nearby.
Belgian€marktDaily 10:30-18:30
House of Waffles on Wollestraat in Bruges sells Brussels and Liège waffles to go for a few euro, a cheap sweet stop steps from the Markt and the canals.
Try: Belgian waffle to go
Tip: A plain Liège waffle is the cheapest, and the most filling. Takeaway keeps the price down.
Belgian€markt
The green frites kiosk on the Markt in Bruges is the cheapest proper meal in the centre: a cone of twice-fried frites with sauce under the Belfry.
Try: Cone of Belgian frites
Tip: Frites with mayonnaise runs a few euro. It stays open late, so it doubles as a post-bar feed.
Belgian€minnewaterDaily 12:00-20:00
FritBar on Katelijnestraat in Bruges is a modern frites bar that opened in 2020, frying its Belgian fries in vegetable oil with twenty plus toppings, a cheap.
Try: Loaded Belgian frites
Tip: A plain cone with sauce stays under 10 euro. Loaded versions with pulled pork or stew make a full lunch under 15.
Belgian€minnewaterThu-Sun 11:30-13:30, 17:00-21:30; Mon-Wed closed
Frituur De Gentpoorte near the old city gate in Bruges is a local chip shop where frites and snack-bar classics cost less than the tourist kiosks.
Try: Frites and frituur classics
Tip: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. A frikandel or a stoofvlees-topped cone keeps a cheap meal Flemish.