9 bakery places in Bruges we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bruges | Bakery across every city.
Bruges runs on chocolate and patisserie as much as on its bread, and the trade clusters tightly around the Markt and the Minnewater. The Chocolate Line and Dumon Chocolatier are the names tourists queue for near the Markt, while Chocolaterie Sukerbuyc and The Old Chocolate House work the quieter Minnewater end. Carpe Diem Bakery and Tea-room and Patisserie Schaeverbeke handle the everyday side, from morning loaves to almond tarts.
The Chocolate Line ★ 4.7
markt · Simon Stevinplein 19, 8000 Brugge
The Chocolate Line on Simon Stevinplein in Bruges is Dominique Persoone's lab, where pralines run from caramelised shrimp-head to tree-to-bar Criollo cacao.
Dumon Chocolatier ★ 4.5
markt · Eiermarkt 6, 8000 Brugge
Dumon on the Eiermarkt in Bruges is a family chocolatier making fresh pralines daily from old family recipes. Small shop, short queues, serious chocolate.
Chocolaterie Sukerbuyc ★ 4.4
minnewater · Katelijnestraat 5, 8000 Brugge
Sukerbuyc on Katelijnestraat in Bruges makes its chocolates in the workshop behind the shop, so you watch the pralines finished, with a tearoom alongside.
Chocolatier Pol Depla ★ 4.3
minnewater · Mariastraat 20, 8000 Brugge
Pol Depla on Mariastraat in Bruges has made chocolate since 1958 and produces the Brugs Swaentje, a praline tied to the Gruuthuse history of the city.
Pralinette ★ 4.3
markt · Wollestraat 31b, 8000 Brugge
Pralinette on Wollestraat is a family chocolatier behind one of Bruges' oldest facades, where master chocolatier Fangio De Baets hand-makes more than 80 pralines and truffles in the open workshop.
Maison La Confiance ★ 4.2
markt · Wollestraat 31a, 8000 Brugge
Maison La Confiance on Wollestraat in Bruges is a speculoos specialist, baking the spiced biscuit in eight variations alongside shortbread and butter cakes.
The Old Chocolate House ★ 4.1
minnewater · Mariastraat 1, 8000 Brugge
The Old Chocolate House on Mariastraat in Bruges pairs a praline shop with a tearoom, where you stir your own hot chocolate from warm milk and cocoa buttons.
Patisserie Schaeverbeke ★ 4.3
sint-gillis · Schaarstraat 2, 8000 Brugge
Patisserie Schaeverbeke on Schaarstraat in Bruges is a neighbourhood patissier rated among the city's best, with laminated pastries, cakes and viennoiserie.
Carpe Diem Bakery & Tea-room ★ 4.1
minnewater · Wijngaardstraat 8, 8000 Brugge
Carpe Diem near the Begijnhof in Bruges is a long-running bakery and tearoom, with a case of cakes and pastries and some of the city's best waffles.