Bruges: Belgian Praline and Mendiants Chocolate Workshop
Become a chocolate maker and create your own Belgian chocolates in a guided workshop. Master the tips and tricks required to make delicious praline and mendiant chocol...
Atelier Flori is a spanish tapas room in T Zand. Book ahead, the room is small and Thu-Sun only. The étagère is the order, a curated platter built for two.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: A fully vegan tapas room and wine bar tucked in a 19th-century painter's studio off the tourist run, with sharing étagères and rotating seasonal menus most day-trippers walk past.
Tip: Book ahead, the room is small and Thu-Sun only. The étagère is the order, a shortlisted platter built for two.
Become a chocolate maker and create your own Belgian chocolates in a guided workshop. Master the tips and tricks required to make delicious praline and mendiant chocol...
Visit the Choco Story chocolate museum in Bruges and learn how to prepare your own sweet treats with a chocolate-making workshop for adults and children aged 7 years a...
Join this workshop in Bruges to taste 3 Belgian beers, prep waffle dough, and bake it using waffle irons. Then, enjoy your creations with toppings of your choice and e...
2.5-hour private tasting tour of Bruges in German with tastings of waffles, fries, chocolate, and beer, led by a local guide from Bruges
Address: Jozef Suveestraat 20, 8000 Brugge, Bruges
Café Vlissinghe is the oldest pub in bruges, pouring since 1515, sits down a quiet sint-anna side street most visitors never reach despite its age.
Why locals love it: The oldest pub in Bruges, pouring since 1515, sits down a quiet Sint-Anna side street most visitors never reach despite its age.
Tip: Order a Belgian beer in the garden in summer or by the stove in winter. Cash is quickest. Closed Mondays.
De Garre off Breidelstraat in Bruges is reached down a doorway-wide alley pouring an 11 percent house tripel, three is the house limit by the table.
Why locals love it: Reached only down a doorway-wide alley off Breidelstraat, this tasting house pours an 11% house tripel that thousands of passers-by walk straight past.
Tip: The alley is the narrowest in Bruges; look for the gap by Breidelstraat. Three tripels is the house limit.
Onslow is a small modern kitchen in the residential sint-anna quarter on jeruzalemstraat, well off the tourist circuit that clogs the centre.
Why locals love it: A small modern kitchen in the residential Sint-Anna quarter on Jeruzalemstraat, well off the tourist circuit that clogs the centre.
Tip: Book ahead, the room seats few. Chef Lieven Vynck cooks a short, changing market menu.
Tom's Diner is tucked into the residential sint-gillis quarter on west gistelhof, this bistro draws locals to a street day-trippers rarely find.
Why locals love it: Tucked into the residential Sint-Gillis quarter on West Gistelhof, this bistro draws locals to a street day-trippers rarely find.
Tip: Book ahead; the dining room is small. The blackboard daily is the order, honest Belgian bistro cooking.
't Poatersgat is an underground beer cellar reached through a small gate on vlamingstraat that visitors walk past without noticing the entrance.
Why locals love it: An underground beer cellar reached through a small gate on Vlamingstraat that visitors walk past without noticing the entrance.
Tip: Look down for the gate or you miss it entirely. The vaulted room runs late and quiet midweek.