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...
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.
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Bruges: Chocolate Making Workshop and Chocolate Museum Entry
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...
Bruges: Belgian Waffle-Making Workshop with Beer Tasting
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...
Bruges Food Tour: Beer, Chocolate, Waffles & Fries in German
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
Location
Address: Blekersstraat 2, 8000 Brugge, Bruges
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Onslow ★ 4.3
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.
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De Garre ★ 4.8
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 ★ 4.3
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 ★ 4.2
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 ★ 4.0
'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.
Atelier Flori ★ 4.5
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.
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.