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All 30 cafes
Ranked by our editors.
Kaffee Kamiel
- ★ 4.8
- Bruges
Kaffee Kamiel at Zilverpand 7 in Bruges serves all day breakfast, brunch, lunch, sweets and apero, from smoothie balls and American pancakes to eggs benedict.
In the Mood
- ★ 4.8
- Bruges
In The Mood at Minnewater 15 in Bruges, by the Minnewaterpark, serves Boutique Bites and timeless Flemish classics, with a wide wine selection and cocktails.
MOK Coffee
- ★ 4.6
- Brussels
MOK Coffee's flagship, a former art gallery on Antoine Dansaert, has an open bar, home-baked pastries and a seasonal vegetarian breakfast and lunch.
WAY Specialty Coffee Roasters
- ★ 4.6
- Dok Noord
- Ghent
WAY is run by Belgian barista champion Charlene De Buysere in a converted warehouse at Dok Noord, rotating single-origin filters every few weeks in Ghent.
Caffènation
- ★ 4.5
- Kenyan and Ethiopian espresso
- Historisch Centrum
- Antwerp
Caffènation in Antwerp is the original specialty-coffee bar in Belgium, founded 2003.
Dees Koffiebranders
- ★ 4.5
- Markt
- Bruges
Dees Koffiebranders at Hoogstraat 38 in Bruges is a micro-roastery and coffee bar where you can try its beans brewed by the team or take them home.
Madame Aneth
- ★ 4.5
- Bruges
Madame Aneth at Rijselstraat 38 in Sint-Michiels is a lunch bar and tea-room for breakfast, lunch or a warm drink with pastry, to take away or eat in.
Wiel's Renard Noir
- ★ 4.5
- Brussels
Wiel's Renard Noir is a bar-café serving Belgian and Russian cooking, from quiche and stoemp to croque and craft ice cream, with over 80 different beers.
Cafe Labath
- ★ 4.5
- Binnenstad
- Ghent
Cafe Labath is the city's best-known specialty cafe, occupying a corner building steps from Sint-Michielsbrug with floor-to-ceiling windows and a big-city.
Cuperus Koffie
- ★ 4.4
- Flat white, filter coffee
- Historisch Centrum
- Antwerp
Cuperus Koffie on Paardenmarkt is the city-centre Horsey bar of the Antwerp specialty roastery.
Belga and Co Bailli
- ★ 4.4
- Brussels
Belga & Co Bailli is a cafe at Rue du Bailli 7A in Ixelles, open Monday to Friday 08:00 to 18:00 and Saturday to Sunday 09:00 to 18:00.
A La Mort Subite
- ★ 4.4
- Brussels
A La Mort Subite is one of the oldest cafés in Brussels, next to the Galeries Royales St Hubert, with a good choice of Gueuzes and beers from Belgium.
Aksum Coffee House
- ★ 4.4
- Brussels
Aksum Coffee House pours fresh Ethiopian coffee from organically grown, single origin beans in the Galerie du Roi, with cakes from a small local bakery.
Vandekerckhove and Bar
- ★ 4.4
- Zuidstationstraat
- Ghent
Vandekerckhove has roasted coffee in Ghent since 1854.
Kolonel Koffie
- ★ 4.3
- Flat white, single-origin filter
- Het Zuid
- Antwerp
Kolonel Koffie in Antwerp on Montignystraat is an Australian-style cafe in Het Zuid.
Butchers Coffee
- ★ 4.3
- Espresso, cinnamon bun
- Het Zuid
- Antwerp
Butchers Coffee in Antwerp on Kasteelstraat sits in a former butcher's shop with the original tiles still in place.
The Bakery
- ★ 4.3
- Filter coffee, fresh viennoiserie
- Het Zuid
- Antwerp
The Bakery cafe sits inside the De Koninck brewery complex on Boomgaardstraat.
AVI '38 Specialty Coffeebar
- ★ 4.3
- Markt
- Bruges
AVI '38 Specialty Coffeebar is a cafe at Niklaas Desparsstraat 8 in Bruges.
Karsmakers Coffee House
- ★ 4.3
- Brussels
Karsmakers Coffee House is a cafe at Rue de Treves 20 in Ixelles.
Hinterland
- ★ 4.3
- Specialty coffee
- Brussels
Hinterland is an independent specialty coffee bar in Saint-Gilles serving all-day brunch, breakfast and lunch made daily with quality organic ingredients.
Pain Perdu
- ★ 4.3
- Zuidstationstraat
- Ghent
Pain Perdu bakes wood-fired sourdough and runs a sunny rear garden that has made this Walpoortstraat cafe one of Ghent's most loved brunch destinations.
Full Circle Coffee Bar
- ★ 4.3
- Zuidstationstraat
- Ghent
Full Circle was one of Belgium's first fully plant-based specialty coffee bars, with oat or rice milk for all drinks and vegan pastries throughout.
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