20 food tours worth the trip across Belgium, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Belgium guides.

Legends Tours Free Tasting Tour: A Taste of Bruges ★ 4.8 · Bruges

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Legends Tours runs a pay-what-you-like tasting walk through Bruges covering chocolate, waffles, fries and beer, ending with a beer at a brewery.

★ 4.8 · Brussels

Secret Food Tours Brussels runs a 3-hour Belgian-classics walking tour with six tasting stops. Small groups (max 12), tastings cover Belgian waffles.

Legends Tours: Best of Bruges ★ 4.6 · Bruges

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The Best of Bruges walk by Legends Tours pairs the medieval centre with a chocolatier demonstration and a beer tasting at Bourgogne des Flandres.

★ 4.6 · Brussels

Do Eat Better Experience in Brussels runs a 3.5-hour guided food tour with a local expert through the Marolles, Sablon and Grand Place quarters.

★ 4.5 · Brussels

Context Travel in Brussels runs a 3-hour scholar-led food walk on Belgian traditions, chocolate and beer. Small groups of ten or fewer, expert guide.

★ 4.4 · Antwerp

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Bites and Walks in Antwerp runs sustainable walking food tours through the old city. Five-tasting routes cover fish, meat, sweet, savory and a drink stop.

Tip: Tours start at Grote Markt. Private and small-group bookings via the operator's site.

★ 4.4 · Bruges

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Ambassadors Tours runs the Bruges Bites and Sights walk through the centre, covering chocolate, beer, both waffle styles and fries over 2.75km.

Discover Belgium Culinary Tour Ghent ★ 4.4 · Ghent

binnenstad · Korenmarkt 11, 9000 Gent

Discover Belgium runs a deeper culinary and cultural tour of Ghent combining food history, medieval market squares and guided tastings at up to six stops.

Tip: The private tour option allows customisation of the food stops; book via their website to specify dietary preferences.

Gruut Stadsbrouwerij Brewery Tour ★ 4.4 · Ghent

binnenstad · Rembert Dodoensdreef 1, 9000 Gent

The Saturday brewery tour at Gruut covers the medieval herb-beer recipe, fermentation tanks and includes tasting all five house beers in the on-site taproom.

Tip: Book online via the Gruut website; Saturday tours go weeks ahead in high season. The taproom is also open daily without booking.

★ 4.3 · Antwerp

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nom eat in Antwerp runs a 100 percent vegan Asian food walking tour. The full route starts in an Asian supermarket and covers three Vietnamese.

Tip: Small private and group tours. The full four-hour route is the deeper experience; the short version covers one restaurant.

★ 4.3 · Brussels

Withlocals in Brussels runs private food walks with local guides and 10 tastings across the city. Routes vary by guide; the bookings cover mussels, frites.

Charlie Tours: Beer and Bites Ghent ★ 4.3 · Ghent

binnenstad · Sint-Baafsplein 17, 9000 Gent

Charlie Tours runs a beer-and-bites walking tour of central Ghent, visiting De Dulle Griet, Waterhuis aan de Bierkant and Dok Noord for craft tastings.

Tip: The evening departure on Friday includes a Dok Noord stop with Stroom and Dok Brewing; the evening tour is the better format.

★ 4.2 · Antwerp

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Discover Belgium runs scheduled food-tour programmes in Antwerp at four tiers: Silver, Gold, Diamond, Deluxe. The route covers three restaurants for appetiser, main and dessert with matched drinks and a guide.

Tip: Group minimum of 20 means this works best for corporate or extended-family bookings. Contact [email protected] to assemble a smaller private group.

★ 4.2 · Bruges

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Context Travel runs a private, expert-led Bruges food tour with tastings at a brewery, a friterie, chocolate shops, waffle stands and a seafood stop.

★ 4.2 · Brussels

Hungry Mary in Brussels runs beer and chocolate experiences in the old town. Walking tour with tastings at bars and chocolatiers, departing from the Charles.

★ 4.1 · Antwerp

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Taste the City Tours in Antwerp runs a walking tour through the old city with stops for shrimp croquettes, stoofvlees, Antwerpse handjes, Belgian chocolate.

Tip: Tours are private and on demand. Arrive ten minutes before the start at the Handschoenmarkt meeting point; vegetarians can be accommodated, vegans cannot.

Ghent Food Tour ★ 4.1 · Ghent

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Discover Belgium runs scheduled food-tour programmes in Ghent at four tiers: Silver, Gold, Diamond, Deluxe. The route covers three restaurants for appetiser, main and dessert with matched drinks and a guide.

Tip: Group minimum of 20 means this works best for corporate or extended-family bookings. Contact [email protected] to assemble a smaller private group.

★ 4.0 · Antwerp

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Winedering's Antwerp beer and chocolate tour pairs three Belgian beers with chocolate pairings at authentic local pubs. Led by a beer sommelier and chocolate.

Tip: The tour covers three pubs across the downtown beer scene. Group sizes run up to 30; book the evening slot for the busiest cellars.

★ 4.0 · Bruges

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Hungry Mary's beer and chocolate tour of Bruges stops at two chocolate shops and two breweries, with at least five beer tastings and cheese and meat nibbles.

★ 4.0 · Brussels

Sandemans New Brussels runs a 90-minute chocolate tour starting from the City Hall on the Grand Place. Visits roughly four artisanal chocolatiers.