Pol Depla Chocolatier offers a large variety of chocolates in a contemporary boutique. They are praised as the oldest artisanal chocolatier in Brugge where locals buy their chocolates. I favored their dark chocolate pralines over the milk or white chocolates. The standouts were the cerisettes in dark chocolate filled with cointreau liquor. Wow, they do not skimp on the cointreau which kinda surprised me when I asked for a sample at the store. Speaking of surprise, they have a chocolate aptly called "Surprise" and it sure lives up to the name (I won't spoil the surprise).
The young lady who helped us was outstanding. She was by herself yet she didn't rush to finish mine and my friend's orders which included wrapping 5-250 gram boxes before helping the next customer in line. She politely answered our questions regarding the various pralines which is a good representation of this establishment. In the back, they have a display of pre-packaged gift boxes to go.
Pol Depla is on Mariastraat less than 5 minutes from Simon Stevinplein and less than 10 min walk from the Grote Markt. read more