Best ever! Great service, awesome food. Everything was fresh, lots of different vegetables in my…read moresalad, perfect everything.

Popped in for a late lunch, honestly not expecting much as it was along our walking route, and we…read morewere famished. Very cute, laid-back vibe, lovely decor, and absolutely delicious food! I had the chicken laksa and hubs had the pulled pork bao sandwiches-both of which were really scrumptious. Would 100% recommend

A good place to grab a quick bite. They have a lot of ready-to-eat sandwiches and pizza baguettes…read more Though they seem to have a lot of these in Bruges. I had the veggie pizza on baguette. They warmed it up so the outside was a little crunchy. It could have had a little more veggies on it, but overall, it was good and made a satisfying lunch as I walked around Bruges. Prices were fair.

A great little Panera-like cafe with good prices and tasty sandwiches. The tuna salad comes on a…read morecrusty baguette with cucumber, lettuce, tomato and corn. They also have a pretty standout Focaccia with tomato and mozzarella. One of the few moderately-priced sit down options in Bruges. Two people can easily eat for 10-20€, depending on whether you opt for sandwiches, salad or pizza.

We came for a light lunch. We were seated right away. It looks quite old fashion inside. Like you…read moreare eating at a nice dining place. I believed it is a family owned establishment. We ordered espresso and tea, which came with a miniature sized dessert that was very good. We were too hungry and didn't take pics of the food. Hubby ordered the Croque monsieur, which he said was very good. Kids ordered the Belgium waffle with strawberries. The waffle was nicely crispy, and still light and airy. Kids ate it all. I had the warm goat cheese and bacon salad. It was very good. Sweetness of the corn balanced out the creaminess of the cheese and the saltiness of the bacon. Desserts looked amazing, I wanted to try them all. My son decided to choose the fruit tart to share and it was delicious. Lots of fruits and with creamy center and crunchy shortbread crust.

This was an awesome first stop on our second visit to Bruges. We saw someone eating a danish while…read morewalking and she told us that it come from the best spot in Bruges. We walked over and into a cornucopia of pastries. I had never seen a display like this before. I told them that we do nit have a reservation and wold like to have a light breakfast, after a 30 second wait they brought us to a lovely table in the back. A truly delightful setting. We ordered light as I do not enjoy 'bulking up' in the morning when I know that I will be doing a lot of walking and exploring. A pastry each and some coffee was our meal. I was a little disappointed that I didn't order more after seeing some of the breakfasts they were serving. Everything just looked so good. Our waitress was lovely and took very good care of us despite us having a very small breakfast. She was extremely appreciative of the tip we left. This place is a definite stop if when we return to Bruges and we will return to Bruges. KUDOs to the team at Carpe Diem.

One of the best food places in the city. Because the pasta is very good…read more (Review written by a 10 year old).

It's Sunday night in Brugge and after a long day at the nearby beach in Knokke; we realised that we…read morehad thoroughly underestimated the number of people who would be eating out that night. We called place after place only to find that they were booked, about to close, or not open at all. After stopping by De Stove (in the off chance that they might have a cancellation) we see a cute Italian place across the street. By some miracle they have one table open, and it's outside! Our server was extremely helpful and attentive. I started with the prosciutto, feta, tomato and fig salad. It was fresh and tasty. For my main I had the catch of the day which was seabass. It came in a nice butter sauce and was served with a variety of cooked vegetables. It was surprisingly delicious. To finish I had the tiramisu which wasn't anything out of this world but it was moist and flavourful. We enjoyed our food, really liked our wine, and thought the service was excellent. Worth the stop!

Located in the heart of the city and the shop is at a intersection which you cannot miss. Wanted to…read moretry some coffee and snacks after a long day of walking and the shop is amazing and staff are super friendly. Candies, coffee are the ones we tried and would recommend them for sure.

We were searching for a place to eat dinner and Gruuthuse Hof seemed reasonable with a table d'hote…read more(€18,50/person). They specialize in Belgian food. We dropped in on a Saturday evening (around 6:15pm) and got lucky calling for reservations the day of. Highly recommend making reservations as we saw the staff reject multiple walk-ins. The service was respectable but sadly, there's no tap water available. The menu consists of starters, fish, meat and a "tourist menu" (aka. three course set menu). - Gueuze (€4,00) - a quaffable, enjoyable lambic beer. Got a hint of a fruity note (apparently grapefruit). - Brugs tarwe (wheat beer) (€4,00) - Flemish beef stew (€18,50) - our buddy enjoyed this dish. - 3x Tourist menu (€18,50) - this is the best bang for your buck as you get a soup of the day (tomato), meat with fries and salad (option of steak, half a chicken, pork chop or salmon) and dessert (vanilla ice cream, sorbet (ask if you're lactose intolerant) or profiteroles). We went with the steak, pork chop and salmon. Oddly, they didn't ask for our steak preference. It was cooked medium and was slightly overcooked. Pork chop was worse; dry and bland. Our friend liked her salmon. Fries were standard fare. Salad was overdressed and you barely get a handful. The best thing was the tomato soup which had good depth and came with bread. The vanilla ice cream wasn't memorable but the profiteroles with chocolate sauce were better. Nothing that will blow you away but okay. One of the cheaper table d'hotes we found but the food was hit and miss. Would I come back? I don't think so.

Our Order: A blue cheese, raisin & walnut salad (18euro), vegetable pasta (16euro) and tap water…read more The Result: A salad so overrun with blue cheese you couldn't taste anything but the cheese along with odd accompaniments to the walnuts and raisins (cucumbers? radishes?? green onion???), a vegetable pasta that was no where near its Italian description (in reality it is an Asian pasta with Asian noodles, water chestnuts etc.) the taste of which was bland with no flavor, and finally a waiter that would not serve us water without requiring us to pay 4euros per 12oz. bottle. The menu items may be expensive but the service and food is the definition of poor.

A bit too pricey for what it is and always a surprise to pay for tap water. We had a Paella Pescado…read more& Marisco and a Salade Folle. They're both good but I'd get the paella only if I was really hungry. The salad was good overall but it was slightly too warm for me.

This is a wonderful little find in the edge of old town Bruges. The breakfast is enough to last all…read moreday and it's all fresh and delicious. The service is polite and in several languages. Outdoor seating on sunny days is lovely. The price is great too, much less than you'll pay in the city center. I stumbled upon this place as I was wandering and I went back every day I was in Bruges.

Friendly service, free fast wifi (ask for the pw) and great goat cheese salad with two large slices…read moreof buche. The cheese croquettes are excellent too, crispy on thenoutside and rich and salty inside. The Caprese is very good and comes with a green salad with pine nuts and onions. Little too much olive oil on the plate perhaps. Also try the Serrano ham, which is sliced fresh.

Away from the main tourist zone, this lovely, quaint, and zen like garden offered a pleasant…read moreoutdoor dining with friendly service...the waitress even tried to give me back my small tip! €12.50 Juliette Salad...delightful €9.50 Croque Madame with a small side salad...a bit plain, but good €3.50 Pot of tea...its just big enough for one person. Everything was pleasant, just the food seemed a bit overpriced.

Tasting menu:…read more Cauliflower Puree Amuse Bouche Beet Amuse Bouche Watermelon (heirloom tomatoes, spelt, Roux des Carmes) French Bouchot mussels (mussel consommé, spring onion, carrot, celery) Catch of the day (cod, baby potatoes, summer vegetables, lemon thyme sauce) Celeriac (blueberry, Nasturtium, lemon thyme sauce) Strawberry (rhubarb, almond crumble, lemon, buttermilk ice-cream) This was a totally unplanned visit, but we were tired of all the street junk food around Belgium (waffles, fries, mussels) and wanted something more vegetable forward. Reliva is in the heart of Bruges but seems like a total hidden gem. It's an affordable 4 (or 5) course menu, and it is very modern, European-style cuisine with a heavy emphasis on fresh, in-season ingredients. The restaurant is owned and operated by two people, a couple. Lien Vandeputte is the chef, and she handles all of the cooking, kitchen, and menu-setting. Her partner, Cédric, does all the front of the house, including waiting tables and recommending wine pairings. They've been at this for 15+ years, and they still look very young, so they must have started when they were very young. But they run the restaurant really well. We got one regular menu and one garden (vegetarian) menu. The only difference between these is the regular menu had two meat options (fish of the day or an in-season venison), while the vegetarian menu had a celeriac dish instead. I went with the fish, which was a cod. We also chose to do 4 courses instead of 5. The fifth course would have been a ceviche. The menu started off with two amuse bouches. Both were interesting and quite substantial. The cauliflower puree in particular was a standout. It was just bursting with cauliflower flavor. I really am curious how she managed to pull off so concentrated of a flavor. The beet dish was a bit more traditional, but it had some really hard bits for texture, which we later found out was spelt. The next course was the salad course, with a pretty typical fresh tomato salad. I thought this was probably the weakest course, but even this was still very well balanced. It was citrusy and acidic, and the vegetables were definitely very much in season. The next course is a play on Belgian mussels. All the shells were already removed, so we just got a very highly concentrated bowl of consommé. As with the other dishes, it was bursting with flavor, despite being very limited in quantity. The cod came out perfectly cooked, tender but still definitively cooked. It was seasoned well, and the soup and sauce that came with it accompanied it well. The vegetable entree with the celeriac as centerpiece was even better. It had many of the same sauce components of the cod, but the celeriac itself was extremely well cooked. We later asked how it was made, and we found out that it requires a long cook in the oven at very low temperatures. The result was an extremely tender but still tasty celeriac. The final course was a traditional strawberry and cream dessert with the twist of adding rhubarb. The rhubarb completely made the dish, as the acidity and general fruitiness of it played well with the more classic flavor of the strawberries and cream. The almond crumble also was crucial, providing the necessary texture and fun element to the dessert. We didn't do the wine pairings because we had both already been drinking a lot during the day (across two Belgian beer brewery tours!), but we did a nice glass of Chardonnay and also a Chenin dessert wine, which was lovely. If we ever find ourselves back in Bruges again, I would very happily visit Reliva again and experience whatever Lien and Cédric decide to serve us.

We found Reliva on Yelp when we searched for vegan restaurants and were pleasantly surprised by the…read morequality of the food and wines and the imagination if the chef. We chose the three course dinner with wine pairing. We sat outside behind the restaurant on their cozy patiolike garden terrace. We were treated to a complimentary 'amuse' before dinner. The service was excellent and very warm and friendly. We look forward to returning when we visit Bruges again. This restaurant is worth the trip :)