La taverne brugeoise

Would give negative if possible. Ordered the mussels got them and the were horrible. They were super fishy and gritty. I never and I mean never send food back. My hubby and I ate 5 and I decided to tell them to take these away. They said they tasted fine so they brought A new batch with fresh mussels they were just as bad this time we ate a Few and had them take the rest away. Had to wAit a extra long time for our food (it is normal to wait this was super long) when we got that it was HORRIBLE we ate it anyways because we were hungry. When we got our bill it was super high didn’t argue we were so done and went for ice cream somewhere else.

Asked about the special posted on the door after we sat down… he pretended not to hear. 6 euro water later, and 11 euro fries. Just don’t eat here. The food is awful. I would sooner eat the food cart fries across the square after they had been dropped in a public WC.

Stay away! Unethical practices used to over inflate the bill. The waiter uses tactics to make you think that certain food items are part of your order or are complimentary. However, you will be in for a surprise when you get your check. Unfortunately we didn’t read Unilocal before we sat down to eat. We had a similar experience to others below where we were told we could pay with credit card, yet once we were overcharged and our € 165 bill came in, we were told the credit card machine was broken and we had to pay with cash.

I wish I had thought to read the other reviews of this restaurant before picking it as a lunch stop. My experience was so similar to all the other poor reviews. We stopped here because I was looking for a simple lunch baguette in Grote Markt and they had one on the menu, and somehow we left with a 60 Euro bill. As Allison K. stated, Diet Coke was listed as 3 Euros on the menu, and when we got the bill it was 6 Euros. 6 Euros. This became a running joke for the rest of our vacation, it’s so absurd to charge that much for fountain pop. My husband ordered the special of fish and chips, and the fish was pretty awful, mostly greasy batter and very little fish. When we asked for some mayo for the fries, we got a little plastic package — and an addition of 1.50 Euros to the bill.
Our server did not seem interested in any polite conversation, or smiling for that matter, despite our efforts to engage him and ask him about Bruges. I will say that the baguette sandwich I ended up ordering was delicious, but it’s pretty hard to mess up a baguette with ham, cheese and no other spreads or toppings. Do yourself a favor and pick any other restaurant, especially one outside the tourist square. You’ll get better quality food and won’t be gouged with an excessive bill.

I’ve been all over Europe and I’ve never had service this terrible. The food was only ok, and considering how average the food was the prices were astronomical. We were made to wait an amazingly long time and had to continually flag down the waiter to get questions answered and to try to get the next part of our meal. I understand that meals are generally longer affairs in this part of the world, but honestly this was abnormal. Our waiter kept saying things were on the way and when they finally came out looked like they had been sitting a long time. It started to feel intentional. My group finally decided that either the waiter hated us or maybe hated his job? Then to top it off we were over charged for our meal. For example, the menu listed a coke as 3 Euro and on the receipt we were charged 6 Euro (also the coke came out flat). They charged us for sauces to accompany our appetizers but when we ordered the sauces were offered to us as part of the appetizers. And to top it all off when we were complaining to the waiter and manager several other tables at the same time came up raising the same concerns. They tried to force us to pay in cash which may have been to avoid paying credit card fees? but along with the overcharging certainly made it feel like they were running some kind of racket or scheme to pocket money. I recommend not eating here unless you enjoy parting with more money than you’d planned for food you only partially enjoy.

How come this place is not closed down yet, given that everyone had the same experience? The food is very bad and very expensive and the servers trick you into buying extra sauces you don’t know you’re buying.
If you order flemish beef stew, they recommend you take apple sauce with it, but they don’t say that’s 4 Euros more. They charge 17 Euros for 6 pieces of fried calamari and 2 more Euros for the tartar sauce that is supposed to go with it!
They also recommend their «very good garlic bread», which is more like cheesy bread and it’s not at all good.
A medium beer is 11 Euros!
Plus the server forgot to bring the fries that are supposed to come with the mussels!
Do not go in here unless it’s the last restaurant in the world and you would die of starvation otherwise! I really hope reviews here will help drain their clients base! This kind of businesses don’t deserve to exist nowadays!

L’attrape touristes par excellence ! Deux carbonnades flamandes (15euros par plat, ok pourquoi pas), une demi bouteille d’eau et un verre de bière= 50euros! Mais d’où sort cette addition! ½Eau= 6 euros et des suppléments non signalés lors de notre commande comme une compote de pommes proposé avec la plat car «traditionnel en belgique» à 4,50 etc…(«traditionnel» dans l’entubage de touristes)
Se faire voler 50 euros pour une carbonnade plus que médiocre et des frites surgelés, avec vue sur une baraque à frites servants des frites maisons! Là c’est le comble!
Personnel aussi agréable qu’une porte de prison! RESTAURANT À FUIR ^^

I don’t even want to give this place a star… We were starving and the place looked inviting because of the fire place. The bill came out to be 59 EURO!
I ordered ONE hot chocolate but he brought two… my husband drank it anyways thinking it wouldn’t cost much. WRONG! 12 euro total.
We ordered two specials, one being fish and chips the other being beef stew. It took forever to come out and it was terrible. The fish was rock hard and the beef was inedible. 30 euro.
I was dying of thirst and I knew the water would be expensive. but not 6 euro expensive…
Lastly, the waiter offered bread. Shouldn’t bread be free? Or at least tell you that there is a fee. 11 euro for 4 pieces of bread!!!
The waiter wasn’t nice or friendly. He sat at the bar talking to the bartender while a woman was choking on their beef stew. I honestly thought she was going to die until the owner rushed over to help her.
I would not recommend this place at all. Even if you’re hungry, walk a few blocks down for better food and quality. You wont regret the extra few minutes for delicious food.

La magnifique place de Bruges où se trouve cette sympathique taverne est pleine de restaurants aux cartes aux prix modérés. La concurrence est rude pour attirer le touriste et on se demande ce que tous ces restaurateurs peuvent bien proposer pour des plats à dix euros. Le choix est difficile quand on né connaît pas. Alors, je me suis dirigée vers cette jolie taverne j’ai choisi des pâtes végétariennes inondées de crème, une salade assaisonnée de vinaigrette comme celle que proposent les hôpitaux français, une mousse au chocolat plus lourde qu’une brique quelle déception ! Et je né parle pas des toilettes infectes et sales !!! Heureusement, la taverne a un certain succès et a beaucoup de clients des touristes aussi perdu que moi et d’autres personnes, peut-​êtres conquises par l’humour du personnel !