The Old Chocolate House

Comme son nom l’indique, ici vous vous gaverez de chocolat: D Et c’est tant mieux !
Situé à l’étage du magasin spécialisé, vous pourrez ici manger du chocolat sous toutes ses formes (boisson, coulis, gâteaux, etc.) concoctés par des gens qui s’y connaissent !
Franchement ça vaut le détour :-)

Signage at The Old Chocolate House says they have the best hot chocolate & they very well might have «one of» the best
We ordered 2 for takeaway & the drink was small but mighty
Not really as thick as a drinking chocolate, this was still very creamy and milk-​chocolaty. Only downer was that we hadn’t ordered 2 each!
Overall, a drink we would most definitely get again if in the area — huge fans!

Not the best hot chocolate in town and the staff could be more friendly… but it’s definitely an original and fun way to warm up and drink a nice hot choc with friends. The waffles are homemade (not the think sugary kind sold on streets — which are lovely but industrial) and the Hot chocolate is abundant and nicely presented. You get also a lot for the price. Definitely the right place to go if you don’t want to have a «boring» time in a tea room.

The Old Chocolate House est sûrement le meilleur endroit à Bruges pour déguster chocolats chauds, thés et gaufres et autres gourmandises traditionnelles.
Les gaufres de forme très originales sont servies minutes avec un coulis de chocolat chaud: un véritable délice ! Le chocolat chaud vous sera servi d’une façon très particulière: il vous faudra tout d’abord choisir votre type de chocolat (noir, au lait, blanc). On vous amènera ensuite un très (très) grand bol de lait avec une petite touillette et un ramequin de palets de chocolats de la sorte que vous avez choisie. Enfin, libre à vous de les doser dans votre lait à votre convenance: quel régal !
Les différentes boissons vous seront servies avec une gaufrette et de succulents petits chocolats que vous aurez ensuite la possibilité d’acheter au rez-​de-​chaussée. L’enseigne propose effectivement à la vente ses propres chocolats: un large choix de produits de qualité vous sera proposé (pralinés, amendes, différentes ganaches, chocolat à la liqueur, miel, bonbons artisanaux…). Vous pourrez également acheter les fameux palets de chocolats à faire fondre dans le lait pour vous concocter vos chocolats chauds à la maison.
En résumé, une halte à the Old Chocolate House est obligatoire pour un tout bon visiteur de Bruges qui se respecte ! Vous y passerez un agréable moment entre famille ou entre amis dans un cadre traditionnel. Le seul point négatif à relever consiste en la petitesse des lieux.

An interesting place. A chocolate lover’s paradise.
However, the bathroom of this place was not as good :-(.

After reading the positive Unilocal reviews, I came to the Old Chocolate House on a waffle mission. Unfortunately, I left feeling a little underwhelmed.
When you step in the door of the Old Chocolate House, you’ll see a traditional chocolate shop on the main level. To the right are stairs leading to a tearoom where you can sit and order food and drinks. I’d already been to the Proeverie that morning for the same kind of mix-​your-​own-​hot chocolate offered by The Old Chocolate House, so I decided on espresso and waffles.
The espresso came out right away. It was wonderful and served alongside three little chocolates — what a nice touch! I’d ordered the waffle with chocolate sauce (the same one already pictured on this page) and couldn’t wait for it to arrive.
I’d been expecting a thick, traditional Belgian waffle with a sugary crunch and yeasty dough. This waffle was quite different. It was extraordinarily large and took up nearly an entire plate, but was very thin and pliable. The waffle itself was covered in powdered sugar and served alongside a small container of chocolate sauce meant to be drizzled to your own liking. I poured on the chocolate and dug in.
The texture of the waffle was chewy, soft, and a little rubbery — far from the thick, crunchy treat I’d been hoping for. I couldn’t really discern any notable taste to the waffle other than powdered sugar and chocolate. It just tasted very bland compared to some of the excellent waffles I’d had elsewhere in Bruges. After a few bites, I lost interest. I finished my espresso, paid my (expensive!!) bill, and left a mostly-​untouched waffle on my plate.
So, this might not be the place for waffles. I’m sure the hot chocolate was excellent — and my espresso was certainly terrific — but I was sorely disappointed with that waffle. My advice: stick to the chocolate.

This was one of our favorite places that we went to in Bruges. We came in for hot chocolate and waffles and we weren’t disappointed in the least bit. The hot chocolate comes out as hot milk with chocolate chips in a chocolate bowl on the side. You get to add the chocolate to your desired strength or just eat it as your please. They also give you tiny chocolate pralines and a tiny chocolate cupcake and it’s a meal in itself (the mug is the size of a cereal bowl). It was seriously the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had in my life and the waffle was amazing as well (we would have held off getting that if we knew the hot chocolate was so big!). They also have a really nice chocolate shop within the store, so it’s a great place to stop in!

In Brügge wimmelt es nur so an Chocolaterien. Da ist es schwierig, zwischen den anderen hervorzustechen. Was das Chocolate House besonders macht, ist das kleine Café im oberen Stockwerk, in dem man hausgemachte Waffeln und andere Köstlichkeiten probieren kann. Die wenigen Plätze in dem gemütlichen Raum sind häufig besetzt, weshalb dem Besucher dann nichts anderes übrig bleibt, als in dem Laden all die Leckereien zu bewundern.