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Molenpoort

Restaurant

😠 Terrible, avoid at all costs. Ordered spaghetti with 'tomato sauce', was given spaghetti with ketchup. When called a waiter to complaint they refused to accept it was ketchup. Prices are of a michelin star restraunt. Avoid!!! People often mention good, beer, waiter, nice, restaurant, fries, recommend, experience, ordered,


Address

Langestraat 8, 8000 Brugge, Belgium

Website

www.molenpoort.be

Contact

+32 50 73 36 30

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

2.80 (839 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 10 am to 11 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 11 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 11 pm
  • Monday: 10 am to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 10 am to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 11 pm

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (11) beer (8) waiter (7) nice (7) restaurant (7) fries (6) recommend (6) experience (6) ordered (6)
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  • 1/5 shubham a. 1 year ago on Google
    Terrible, avoid at all costs. Ordered spaghetti with 'tomato sauce', was given spaghetti with ketchup. When called a waiter to complaint they refused to accept it was ketchup. Prices are of a michelin star restraunt. Avoid!!!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Cedric L. 4 years ago on Google
    Don't bother going here. We had the 20€ lunch menu, which consisted of a watery-oily asparagus soup, a handful of bland fries, 4 pieces of dry meat in the "beef stew", a little bit of salat and a very-very sweet mousse au chocolate. Bonus: You can only pay by card from 60€.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andrew C. 9 months ago on Google
    I don’t understand the poor reviews. Good food, great service, and perfect atmosphere near the canal. I would certainly recommend stopping here for a meal or a few drinks. Great experience!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Marta S. 9 months ago on Google
    Nice place near the water with comfy terrace. The food was nice, but could be better. I had some puffy chicken cake with fries, but it did not say on the menu that it was covered with mushrooms, which i am not a fan of.. I would have given a higher rating if I knew that and ordered something else. We also ordered the ham, which was amazing! (But a very big portion)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Robert E. 9 months ago on Google
    Table for 8 please. Food was mostly OK. With 1 or 2 exceptions. Sadly the exceptions were for the worse. The food wasn't terrible it was just very poor value for the money. Same with the service. It was OK but nothing outstanding. Average bill was 45Euro. The menu was very confusing and most of it was unavailable. Highlight. There wasn't one Lowlight. 11Euro for a banana split that looks like it was made by a 5 year old Definitely not a restaurant I would recommend
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Bonjour Madame S. 2 years ago on Google
    Actually we ate here unintentionally because the first restaurant we wanted to go was closed. For the location it was nice since it is near the water, I ordered mix grill which have different kinds of meat and mushrooms sauce with salad while my husband took 1/2 lobster in butter sauce with salad and fries, I guessed for the price it was okay also it arrived the same time so we don't ate anything cold.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Mike H. 1 year ago on Google
    Asked for small beers. Pointed and stated the ml desired. Were brought larges with no notice and charged for larges with no willingness to make amends for what they did. Bait and switch. Be careful of whether you get the size beer that you ordered if you order a small. Food wasn't bad though
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 James H. 11 months ago on Google
    I am surprised at other poor reviews for food as we had a good experience. We went on a Sunday evening so was not very busy and we were served in good time. Nice location next to the canal and it was good (on a cold evening) to have a fire burning. We wanted traditional Belgian food and were very satisfied. A beef stew, a rabbit stew, Brugse Zot beer, fries, and to finish with a delicious crepe and a chocolate mousse. Reasonably priced and a lot better value than some of the nearby restaurants.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lewis A. 9 months ago on Google
    Very surprised about the amount of negative reviews. Went in with some caution from the bad reviews but was pleasantly surprised. Bruges is expensive, so the people complaining about the price are either tight or just plain thick. Food is delicious, I had the rabbit in leffe sauce and loved it. The service is excellent, friendly and fast. The only slight gripe is that my beer wasn't very cold, but that's really starting to nit-pick. Would highly recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 John M. 4 years ago on Google
    OK place. Service was pleasant but extremely slow. Had the three course dinner for 20 Euros. Good was very good. Decor was good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Bernie R. 6 months ago on Google
    What can I say. So many restaurants in Bruges to visit and we picked this one. First the food was terrible and I mean terrible. We ordered moules et frites. It came out straight away and the restaurant was empty so suspect they had been streaming a while. There was no taste to them. I ordered them in white wine sauce but what I got was hot water, I doubt there was even a hint of wine. I felt uncomfortable there too, I got the impression that if I complained I would be threatened so just left. The drinks fell short of the usual measures ie a pint wasn’t even close to the top - they covered this by supplying an enormous frothing head to the beer. Not their fault but I think we were near a wasp nest too. I would recommend eating at one of the other many restaurants and not take a chance on this one.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 McGuire K. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was ok. The restaurant is in a very nice place and a bit crowded by tourists, but it is fine. I'd like to rate the service in the different views: Food preparation was very very slow. The bill contains extra item, but after when we told to the waiter he recalculated the final amount.

  • 1/5 Florin B. 9 months ago on Google
    #tourist #trap if you have nothing to do with your money and you love BAD food, go here. the beer is warm and stale, and the mussels are boiled all together, and the wine/garlic/whatever is added afterward (and in such small quantities, you don't even feel the taste). besides this major problem, the mussels tasted like a boiled pot of sea water. They tell EVERYONE: best food for you, only the best, i give you best, and they insist on you giving a tip. simply don't go there

  • 5/5 Caroline H. 10 months ago on Google
    Ate here tonight, 23rd of May 2023. We had a mixed grill with fries and a cheeseburger also with chips. The beer is wonderful, the food very tasty with great portions and presentation and the waiter Roger was professional and very friendly. We will come back here as it has everything, the location was so romantic, on the river bank where you can watch the sunset in the evening.

  • 3/5 A. L. 8 months ago on Google
    Great atmosphere next to the canal. Nice outdoor seating. Food was delicious! I gave it 3 stars because the portions are very small. It could be better.

  • 5/5 Carol 8 months ago on Google
    Spotted this restaurant when on a boat tour and decided to give it a try. Gorgeous place with authentic food

  • 1/5 Dominic C. 3 months ago on Google New
    Absolutely awful experience. Ordered 2 omelettes and fries, after waiting 50 minutes we were told our omelettes had been dropped on the floor and had to be re-cooked. I’m no omelette expert but I know eggs don’t take that long to cook. This was at a lunch service that was barely half full as well. The waiter was also very shabby, stunk of body odor and just seemed to drift about without any real purpose. When I told them I was no longer waiting for food and just wanted to settle the bill for 1 beer and a gliwhein they charged 15 euros instead of 13. Just avoid this tourist trap at all costs.

  • 2/5 Barbara K. 1 year ago on Google
    Very disappointed. I sat for the whole meal with an empty glass and the waiting staff were more interested in scalping the people as they walked past than servicing the customers they already have. The knuckle joint was dry, the ribs were over seasoned but the beer was good.

  • 5/5 Ana C. 1 year ago on Google
    You can find food from pizza, pasta, soup, salmon and traditional dishes to waffles, pancakes and milkshakes. The staff was very kind and had no problem with bringing us a customised meal. It has a beautiful view and the atmosphere is really nice. We ate here in the evening and we came back in the morning for breakfast. It was the perfect choice :)

  • 4/5 Hilary D. 1 year ago on Google
    Great location by the canal. Some staff perhaps shouldn't be customer facing, but it was towards the end of a long hot summer. Had the set menu lunch which is pretty standard through the town's cafes and restaurants. Perfectly good food, prawn starter and moules both very tasty and very fresh seafood.

  • 5/5 Justyna R. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place with reasonable prices. Not crowded. Really tasty metal. Mussels were really nice :) Service was quick and kind. I am really suprised with all negative feedback-our experience was really nice.

  • 1/5 Andi 1 year ago on Google
    This was the most disgusting experience I ever had in a restaurant. Never ate a pizza that tasted that much like a supermarket oven pizza. I definitely would not recommend this place to any human being, the waiter was very unfriendly and when I told him that we didn't like the pizza, he said he doesn't care. This place should not be offering food to anyone!

  • 4/5 K E. 1 year ago on Google
    We came here unintentionally as we had passed by while heading to a recommended restaurant that happened to be closed, so we headed back here. It does have a nice setting, with seats right by the canal. We made it just in time for it to start pouring down rain! We did move further under shelter as everyone was getting soaked. Food was good, but I would not call it authentic or anything. We did have a good relaxing evening though.

  • 4/5 Denisa O. 1 year ago on Google
    Pretty tasty food but average services. The waiter forgot to order my dessert.

  • 5/5 Scott H. 1 year ago on Google
    Ham knuckle, chicken pie and Scampi

  • 1/5 Silvina C. 1 year ago on Google
    We try ordering but never came because suddenly “the machine” broke down but we needed to ask as no one came to tell us. We just saw that they were closing it in the middle of the day. Rude waiters

  • 1/5 Naoise O C. 1 year ago on Google
    We stopped here for at random and would NOT recommend! Very bad food for a crazy price! There are much nicer places to go!! Only good thing is the location on the water.

  • 4/5 Petr B. 2 years ago on Google
    Visited today (4 adults). I have read comments here and was quite unsure about the quality. But... The meal was very good despite we had to add a lot of salt almost to every meal to improve the taste. But than it was all ok. Our waiter was friendly and pleasant and paid attention to our table. Finally, the desert (Apple cake) was delicious. Wish all of you to have the same experience ;)


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✗ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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