CAFE WINOK - koffiebar/branderij & shop image

CAFE WINOK - koffiebar/branderij & shop

Cafe Coffee shop

👍👍 Lovely Schaerbeek coffee and bar spot. Eco-friendly business, with a nice young vibe. Love what they did inside with the tables and chairs. Great lunch, their weekly quiches are good, I had the brocolis. Their homemade limonade and ice-tea are also very refreshing. I would definitely recommend to go... People often mention coffee, good, nice, staff, cafe, friendly, time,


Address

Av. Louis Bertrand 48, 1030 Schaerbeek, Belgium

Website

www.cafewinok.be

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (354 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 9:30 am to 9 pm
  • Monday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Friday: 8 am to 1 pm
  • Saturday: 9:30 am to 1 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: coffee (27) good (9) nice (8) staff (7) cafe (6) friendly (6) time (6)
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  • 5/5 Justin G. 2 years ago on Google
    Lovely Schaerbeek coffee and bar spot. Eco-friendly business, with a nice young vibe. Love what they did inside with the tables and chairs. Great lunch, their weekly quiches are good, I had the brocolis. Their homemade limonade and ice-tea are also very refreshing. I would definitely recommend to go and try the spot.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Veera P. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice cafe, lots of space for working as well (no video calls allowed). Many beers and wines on the menu, also kombucha 🫶🏽 Prices are reasonable and the staff always very kind. Nearby Park Josaphat. Would recommend!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 L R. 2 years ago on Google
    Winok was the perfect host. Served delicious coffee and made sure to check on us every once and a while to make sure our quiche was good (it was delightful). The most attentive and cutest cafe owner we've ever experienced.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Marijke V. 2 years ago on Google
    Friendly staff, beautifully made and tasty cappuccino's and cozy evenings with candle-lights.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aurélie D. 2 years ago on Google
    The place has a new owner and has been completed refurbished. Very cosy /stylish setting. Specialty of the house is great coffee. Choice of local beers, wines, cake and simple food options. Outdoor seating. Very welcoming
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aušra 2 years ago on Google
    Outstanding coffee and perfect croissants! A very nice friendly owner and polite staff. Probably the only coffee bar in the neighbourhood that serves tap beer
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jean C. 1 year ago on Google
    O couldn't ask for a better place, thanks for your services.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nick F. 2 years ago on Google
    Always a relaxed atmosphere. Great coffee, smooth music and some well placed seating. Great for that first cuppa or brunch. Just wish they would open a little earlier than 0900
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Virginia Ariana D. 5 months ago on Google
    The coffee is really good, and so was the pie. However I found the portion to be a bit small for the price it had, and we waited around 30 minutes to be served, so definitely service should improve.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hannihball W. 1 year ago on Google
    great to just sit down and enjoy the evening. There even were some board games to pass the time!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sarah Cooke O. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent brunch, and possiblity to buy coffee to take home that is roasted there!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Benjamin 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place with a welcoming staff. A bit noisy at times but not in a dire way. Plus: available boardgames.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ruddy V. 1 year ago on Google
    Great coffee, brunch. Drinks, … nice terrace in a lovely neighborhood. Check out the concert list. Top class Jazz gigs.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andrea S. 1 year ago on Google
    Friendly laid back ambience, great coffee also available with vegan milks (soya, oat, pea), lovely service, good playlist, yummie cakes. And, most importantly, open till late.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Carina G. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place to get good coffee. Lots of space to work with a laptop. They have a dog :)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Oren B. 2 years ago on Google
    Wonderful coffee shop/roastery/bar, excellent coffee, pastries, ambiance, and very nice owner! They care greatly for the quality of their beans
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Xochitl B. 1 year ago on Google
    Very friendly People. They gave us a very good advise about what beer to drink. This is our favorite place to go.

  • 5/5 Melanie B. 1 year ago on Google
    One of my fav. cafés in Brussels! It offers amazing coffee and cake, delicious food, kind service and some cultural evenings with jazz bands or other musicians. And the café-dog is very sweet :)

  • 1/5 Liat W. 11 months ago on Google
    Beautiful place with a nice interior design but the food is mediocre and the wait time is way too long. Also, the food is not served together for everyone. We waited 50min for a granule. Another 10min went by before my friend got her omelette which was dry and and salad served next to it had way too much sauce and then another 10min for our third friend to get her savory pancakes.

  • 4/5 Evi A. 10 months ago on Google
    Authentic coffee spot, and great quality of food/coffee. The staff could be nicer, the tall batista with the glasses could really be friendlier and more polite 😉 We like his coffee but if doesn't like making it for us, maybe it's time to reconsider career path? Apart from that, it's a nice environment!

  • 2/5 Lydia M. 11 months ago on Google
    Bad communication, appreciate the language barrier and confusion but an honest mistake (mostly from my timidness in the face of a member of wait staff who didn't seem able to communicate what was on offer in English-which is fine-I don't expect that) was quite unpleasant. I asked for the menu, the person I saw said he'd just tell me what was on it, asked me what sort of thing I was after, I said something with salad, he said there wasn't anything and mumbled a few incomprehensible options, I heard the word fruit and thought that'll do. I knew I wasn't 100% sure what I'd agreed to but what I was given was to my palate, inedible. It was a doughy, bitter tasting crepe with a few sad bits of pear and kiwi on it. It was a horrible dish, had it not been, my not fully knowing what it was going to be would not have mattered. I don't like conflict, I was frazzled from travelling earlier in the day and I panicked, I tried to be polite about the fact it was awful and ended up making things worse by seeming petty. I understand the frustration from the point of the manager, but to be treated with such scorn felt unneccessary. I will practice being more forthright in the future as clearly that is how it's done here and not like wherever I'm from, apparently, as I was told.

  • 3/5 Ohemaas F. 1 year ago on Google
    Was here after a walk late afternoon on Sunday... I had no expectations of the place so not sure what I was expecting. The atmosphere was okay. It was pretty full so that means it's the people's cafe. Also, if you're looking for a place to sit and work on your laptop I could recommend it. And if you just want to sit on a bench and read a book 📚, that works too. It's definitely cozy. It's also dog 🐕 friendly.... why they have the cute dog image on the coffee mugs☕

  • 4/5 Paulo A. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place to chill out and enjoy lovely coffee with cakes. The 3 starts for the food is because I have never tried their lunch menu before. Nice crowd there. Highly recommended. 👌 Beware with Winok sometimes he's in a bad mood. 😉 But I never had any problems with Winok. Last time I was there he came by and rubbed his body in my leg looking for attention. He is a friendly chap.

  • 5/5 Klaudia P. 11 months ago on Google
    We always pass by for a coffee after walk in Josaphat, enjoying some board games and the company of the cafe’s dog!

  • 5/5 Saarescapes (. 7 months ago on Google
    This cafe spot is really one of my favorites. The coffee is soooooo good and I’m really addicted to it. The people working here are ao friendly. In the week you can come and work on your computer with a great atmosphere. The music is not loud and you have some delightfull desserts 😏

  • 5/5 Karina P. 3 months ago on Google New
    Nice place. We had a coffee, quiche and crocque. Big portions, nice atmosphere. We are coming back.

  • 3/5 A H. 9 months ago on Google
    I've been here a couple dozen of times. The location is amazing: you can't beat sitting out on their terrace or having a coffee in their beautiful cafe inside. The cakes that I've had were pretty good as well, and I can say that the roasted coffee beans are awesome: I've currently got their coffee on my shelf that I grind at home when doing a pour over. Let's talk about the service. It's very hit or miss. On more than one occasion, granted, normally when they are busy, you can wait up to 20 minutes just to have a server bring you a menu and then sometimes wait another 15 minutes for a simple lemonade or coffee. I've had to go to the counter on several occasions to ask them to come to the table (they don't allow you to order at the counter if you are dining in) after waiting for 20+ minutes. In the past, I've also seen alot of their own servers just chilling at tables with each other or clients (friends?) while I'm waiting 20 minutes for someone to come to my table. That is always a bit frustrating. Last time I was there, we ordered an iced tea, which was way too sweet. Tried to take it back to ask if I could just get a regular tea or even a lemonade and it was like pulling teeth: the server reminded me that "iced tea is sweet and no one ever tells us that ours is too sweet" and when I asked for a different drink he seemed totally perplexed. Didn't apologize for the inconvenience or even offer another drink: I had to be really explicit that I didn't like my drink and that I would kindly like something else. He was really ready to just have me walk away with the iced tea that I ordered and that I was unhappy with - for him this was the most obvious outcome. Was a bit disappointed that I wasn't offered the option of having something else that wasn't well made. What does homemade, pre-made iced tea cost anyways: 0.30 EUR? This is not the whole serving staff by the way. Some of them are super fantastic and super friendly. It's just a few bad apples that we've had in the past that have made it a less than ideal experience. Or they're just extremely understaffed when busy. Unfortunately after last time, we agreed that we'll probably come here less often than our typical 2x a week, just because there are other places with better service. Would still overall though encourage people to go and check it out for themselves. It's still a cool place in the 'hood and they do make good coffee!


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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