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😠 Rude waiter, overcharged for portions not ordered. When we questioned the mistake the waiter became rude and aggressive. Food was less than average. Veggie Burger came with no bun, Lasange was all sauce no pasta! Waiter stank too. Avoid avoid avoid. People often mention good, waiter, service, restaurant, cash, asked, card,


Address

Sint-Amandsstraat 23, 8000 Brugge, Belgium

Contact

+32 50 33 96 62

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.40 (661 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 10:30 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 10:30 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 10:30 am to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 10:30 am to 10 pm
  • Sunday: 10:30 am to 10 pm
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (15) waiter (11) service (10) restaurant (8) cash (7) asked (6) card (6)
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  • 1/5 Hannah B. 1 year ago on Google
    Rude waiter, overcharged for portions not ordered. When we questioned the mistake the waiter became rude and aggressive. Food was less than average. Veggie Burger came with no bun, Lasange was all sauce no pasta! Waiter stank too. Avoid avoid avoid.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Ricki K. 5 months ago on Google • 56 reviews
    Mediocre food and an absolute twit of a server! We were overcharged, one dish was charged for twice. When we questioned it, instead of an apology, the server was rude and aggressive. He even told me that a burger doesn't include a bun... The only server absolutely stank of cigarette smoke too, so unprofessional. In this restaurant if you need an extra knife and fork for any reason it's actually charged for! €2.50 knife and fork is an actual line in the menu! I've never been to a place like it... Maybe the attitude and atmosphere was why it was mostly empty.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tom D. 3 months ago on Google • 367 reviews New
    Inviting, quick service, nice place 👌

  • 2/5 Mirko de V. 3 months ago on Google • 61 reviews New
    If you are a foreigner, we advise you to not come to this restaurant. You'll pay above 30 euro to eat little and the waiters will treat you with superiority and not well.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Horatio B. 7 months ago on Google • 13 reviews
    AVOID!!! Discrimination, racism, xenophobia, rude behaviour. The waiter asked us where are we from. After hearing the answer he refused our credit card, saying "common, we all know your country is mafia". We are from a country which is a EU member. You can see him in the photo. Stay away, he still lives in the 19th century and probably believes that tourists are here in order to steal his personal potatoes
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Cathy T. 4 months ago on Google • 8 reviews
    Food was good and ambience was nice. As most mentioned, waiter here is questionable. We did have a special dietary requirements and we appreciate that he did check with kitchen and made it available for us. However, the waiter has an arrogant attitude. How he treated us and other table was different. He would be more attentive to other table and they could naturally pay with card, while we didn’t feel welcomed and he asked us to pay with cash for over €80. We have ordered something, he said yes, and brought something extra that we didn’t want. We also asked for a plain water and little we know that we will be charged €9 for it, so overpriced! We did enjoy the food but for the waiter’s attitude, it unfortunately ruined the experience and I would not recommend here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 jose l. 5 years ago on Google
    Beaware, they do not accept cards bellow $60 consumption but there is no warning in the menu or anywhere. Aside from the the bad surprise at the time to pay the Flemish Stew was a little hard and the Mussels were so so. One of the attendants got very pushy on my wife at ordering as well. In sum, we do not recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Ewout R. 1 year ago on Google
    Told us that payment by card didn’t work since night before. The other reviews make obvious that they always ask people to walk to the atm. Probably some black money scheme. Also, rude waiter and everything screams ‘tourist trap’.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Matthew H. 1 year ago on Google
    My two friends and I ate breakfast here the first morning of our trip, and went back every morning until the last day. The gentleman who served us was very kind to us, and the waffles we had were incredible. Definitely recommend giving this place a try! Edit: After reading some of the other reviews, I want to clarify that this restaurant isn't cash only. It may have been in the past, but they now accept card!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Maggie 2 years ago on Google • 167 reviews
    Ok Flemish food and they do speak English. Cash only (which is strange at a tourist spot!). big proportions . But rabbit dish kind of lack flavor and maybe over cooked a bit. Centrally located though and convenient near city center. The beef stew sauce seems pretty good. Nice decor and atmosphere.

  • 5/5 Charlimagne M. 4 years ago on Google • 160 reviews
    It's worth it! The croquette was crispy on the outside and cheesy gooey inside. The flemish stew is perfectly beefy, complemented with herbs and crispy thick cut fries. The mousse got the chocolate part well but it could be better. Over all its a very good and filling lunch perfect after walking through Bruges.

  • 2/5 Rodi S. 2 months ago on Google • 124 reviews New
    Food was not very special. Bit expensive for what you get. With the shrimp croquettes you get one very small piece of bread.

  • 2/5 Heidi K. 2 months ago on Google • 67 reviews New
    Food was not seasoned, dull taste. Very little for the price paid. Onion soup: where the onion was almost impossible to find. Not pleasant to sit: the manager and person go outside all the time, attracting people. Open and close the door 50 times. Very hectic. It didn't calm me down. Not to be repeated.

  • 5/5 J S. 3 months ago on Google • 64 reviews New
    Lovely food.

  • 5/5 Oliver D. 3 months ago on Google • 45 reviews New
    Delicious tasty food rib eye cooked perfectly!!

  • 5/5 Maura G. 6 months ago on Google • 22 reviews
    We tried the flemish stew and it was delicious. The waiter was kind and spoke spanish with us. It's in a quiet zone but still downtown. Recommended!

  • 4/5 Marianne B. 3 months ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    Excellent lunch, extensive choice. Friendly service and a good atmosphere.

  • 2/5 Joachim B. 2 months ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    Rough service, not worthy of a restaurant, customer is certainly not central. Price/quality for the food is moderate.

  • 5/5 Eve C. 2 months ago on Google • 12 reviews New
    The best waffle I have ever eaten! Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, sweet but not too much, a treat...

  • 5/5 Klaudia x. 2 months ago on Google • 8 reviews New
    We went for our New years Eve dinner, and I need to truly say don't believe the negative reviews! The food was amazing, I had a beef stew, and my partner had the Belgian steak. It was so tasty and cooked right👌. The waiter is a good man!

  • 3/5 Daniel A. 2 months ago on Google • 8 reviews New
    Nice atmosphere, food too expensive in relation to the quality. But good service.

  • 1/5 Colin D. 2 months ago on Google • 7 reviews New
    T'purgatory, vague tent

  • 5/5 Bartek C. 2 months ago on Google • 6 reviews New
    Good food and service

  • 5/5 GeorgiaLeft 2 months ago on Google • 4 reviews New
    I’m really shocked at some of the negative reviews! The food was lovely the waitor was kind and attentive and there were no issues at all with the payment, would definitely go again!

  • 1/5 Alvaro O. 2 months ago on Google • 4 reviews New
    The food is not worth what it charges, a simple salad €20, the steak soggy, charred.

  • 1/5 Fotografía M. 2 months ago on Google • 3 reviews New
    EXCESSIVE price for what it offers, 1 coffee €3.50. A salad 20 EUROS. It's an armed robbery.

  • 1/5 Jose A. 2 months ago on Google • 3 reviews New
    He starts talking to other people while taking notes, the sirloin is soggy and dry, an excessive price for what he offers. Bad food and experience, I won't be back.

  • 1/5 Laure T. 2 months ago on Google • 3 reviews New
    Reception seemed good, but once inside and we sat down, things changed completely for us! It was not pleasant at all how people asked you for something to drink or eat, and we also found the gentleman quite unfriendly when paying. They came across as very "fake". We were bored behind the bar... We found the wine undrinkable! 5.50 euros for a small glass from a box. The ice cream with the apple pie was also mediocre. Too bad, we won't be going back.

  • 1/5 Yuliya W. 9 months ago on Google
    The food was good, but the atmosphere and the behavior of the waiter was a drama, forced us to go to the ATM to withdraw money and pay in cash, otherwise he wouldn't accept payment, and he wouldn't give us a receipt. WE WILL NOT GO BACK AGAIN!!!

  • 5/5 Gemma W. 9 months ago on Google
    Take cash! Lovely food, we had the menu 1 and 5 and were delighted with the food. Reasonably priced. Service was great and spoke many languages. I think payment is cash only so be prepared.

  • 5/5 Cynthia 1 year ago on Google
    If I could give it more than 5 star I would, best food we had in Belgium. The service was lovely, the owner is a pure delight switching from French to English to offer perfect service to both me and my partner. Would highly recommend

  • 4/5 Maxim K. 1 year ago on Google
    The place is fine, close to the central square, prices are ok, food is good. Food was ready extra quick too. All in all it was quite ok.

  • 1/5 Adrena C. 1 year ago on Google
    HORRIBLE SERVICE BY A ROUGH AND RUDE BIG BURLY WAITER. He asked for our orders and before we could say anything, he went to lay other empty tables with cutleries (?!)… He cleared our plates while we were still eating and he did not care about personal space, just pushing his way through and in our faces (!!!) Food portion is too little therefore overpriced. Croque Monsieur was urgh!! WILL NEVER COME BACK!!!

  • 5/5 John M. 4 years ago on Google
    Excellent restaurant. Menu is very good with six choices of fill dinners as well as numerous individual dishes. We had the half chicken and steak dinner. Both were excellent with very good sauces. The French fries are very good. The staff are helpful and very attentive. The food is excellent and the chef is flexible.

  • 1/5 Deloal 1 year ago on Google
    The food is not bad... but the service was very bad, and we were 4 people we spent 90€ and we couldn't pay by card only cash, and the waiter was really strange, he didnt want give us our ticket... we lived there a really weird situation.

  • 5/5 Katka J. 4 years ago on Google
    We visited this restaurant during our first day in Bruges. It was so good that we came back the next day. They have great menus - you can taste local cuisine and seafood. We recommend shrimps with garlic and mussels.

  • 2/5 Anastasia L. 1 year ago on Google
    Got food poisoning almost immediately from the mussels I was served. The menu book says bills more than €60 can be paid by card, but at the end of the meal server told us it was cash only- which we did not have on us. I wish they would've asked if that was okay when we first sat down as there are no signs or anything. My friends food was fine but not special. I felt bad because there was only one server taking care of the entire restaurant but I would never come back here unfortunately.

  • 1/5 Maya J. 7 months ago on Google • 1 review
    If you see this guy walk away what we received was anything but. The appetizers lacked any depth of flavor, and the main courses were bland and uninspiring. The ingredients seemed cheap and poorly sourced, resulting in a subpar dining experience,leaving us hungry and unsatisfied. Not only were the waitstaff inattentive, but they seemed completely disinterested in providing any sort of quality service To make matters worse, when we voiced our concerns to the manager, they displayed a dismissive attitude and made no effort to rectify the situation. It was clear that customer satisfaction was not a priority for them.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Florencio o. 2 months ago on Google • 2 reviews New
    Expensive, bad treatment, dirty. we will not return

  • 1/5 Miguel G. 2 months ago on Google • 1 review New
    Experience was not good at this restaurant, food was not good and service was terrible. In addition to asking to put an item on the plate and the request was not fulfilled.


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Amenities


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

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