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4.7 (17 reviews)
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Moderate noise
Good for groups

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Pat C.

One of the best beer bars in the world. Period. Ignore all other reviews! Amazing selection of Belgian classics and great prices to boot. When in Bruges, don't miss this place!

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Pete B.

Spacious, quirky bar in the large cellar under a seemingly abandoned old house a few hundred metres from the market square. The entrance is easy to miss, just a flight of steps leading down into the darkness with a whiff of stale beer. Together these repel most of the more mainstream tourists which helps the atmosphere enormously. Once inside, there's lots of tables and a few comfy armchairs, olde worlde furnishings and an enormous selection of beers at pretty reasonable prices. Service was a bit slow late on a Sunday afternoon, but friendly enough and the clientele were mixed but mostly younger. Can't believe it took until about my sixth trip to Bruges to discover this place!

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Maggie B.

LOVED this place. It's a little tucked-away cellar bar that's ever-so-slightly off the beaten path, with tons of personality. You can get great beers just about everywhere in Brugges but this one had the atmosphere to clinch the deal. I'll definitely return on my next visit!

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Basement beer bar. You'll miss it if you don't know where it is. Watch your head in the way in. Friendly staff and great selection.

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7 years ago

Great hidden gem. Basement bar. Helpful bartender with great recommendations. A must see while in Bruges.

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Once inside, there's lots of tables and a few comfy armchairs, olde worlde furnishings and an enormous selection of beers at pretty reasonable prices.

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Le Trappiste - Bar

Le Trappiste

4.8(112 reviews)
0.1 km
€€

Amazing bar down in a wine cellar with the best beers…read more From the street you would never know how awesome this bar is - nestled under a building you are down in a cellar that has an awesome vibe. The beers here are amazing with over 20+ on tap there is something for everyone - and some must try Trappist beers. I absolutely loved this spot. Only reason for not having 5 stars? The service. Although the place was relatively crowded, it was not very crazy at all especially when we first came in after opening and the staff behind the bar were kind of rude. I asked for a flight and they seemed annoyed they had to make one instead of just pouring 1 beer, and i was reading the menu and didn't have all my numbers ready to fire off - more upset. Additionally, my wife and I sat down at the bar about 1 hour after the place opened and we both had glass all over our chairs and now in our bottoms. The bartender was annoyed when my wife asked him to clean it - he said some glass thing exploded there before opening... so you didn't clean it? And then were annoyed customers had glass in their pants? make that make sense.

I had high hopes for Le Trappiste and was a bit disappointed. They were out of my favorite beer,…read moreand the one I chose instead tasted off. I also tried to order nachos and the bartender pointed me to small bags of chips from a display on the bar (I think they were Doritos--not what I expected). I decided to skip the snack. The second beer, Rochefort 6, was excellent, so the visit ended in a high note.

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Le Trappiste - Yes!!!

Yes!!!

Le Trappiste
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Bar des Amis

Bar des Amis

4.2(13 reviews)
0.3 km
€€

Great atmosphere!! Fun American light rock, good variety of drinks. The only turn off is the self…read moreservice but that's ok because the team is cool!

Long before I met Lauren, Leine and I traveled Europe, landing in Brugge in a small aircraft and…read moretwo overstuffed bags, out for blood. And eventually, out for beer at Bar des Amis. It's the kind of place you get drunk and look around and marvel at the inevitability of life's wonderment. That if you choose a path, it somehow finds you. And with Leine being blonde and gorgeous carrying around a tiny jar of moonshine infused custard for occasional dips of her pinky, I felt myself turning into an image I'd dreamed of since the age of nine, a traveling artist with a muse and the caked wavy hair once worn by Tristan Tzara, the dark sunken eyes of Man Ray, Leine posing at Bar des Amis as if in black and white with a bottle of Duval. She pours it slowly. Sips, leans in to kiss me and I can still hear the bubbles fizzle out on her lips. The bartender is tall and modelesque, and takes to Leine. He adds us on Facebook. I order three rounds of beer here and they're sweet; this moment is so rich, it's cloying. I can't help but think of what can go wrong. Yet the barstools feel stable beneath us. The Bar des Amis furniture is nothing special. The patrons, though, are. They are glad, not yelling at the TV during soccer like in the other pubs. The bartender gives us a free shot and smiles at my flirtatious girl. Her shoulders are exposed and she's receptive. Her energy is a powerful light beaming from the chest. She reminds me of me! He leans in to tell us that Brugge is thinking of creating a network of underground piping strictly for beer because the cobblestone alleyways are too narrow for the beer trucks. Leine laughs but I've turned cynical and profess that the town looks a bit like the town in Pinocchio. Like the buildings are set pieces and that our perfect little world might crumble. How much beer did I have here? Am I that unsure of her love? I'm being unfair, of course. Leine has done nothing to deserve my darkness. Her hand has been a fixture on my thigh. It's not until later, when we meet an Englishman here, who warns us of pickpockets in Rome, that our night unfolds into powder white oblivion.

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Bar des Amis - Local beer on tap

Local beer on tap

Bar des Amis - Inside

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Bar des Amis - Brugse Zot van het vat!

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