Locàle by Kok au Vin

A fantastic finish to our European trip. Our last night in Bruges—and a memorable dinner at Locàle by Kok au Vin. We chose the 5-course tasting menu with a 4-glass wine pairing. Every course was delicious and beautifully presented. The wine pairings were well chosen and a brilliant complement to the food. We enjoyed meeting the chef who brought out one of the courses. Lovely service. Thank you to the chef and the team!

The 2023 Michelin rating attracted us. We shared 4 fixed plates of the day. Excellent service. Nice upbeat music. One in party is gluten- intolerant and that was accommodated. First pic is a melon, balsamic salad, 2nd a luscious tomato/peach dish. Third the haddock main with a sweet pepper treatment. The plate note pictured was a pork/pickled veg starter.

A fantastic start to our European trip. Our first night in Bruges—and what a memorable dinner at Locàle by Kok au Vin. This Michelin Guide-listed restaurant offers both à la carte and tasting menus. We chose the 4-course tasting menu with a 3-glass wine pairing, and it was an excellent decision. Every course was creative yet approachable, beautifully presented, and full of flavour. The service throughout was warm, attentive, and highly professional. The wine pairing complemented the dishes well, finishing on a high note with a lovely Belgian rosé. Our menu included: • An amuse-bouche of smoked pijana • Pea and cucumber gazpacho with fresh cheese • Vol-au-vent with farm chicken, white asparagus, and morels • Red gurnard with zucchini, fennel, spinach, and Choron sauce • “Flowers & Bees” dessert featuring egg liqueur, rhubarb, honey, and elderflower The red gurnard was a particular highlight—perfectly cooked and packed with flavour. The atmosphere was relaxed and welcoming, making it a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Highly recommended for anyone looking for refined, modern Belgian cuisine in a calm and stylish setting. (Also posted to my food blog on Instagram @AbbeyKing16)

We had a reservation at 20:30, but the friendly staff made sure that we had a table available 45min earlier. The service was very friendly and attentive, yet a bit inexperienced. I liked the restaurant’s Interieur, although the high chair were uncomfortable after a while. We had a bunch of starters in a ranch from ok (shrimp-croquette) to excellent (mussels). The sourdough bread is highly recommended. My maindish was the catch of the day. I absolutely enjoyed the fresh fish. As a desert we had the vanilla ice cream with chocolate. It was quite heavy on chocolate, but really tasty. Overall a good experience without excelling.

Even though we didn’t have a reservation, we were lucky enough to get a table. The overall experience was absolutely perfect! I highly recommend trying the dessert—Advocaat (egg liqueur)—it was truly amazing!

From the moment we entered untill we left great experience! We had the menu with great wine pairing, every dish was well balanced, beautifully plated with great care and tasted wonderfull. Would definitely recommend for anyone looking for a delicious journey and great table service! Thank you, Jurgen and team!

This place was recommendedto us and whilst we hadn't booked were lucky enough to get a table on passing by. Fantasticand delicious food. Nice wine too. A real treat for the senses.

The food was good overall (I recommend the smoked eel), but it was too expensive in our opinion. The small pizza is too average for its price. Also, one of the clients was celiac and we reinforced that, however they still placed bread over one of the dishes we ordered. Nonetheless, overall the experience was nice, the employees were sympathetic and the environment is cool.