Breydel-De Coninc

Two locals recommended this place when I wanted to eat moules & frites
Definitely the best moules & fritte l have ever had! We had the garlic butter and the cream and wine. Outstanding did both. Their mayonnaise are all homemade. The garlic sauce was outstanding. And so was the cream with white.
Located in the heart of the square but a little off near the Belgian waffle store.
The atmosphere is wonderful and both food and service were very good. It gives me an idea of old Belgian food.

The Holy Grail and most recommended restaurants when it comes to mussels and frites — we came for lunch last weekend and were seated right away. We got mussels and the shrimp croquettes with the seafood soup. The seafood soup was a bit salty and the shrimp croquettes — couldnt taste the aspargus. The mussels and frites lived up to our expectations and were so fresh and good — get the mussels :)

Great moules and frites. Convenient location. Got in without a reservation. Staff was extremely friendly. Highly recommend.

A Brugge pour un peu plus de 24h, nous nous sommes d’emblée arrêté devant la carte affichée à l’entrée du restaurant. Envie de homard? Allez hop, c’est parti. Service accueillant (service mutlilingue), on nous installe confortablement. Deux homards commandés (version Breydel-​De Coninc) et c’est parti pour une dégustation comme je les aime. Nous arrosons notre trouvaille avec une bonne bouteille de Bourgogne (Puligny-​Montrachet, Louis Jadot 2012), et nous sortons du restaurant à 15h, repus et heureux. La décoration pourrait être un rien plus cosy, c’est vrai. Mais le service était vraiment impeccable. Nous avons entendu le serveur expliquer à chaque nouvelle table (en je né sais combien de langues) que ce n’était pas la saison des moules, que l’établissement en a toujours à la carte, mais qu’ils préfèrent prévenir qu’elles né sont donc pas excellentes. Nous retournerons manger au Breydel-​De Coninc, c’est certain. Bonne dégustation!

Pretty good. I guess for Bruges it’s standard pricing. Oysters were solid. Langoustines were good. Nothing too special. But again, for Bruges it’s a good safe spot.

Restaurant très agréable et paisible. Excellents produits et fraîcheur des aliments. Service correct, nous avons été servie très rapidement. Je recommande ce restaurant.

Nous nous sommes rendus un jeudi soir, hors saison, dans ce restaurant. Il était presque rempli, inutile donc de vous préciser qu’il vaut mieux réserver !
Nous avons mangé une bouillabaisse, bien fournie en poissons (dont du saumon) et crevettes grises, et une casserole de moules (vin blanc et crème). J’ai fini la casserole malgré son impressionnante taille, tellement les moules étaient bonnes !
Comme précise dans les autres avis, c’est un restaurant touristique (menu en plusieurs langues, serveuses multilingues), mais de qualité, rare dans le voisinage.
A tester !

Okay, this place is REALLY expensive, but their mussels were so good! I can’t say that they’re WORTH it, but I really enjoyed my experience here.
The servers are a little bitchy like people have said («Can we have more fries, please?» «These fries are enough for everyone»). If we’re paying that much, I’d expect great service… or a little more fries at a table for 5!
But the mussels really made up for it. My favorite was the fried mussels in garlic butter sauce. You don’t get the cool individual pot, but it tasted the best. The Aphrodisiaque and white whine are also really good. And their fries are really fresh!
I’m really craving their mussels & fries now that I’m back in the states…

This place was so overpriced, it wasn’t even funny. With an attitude to boot. First of all, never ever listen, or be pressured by a bitchy server when they insist that one bowl of mussels is not enough for two people. IT IS. It is freaking huge! She had such an attitude about it. I know for a fact the locals do it all the time, because I watched them at other locations. She was just trying to get us to over order. Ridiculous. The mussels were 27 euros (do the equation people, this will be the most expensive meal you will have in a long time, just for one bowl of mussels) The mussels were O. K, they did not knock my socks off (for that price they better walk me home with an umbrella overhead) Plus she brings fries to your table and starts serving you, you find them as an additional charge on the bill afterwards (most places in Bruge, fries are included in the cost) So you are basically paying 46 US dollars for ONE plate of mussels and fries. Never, ever heard of. The fact that she was so shitty about it all made it even worse. Look else ware! See my other review of the place down the street.

After asking around to some of the locals about where to try great mussels, they all suggested one spot and this was it. Hesitant at first as we always seem to find bad mussels back in the U.S. we were pleasantly surprised! We asked the waitress which type to get and she told us that the mussels with cream and white wine sauce are their specialty, so we tried those. THEY WERE AWESOME! We ate the huge pot (which is big enough for 2) and decided to order another flavor. We then tried the spicy ones. They were also good, but not quite as good as the cream sauce.
My only small complaint is that some of the mussels were a bit gritty, but I would recommend this place to anyone traveling in the area and if we visit again we will be sure to go back here!

a fine choice for a meal when in town. first must have some fried eel on toast (omg), then moules-​frites in garlic cream sauce with some Brugse Zot ale (omfg). folks here are so nice, we got seconds of the fab fries and beer tastings. perfect end to a sunny day spent criss-​crossing the canals of a very grand and picturesque medieval town. which begs the question, how could Colin Farrell not like (In) Brugge?

I’m totally going to jump on the praise-​train for Breydel-​De Coninck.
Head nods in agreement with all previous reviews: this is just off the central square, so it’s right smack-​dab in the eye of the tourist storm. And yet, and yet… pay that detail no mind. Hasten here when you have a hunger that can only be satisfied by moules frites!
***addendum to add: despite being in the perfect location for visiting throngs, I got the sense that I was eating among locals. It was a Tuesday lunch, and there was a Belgian couple next to me chirping along in French, an older Bruges couple stopping in for a 3-​way-​share pot of mussels before taking their grandson to the museum, and a table of businessmen. Locals clearly know this place has got the goods***
It was a chilly rainy day, so at sat at the back of the restaurant opting for kitchen-​proximity warmth instead of cobblestoned street-​watching. The service was very attentive, and within minutes I had some bread and some local beer in front of me. Pro tip: hold off on the bread; the portions here are enormous and you might regret lining your stomach with humble bread in advance of the main event.
On the server’s recommendation I went for moules with white wine and cream. Other options include an «aphrodesiac» (apparently, spicy) mussel-​pot, mussels Provencal and other combinations of white wine, beer, and aromatics. The mussels came in a massive pot, supersupersuper hot. They were steaming, they were plump, they were perfect.
In a small serving container on the side were the frites. Double-​fried (I’m quite sure) the portion was very modest until I realized… BOTTOMLESS FRY PLATE! This is genius: instead of having a massive serving that you might not finish /​will get progressively colder, you can just top up on your frites as you move through your lunch.
I am coo-​coo for condiments, so of particular note: the meal came with three sauces. A standard homemade mayonnaise, a «tartar sauce» (which was much more delicate than the North American standard. Think: herby, salty aioli) and a house-​made sweet mustard sauce. Yep.
Dip dip dip, slurp slurp slurp, dunk dunk dunk, sip sip sip… THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY TIME AT BREYDEL-​DE CONINCK.
Highly recommended, gang.
Unilocal note: though moules are their specialty, the other seafood dishes looked phenomenal (I was specifically ogling some oysters at my neighbour’s table).

The preceding post said not to skip this place just because it’s a touristy restaurant. That is exactly right. Eat here. Go. Go now. Get on a plane, and go to Bruges.
I think of myself as something of a mussels nut, and I think the mussels here were some of the absolute best I’ve ever had. The portions are HUGE, the service is good, and the beer is great. The never-​ending plate o’ frites is amazing, and the atmosphere is what you want — no frills and no real décor. It’s just all about the food. This is my first time in Bruges, and I’ll be going to this place again on my next trip.
And, while there are tourists (we met a couple who knew some of the same people as we do back in the US and A), there are also locals. We asked our waitress at a bar about this place, and she raised her arm to show us a scar she had recently received from a hot pot of mussels at this place, instructing us to absolutely go there but to be careful of the hot pots. We had no burning episodes.

This place is really great. If you love Mussels (which Belgium is well known for) then you will love this place. I was not expecting much as it is smack dab in the middle of touristy Brugge. They serve their mussels in various styles and comes out in a large kitchen pot. Awesome flavors and super fresh.

Don’t skip this place because it’s a very touristy place. The food and ingredients are top notch.
We asked our innkeeper where she would recommend getting the best moules frites in town. She said that although this place is very touristy, they had great ingredients and made good food. The owners were also people she thought highly of. She was right on all accounts.
You just can’t come to Bruges without having moule frites. It’s tempting to eat them on the patio of a café on the plaza, but you’ll be doing yourself a disservice if you do. It’s not cheap, but you get what you pay for.
I’ve had the moules frites enough that I wanted to venture out a little. I had a creamy broth with fish and shellfish. It was really good. You don’t wan this to be your only meal in town, because it does not show the character of some of the smaller places away from the tourist throngs, but it should make your short list for seafood.

Very simple decorum, couple of acquariums with lobsters and decorative fishes, this place is without pretention but defintely serves a great pletoria of mussles (about 5 receipies) and original fishes (eels for instance) as well as the classics like sole, salmon, lobsters.
We had the mussles (1xWhite wine and creem, 1xBrugge beer) and both were delivious, we went there for lunch and I regeretted not having tried their lobsters as it’s always inpiring to see them alive in the aquarium.
I would recommened this place for lunch as its atmosphere is a bit minimalist so this may not be of the taste of everybody for an evening with friends.
The place is a bit pricey but so is Brugge, count 24EUR for mussles with fries and 46EUR for 600g lobster.
NB:
Service is not their forte, young waitress was smiley but not really into it.