Cafe de Gilde — Restaurant in Bruges

I walked past this place and it looked interesting when I saw the food the people sitting outdoors were eating. I pondered for a while, visited a few sights and decided to come back for lunch. I asked for a table but the guy was telling me there was no tables and asked me to leave. Just as I was about to go, I saw a couple standing up from their tables so I pointed to the waiter I wanted that table. He didn't look happy and asked me to wait. The table was left empty for 10 minutes and he decided to let me in after. I was interested in trying the mussels so I ordered one. I ordered the one with white wine and it came after quite some time. Felt the service was rather slow, the initial waiter didn't feel like serving me so I had to keep looking for others when they walked past me. The portion of the mussels was really humongous! I was quite surprised by it but I have to say it was definitely well worth the money. They gave me a small container for the shell but it filled up so quickly I had to ask the staff to clear it for me. They had to clear it twice for me to finish all the mussels. Initially I wanted to ask the waiter why I ordered the white wine mussels but it turned out tasting so plain, but thank God I didn't because the taste only started to become stronger as I started after half of them. The mussels were quite good but I think in general the customer service is...

Went there for a quick lunch in between touristic visits because of all the good reviews. I was more than disappointed to notice that the service everyone in the comments was so adamant about was nonexistent. A rude server who seemed more than annoyed by our arrival (at 1.30pm) brought us our dishes with disdain. On top of that, my friend ordered a goat cheese salad asking if it was possible to remove the bacon as he doesn’t eat pork. Server went to the kitchen to ask, came back and told us it is impossible as the bacon is wrapped around the cheese. My friend who went on to choose something else was stopped by the server who told us “too late, I already sent the order to the kitchen”. The salad looked good even though the bottom of the plate was watery, but our main deception was that service who left us a very...

Ci siamo fermati in questo ristorante a Bruges per pranzare, in cerca del tipico piatto belga "cozze e patate". Eravamo in sei, da bere abbiamo ordinato 2 coca cole ed una bottiglia d'acqua. Ci portano due coca cole e 4 bicchieri (chi ha ordinato una cola non può aver voglia anche di acqua secondo loro..). Chiediamo due bicchieri in più, due volte, a due camerieri diversi. Alla fine si presenta un cameriere con due bicchieri pieni d'acqua..bah. La bistecca ordinata specificando chiaramente che la cottura doveva essere "well done" arriva ancora sanguinante e quando si chiede se si può cuocere di più partono le "imprecazioni" nella tipica ed incomprensibile lingua delle fiandre.. già al momento di prendere l'ordinazione il cameriere era sembrato scocciato ed infastidito dal fatto che alcuni commensali (3 ragazzi adolescenti) erano indecisi su cosa ordinare e facevano domande su cosa c'era nella pietanza scelta.. Comunque, stanchi ed infreddoliti (giornata di pioggia e di vento freddo) resistiamo alla tentazione di alzarci ed andarcene e attendiamo le nostre ordinazioni. Alla fine il piatto cozze e patate valeva l'esperienza, tutto il resto no. Ciliegina sulla torta il conto: 11 euro per una bottiglia d'acqua e 2.50 € per ogni bicchiera d'acqua portato (e non richiesto!). E no, nel menù il prezzo dell'acqua non...