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The 30 Best Places to Drink in Belgium

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The best places to drink in Belgium, according to the experts: Le Fooding, The 50, and the Spirited Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Amber Bottle Shop comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Brussels and Antwerp.

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Bab’s wine to share and Bar Brut hold the next two places. Le Fooding shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  3. Rank 1. Bar Brut

    Natural Wine Bar

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  4. Rank 1. Belgian Wines

    Belgian Wine Bar

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  8. Rank 1. Calmos

    Natural Wine Bar

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  9. Rank 1. Cantillon

    Beer Bar

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  10. Rank 1. CoHop

    Beer Bar

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  11. Rank 1. Dekkera

    Beer Bar

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  12. Rank 1. Hey Frankie

    Natural Wine Bar

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  13. Rank 1. L'Ermitage

    Beer Bar

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  14. Rank 1. La Flaque

    Wine Bar

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  19. Rank 1. Malz

    Beer Bar

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  20. Rank 1. Ona

    Wine Bar

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  21. Rank 1. Ruby

    Natural Wine Bar

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  23. Rank 1. Tortue

    Wine Bar

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  24. Rank 1. Vino Vino

    Wine Bar

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  25. Rank 1. Vinogradoff

    Natural Wine Bar

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  26. A cocktail bar planted defiantly in the heart of Belgian beer country, Botanical by Alfonse leans into herbs and botanicals the way a brewery leans into hops. The corner room softens its concrete floors with velvet banquettes, fresh greenery, and framed art, and in warmer months a little patio opens up outside. The menu rotates monthly, chasing seasonality and, apparently, the mood of the team making the drinks.


  27. Rank 27. Bar Ran

    Cocktail Bar

    In a city where the default drink order writes itself, Bar Ran has quietly decided cocktails are the point. This neighbourhood cocktail bar runs a menu called Chroma, where each drink is keyed to a colour, and the team grows their own herbs and makes ingredients in-house. Funk and disco handle the playlist. The room is loose and unhurried, the kind of place you stay longer than planned.

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  28. Rank 27. BelRoy's Bijou

    Cocktail Bar

    Cocktail glasses chilled to -25°C before anything goes in them tells you where this Antwerp bar's head is at. BelRoy's Bijou distills its own spirits and bottles its own cocktails, so the house pour here is the house, full stop. Tapas come out to keep things going, but drinking is the point. It's a stylish room that takes the glass seriously without taking itself too seriously, which in a cocktail bar is harder than it sounds.

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  29. Rank 27. Dogma Cocktails

    Cocktail Bar

    Dogma calls its menu "dandy drinks," which turns out to be accurate rather than just cute. It's a cocktail bar on a quiet Antwerp side street that treats the classics as starting points, nudging a Negroni sideways with Amer Picon and building from there. Fresh oysters and a cheese-and-charcuterie board give you a reason to stay past the second round. The 50 gave it a Discovery nod, and the crowd seems quietly pleased with itself for having found it.

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    Wijngaardstraat 5, Antwerp, 2000, Belgium · Antwerpen
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–Midnight

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    Oudburg 16, Patershol, Ghent, 9000, Belgium · Gent
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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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