Flemish beef stew
Our Flemish classic: beef stew with fries, served with apple sauce or a fresh side salad.
Restaurant Diligence Bruges: Honest foodin the heartof Bruges.
Hungry late?
If you get hungry late, you are in the right place
After the film, the theatre or a long walk: our kitchen stays open until midnight every day.
Mon – Thu 6 pm – midnightFri – Sun 12 pm – 2 pm · 6 pm – midnight
Christmas and New Year 2026-2027. Closed on 24 and 25 December and on 31 December. On 1 January we are open from 6 pm.
From the kitchen
House classics
Honest French-Belgian bistro dishes made with quality ingredients.
Gambas
Marinated with herbs and garlic, flambéed with pastis and served with salad, rice or fries.
Filet pur
Tender filet pur “Holstein” (250 g), served with a side salad and fries.
Swipe for more
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Cosy at the table
What guests say
Tasty, cosy, recommended
4.6★★★★★2,274 reviews on Google
We had a lovely meal here. There were six of us and it went very well. The service was really pleasant and the atmosphere was fun.
Bianca B. · translated from Dutch
Nice, cosy pub-restaurant with a hidden upper floor. The food is better than you would expect from a pub. The coq au vent is a real recommendation, super tasty. The gambas are super too.
Mark Geel · translated from Dutch
A really nice, authentic restaurant on two floors. The Thai-style mussels were delicious and the rib eye for two was perfectly cooked.
Kai Chou · translated from Dutch
Reservations
Where would you like to sit?
Reservations are possible for the ground floor. Upstairs and the terrace are walk-in only. This is how guests see it.
Ground floor
Reservations possibleUpstairs
No reservation needed, just walk inTerrace
No reservation needed, just walk inTry it: switch a zone on or off. In the management tool the owner does this with a single tap, on a mobile too. Reservations are made on a dedicated page within the site, instead of Zenchef.
Opening hours
Open every day
- Monday – Thursday
- 6 pm – midnight
- Friday – Sunday
- 12 pm – 2 pm · 6 pm – midnight
- kitchen
- open until midnight
With a group?
Het Gulden Vlies, just around the corner
For groups of 7 to 26 people, Het Gulden Vlies, just around the corner, has the space and tailored group menus.
The owner switches this on or off themselves, for example when there is a group or when there is not enough staff.
Gift voucher
Give an evening in Bruges as a gift
A table, a glass and a story. You choose the amount, they choose the evening.
Gift voucher€ 50
For you
An evening out in the Hoogstraat, in the heart of Bruges.
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The name
Why Diligence?
A diligence was the stagecoach of days gone by.
Such a coach ran fixed routes from town to town, carrying travellers, letters and parcels to their destination. Along the way it stopped at an inn, where the horses were changed and travellers could eat, drink and spend the night.
Until the 19th century this was the normal way to travel and send post, until the train took over.
Behind the listed 17th-century stepped gable there used to be an inn.
Known from the big screen
The film In Bruges
A scene from the film In Bruges was shot in our restaurant.
Watch the scene on YouTubeContact
Find us in the Hoogstraat
A few hundred metres from the Burg and the Markt.
