bruges waffles and frites

delicious and a good value. while most people agree that bruges is delicious, there is some concern about pricing.

reasons i believe bruges is a good value:
* authenticity
* quality
* filling food

bruges waffles and frites is authentic, specialty dining.

authenticity
the food at bruges is completely authentic. it is exactly like what you would get from a waffle or frites stand in belgium, based on my experience of living in belgium for five months.

authentic food is almost always more costly, because it typically involves importing ingredients and specific, manual preparation. this is the case for bruges. due to their commitment to authenticity, i believe it is unfair to compare the prices of their food to low-quality, mass-produced fast food.

quality
is the extra cost of authentic food worth it? for me, definitely. the satisfying crunch and deeper flavor of the frites, compared to what we have come to expect from standard “french fries” is remarkable. the sauces are varied and interesting, with the andalouse sauce being a particular favorite.

from my experience, the food at bruges compares very favorably to what i ate in belgium; i would place it in the top tier of quality. the prices for the food are about what i would expect to pay at a food stand in belgium, and it has been a few years since i was there (the prices are probably higher now).

additional thoughts
i believe one reason bruges is perceived as pricey is because of unfair comparisons. our american versions of fries and waffles are far removed from the original items and tend to be low cost, but also very low quality. it may help to think of bruges' offerings as “frites” and “gaufres.” that way, you can experience them on their own terms without the price expectations of our mass-produced counterparts.

my wife and i recently designed a date with a european theme. we visited stores with european products and décor and had a meal at bruges. we were so pleased to have bruges in the area for a taste of a european experience.

in conclusion, i believe bruges is a good value, due to its authenticity and quality. whether it is affordable for you depends on your budget, but i strongly recommend making room in your budget for this experience.

all in all, bruges offers a unique menu to those who visit either location in salt lake city by none other than a belgium man himself. still, i haven’t tried everything on their limited menu, and i do believe that the sugarhouse location has other goods that are not available downtown, like the ricky burger, the dogs/sausages and some other ice cream dessert. even though there was a waffle craze that passed through our town a couple of years ago, i do feel like bruges is here to stay and i welcome it with open arms. i hope you will, too.

excellent sweets & breads. but homeless guys asking for money while having to sit outside because the place was too small killed it.

a great treat. we ordered a vanilla waffle with bananas and chocolate. it was crispy on the outside/ dense on the inside, sweet, and lovely. their fries were also some of the best i have had. loved the different kinds of mayonnaise to choose from. we will definitely return again.

title. very good food

love their frites and waffles. i cannot get enough of the different sauces. this place is just like the amazing fry and waffle places in europe. tried the machine gun which was good but a little too much for me. i usually just stick with the waffles and fries.

best waffle i've ever had!. i wish i had stopped by here earlier. i confess that breakfast food items are my favorite type of food. i could eat french toast or waffles every day of the week... especially if the waffles taste like bruges waffles! i started at the top of the menu with their most popular waffle, the liege vanilla waffle. i loved everything about it. i love strawberries and there were several sliced strawberries on top. who doesn't like a little whipped cream right? and the waffle had a great doughy texture that normally i wouldn't be a fan of but the flavor was incredible. i'm tempted to sneak in after closing and snag the recipe because it really is the best waffle i've ever had.

we also got a side of fries with one of their sauces out of the refrigerator. i'm not sure how fries go with a sweet waffle like the liege vanilla waffle but they were still good fries. i think i'd rather them at lunch with a machine gun sandwich instead.

i think the owner (pierre) stopped in while we were there and joked with the employees. he seemed to be very happy even though it was late in the evening and undoubtedly a long work day.

you can't really consider this place a "hole in the wall" even though it's not much bigger than that. this part of town has some fancy little restaurants that i would eat at much more often if i lived closer. i've heard good things about their neighboring thai restaurant so if you go with a group that doesn't like waffles, tell them to snag some thai and you can eat out on the street together.

this restaurant is so yummy! took the whole fam and so tried quite a few of the menu options. the hamburger was something to eat again as were the variety of waffles. the frites were good and the flavored mayos made them that much better!

not worth all the hype! staff was rude, food was eh and prices were too high! they also only had bottled or room temp tap water for drinks! the fries were okay and the sauce was good but there wasn't enough on my machine gun sandwich and they charged for extra! the bread was also really tough so it was difficult to eat. brought a friend here from out of town with high hopes after seeing it on diners, drive-in's and dives but it was a total let-down. will not be back.

good food, rude staff. my husband and i finally decided to brave the long line and try this much hyped about little restaurant and i can honestly say we will never go back again. the food is great, but it's definitely overpriced, the line is insane, and the staff are probably the rudest people i have ever come across. they're like the soup nazi from seinfeld! the only menu i saw was inside the building, so even though you wait in line for quite a while, you can't really decide what you want until you get up to the counter - which ultimately makes a long line even longer. by the time we got to the counter, i felt like we had to make a decision asap so we wouldn't hold up the line any further. we ordered a machine gun sandwich, a waffle with strawberries and an order of fries. we had intended to order a few extra sauces since it was our first time but, having never been there and feeling pressured to be fast, we asked for a recommendation. the guy at the register literally sighed and pointed at the wall to a small poster with the sauce descriptions, which we had completely missed because it was nowhere near the actual menu. not wanting to hold up the line, we hurried and picked two flavors and got the hell out of the way. my waffle and my husband's machine gun sandwich came out first, followed by the waffles and machine gun sandwiches of all the other patrons who came after us in line. we had completely finished both items and still had not received my fries. and it didn't look like any other patrons had, either. it appeared that they were making fries to fulfill the machine gun sandwich orders, regardless of the order in which they were placed, and weren't even bothering with the plain fry orders. after giving them a while longer, i finally got up and asked, as nicely as i possibly could (because, really, you shouldn't offend people who are handling something you're about to eat), if my fries were still cooking. the lady at the window snapped that they were really busy (which they were, granted, which was why we tried to be patient) then said "ug, you know what?" and stomped into the back, leaving me, confused at the window. after a few seconds, she came back and slammed a cone of fries on the counter - she had gone back to the fryer, collected the little, overcooked nubbins of fries, put them in a cone and gave them to me! i couldn't believe it! other reviewers have said all this, so i know we're not the only people to have this experience, and i'm really not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and give them another try! that staff treated us like we were uncool, ignorant outsiders who weren't worth their time and effort and you know what? i can think of much better places to spend my money. sorry we weren't hipster enough for you, bruges.

yuck!! no three strikes here!!. trip fall fail, if your going to serve way overpriced slivers of waffles, try to get them served a bit quicker so they are not so cold and stiff.. no matter how much sweets you cover it with.. oh my the lamb sausage.. more like stiff old lamb poo oh my.. this place is so not worth the wait.. it's an overpriced fry shack...

truly indulgent, but to be honest the frites were just ok to my palate

bruges blues. friends recommended this place, and we had high hopes. the place has a nice old vibe to it, so we were excited to try it. we told the worker that it was our first time in and ask him for help making sense the menu on the wall. he was absolutely no help. he just impatiently said that everything was good...he didn't show us the more detailed menus that were on the side. on top of being rude and vague, he rushed us, and i ended up ordering the machine gun because it was the only thing i could make sense of. we felt as if we were nusances, and we needed to get out of the line. on top of that, our order was lost, so we waited for about 25 minutes as our food got cold in the back, and others were recieving their orders much quicker.

once we finally got our machine guns, they were nothing to rave about. it is a mess to eat, and the only thing that makes this sandwich stand apart from others is the sauce. the lamb isn't great; it comes in a sausage form, and is tough. the bread isn't soft, and it just makes the lamb even harder to chew. it's all too dry, and there isn't much good flavor to it. i could make those french fries at home, they really aren't special. i'm sure the waffles are great, but because of the terrible service we recieved i'm not sure we'll be back to try them.

moral: don't let the hipster workers push you around, and take the time to order what you want...(not the machine gun).

bruges waffles & frites. finally got to eat at bruges. have been waiting about 1 year. was very disappointed! i got the "special" freakendel. it was horrible, crispy and loaded with onions - yuck. the frites were nothing special, very greasy and also loaded with onions. my lunch partner got a $8 waffle, it was about 3-4 inches around. what a rip off. my crispy dog and greasy fries was $8 also. way too much to pay for indigestion the rest of the day. wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

that was the best damn waffle i ever ate. saw on mvf and have been trying to go and got my chance. too bad i move soon. hope to get back before i move.