A cafe table set beneath a framed photograph on a dark painted wall at the Belga & Co Bailli shop

Brussels

50.8503° N, 4.3517° E

The EU quarter gets the postcard, but the real coffee scene lives further out in Dansaert, Châtelain, Saint-Gilles and Flagey.

A cafe table set beneath a framed photograph on a dark painted wall at the Belga & Co Bailli shop

Belga & Co

Châtelain · Brussels

cozyBeans to go

The pink dining room and red La Marzocco espresso machine at Buddy Buddy's Brussels cafe

Buddy Buddy

Saint-Boniface · Brussels

showroomBeans to go

The exposed brick counter and chalkboard menu at Hinterland, with a glass pastry case in the foreground

Hinterland

Saint-Gilles · Brussels

MOK Coffee

Dansaert · Brussels

third wave labBeans to go

A close view of roasted coffee beans in the drum at OR Coffee's roastery, a staff member checking the batch behind

OR Coffee

City Center · Brussels

third wave labBeans to go

A pour-over brewing on a scale beside a bag of Wide Awake coffee, with fruit and books on the table

Wide Awake Coffee

Flagey · Brussels

third wave labBeans to go