Den Bosch
Perfect for a coffee, fresh juice, croque-monsieur or lunchtime baguette, Robbies is a prize-winning 'concept store' in a former bank building – look…
Den Bosch
Perfect for a coffee, fresh juice, croque-monsieur or lunchtime baguette, Robbies is a prize-winning 'concept store' in a former bank building – look…
Noord Brabant
Unlike many male-dominated beer specialists, this is a big, hip yet family-friendly place with lots of low-lit atmosphere and decent international food…
Noord Brabant
Brewed in the leafy surroundings of Koeningshoeven Monastery on the outskirts of Tilburg, La Trappe was, until 2012, the world's only non-Belgian Trappist…
Maastricht
Right on a sunny Vrijthof corner, this classic brown bar features swords, medals and portraits of 1950s patrons on the dark panelled walls. Seven draft…
Noord Brabant
The Beyerd is a superb, traditional-style beer cafe with more than 120 brews including six of its own. Most popular is the reincarnated Breda classic,…
Noord Brabant
Hipster industrial chic pervades this former railway repair workshop. A superhelpful beer sommelier can help you find the best brew for your tastes,…
Noord Brabant
With 22 beers on tap and at least 100 more by bottle, this evocatively traditional wood-panelled cafe stands out from the other mostly modern restaurants…
Maastricht
Despite toweringly high ceilings with mirrored panelling and a large central chandelier, this grand cafe isn't unduly upmarket. Outside peak mealtimes it…
Limburg
Atmospheric but buzzing, Venlo's star beer-bar also harnesses summer sunshine – its tables spill out across the narrow laneway to a yard that fills spaces…
Limburg
Beside the river Geul at the start of Valkenburg's most attractive network of walks, this historic former castle coach house contains an ever-popular pub…
Den Bosch
Amid the crush of appealing bars on Korenbrugstraat, Bar Le Duc is a buzzy, narrow haunt cluttered with nautical gear and assorted oddments of bric-a-brac…
Noord Brabant
Originally built in 1783 as the mansion of the military governor, this spacious panelled beer-bar has a fine menu of well-priced bottled brews including…
Maastricht
Sit on a perfectly located market-edge terrace and peruse the 'bible' listing 270 varieties (16 on tap) in this veritable museum of beer. Classic Belgian…
Den Bosch
Apparently Voltaire drank 40 cups a day, but one or two are delicious enough to savour at this friendly, alternative coffee specialist with stool-seats…
Maastricht
Small, wonderfully authentic brown bar with higgledy-piggledy art, terrace seating beside a rampart wall and tap beers including Tongerlo and Valkenburg…
Maastricht
Hitting the perfect note between hipster coffee house, cosy lunch spot and in-the-know drinking hole, Zondag draws a smart youthful set day and night…
Limburg
You don't have to arrive by yacht to lounge at this fashion-conscious waterside bar, surveying the boats that moor directly below.
Noord Brabant
Though it's inspired by the Bauhaus-functionalist architecture of Mies van de Rohe, designer John Körmeling's glass-cuboid dates from 2002 - not 1932 as…
Maastricht
This unpretentious local corner pub is worth investigating on Monday evenings when a jazz trio plays after 10pm, sometimes joined by student musicians…