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Just around the corner from the Pantone Hotel, near the Louizalaan, Sale Pepe Rosmarino is an excellent small Italian restaurant. We’ve been there a few times, and have being knocked out by plates like hand-made mezze lune with lemon and sage or scallops with fresh shaved truffle.

They have a standard menu, but seemingly everyone orders off the daily specials board, which features starters, pastas, and meat/fish dishes. Wines have been excellent.  Two courses and wine will run around €60 per person.

It’s not big, and reservations are definitely recommended. They don’t even have a website. Just a phone: 02-538.90.63.

B&B Sint Niklaas is cozy and central, within walking distance of plenty of chocolate shops and most of where In Bruges was shot. Bruges can go overboard on the lacy and twee, so the Sint Niklaas is a model of comfortable restraint, and a haven when the tourists get to be too much. The rooms are up a couple of flights of stairs, so keep that in mind if you’re lugging a big heavy suitcase, but it also means a nice view out over the neighboring buildings.