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L'Aperovino

Name: L'Aperovino
Address: Academiestraat 2F, 8000 Brugge, Brugge, Historic centre, Belgium
Price range: €€€

A two floor wine house in the centre of Bruges, with a sommelier led bar of around 100 references upstairs and a kitchen downstairs cooking French classics with Mediterranean and Asian accents.

Allergies Not published, ask the kitchen ahead

Food Identity How restaurants source, cook and care. Independently reviewed

L'Aperovino

A two floor wine house in the centre of Bruges, with a sommelier led bar of around 100 references upstairs and a kitchen downstairs cooking French classics with Mediterranean and Asian accents.

The essentials, at a glance

Allergies Not published, ask the kitchen ahead

Documented practices

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Seasonal cooking

Documented practices

Menu changes every six weeks with the seasons

Style

Fine dining

Cosy

Cuisine

Asian

French

Fusion

Mediterranean

Good to know

Bar

Recommended by

City of Bruges

Recommended by

City of BrugesInitiative 'Chef Locale'

The delicious details

Sommelier Julie De Mey moved the L'Aperovino concept from Maldegem to the centre of Bruges in 2022, and still runs the floor herself. Wine sets the terms: pairings are built around six whites and six reds chosen to sit with the food.

The house works over two levels. Upstairs, a long mahogany counter and lounge seating hold around 100 references, natural wines among them, poured mostly by the glass. Downstairs, chef Gianni Dimitrie Weiss cooks French classics with Mediterranean and Asian accents.

The kitchen writes a new menu every six weeks, following the seasons: four starters, four mains and four desserts, taken on their own or as a four, five or six course menu.

What's on the table, and what's left off

The carte of four starters, four mains and four desserts changes every six weeks with the seasons. Chef Gianni Dimitrie Weiss keeps French technique at the base and spices it with Mediterranean, Asian and other flavours from further afield, so Flemish classics such as sole, rib-eye and steak tartare share the page with more widely travelled dishes. Guests choose from the carte or take four, five or six course menus, with Julie De Mey matching wines by the glass from the cellar upstairs.

The carte is short by design: four starters, four mains and four desserts, rewritten every six weeks as the seasons turn. Gianni Dimitrie Weiss keeps French technique at the base and spices it with Mediterranean, Asian and other flavours from further afield, so Flemish classics such as sole, rib-eye and steak tartare share the page with more widely travelled dishes.

Guests can order from the carte or take the four, five or six course menu, with Julie De Mey matching wines by the glass from the cellar upstairs. At lunch the kitchen runs a starter and a main of the day.

Practices in detail

The evidence behind each practice

One area of responsible practice is confirmed here, and it is the one the kitchen builds its year around: cooking to the seasons.

A new menu is written every six weeks in step with the season, so the carte turns over roughly eight times a year rather than standing still, and seasonal produce is named by the restaurant as the basis of its cooking.

The impact dimensions

Seasonal cooking

Visit & practical info

Address, price, and more

Address

Academiestraat 2F, 8000 Brugge, Brugge, Belgium

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Price

€€€

Format

À la carte, four to six course menus

Hours

MondayClosed

Tuesday12:00–14:00, 18:30–21:00

Wednesday12:00–14:00, 18:30–21:00

Thursday12:00–14:00, 18:30–21:00

Friday12:00–14:00, 18:30–21:00

Saturday18:30–21:00

SundayClosed

Style

Fine dining

Cosy

Good to know

Bar

Web

aperovino.be

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