Top Brussels Chocolate Tours

Best experience - a little history not just about chocolate, but also about Belgium. The selections of places was ideal, and our favourite was Mary's Chocolate (and the story behind it). Our guide was amazing to and answered all our questions and gave us a lot of additional insight. Worth doing it.

Emen was a phenomenal tour guide giving us the lowdown on Belgian chocolate and giving good tips for our further exploration around Belgium. He gave us some great restaurant recommendations and answered all of our questions regarding Brussels. He was really good with the kids in our group and were able to keep them safe and engaged. The chocolate making workshop was a lovely chance to sit inside and make some cute creations so it didn’t feel like too much walking yet you still got such a good lay of the land. There was some confusion about where to meet for the tour. Some updated instructions/clarification would be nice. Meet inside Grand Place 23 (Mary’s chocolataire). Marc was super accommodating with our flight schedules making sure we could reschedule as needed.

What can I say about Avo? This was probably one of the best tours we’ve ever taken. Avo is so personable and very passionate about his city. You can tell the tour has been tailored to showcase what he feels is the heart of Brussels. We started the tour with some information about the grand place and then moved on to the chocolate. The shops knew we were coming and the samples had been prepared ahead of time. In the first stop we had the ability to sit down behind the scenes and really learn about chocolate from bean to bar. Then we tried some AMAZING pieces from 4 different chocolate shops which were all different. After the chocolate was the BEER. We sat at a table in the heart of the galleria and shared several different beers. My husband is the beer drinker, I am not. Avo offered me other things to drink which was nice. While at the galleria we had some delicious frites with ketchup and mayo and a loaded Belgian waffle to soak up all the beer. After that we took a short walk to a private space where Avo had prepared some tapas to pair with some more beer samples. You can really tell he enjoys leading this tour and showing tourists his side of Brussels. We even ran into him a week later and he remembered us and greeted us with a hug and a smile. I would absolutely book this tour, you won’t regret it!!