Aksum Coffee House
Address: Hoedenmakerstraat 17, 1000 Brussel
Hours: Tues-Sun: 10am-7pm
Rating: 4.0/5.0
This was a really nice find in Brussels right next to The Grand Place. That area is full of tourists, but this quiet little coffee house just a couple blocks away didn’t have any of the bustle that is characteristic of The Grand Place. It was really refreshing to have an entire section of drinks mentioned that they made with soymilk. Brussels overall didn’t seem to be as adventurous with their non-dairy options, and soymilk is pretty much your only alternative.
They have a decent amount of seating and the tables are a good height for working although the benches you see in the back are wooden and thus, less comfortable. I never tried any of their cakes, but they did have 2-3 of them to order. The hot chocolate (not pictured) was really good. Unfortunately there are a couple of steps to go down to the bathrooms so they are not accessible as well as being separated by gender.
While there are several outlets, only one of them seemed to be working. It’s located all the way in the back of the room.
Per the suggestion of a friend, there will now be speed tests for the wifi at cafes. The wifi at Aksum was pretty stable for the 2 times that we visited.