# What things cost on the menu in Brussels

Middle prices from 547 restaurant and cafe menus in Brussels, as the places' own websites showed them on 20 October 2026, beside 12 other cities.

| Item | Brussels | Across the cities |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | €3.00 (125 menus; half €2.80 to €3.50) | €1.55 to €3.30 in 13 cities |
| Cappuccino | €4.00 (109 menus; half €3.70 to €4.50) | €2.50 to €5.00 in 11 cities |
| Beer, per 0.5 l | €6.82 (93 menus; half €6.00 to €7.58) | €4.80 to €8.33 in 12 cities |
| Beer, as served | €4.00 (171 menus; half €3.00 to €4.90) | sizes differ |
| Glass of wine, as served | €5.50 (115 menus; half €4.80 to €6.70) | sizes differ |
| Margherita | €11.50 (67 menus; half €10.00 to €12.97) | €8.00 to €12.50 in 10 cities |
| Burger | €16.99 (86 menus; half €9.00 to €19.98) | €9.00 to €18.00 in 11 cities |
| Main course | €21.00 (343 menus; half €16.83 to €27.98) | €15.90 to €25.50 in 13 cities |
| Lunch, one course | €18.00 (49 menus; half €15.00 to €22.50) | €10.50 to €18.00 in 7 cities |
| Cola, 33 cl | €2.50 (48 menus; half €2.30 to €3.00) | €2.50 to €4.50 in 9 cities |
| Still water, 50 cl | €3.50 (76 menus; half €2.50 to €4.85) | €2.63 to €4.00 in 6 cities |

## Each item, from the lowest middle price to the highest

City, middle price (the middle half of the menus, the number of menus); Brussels in bold. Beer and wine per half litre and per eighth of a litre.

- Espresso: Lisbon €1.55 (€1.34 to €2.00, 44), Lyon €2.00 (€1.89 to €2.32, 88), Madrid €2.00 (€1.90 to €2.40, 53), Milan €2.00 (€1.50 to €2.00, 72), Berlin €2.50 (€2.30 to €2.90, 326), Paris €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 305), Munich €2.60 (€2.40 to €2.90, 141), Cologne €2.75 (€2.50 to €2.90, 88), Hamburg €2.80 (€2.50 to €3.00, 182), **Brussels €3.00 (€2.80 to €3.50, 125)**, Vienna €3.10 (€2.80 to €3.40, 248), Antwerp €3.20 (€3.00 to €3.50, 63), Amsterdam €3.30 (€3.00 to €3.50, 83)
- Cappuccino: Milan €2.50 (€1.80 to €3.00, 42), Cologne €3.70 (€3.50 to €3.90, 81), Berlin €3.80 (€3.50 to €4.00, 305), Hamburg €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.20, 178), Munich €3.90 (€3.70 to €4.13, 128), Amsterdam €3.95 (€3.60 to €4.50, 77), Antwerp €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.50, 64), **Brussels €4.00 (€3.70 to €4.50, 109)**, Lyon €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.20, 49), Vienna €4.50 (€4.10 to €4.90, 200), Paris €5.00 (€4.50 to €6.00, 199)
- Beer, per 0.5 l: Munich €4.80 (€4.50 to €5.50, 165), Lisbon €5.30 (€4.08 to €6.25, 39), Cologne €5.50 (€4.95 to €6.06, 123), Berlin €5.83 (€4.52 to €6.67, 368), Hamburg €6.06 (€5.00 to €6.90, 193), Vienna €6.08 (€4.90 to €7.32, 310), Antwerp €6.40 (€5.27 to €7.18, 32), **Brussels €6.82 (€6.00 to €7.58, 93)**, Amsterdam €7.00 (€5.80 to €8.00, 39), Milan €7.54 (€6.06 to €9.09, 40), Lyon €7.58 (€6.82 to €8.90, 122), Paris €8.33 (€6.82 to €10.00, 408)
- Wine, per ⅛ l: Berlin €4.06 (€3.44 to €4.79, 266), Hamburg €4.17 (€3.44 to €5.03, 139), Vienna €4.20 (€2.93 to €5.00, 238), Cologne €4.22 (€3.53 to €4.94, 86), Lyon €4.57 (€4.00 to €5.21, 62), Munich €4.88 (€3.53 to €5.63, 122), Paris €5.36 (€4.29 to €6.65, 247)
- Margherita: Milan €8.00 (€7.00 to €9.00, 52), Cologne €9.25 (€7.60 to €10.90, 70), Berlin €9.90 (€8.90 to €11.00, 231), Munich €10.90 (€9.90 to €11.90, 107), Vienna €10.90 (€9.90 to €12.00, 108), Hamburg €11.00 (€9.50 to €12.65, 105), **Brussels €11.50 (€10.00 to €12.97, 67)**, Lyon €12.00 (€10.00 to €13.00, 35), Amsterdam €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.73, 47), Paris €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.98, 110)
- Burger: Berlin €9.00 (€7.50 to €12.90, 132), Cologne €11.90 (€8.90 to €16.58, 58), Vienna €12.90 (€10.91 to €16.40, 126), Hamburg €13.90 (€9.90 to €16.90, 105), Madrid €14.00 (€12.90 to €15.00, 58), Munich €14.90 (€10.99 to €17.50, 67), Amsterdam €15.25 (€9.37 to €18.96, 80), Antwerp €15.95 (€5.45 to €22.50, 37), Lyon €16.00 (€13.25 to €18.20, 31), **Brussels €16.99 (€9.00 to €19.98, 86)**, Paris €18.00 (€15.00 to €20.00, 180)
- Main course: Berlin €15.90 (€12.90 to €21.04, 926), Vienna €16.30 (€13.50 to €19.90, 570), Lyon €16.50 (€13.50 to €20.00, 232), Lisbon €16.70 (€14.00 to €21.50, 149), Cologne €17.60 (€13.00 to €22.56, 280), Munich €17.90 (€14.50 to €22.50, 447), Madrid €18.48 (€15.00 to €23.56, 252), Paris €18.80 (€15.00 to €24.00, 897), Hamburg €19.00 (€14.70 to €24.20, 477), Milan €20.00 (€15.25 to €25.00, 174), Amsterdam €21.00 (€16.71 to €25.00, 320), **Brussels €21.00 (€16.83 to €27.98, 343)**, Antwerp €25.50 (€19.38 to €31.60, 168)
- Lunch, one course: Berlin €10.50 (€8.95 to €13.20, 67), Hamburg €11.50 (€8.90 to €12.90, 49), Munich €11.90 (€9.90 to €15.45, 59), Vienna €11.90 (€10.90 to €14.00, 78), Lyon €15.00 (€13.50 to €18.00, 73), Paris €15.00 (€12.90 to €18.00, 148), **Brussels €18.00 (€15.00 to €22.50, 49)**
- Lunch, two courses: Vienna €11.80 (€10.50 to €13.65, 43), Lyon €19.50 (€16.92 to €23.75, 54), Paris €19.90 (€16.00 to €25.00, 218)
- Cola, 33 cl: **Brussels €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 48)**, Amsterdam €3.00 (€2.75 to €3.25, 35), Berlin €3.20 (€2.66 to €3.65, 127), Cologne €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 48), Hamburg €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 79), Lyon €3.50 (€2.88 to €4.00, 107), Munich €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.05, 75), Vienna €4.00 (€3.50 to €4.50, 239), Paris €4.50 (€3.50 to €5.20, 322)
- Still water, 50 cl: Berlin €2.63 (€2.05 to €3.00, 66), Vienna €2.85 (€2.50 to €3.19, 50), Lyon €3.30 (€2.50 to €3.90, 65), **Brussels €3.50 (€2.50 to €4.85, 76)**, Munich €3.80 (€2.90 to €4.10, 37), Paris €4.00 (€3.00 to €4.90, 237)

## About these numbers

These are the prices printed on menus that restaurants and cafes publish on their own websites. Places with a menu online lean newer and more central than the average, so a neighbourhood café can be cheaper. A menu online can also be older than the one on the table. Sizes differ by country, so compare beer and wine on the per-litre rows; the cola and the water count only at one size, and a lunch offer by its number of courses. Each price was found on the page it came from, and a city's figure needs 30 menus. Not every city was asked for every item yet.

Every city: https://directindex.org/stats/prices
Cite: What things cost on the menu in 13 cities (The Direct Index, 20 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/prices).
Data: https://directindex.org/stats/prices.csv · Licence: ODbL