De Achelse Kluis

Revisited last week, have to update my last rating, service friendly, prices are good. Restaurant are > good, selection meh since its only achel. Store > selection is good with the italian and american trappist for cheap(er) prices.

Visited in summer of 2015. Very big outside terrace, very touristic. Small shop on the entrance fo the site where I could by some beers I didn’t find in my region. And of course yes you can drink the 2 lower alcohol Achels, and buy the 2 higher alcohol ones which are very nice but that’s about it. Food choice was not great.

nice abbey. Small restaurant with the 5% beers on tap. Terrible service, crew is not motivated. Small shop with some belgium beers. Good hiking nearby. according to my wife there is good pie.

Only Achel beers, the both 5% on tap and the both 8% on bottle. Food was decent, service little bit cranky. But beside that an wonderful location in a nice surrounding. Total score 54 for the bar-restaurant. In the shop many beers mostly the abbey- and trappist beers. Decent choise here nevertheless. Also other alcoholic drinks and food for sell here. Total score 70 for the shop.

Mooi rustig klooster met winkel en klein restaurant. Duidelijk is dat men niet voor het grote publiek gaat maar een andere levenswijze volgt. Daar op lettend is dit een uitstekende lokatie.

This is a combined review, for the self service restaurant and the shop. Restaurant is OK, self-service, the local 5’s on draught. Prices are OK. Not much to be said here. The shop isn’t really connected to the monastery I think. Decent selection of some Belgians and Trappists. Bought some glassware. Not really recommended.

I love this place. A school-like cafeteria and a bottle shop that also sells all manner of groceries and plastic horrors. The antidote to pretentious hipsterism and snobbish pub culture. Service is friendly and English is spoken.

Close to the Dutch border. This is a super place to buy Belgian beers.

Nice Achel beers on draft, good selection of glassware available. Large terrace which was packed with tourists. The beer ice cream did not taste like beer at all.

Only two beers on draft. Achel blond and bruin 5 percent available nowhere else. Beer shop has many lesser known Belgian beers. Definitely worth a visit.