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Eat out in gourmet Ghent

Love great food? You’re in luck. Ghent is the place to be for the good life and great food. Ghent residents love to enjoy life. Whet your appetite during your weekend trip with the huge array of restaurants, bars and cafés in Ghent. Make your mouth water with gastronomic or fusion cuisine. Foodies will be right at home here. Ghent is the veggie capital of Europe, and its young rock-star chefs are causing a sensation on the international food scene. Taste. Enjoy.

Eat & Drink

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Gourmet rock ‘n’ roll

OAK

Top cuisine by chef Marcelo Ballardin
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Karel de Stoute

Contemporary gastronomy in a centuries-old setting
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Moscou by Horseele

Top restaurant in the neighbourhood called Moscou
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Court on a plate
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Jan Van Den Bon

Top restaurant in Ghent
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Publiek

An anything but traditional star restaurant
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Publiek Gent
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Vegetarian restaurants

De Panda

Vegetarian restaurant in the heart of Ghent
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De Panda
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Lokaal

Vegetarian restaurant and tea room
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Lokaal
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Epiphany’s Kitchen

Vegan restaurant at its best
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Full Circle Coffee

Coffee heaven for vegans
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Full Circle Coffee
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De Appelier

Vegetarian restaurant serving daily specials
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Child-friendly restaurants

O’yo

Have a healthy breakfast or lunch
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Krookcafé

Not just a reading café
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Eat Love Pizza

La Dolce Vita on your plate
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De Griek

Taste authentic Greek dishes
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De Griek
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Carlos Quinto

Lunch restaurant at Vrijdagmarkt
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Carlos Quinto Gent
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Local pubs

De Geus van Gent

Cosy café for a drink and a chat along the water
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De Geus van Gent - Gent
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't Galgenhuisje

The smallest café of Ghent in a historical setting
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't Galgenhuisje - Gent
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Trollekelder

Beer café in the shadows of the St James' church
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Trollenkelder - Gent
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Café Gitane

Cosiness in a 1930s interior
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Café Gitane
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Het Trappistenhuis

Taste over 170 specialty beers
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Het Trappistenhuis - Gent
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Wine bars in Ghent

Chubby Cheeks

Wine bar in the city centre
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terrace
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Poppi Coffee & Wine Bar

Stylish hotel bar
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Nonam

Gastronomic pleasures
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Bar Terroir

A wine bar with a shop
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Parole

Jazzy wine bar
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Cocktails

Limonada

Cocktail O’clock
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The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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The Cobbler

Stylish cocktail bar with breathtaking views
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Eltòn

Perfect aperitif spot
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Jigger's

Speakeasy with a quirky touch
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Ghent specialities

Ghent-style stoverij

Beef stew
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A typical Belgian meat stew called 'stoverij'. This is beef in a brown sauce, served on a white plate with Belgian fries and watercress.

Waterzooi

Regional speciality soup with chicken or fish
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A plate with the typical dish: Gentse waterzooi. You can see potatoes and chicken in a vegetable soup consisting of carrots, leek, onion and completed with parsley on top.

Snowballs

Sweet treat with vanilla and chocolate
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Cuberdons

These raspberry flavoured sweets are synonymous with Ghent
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RoomeR

Delicious aperitif from Ghent
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Roomer Gent
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Confiserie Temmerman

The place to be for sweet treats
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Temmerman Gent
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Pralines and chocolate, yummy

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