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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.

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Gourmet rock ‘n’ roll

Vrijmoed

Top gourmet dining in Ghent
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Jan Van Den Bon

Top restaurant in Ghent
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Commotie

Restaurant on the outskirts of Ghent
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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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Vegetarian restaurants

Soul Kitchen

Plant-based cuisine using local crops
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Lepelblad

Healthy, creative food in a homely atmosphere
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Lepelblad Gent
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Plant a Pizza

Vegan pizzas
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Greenway

Pure Ghent veggie pioneers
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Lekker Gec

Organic and vegetarian restaurant
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Lekker GEC Gent
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Child-friendly restaurants

BOON

Vegetarian lunch bar across the Castle of the Counts
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Mémé Gusta

Flemish cuisine with a TV past
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Krookcafé

Not just a reading café
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Patyntje

Flemish cuisine in a colonial-style villa
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Patyntje
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De Abt van Orval

Have you spotted the unique beer cellar?
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De Abt
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Local pubs

Café Gitane

Cosiness in a 1930s interior
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Afsnis

Brown pub for real beer lovers
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De Geus van Gent

Cosy café for a drink and a chat along the water
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Waterhuis aan de Bierkant

A former brothel turned cosy pub
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Jan van Gent

Quirky local pub with a popular summer terrace
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Jan Van Gent - Gent
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Wine bars in Ghent

Edelrot

Bar & natural wine shop
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Nonam

Gastronomic pleasures
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Parole

Jazzy wine bar
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Win

Brunch spot and wine bar
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Poppi Coffee & Wine Bar

Stylish hotel bar
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Cocktails

Limonada

Cocktail O’clock
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Yalo restaurant & bar

Seasonal cuisine with a twist
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The Cobbler

Stylish cocktail bar with breathtaking views
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Jigger's

Speakeasy with a quirky touch
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Eltòn

Perfect aperitif spot
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Ghent specialities

Ganda Ham

Ghent-style dry cured ham
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Ganda Ham

Pralines and chocolate, yummy

Ghent loves the black gold
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Gruut

This brewery produces herb beer
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Kroakemandels

Deep-fried peas, poor man's caviar
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Cuberdons

These raspberry flavoured sweets are synonymous with Ghent
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Confiserie Temmerman

The place to be for sweet treats
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Tilly’s Gentse Vlaai

Flan according to an old family recipe
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Tilly's Vlaaien
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Staying the night in Ghent? You’ve got nothing to worry about, because every licensed hotel meets the quality standards of the Flemish Tourist Accommodation decree.
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