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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

Jan Van Den Bon

Top restaurant in Ghent
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Terrace with set tables overlooking the garden
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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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Nonam

Gastronomic pleasures
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Interior
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Elders

Restaurant with open kitchen
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Langoustine with waffle and sauce
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Roots

Seasonal food in Patershol
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het team van Roots staan voor de gevel van het restaurant
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Vegetarian restaurants

BOON

Vegetarian lunch bar across the Castle of the Counts
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Epiphany’s Kitchen

Vegan restaurant at its best
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Madam Bakster

Sugar-free and vegan pastries & desserts
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Greenway

Pure Ghent veggie pioneers
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Outside Greenway Gent
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Full Circle Coffee

Coffee heaven for vegans
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Full Circle Coffee
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Child-friendly restaurants

Bier Central

Choose from more than 300 beers
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O’yo

Have a healthy breakfast or lunch
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Savarin

Culinary delights on Vrijdagmarkt
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Lokaal

Vegetarian restaurant and tea room
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Uilenspiegel

Family restaurant in the heart of Ghent
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Local pubs

De Dulle Griet

Choose from 500 different beers
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't Galgenhuisje

The smallest café of Ghent in a historical setting
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Afsnis

Brown pub for real beer lovers
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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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Wine bars in Ghent

Win

Brunch spot and wine bar
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Bar Win Gent
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Edelrot

Bar & natural wine shop
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Interior
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Poppi Coffee & Wine Bar

Stylish hotel bar
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ONA

Enjoy authentic wines
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The Cobbler

Stylish cocktail bar with breathtaking views
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The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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Jigger's

Speakeasy with a quirky touch
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Yalo restaurant & bar

Seasonal cuisine with a twist
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Bar and Kitchen André

To enjoy the loveliest aperitif moments
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Ghent specialities

Tierenteyn mustard

The place to be for authentic mustard!
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Tierenteyn mosterd Gent
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Confiserie Temmerman

The place to be for sweet treats
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Temmerman Gent
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Ganda Ham

Ghent-style dry cured ham
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Ganda Ham

Snowballs

Sweet treat with vanilla and chocolate
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Cuberdons

These raspberry flavoured sweets are synonymous with Ghent
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Gruut

This brewery produces herb beer
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Gruut Gent
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Pralines and chocolate, yummy

Ghent loves the black gold
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Hotels in Ghent

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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