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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

Ghent on a plate

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Gourmet rock ‘n’ roll

Bask

Basque cuisine in Ghent
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Vrijmoed

Top gourmet dining in Ghent
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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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Moscou by Horseele

Top restaurant in the neighbourhood called Moscou
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Karel de Stoute

Contemporary gastronomy in a centuries-old setting
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Vegetarian restaurants

De Frietketel

A wide range for vegetarians and vegans
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Plant a Pizza

Vegan pizzas
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50 fifty

Sharing seasonal dishes
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Soul Kitchen

Plant-based cuisine using local crops
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Child-friendly restaurants

BOON

Vegetarian lunch bar across the Castle of the Counts
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Zelda&Zorro

A paradise for children and parents
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Alix - Maison d'Amis

Authentic dining with a twist
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Keizershof

Cosy brasserie at Vrijdagmarkt
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Keizershof Gent
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Sgol

Grand café with a view of the Ghent towers
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Industrial interior with concrete ceiling and wooden floor
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Local pubs

Museumcafé Huis van Alijn

Authentic little popular pub at the House of Alijn
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Jan van Gent

Quirky local pub with a popular summer terrace
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't Dreupelkot

Small jenever pub in the heart of Ghent
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Patrick Foley's Irish Pub

Where Irish hospitality meets Belgian pride
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Patrick Foley's Irish Pub - Gent
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Café Den Turk

Relax at Ghent's oldest café
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Wine bars in Ghent

Parole

Jazzy wine bar
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interieur parole, bar met barstoelen aan, verschillende flessen in de rekken, donkergrijze muur
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SOMM

Wine restaurant and Wine Academy
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Chubby Cheeks

Wine bar in the city centre
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Win

Brunch spot and wine bar
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Bar Win Gent
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Cocktails

The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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Polé Polé

Little Africa right in the city centre of Ghent
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Limonada

Cocktail O’clock
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The Cobbler

Stylish cocktail bar with breathtaking views
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Eltòn

Perfect aperitif spot
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Interior
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Ghent specialities

Kroakemandels

Deep-fried peas, poor man's caviar
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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.

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.

Tierenteyn mustard

The place to be for authentic mustard!
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Tierenteyn mosterd Gent
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RoomeR

Delicious aperitif from Ghent
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Roomer Gent
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Snowballs

Sweet treat with vanilla and chocolate
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Gruut

This brewery produces herb beer
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Gruut Gent
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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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