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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

Elders

Restaurant with open kitchen
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Langoustine with waffle and sauce
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LOF Restaurant

Dining in a 17th-century town house
Restaurants
Interior
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Restaurant Sensum Gent

Fine dining in a castle
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Interior
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Eén Twee Vijf

Luxurious eatery in a homely atmosphere
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Eén Twee Vijf - gevel
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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

De Warempel

Tasty vegetarian and fish dishes
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De Warempel Gent
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De Panda

Vegetarian restaurant in the heart of Ghent
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De Panda
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Greenway

Pure Ghent veggie pioneers
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Outside Greenway Gent
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Lekker Gec

Organic and vegetarian restaurant
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Lekker GEC Gent
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Lokaal

Vegetarian restaurant and tea room
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Lokaal
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Child-friendly restaurants

Café Théâtre: theatrical pleasure

The culinary trio at Opera Gent
Coffee and breakfast
Café Théâtre: theatrical pleasure
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RAY

Trendy weekend bar in a greenhouse
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gentse feesten
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Soup’r

Enjoying fresh soup
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Bowl of soup with toppings
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Catberry

Plant-based coffee and pastries to enjoy
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6 cupcakes met witte crème en bloemen op een houte plank
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Beiruti

Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Ghent
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Cold mezze dishes
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Local pubs

Waterhuis aan de Bierkant

A former brothel turned cosy pub
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Hotsy Totsy

The place to be for poetry, jazz and comedy
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Het Trappistenhuis

Taste over 170 specialty beers
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Minor Swing

Small but lively jazz gem
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Minor Swing - Gent
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Café Gitane

Cosiness in a 1930s interior
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Café Gitane
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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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SOMM

Wine restaurant and Wine Academy
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Le Botaniste Gent
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ONA

Enjoy authentic wines
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Ona Gent
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Bar Terroir

A wine bar with a shop
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Cocktails

Limonada

Cocktail O’clock
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Façade with large metal entrance door to the Limonada
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Mission Masala

Indian dishes with a modern twist
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Interior
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Eltòn

Perfect aperitif spot
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The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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Bar and Kitchen André

To enjoy the loveliest aperitif moments
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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.

Mastel

Typical Ghent sweet pastry
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Cuberdons

These raspberry flavoured sweets are synonymous with Ghent
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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.

RoomeR

Delicious aperitif from Ghent
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Roomer Gent
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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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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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