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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

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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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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Bask

Basque cuisine in Ghent
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Vegetarian restaurants

Epiphany’s Kitchen

Vegan restaurant at its best
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Greenway

Pure Ghent veggie pioneers
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Outside Greenway Gent
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Madam Bakster

Sugar-free and vegan pastries & desserts
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Lokaal

Vegetarian restaurant and tea room
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Soul Kitchen

Plant-based cuisine using local crops
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Child-friendly restaurants

O’yo

Have a healthy breakfast or lunch
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Eetcafé Toreke

Fresh daily specials at affordable prices
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Eetcafé Toreke Gent
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Eat Love Pizza

La Dolce Vita on your plate
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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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RAY

Trendy weekend bar in a greenhouse
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gentse feesten
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Local pubs

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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Museumcafé Huis van Alijn

Authentic little popular pub at the House of Alijn
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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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De Dulle Griet

Choose from 500 different beers
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Wine bars in Ghent

SOMM

Wine restaurant and Wine Academy
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Bar Terroir

A wine bar with a shop
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Win

Brunch spot and wine bar
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Bar Win Gent
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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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Polé Polé

Little Africa right in the city centre of Ghent
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Polé Polé café Gent
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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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Mission Masala

Indian dishes with a modern twist
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Café de Zoo

Amazingly good
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Ghent specialities

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.

Tierenteyn mustard

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

These raspberry flavoured sweets are synonymous with Ghent
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Snowballs

Sweet treat with vanilla and chocolate
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3 sneeuwballen met daarboven larmuseau discover delicious traditions

Kroakemandels

Deep-fried peas, poor man's caviar
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Gruut

This brewery produces herb beer
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Gruut 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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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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