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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

Coffee and breakfast
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Gourmet rock ‘n’ roll

Nonam

Gastronomic pleasures
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Interior
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LOF Restaurant

Dining in a 17th-century town house
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Interior
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Jan Van Den Bon

Top restaurant in Ghent
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Terrace with set tables overlooking the garden
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John Dory

Fine dining in the heart of Ghent
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Karel de Stoute

Contemporary gastronomy in a centuries-old setting
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Vegetarian restaurants

Frituur Tartaar

Eating frites beneath the Belfry
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Madam Bakster

Sugar-free and vegan pastries & desserts
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De Panda

Vegetarian restaurant in the heart of Ghent
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Vrijmoed

Top gourmet dining in Ghent
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Interior
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Lekker Gec

Organic and vegetarian restaurant
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Lekker GEC Gent
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Child-friendly restaurants

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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Patyntje

Flemish cuisine in a colonial-style villa
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Patyntje
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De Griek

Taste authentic Greek dishes
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De Griek
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Dok Brewing Company

Ghent brewery with restaurants
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30 taps where only traditional beer comes out, unique in Belgium!
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Carlos Quinto

Lunch restaurant at Vrijdagmarkt
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Local pubs

Het Trappistenhuis

Taste over 170 specialty beers
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Bier Central

Choose from more than 300 beers
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The Glengarry

Beer & whisky heaven for novices and connoisseurs alike
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Assorted whisky
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De Dulle Griet

Choose from 500 different beers
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De Dulle Griet - Gent
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Hotsy Totsy

The place to be for poetry, jazz and comedy
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Wine bars in Ghent

Win

Brunch spot and wine bar
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Chubby Cheeks

Wine bar in the city centre
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terrace
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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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Parole

Jazzy wine bar
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Cocktails

The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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The Cobbler

Stylish cocktail bar with breathtaking views
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Yalo restaurant & bar

Seasonal cuisine with a twist
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Bar hotel Yalo
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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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Ghent specialities

Pralines and chocolate, yummy

Ghent loves the black gold
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Tilly’s Gentse Vlaai

Flan according to an old family recipe
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Confiserie Temmerman

The place to be for sweet treats
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Temmerman Gent
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Kroakemandels

Deep-fried peas, poor man's caviar
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Mastel

Typical Ghent sweet pastry
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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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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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