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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

Commotie

Restaurant on the outskirts of Ghent
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Interior
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Vrijmoed

Top gourmet dining in Ghent
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Interior
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Publiek

An anything but traditional star restaurant
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Publiek Gent
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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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Jan Van Den Bon

Top restaurant in Ghent
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Vegetarian restaurants

Epiphany’s Kitchen

Vegan restaurant at its best
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Le Botaniste Gent
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Lepelblad

Healthy, creative food in a homely atmosphere
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Lepelblad Gent
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De Panda

Vegetarian restaurant in the heart of Ghent
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Madam Bakster

Sugar-free and vegan pastries & desserts
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Child-friendly restaurants

Spoorloos Perron

Brasserie near the railway station
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Lokaal

Vegetarian restaurant and tea room
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Café Théâtre: theatrical pleasure

The culinary trio at Opera Gent
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Café Théâtre: theatrical pleasure
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BOON

Vegetarian lunch bar across the Castle of the Counts
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Babbelut

Ghent specialties on Vrijdagmarkt
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Local pubs

Café Gitane

Cosiness in a 1930s interior
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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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Hotsy Totsy

The place to be for poetry, jazz and comedy
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Jan van Gent

Quirky local pub with a popular summer terrace
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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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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Edelrot

Bar & natural wine shop
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Interior
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ONA

Enjoy authentic wines
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SOMM

Wine restaurant and Wine Academy
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Cocktails

Yalo restaurant & bar

Seasonal cuisine with a twist
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Jigger's

Speakeasy with a quirky touch
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The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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Café de Zoo

Amazingly good
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De Zoo - Gent
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The Cobbler

Stylish cocktail bar with breathtaking views
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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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Tilly’s Gentse Vlaai

Flan according to an old family recipe
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Cuberdons

These raspberry flavoured sweets are synonymous with Ghent
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RoomeR

Delicious aperitif from Ghent
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Roomer Gent
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Gruut

This brewery produces herb beer
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Gruut Gent
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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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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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