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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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Publiek

An anything but traditional star restaurant
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Publiek Gent
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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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Karel de Stoute

Contemporary gastronomy in a centuries-old setting
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John Dory

Fine dining in the heart of Ghent
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Vegetarian restaurants

50 fifty

Sharing seasonal dishes
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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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Vrijmoed

Top gourmet dining in Ghent
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Epiphany’s Kitchen

Vegan restaurant at its best
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Child-friendly restaurants

Carlos Quinto

Lunch restaurant at Vrijdagmarkt
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Babbelut

Ghent specialties on Vrijdagmarkt
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Soup’r

Enjoying fresh soup
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Epiphany’s Kitchen

Vegan restaurant at its best
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Restaurant Nenuphar

Restaurant with a view of the Lys
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Gustave De Smet paintings
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Local pubs

Afsnis

Brown pub for real beer lovers
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De Geus van Gent

Cosy café for a drink and a chat along the water
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Café Den Turk

Relax at Ghent's oldest café
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Waterhuis aan de Bierkant

A former brothel turned cosy pub
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Museumcafé Huis van Alijn

Authentic little popular pub at the House of Alijn
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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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Chubby Cheeks

Wine bar in the city centre
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Le Botaniste

Organic cuisine & bar serving natural wine
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Bar Terroir

A wine bar with a shop
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Polé Polé

Little Africa right in the city centre of Ghent
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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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Café Théâtre: theatrical pleasure

The culinary trio at Opera Gent
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The Drifter

Bar known for rum cocktails
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Ghent specialities

Confiserie Temmerman

The place to be for sweet treats
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Temmerman 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.

Gruut

This brewery produces herb beer
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Gruut Gent
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Snowballs

Sweet treat with vanilla and chocolate
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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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Kroakemandels

Deep-fried peas, poor man's caviar
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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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