Guidebook for Ghent
Food Scene
Hoogstraat
33 HoogstraatAuthentic spanish restaurant with a great atmosfear!
The name of this delicious Italian restaurant, comes from an old Italian saying wich means 'lots of luck'.
Corduwaniersstraat
CorduwaniersstraatThe name of this delicious Italian restaurant, comes from an old Italian saying wich means 'lots of luck'.
Corduwaniersstraat 57
57 CorduwaniersstraatExcellent Thai cuisine!
Street full of good prized Turkish restaurant. Speciality is Turkish pizza!
10 recommandé par les habitants
Sleepstraat
SleepstraatStreet full of good prized Turkish restaurant. Speciality is Turkish pizza!
Patershol
61 CorduwaniersstraatLocal food.
Sluizeken
SluizekenNice coffee and pie place!
Plotersgracht
PlotersgrachtAll you can eat Spare Rib restaurant.
Jan Breydelstraat
Jan BreydelstraatRomantic French restaurant, perfection!
Slachthuisstraat
SlachthuisstraatGreat prized local food, great atmosfear. Live Performances some nights.
This place has a good Carabian styled menu, the rolls are delicious. Coffee place too.
14 recommandé par les habitants
Vlaanderenstraat
VlaanderenstraatThis place has a good Carabian styled menu, the rolls are delicious. Coffee place too.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hoogstraat 1
1 HoogstraatArt-Deco styled bar with live performances.
St. Veerleplein
Sint-VeerlepleinCocktails and more cocktails!
Little square with some good bars. The Video bar often organises live gigs.
14 recommandé par les habitants
Oude Beestenmarkt
Oude BeestenmarktLittle square with some good bars. The Video bar often organises live gigs.
Vlasmarkt
VlasmarktNightlife square!
Retro bar with Live performances, dancefloor and movie projections
7 recommandé par les habitants
Burgstraat
BurgstraatRetro bar with Live performances, dancefloor and movie projections
Brabantdam
BrabantdamInternationally owned bar/restaurant. With Live gigs.
Cocktail bar with a high James Bond content in a historical basement. With live jam sessions and DJ sets.
Drongenhof
DrongenhofCocktail bar with a high James Bond content in a historical basement. With live jam sessions and DJ sets.
Essentials
Drongensesteenweg
DrongensesteenwegOrganic and Bio food. There's a lunch restaurant above it.
Bevrijdingslaan 146
146 BevrijdingslaanGrocery store
Weversstraat
WeversstraatLove it.
One of the oldest artisanal bakkeries in Ghent, next door you can buy the signature Gent mustard.
12 recommandé par les habitants
Groentenmarkt
GroentenmarktOne of the oldest artisanal bakkeries in Ghent, next door you can buy the signature Gent mustard.
Arts & Culture
Former cultural temple of the labour movement, now in use as an Arts centre and concert hal
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
23 Sint-PietersnieuwstraatFormer cultural temple of the labour movement, now in use as an Arts centre and concert hal
Sightseeing
Dates back as far as de 7th century, later destroyed by the Vikings and then rebuild in the 10th.
Closed in the wintertime.
Voorhoutkaai 43
43 VoorhoutkaaiDates back as far as de 7th century, later destroyed by the Vikings and then rebuild in the 10th.
Closed in the wintertime.
Nieuwbrugkaai
NieuwbrugkaaiPretty part of town, new port for yachts.
This little bridge was one of the entrances to the castle. It is said that this was mainly used by the emperor's concubines.
Sint-Antoniuskaai
Sint-AntoniuskaaiThis little bridge was one of the entrances to the castle. It is said that this was mainly used by the emperor's concubines.