Guardian's Best Foodie Destinations for Gent
Volta is one of Guardian's Best Foodie Destinations for Gent.

1. Volta

Nieuwewandeling 2B, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgian Restaurant · Brugse Poort-Rooigem · 80 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: It is well worth the 10-minute walk out of the city centre to discover Volta, a cool restaurant housed in a vast converted turbine hall. The kitchen is run by genial young chef ...

2. J.E.F.

Lange Steenstraat 10, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgian Restaurant · Patershol · 38 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Newly opened JEF typifies the changes going on in Flemish cooking. Chef Jason Blanckaert abandoned the Michelin-starred cuisine of the chic but classic C-Jean restaurant to open ...

De Vitrine is one of Guardian's Best Foodie Destinations for Gent.

3. De Vitrine

Brabantdam 134, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Gastropub · Centrum-Zuid · 25 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: One of Belgium's most talented chefs, Kobe Desramaults cooks his signature "earthy" cuisine in a cult restaurant in the Flemish countryside, but now he has just opened De ...

4. Yuzu

7.9
Walpoortstraat 11A, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Chocolate Store · Nederkouter · 11 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: There are all the usual famous-name Belgian chocolates on sale in the centre of Ghent, but real chocoholics will search out this off-the-beaten track boutique showcasing the ...

Stadsbrouwerij Gruut is one of Guardian's Best Foodie Destinations for Gent.

5. Stadsbrouwerij Gruut

Grote Huidevettershoek 10, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Brewery · Nederkouter · 36 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Annick de Splenter has renovated another of Ghent's old industrial buildings, installing brewing vats and transforming the rest of the space into a friendly bar and restaurant ...

6. Vishandel Meersschaut

Hundelgemsesteenweg 63
Fish Market · Ledeberg · 2 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Ghent has a beautiful medieval fish market, but it is now being turned into offices and a brash modern brasserie. The last fishmonger to leave was Guido Meersschaut, the fourth ...

7. Tierenteyn-Verlent

8.4
Groentenmarkt 3, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Gourmet Store · Binnenstad · 14 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Tierenteyn looks more like an apothecary than a delicatessen, and although the shelves are stocked with stone jars of spices and herbs, everyone comes here for their unique ...

8. RoomeR

Krevelstraat 3, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Liquor Store · Kuip · 3 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Maarten and Jeroen Michels look like a couple of mad scientists, and are known around town as "the Roomer Boys", after the unique aperitif they invented using Heath Robinson ...

Confiserie Temmerman is one of Guardian's Best Foodie Destinations for Gent.

9. Confiserie Temmerman

7.6
Kraanlei 79, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Candy Store · Patershol · 9 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Housed in a splendid baroque mansion on the Leie river, Temmerman is the town's favourite old-fashioned sweetshop. The shelves are lined with tempting jars of sticky toffees ...

10. Het Hinkelspel

9.1
Ferdinand Lousbergskaai 33, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen
Cheese Store · 8 tips and reviews

Jurriaan P.Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Thirty years ago, three students began making organic cheeses using non-pasteurised milk in the cellar of an ancient convent, and they've become something of an institution in ...