Ghent: Tea, Chocolate, and Cocktail Pairing Experience
Discover the art of pairing tea, chocolate, and drinks in Ghent. Savor 4 distinctive tea chocolates, each paired with a tea, mocktail or cocktail.
Missy Sippy Blues and Roots Club is a bar in Binnenstad, Ghent.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A local craft beer at the bar before the live set starts: the sound quality in this room is unusually good.
Tip: Check their Facebook for the weekly concert calendar Standing room when busy.
Discover the art of pairing tea, chocolate, and drinks in Ghent. Savor 4 distinctive tea chocolates, each paired with a tea, mocktail or cocktail.
Join an entertaining local guide on a culinary and historical journey through the charming streets of Ghent. A culinary adventure through Ghent you will never forget!
Join this workshop in Ghent to taste 3 Belgian beers, prepare waffle dough and bake Belgian waffles. Then enjoy your creations with toppings of your choice and eat as ...
Address: Klein Turkije 16, 9000 Gent, Ghent
Gruut is Ghent's city brewery using a medieval herb recipe with no hops: five beers (white, blonde, amber, brown and Inferno) brewed and served on site.
Order: Gruut Inferno: the strongest and most complex of the five house beers, amber with a herbal bitterness.
Tip: Brewery tours run on Saturdays; the tasting includes all five house beers. Book ahead in summer.
Wijnbar ONA on the corner of Bagattenstraat and Nederkouter is Ona Van Reybrouck and Arne De Wilde's intimate natural-wine spot, opened in 2015.
Order: A by-the-glass flight from the chalkboard list paired with a cheese-and-charcuterie board.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday until 8pm only; closed Sunday and Monday. Walk-ins fine early, reserve for after 18:00.
Edelrot functions as both a natural wine bar and a wild beer bar: the list includes wild-fermented saisons, spontaneous lambics and Belgian farmhouse ales.
Order: A wild saison from the Belgium tap list alongside a glass of natural white: the pairing is the Edelrot house.
Tip: Open from 15:00 Tuesday to Saturday; prices are genuinely fair for the quality of the natural wine selection.
Rococo is Betty's candlelit bar on the Patershol cobblestones. The single room is lit entirely by candles; the atmosphere is intimate and the conversation.
Order: Whatever is on draught: the focus here is atmosphere, not the beer list.
Tip: Opens after 21:00; arrives late and stay late. Betty runs the bar at her own pace.
Dok Brewing Company occupies a converted metal workshop at Dok Noord with 30 taps: their own house brews plus guest taps from Belgian craft breweries. Long.
Order: Dok house pale ale on draught: the cleanest expression of the house brewing style, always fresh.
Tip: Open Thursday to Saturday until 01:00; this is one of the few places in Dok Noord that works as a late-night destination.
Gruut is Ghent's city brewery using a medieval herb recipe with no hops: five beers (white, blonde, amber, brown and Inferno) brewed and served on site.
Order: Gruut Inferno: the strongest and most complex of the five house beers, amber with a herbal bitterness.
Tip: Brewery tours run on Saturdays; the tasting includes all five house beers. Book ahead in summer.
Wijnbar ONA on the corner of Bagattenstraat and Nederkouter is Ona Van Reybrouck and Arne De Wilde's intimate natural-wine spot, opened in 2015.
Order: A by-the-glass flight from the chalkboard list paired with a cheese-and-charcuterie board.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday until 8pm only; closed Sunday and Monday. Walk-ins fine early, reserve for after 18:00.
Vrijdagsgevoel commands the most prominent corner of the Friday market square, with a large terrace watching over the historic market and local life below.
Order: Ghent gin and tonic on the terrace on a Friday afternoon while the market winds down.
Tip: Open seven days a week; the Friday afternoon terrace before 18:00 is the ideal pre-dinner stop.
Edelrot functions as both a natural wine bar and a wild beer bar: the list includes wild-fermented saisons, spontaneous lambics and Belgian farmhouse ales.
Order: A wild saison from the Belgium tap list alongside a glass of natural white: the pairing is the Edelrot house.
Tip: Open from 15:00 Tuesday to Saturday; prices are genuinely fair for the quality of the natural wine selection.